Building the Empire

Feltwork Patterns at JoAnn's

 

 

Yesterday a friend of mine told me

she saw my patterns at JoAnn's.

 

 

So last night I had to go see for

myself.  Yes, six new feltwork

American Homestead patterns

 are in JoAnn's stores now.

 

Very exciting!



What Makes Mr. Wonderful So Wonderful?

 

I had been away from home for

a month and arrived home

yesterday.  Mr. Wonderful was

waiting for me at the airport with

 a lovely bouquet of flowers.

 

 

He cooked me one of my

favorite meals.

 

 

And we ended the day with

champagne and strawberries

in bed.

 

All of those things were, well..

wonderful but it is how he conducts

himself everyday that makes him

truly wonderful.  He knows what

he wants, he says what he means,

he doesn't play emotional games

and he has true courage.

 

I'm glad he is my Wonderful...

 

 

Tales From The World

 

The travelers arrived home late last

night from the Middle East and Europe

on the edge of Asia.  We stayed up late,

having cocktails and listening to the

stories of their adventures.  We have all

been in Istanbul within the past 6 months

and could share experiences about sites,

restaurants and even people.

 

 

And bright and early this morning I was

wheels up and headed home...

 

 

to something Wonderful...

 

 

 

My Hometown

 

 

 

I have been visiting my hometown for

the past month.  Work has kept me very

busy and at home for most of the time, but

today I ventured out to take some photos

of the pretty homes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My friend used to live in this house.

I'm not sure if she will recognize it

because it was always a brown shingle

style and now it's yellow!  I have baked

many Christmas cookies in this house.

Miss, do you still have your Grandmother's

blue & white enamel top table that we

used to roll the dough out on?

 

Tomorrow I'll be wheels up bright and

early and headed home to the prairie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honoring Women's Rights ~ Week 7

Alice's Star

 

 

 

We are quilting along with Barbara

Brackman's Block of the Week,

Grandmother's Choice.

http://grandmotherschoice.blogspot.com

 

 

Fabric Requirements:

 

8 1/2" x 3 3/16" strips in either

2 or 3 different fabrics.

 

Scrap fabric for star

 

 

Sew the 3 strips together as shown.

Press seams to the darker fabric.

Square to 8 1/2".

 

 

For my block, I printed out the template

from the pdf and then enlarged it 112%.

 

I then fussy cut pieces using the template

and machine pieced the star unit on the

right.  I then trimmed 1/4" from all sides.

I cut the star on the left to the same size.

 

I then trimmed an additional 1/4" from

the fussy cut star.

 

 

I hand stitched the fussy cut star to

the larger star using a blanket stitch.

Then I stitched this unit to the 8 1/2"

block.

 

 

I added an additional circle to the

center of the star and stitched that

in place using the blanket stitch.

 

Check out everyones work on the Flickr site:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/grandmotherschoice/

See you next Sunday!

 

 

 

 

 



An American Homestead: Dr. William Robinson Plantation

 

I love history and I love to visit the

northeastern United States because

some of the oldest history of our

country happened here.

 

 

This is the home of Dr. William

Robinson, built in 1690 in what

is now Clark, New Jersey.

Dr. Robinson was one of the first

known physicians in the area.

 

 

The house was built on a

700 acre farm.  Dr. Robinson

and his family came from Scotland.

 

 

The house is listed on the National

Register of Historic Places and is

 an example of late 17th century

frame construction.

 

 

Five families have occupied the

house since 1690.  In 1973 the

township acquired the house and

it opened as a museum in 1978.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Color of Fall

 

I am visiting the northeastern part

of the United States and hoped to

get to see the Autumnal color.

 

 

Some trees have started to change,

 

 

some leaves are beginning to fall,

 

 

but I think I am just a bit too

early to see the spectacular color.

 

 

So I have gone into the garden

to find some color.  Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

I hope by the time I get back to the

Midwest next week, I'll be able to

see the Fall color there.

 

If not, we'll be headed to Texas in

a few weeks and hope to see some

beautiful scenery in some states

I have never been to before.