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<br />Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222623446184143185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126746852334506372.post-20303680881011661182013-06-27T12:22:00.000-07:002013-06-27T12:22:33.115-07:00Long Time! No Bloggie!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am a college student again! I got an 'A' in my math class last quarter, and plan to get an 'A' in my summer classes as well. I am furthering my education so that I can enter the medical field in the future. Hey, it's ok and doable to change your horizons at 51. </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There is always time to squeeze in sewing. I would love to sew every single day. If I can say that I sew on something every single day, I'm a happy girl. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The quilt in progress is a collaboration with my mom, Sandy Faulconer. It's a gift. It's a secret.</span></div>
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This one is my favorite, a photo before I cut it to it's size......12.5".<br />
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It's called Big Giant City, or something like that.<br />
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I decided early on that mine would all feature the American flag in one way or another. Some have a flag roof, most have a flag towering above the houses.<br />
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This one is called Pagoda House.<br />
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So these are just a sample!!<br />
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Manuel gave me some pottery, and I keep buying pieces from him. He owns PotteryLand in Lynnwood, a great place to get pottery. I trade work for pots.<br />
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Here are some beans growing up some sticks, and a curly willow and that one in the background is 'Sara's Pot'. I bought that in memory of Sara. She loves that green color.<br />
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Steve and Paul brought home a load of granite remnants, and we're all working to build this walkway to the shop. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguvIy6ombG1EOSD8O9V1AgO527G6UjQpgZgN89QRGhdtf-evDKB_jjGiH7HHhrP1Zpy2ykz-JaZtzUh0cMDy8Z-AWhmfmPOTf-k9nMaUS8fQ-xOqnohGhQ-KtrLCVG8jCA0ECUAq0EE8h9/s1600/IMG_1071.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguvIy6ombG1EOSD8O9V1AgO527G6UjQpgZgN89QRGhdtf-evDKB_jjGiH7HHhrP1Zpy2ykz-JaZtzUh0cMDy8Z-AWhmfmPOTf-k9nMaUS8fQ-xOqnohGhQ-KtrLCVG8jCA0ECUAq0EE8h9/s400/IMG_1071.JPG" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a><br />
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If I was the queen, my crown would look kind of like these blooms. But loads of diamonds and some ruby danglers, too.<br />
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So this is what it looks like out there right now. A mess, kind of.......we have to get it all spiffed up for Father's Day family get-together.<br />
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No problem!</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222623446184143185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126746852334506372.post-16872917735270948002012-05-26T08:28:00.001-07:002012-05-26T08:29:20.031-07:00OK Mom!<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisIgUx8quzGPO2vAYnSHpLk44jCVc7I_YyA_rvTdDuqajvZ4bWcH5mZI4uNuQwAK4mCIgCzpw1Bobv-jYnEExoEP1vwnihBpCQUvkPzfWtflYFECboURAHznVCqUgmodB-KRNqTousdW_x/s1600/IMG_1053.JPG" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisIgUx8quzGPO2vAYnSHpLk44jCVc7I_YyA_rvTdDuqajvZ4bWcH5mZI4uNuQwAK4mCIgCzpw1Bobv-jYnEExoEP1vwnihBpCQUvkPzfWtflYFECboURAHznVCqUgmodB-KRNqTousdW_x/s400/IMG_1053.JPG" /></a>Here is my paisley design inspiration for quilting Shelley's quilt. 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I'm making 12 wonky houses. Mailing 11 of them away, and getting 11 from 11 other quilters from around the world. </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMm3773sowBKe-9DRJmH6HhBY6eLEWMLFi-zoFR4SIrtI7NnOSa6MIqo-boEz8G5XcNwta4-ZnFGUNlDy5qwTomtHzLsnoz0fx1Wu0fcPW0j7YwGjjk74MTkm3LXpo9VS4Y5TNe6pd8zr3/s1600/IMG_1059.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMm3773sowBKe-9DRJmH6HhBY6eLEWMLFi-zoFR4SIrtI7NnOSa6MIqo-boEz8G5XcNwta4-ZnFGUNlDy5qwTomtHzLsnoz0fx1Wu0fcPW0j7YwGjjk74MTkm3LXpo9VS4Y5TNe6pd8zr3/s400/IMG_1059.JPG" /></a> I decided that my blocks would all feature an American flag. I like the flag......</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizxU93wx0Mu6RVJF-Gd-BTZYj8zS23cDE9GrRHIFH8zL6gFSZnBYeMnLmatoPy8EpXezcYEzfKEuWm0jKEImwNTvMaSuJyXUYRGmRfExr0YlXHs8LYbAQ1w6SOYoTeOydKZIVz94IvaXz8/s1600/IMG_1060.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizxU93wx0Mu6RVJF-Gd-BTZYj8zS23cDE9GrRHIFH8zL6gFSZnBYeMnLmatoPy8EpXezcYEzfKEuWm0jKEImwNTvMaSuJyXUYRGmRfExr0YlXHs8LYbAQ1w6SOYoTeOydKZIVz94IvaXz8/s400/IMG_1060.JPG" /></a> More wonky houses, next to the ongoing strip quilt, which will be done one of these days. </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho2TWUoYX2h_njmIh5W2QwdEJt6Ehp1ROZQ1f-lKX7oHmHUogiM8cfEOZaLnV9x7urly8PVC9U-Fswbyf_NVyf5m4Iyz1YAa5bwqzclcovX41v6C9YTCjFC8REg92WGaRkUKqO51NGGr48/s1600/IMG_1061.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho2TWUoYX2h_njmIh5W2QwdEJt6Ehp1ROZQ1f-lKX7oHmHUogiM8cfEOZaLnV9x7urly8PVC9U-Fswbyf_NVyf5m4Iyz1YAa5bwqzclcovX41v6C9YTCjFC8REg92WGaRkUKqO51NGGr48/s400/IMG_1061.JPG" /></a> The crazy ferris wheel quilt. Maybe that will be it's name. I'm mulling some finishing ideas for it. I want to set off the wheels, do something interesting for the edges. Anyhoo.......there you are, mother!!!!! I have to go take a shower and go to work! ~Susie</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222623446184143185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126746852334506372.post-57655438958233785032012-03-26T08:51:00.001-07:002012-03-26T08:52:21.047-07:00Hanging out with BBA<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEi8rmr_eXcGkVND-ZowibXPX_4zNonS-DSUiXPst_hV1kqGKjddPjsNEJ20nmQfi9trd-XNS_qGYH1vLhGVpsxu_uT36OtHd98n68Ofb2YS35siHpz9cDSu1EQLpSOqy7zXzJQMDc7L1/s1600/DSCN0458.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEi8rmr_eXcGkVND-ZowibXPX_4zNonS-DSUiXPst_hV1kqGKjddPjsNEJ20nmQfi9trd-XNS_qGYH1vLhGVpsxu_uT36OtHd98n68Ofb2YS35siHpz9cDSu1EQLpSOqy7zXzJQMDc7L1/s400/DSCN0458.JPG" style="clear: both; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;" /></a><br />
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I've been sewing and sewing. Still in the stitching/piecing stage on three quilts. I have another in the pipeline to start for Shelley, and want to get together some travel work. Steve and I are leaving for a road trip Thursday morning.<br />
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He's 5 months old now. We hung out at the cafe and counted toes. </div>Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222623446184143185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126746852334506372.post-5240569762391165752012-02-25T19:46:00.000-08:002012-02-25T19:49:53.463-08:00FatQVina, my sewing Godmother<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7vAnhAJ3stWBGRki4krQ2JE2d0glX8921utpEFrQjoNo4gHNzMJJyxqOP9blBWXxlHOmYWK9o-0oytQwcQexR8pSQw8sl5LMO87Z5Pkc-cM6Or38r_n_xHbE7AMs4A_tG77yoRO54Z4B/s1600/IMG_0480.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7vAnhAJ3stWBGRki4krQ2JE2d0glX8921utpEFrQjoNo4gHNzMJJyxqOP9blBWXxlHOmYWK9o-0oytQwcQexR8pSQw8sl5LMO87Z5Pkc-cM6Or38r_n_xHbE7AMs4A_tG77yoRO54Z4B/s320/IMG_0480.JPG" style="clear: both; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a paper - pieced block I made today. It was a fun, free mystery block by Paper Panache.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">After answering some questions, the Paper Panache site 'spit out' this pattern for me, and her name is FatQVina. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">She's on my design wall right now, watching over my projects, egging me on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I put this quilt back up on the wall. It is addictive fun making this one....and the sewing room is really scrappy/messy because of it. I am really liking it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Shelley's quilt is now off the wall. I have basted on all the big wild pieces, and have to sit down and hand stitch it on. It's really wild and pretty so far.</span></div>
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Hannah's going to sell them along with her wonderful baby blankets, at the Bellingham Farmer's Market beginning April 2012. <br />
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This one is lightweight, light colored, dainty.<br />
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There are so many wonderful, gorgeous beads to use!!<br />
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This green eyeglass keeper features an assortment<br />
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I spend a lot of time bead-gazing, playing, sorting, and then putting together the combinations I come up with. <br />
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It's so fun! Here is a predominantly red 'chain'. It's got pink bugles, yellow frosted donuts, red glass and seed beads, and a couple of lampwork beads. Throw in some metal and crystal, and POOF!! Another yummy chain.<br />
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Sea blue, milky blue, frosty and opaque blue. Throw in some green and metal accents. <br />
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I'm going to purchase more glasses to keep around the house!<br />
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Multi-colored, chunky mixed beads. Big squares, small cubes, chips of stone.<br />
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See-through, dark, shiny, sparkly, filigree.<br />
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My friend, Dianna, asked me to take a bead class with her October 2011. Just four months ago.<br />
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I am completely smitten and slightly addicted to beads.<br />
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More later, I'm sure! ~Susie<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I'm pinning together the Leaf Quilt top, batting, and backing. (Guess what? I found a piecing mistake! Don't tell...)</span><br />
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In two short months, I am completely addicted. I DREAM about beads, colors, color combinations. No joke. I spend a lot of time and energy just on beads. Move over, fabric and sewing addiction. There's a new sickness in town!!!<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222623446184143185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126746852334506372.post-46742718960470692542011-11-13T07:43:00.000-08:002011-11-13T07:43:39.719-08:00City Greens Strikes Again!<img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkvyrZUVmhFtdvRUU7XJpPLkF2Nc0gT1Aji3tGeHsijQnmAwyew_8Ly9XR2IJpededwzEubqaujas2hQVHYZPMVMQI2qL-NhH78aQDz9rNj96C3WWO2eKbRdqwMbzWjeOICqizPUlhxTac/s320/IMG_0177.JPG" /> <strong>Transforming a cold space into a warm, welcoming space.</strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm5fTS26NMAhyphenhyphenFjs7bfsPROEG_MpDEsA2fPnAJ7QqRceeDB_4ZvxzHhqJ3UJgGcDapj5Aha_U1XdbWnVn0js1PiuFkugbHQI1jZmtrl5SCbMYtggKWK4LBtgn5U2PhMeSh3b-8myznb6ue/s1600/IMG_0178.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm5fTS26NMAhyphenhyphenFjs7bfsPROEG_MpDEsA2fPnAJ7QqRceeDB_4ZvxzHhqJ3UJgGcDapj5Aha_U1XdbWnVn0js1PiuFkugbHQI1jZmtrl5SCbMYtggKWK4LBtgn5U2PhMeSh3b-8myznb6ue/s320/IMG_0178.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />One of my plant customers asked for some planters in their entry area.<br /><br />You must look at the space carefully, and imagine what might look good there. <br /><br />The possibilites are endless. Endless!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />After a trip to the pottery yard to select containers, and a trip to the plant farm to select plants, and a trip to a store for dirt and drainage material, we arrive at the scene.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMIP3JYeaBRp2_d9hfpWrdK6mzsB_3kvjvaRNRyo4tYgUvE1eAic8oJY9KH2zl8E2W3cbFdlXjB8emsBQPsNTRVCeGxo0dkbkqxITuF354z8ozpERNmVQrTSeALaYKI_koQE9-WRRUthXJ/s1600/IMG_0182.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMIP3JYeaBRp2_d9hfpWrdK6mzsB_3kvjvaRNRyo4tYgUvE1eAic8oJY9KH2zl8E2W3cbFdlXjB8emsBQPsNTRVCeGxo0dkbkqxITuF354z8ozpERNmVQrTSeALaYKI_koQE9-WRRUthXJ/s320/IMG_0182.JPG" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br />This is the finished product! <br /><br />I was SO glad Steve helped me with this! 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In my mind only, so far. Maybe tomorrow I will put my thoughts to fabric and design wall. Then again, maybe right now.<div style='clear:both; text-align:RIGHT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222623446184143185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126746852334506372.post-77209047735337483852011-11-01T09:52:00.000-07:002011-11-01T09:55:04.088-07:00Quilt Room - Today!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDf6GnQLSeDPkFAE2cf7hf0Yy0blt76nw7aIPatc6YWb8VMQjN7koloxBWwCjkAssLIf-WUydcodLuIwZE1o4FKWzigE7THyJX-IKhh9ZN3YZ7k-FnYoVQbSN6Qyi8PpYSPNFl_wBD4c2s/s1600/IMG_0159.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDf6GnQLSeDPkFAE2cf7hf0Yy0blt76nw7aIPatc6YWb8VMQjN7koloxBWwCjkAssLIf-WUydcodLuIwZE1o4FKWzigE7THyJX-IKhh9ZN3YZ7k-FnYoVQbSN6Qyi8PpYSPNFl_wBD4c2s/s320/IMG_0159.JPG" /></a> <br />Here's what the design wall looks like right now. <br /><br />There are two quilts happening at the same time here. <br /><br />Shelley's on the right, and a string quilt on the left. <br /><br />They are overlapping each other.<br /><br />I don't want to go to work! I just want to work in MY quilt room!<div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222623446184143185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126746852334506372.post-25076222587550136492011-10-24T14:33:00.000-07:002011-10-24T14:33:43.527-07:00Steve's Quilt<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGAvHiEvEfTLNO5XJauloPiTe8fwq_GAsbLP_UVqjFEUAmIlvFIz8GFeOfQQ7rbbWZvZB7yqzDkkIahTUP_yvn63DeR4hsyi1I9dokmCA4XAhwlpEa8TDu6orZ-kIJ9wkIeBi6BwgKfjjh/s1600/IMG_0128.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGAvHiEvEfTLNO5XJauloPiTe8fwq_GAsbLP_UVqjFEUAmIlvFIz8GFeOfQQ7rbbWZvZB7yqzDkkIahTUP_yvn63DeR4hsyi1I9dokmCA4XAhwlpEa8TDu6orZ-kIJ9wkIeBi6BwgKfjjh/s320/IMG_0128.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">My boyfriend, Steve, is an avid motorcyclist. He races Top Fuel Harleys, and collects little oil cans and t-shirts. He's really cute, and I love him very much. Oh, yes, he also builds these fast motorcycles, which travel along the race track at over 200 mph in just a few seconds. It is a science, this racing, and I'm still learning about it all the time. We'll be racing in Las Vegas the first weekend in November 2011. <br /><br />I made this quilt for him from a collection of shirts he was saving. Shirts he liked, but didn't really wear.<br />He told me it is one of the best gifts he's ever received! Nice!!!!</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222623446184143185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126746852334506372.post-20919155162479117632011-10-20T09:27:00.000-07:002011-10-20T09:27:57.737-07:00Army National Guard Quilt...Finished!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho_cssx-ryWB6JjmiUHbmxNjQs9S7dKP-TJMz6XlzOO51k3uwOzVU-mWiYLtirjL6q6rHmNJpXcQudzHMaimN2e1m8nOQXCoN8YcN79aovOX8Mvgm_4xxMineDnQOCh3pwbCUw39sDNS8V/s1600/IMG_0119.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; FLOAT: right; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho_cssx-ryWB6JjmiUHbmxNjQs9S7dKP-TJMz6XlzOO51k3uwOzVU-mWiYLtirjL6q6rHmNJpXcQudzHMaimN2e1m8nOQXCoN8YcN79aovOX8Mvgm_4xxMineDnQOCh3pwbCUw39sDNS8V/s320/IMG_0119.JPG" /></a>I just finished the Army National Guard quilt made for Eula to give to her son, Troy, who served 12 years! I deconstructed a big pile of his army fatigues, and his duffle bag to make this quilt. <br /><br />My son, Paul, couldn't look as I scissored into them. He could NOT see the point of tearing apart perfectly good camo clothing. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTcXkqN7ISxUq9CtSpCo38ZZrwIo-Gb5E8IR0AeW5wqxOmXwPmqByPkX6jnEtfseEIjcLFFXJ_Ri2gHscpc8B7lekFl9-Ekpgd5VJ8dD1XHe2MypQxeZzRNZv4uSJuVKKfA9oim4xzPAXz/s1600/IMG_0123.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; FLOAT: right; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTcXkqN7ISxUq9CtSpCo38ZZrwIo-Gb5E8IR0AeW5wqxOmXwPmqByPkX6jnEtfseEIjcLFFXJ_Ri2gHscpc8B7lekFl9-Ekpgd5VJ8dD1XHe2MypQxeZzRNZv4uSJuVKKfA9oim4xzPAXz/s320/IMG_0123.JPG" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />There are photos of Troy, his dad, and his grandfather, all who served in the US military.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmquGR1U76SscPkglMlWF8NLYhQOV93wR2Qn-Db2JI9u5ePAKdPsfUL6FBYENhpXRJUY4Ay42uEO8i8GftCc4BRHOyXEpJAGGe9TlHbO5ATb1tOYR4EkgN8Ci2v47h1lpcBF7b8hNaKcFV/s1600/IMG_0124.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; FLOAT: right; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmquGR1U76SscPkglMlWF8NLYhQOV93wR2Qn-Db2JI9u5ePAKdPsfUL6FBYENhpXRJUY4Ay42uEO8i8GftCc4BRHOyXEpJAGGe9TlHbO5ATb1tOYR4EkgN8Ci2v47h1lpcBF7b8hNaKcFV/s320/IMG_0124.JPG" /></a> Also reproduced military certificates and badges Troy received. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Here is a close-up..........<br /><br /><br /><br />I'm going to work on Shelley's super-colorful quilt for awhile before heading off to Seattle to water plants!<br /><br />Cheerio!!!!!!!!!<div style='clear:both; text-align:RIGHT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222623446184143185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126746852334506372.post-2447609157543066952011-10-18T12:59:00.000-07:002011-10-18T13:00:44.835-07:00Baby Achilles and some things I've made for him!<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFTf9PhUA3XmY4393L39gCuHV7Fc0jPsGTNta1cSEWIQodQMhrqWjRDnq7_jkpLrDB-ICDx3eEYXS5g57Y7F9O6pVNnKGKlJsR09S2LwRw0vutPVv3AzYWE0TVSlfKqEq43RRGsmqlsrxw/s1600/IMG_0001.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFTf9PhUA3XmY4393L39gCuHV7Fc0jPsGTNta1cSEWIQodQMhrqWjRDnq7_jkpLrDB-ICDx3eEYXS5g57Y7F9O6pVNnKGKlJsR09S2LwRw0vutPVv3AzYWE0TVSlfKqEq43RRGsmqlsrxw/s320/IMG_0001.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOWOJ0778pN2g5pb686RQVW1zAqR493VHv6E5k5IV8yhyphenhypheniCg0jYNmHezsJgaN3pnNOnXg_PPgawyV0MOiZii4L_YyJzNq6pfxpn3_-hh5G0V7BM6VK7kAel9D6N9wZzBilBtNBP6qV3fIY/s1600/IMG_0041.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOWOJ0778pN2g5pb686RQVW1zAqR493VHv6E5k5IV8yhyphenhypheniCg0jYNmHezsJgaN3pnNOnXg_PPgawyV0MOiZii4L_YyJzNq6pfxpn3_-hh5G0V7BM6VK7kAel9D6N9wZzBilBtNBP6qV3fIY/s320/IMG_0041.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRD7lXpKvsn5sHDcPMmMV1fU2X7rpBstJWyK8H1IA8VVxhbGyJ2Qh-EmeVzlWn5IT3T0hPknUJVsuVm_U28Z8Ry2VTcdAVvYz5sz4jmFyxHie9hHBZ3vBfShxGmE9YL6i2hw1spy8zzoE9/s1600/IMG_0661.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRD7lXpKvsn5sHDcPMmMV1fU2X7rpBstJWyK8H1IA8VVxhbGyJ2Qh-EmeVzlWn5IT3T0hPknUJVsuVm_U28Z8Ry2VTcdAVvYz5sz4jmFyxHie9hHBZ3vBfShxGmE9YL6i2hw1spy8zzoE9/s320/IMG_0661.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBDqmQYYcamND4BYEw6kO8stH1skLO58gs_r0w6Q5BXUS9YdPkxZN7ljRXepIWwfQaCXu4_0ai_ukBDQH2lhhiPmepwc84Cn99P4RSCOmbV0gezGRo7lnx3IvgTnj521bF8MFqZ_HrS_P/s1600/IMG_0416.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBDqmQYYcamND4BYEw6kO8stH1skLO58gs_r0w6Q5BXUS9YdPkxZN7ljRXepIWwfQaCXu4_0ai_ukBDQH2lhhiPmepwc84Cn99P4RSCOmbV0gezGRo7lnx3IvgTnj521bF8MFqZ_HrS_P/s320/IMG_0416.JPG" /></a> </div><br />Here is a photo of myself holding BBA the day he was born. September 20, 2011. I have been in a creative flurry for months, making everything, and wanting to make more. I made a crow stencil for a onesie, and there is a photo of a close-up of his first real quilt from me, and a photo of the diaper bag I made for his mother. My daughter, Victoria. <br /><br />I'm working on a quilt for a former member of the Army National Guard. Photos to come.......<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222623446184143185noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126746852334506372.post-90070533968708238442011-10-17T10:11:00.000-07:002011-10-17T10:12:02.439-07:00A sweater I knitted for Achilles<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXLokhO2pymFll8Koi6hkZJKKNBYpAJuFGFfvQs3E01VDUt4k4cKTIc1lp1BrWsHOM6536JLv-JkZ8nUSeg6xeQp1-axuQTD5-3A15aNmfiqbCQy8CUo1HTrkJD5T-SyB3g7JpqTdd4xG/s1600/IMG_0032.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXLokhO2pymFll8Koi6hkZJKKNBYpAJuFGFfvQs3E01VDUt4k4cKTIc1lp1BrWsHOM6536JLv-JkZ8nUSeg6xeQp1-axuQTD5-3A15aNmfiqbCQy8CUo1HTrkJD5T-SyB3g7JpqTdd4xG/s320/IMG_0032.JPG" /></a> I hadn't knitted in years and years. This was a fun project to start up the knitting habit again. I'm now working on a cabled afghan, but who uses afghans? Oh well, I'm knitting it anyway!<div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222623446184143185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126746852334506372.post-87028377626098614292011-10-14T08:49:00.000-07:002011-10-14T08:49:48.747-07:00A Good Place To Start!Achilles<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkoiG761UCmKQl7AcpkwJkHU3nAy2o-YtYlF_TaHWRlBgGE46DCAcOrkHsFrma6ofMFRFfB1Tcb5BBF3e3Bq-uzChAAbRxmIkuOlkrCtd_edXY5__FTE8rwHd0GB5-V2Yt14n2bSBRJUR/s1600/IMG_0034.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkoiG761UCmKQl7AcpkwJkHU3nAy2o-YtYlF_TaHWRlBgGE46DCAcOrkHsFrma6ofMFRFfB1Tcb5BBF3e3Bq-uzChAAbRxmIkuOlkrCtd_edXY5__FTE8rwHd0GB5-V2Yt14n2bSBRJUR/s320/IMG_0034.JPG" /></a> <br /><br /><br />Cutest GrandSon in the Whole World! <br /><br />I'll start off my blog with that. I must learn about making it look fantastic and fun. <br /><br />Off to water plants in Seattle.<div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222623446184143185noreply@blogger.com0