Quilts finished, The Idiot's Corner, It is Hot

It is Hot...............
Southern Louisiana.........is it hotter than normal?   It feels like it.  I can't wait for winter.  I am sick of my summer clothes, I am tired of being hot.  My flower garden needs weeding and there is no way I am going out there and suffer.  It will just have to look bad.  I think everyone up north should put one of those wind "things" that produce electricity in their yard.  Point it towards Louisiana, we would be cool and you could blow our hurricanes (when we have them) back to the gulf.  I think that is a great idea.  The government would probably put it in your yard.  Now, I know if you live in Arizona it is hot, but you don't have humidity.  I'm through whining.  I feel better.

Quilts tops are finished.............

Eyelashes for a Lady

This is a quilt that has been on my design wall for a longgggg time.  I decided I just have to finish it.  Actually I would like to get it quilted.  I probably will do it myself, but at the moment, I have another on George.  This is a Judy Neimeyer pattern.  She named this pattern Tumbleweeds, it is appropriate.  It does look like Tumbleweeds.  But you know me, I looked at it and saw eyelashes.   Those of you who know and those of you who don't know (now do) the curved piece with the points is known as The New York Beauty or Lady Liberty.  Lady Liberty does not have eyelashes.  I decided that if she had a box of false eyelashes they would look like this quilt.  I have not seen Lady Liberty up close, so I don't know what size her eyes are.  If they are really big, and  I sort of think they are, she might have to put all the pieces of one color on one eye.  Wouldn't that be jazzy with one eye one color and the other eye another color?  Dress that lady up................

This quilt was supposedly one of my quick quilts.  I pulled this line of fabric plus a couple more pieces out of my stash.  It really does have a pattern to it.  The pattern is not based on the 4 patch squares but on the 4" block.  I did them by color.  If you set down with a piece of paper you could figure it out.  This quilt took me longer because I was using 3 pieces of fabric with the same background color.  It would have been easier if I had used four and I think it would have looked better.  This is a Sharie scrappy since Sharie cannot do scrappy.  I have not named this quilt top as yet.  I need to give it some thought.  By time, I get the back made, and I am ready to quilt it, I will have come up with something.

The Idiot's Corner...........
I try really hard to ignore what is going on in the world.  But now and then, there is some idiot that comes up with a stupid idea that they want us all to abide by.   A few days ago, I got up in the morning, read my email, went to my news page to see what was going on in the world.  This hit me in the face.  Seattle, wants to ban the words brown-bag and citizen because they are potentially offensive.  I went to Komo News (in Seattle) on the net, found the article and proceeded to tell them what I thought of the idiot who came up with the idea.  Of course he was in the Civil Rights Division, which means he does not have common sense.  I also sent the same emails to Mr. Bronstein of the Civil Rights Division.  Mr. Bronstein did write me back with a huge excuse trying to cover his butt.  That really ticked me off.  Can you imagine going to jail or being sued for saying the words brown-bag or citizen.  All this guy is trying to do, not make this a better country, but gain power for himself. 

Hope you all have a cooler day than I have.  Hope all is well.

My Design Wall and Spring

I have been lazy again about blogging.  Where does the time go????

When I open the window in back of my sewing machine this is what I see.  The azalea's are in full bloom.  No matter where you go you see lots of color.  They don't last long but while they are blooming they really are beautiful.  We have had so many grey days this winter and a lot of rain, we needed it (drought)), but we didn't need all the grey days. 

This is what I have on my design wall.  This is a quilt designed by Judy Niemeyer.  I have wanted to make this quilt for years.  I first saw it at Market in Houston probably roughly 4/5 years ago.  The pattern at the time was not available and it was over a year before it was.  I never forgot the quilt, and I bought it as soon as I found that it was available.  It is really a terrific quilt with lots of movement and I love the border.  Typical of me, I brought it home and have looked at it many times saying I should make this quilt and put it back in the drawer.  Five days ago, I started making it.  It is time and I do have the stash (don't have to buy anything to make it except batting) I figure roughly 60 days to get it together.  You say, 60 days, I am slow, slow, slow.  I do a lot of thinking.  See all those strips, I move them around every day.  They are for the border.  Just as I cannot take scraps out of a paper bag and be happy putting them side by side, I cannot be happy doing the same thing with my strips.

It is starting to warm up in the deep south.  I have turned on my air conditioner.  It is humid.  I hope it is not a sign of more to come soon.  This is suppose to be winter, you know cold.

Hope all is well on your end.