I had a great time at retreat over the weekend, it was so good to see everyone and I actually accomplished a lot, but I’m not bouncing back very fast. Arrived back home Sunday afternoon and finally finished unpacking the car yesterday. Without going into the boring details, there has been a lot of sleeping and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Dear Jane’
Recovering From Retreat
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Embroidery, hand embroidery, needlebook, needlework, retreat, Dear Jane on October 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I Like Bread and Butter……….jalapenos
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Dear Jane, jalapenos on September 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m still working on SSSS * but between doing that, a fibro flare, and running out of spoons **, I managed to make 7 pints of Bread & Butter jalapenos, one pint that was ½ jalapenos and ½ okra, and one pint with just okra. Now the torture of waiting 6 weeks to see how [...]
I Can’t Believe I Pieced the Whole Thing!
Posted in Dear Jane, Skrappy Ladies, quilting, tagged A-4, Dear Jane, mystery quilt, quilting, quilts, retreat, Skrappy Ladies on June 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The project at the Skrappies retreat last fall was a mystery quilt. We all worked for days before the retreat, cutting and sewing, thinking we would finish the mystery that weekend. Were we ever WRONG. By the end of the weekend no one was close to being finished so the mystery was revealed to give us [...]
Goodbye old friend
Posted in Dear Jane, quilting, tagged cooking, Dear Jane, Knitting, quilting on June 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I can remember bringing you home 30 odd years ago, you were bright and shiny with a red exterior and a clear plastic lid. The lid broke ages ago and your paint peeled into non-existence, but your aluminum usefulness persevered. I could always count on even heating and easy clean-up. Then your edges began to [...]
Living Stitches
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged B-1, Dear Jane, oklahoma aquarium, panel challenge, quilting, quilts, sea anemone on May 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Kerry had never been to the Oklahoma Aquarium in Jenks so earlier this month Bill and I stopped by and picked her up and went to the aquarium. I like seeing all of the fish and sea creatures, this time they even had beavers and otters. My favorite exhibits though are the corals and anemones, [...]
Who’ll stop the rain?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged A-1, A-2, A-3, A-6, A-7, applique, C-6, C-9, D-3, Dear Jane, M-10, quilting, quilts, retreat, Skrappy Ladies on May 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This song has been playing in my head a lot lately. We have had rain for 17 days in a row. The sun has made an appearance here and there, but not long enough to dry anything out. Our backyard looks like a very weedy pond. The three tomato plants that we got in the ground [...]
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