30 Days Of List, March 4

I am enjoying doing my crazy list making!  I had a great time at BEE Charitable today sewing on a bunny hop quilt. Then lunch out with  great friends, and a trip to the new quilt store in town. Followed by an evening knitting away on a boot cuff and watching DVR'd episodes of True Detective. What a crazy , wild show!

Today's prompt is: Favorite Tools to Create With. Boy, that depends on what I am creating!!!

So, let's see...

1. A sewing machine, any one of my sewing machines. 

2. Fabulous wooden knitting needles. (Straight & circular)

3. Sharpie markers, all sizes, types & colors!

4. Hand dyed wool yarn

5. 100% cotton, quilt shop quality fabric

6. Prescencia thread 

Oh so many other things, but these are the Tops!

30 Days of Lists, March 3

I love writing lists. I wrote so many when my kids were little. I don't know why I have stopped writing so many. I do write them, just not as many as I used to. 

Today's prompt is:

My perfect day

1. Nothing on my calendar 

2. No alarm clocks going off

3. Sleep through breakfast

4. Nice lunch

5. Knitting at the park while Tanner plays

6. Dinner out with the family

7. Quality tv time with the huz, and I will multitask on something creative

I absolutely love having event free days on my calendar.  It does not happen nearly enough!  How about you?

30 Days of Lists, March 2

How I would describe myself to a pen pal...

1. I am a mother

2. I am a grandmother

3. I am a wife

4. I am a friend

5. I am a volunteer

6. I am a quilter 

7. I am a knitter 

8. I am a crafter 

9. I am a photographer 

10. I am a daughter

11. I am a sister

12. I am an aunt

13. I am funny

14. I am peace loving

15. I am a Postcrosser

16. I am many things

And in 13 days, I am the Mother of the Bride (and a mother-in-law) !!!!!

30 Days of Lists, March 1

I am doing the List Thing again!!  Second time. So much fun, and it gets me blogging, regularly!  

Today's prompt is:

Ways to Make Magic in Your Life

1. Lunch out, with the girls. 

2. Afterschool Lunch with the grandson

3. Snack at the FroYo place

4. Starbucks, any time

5. Send a postcard 

Tanner gets out of kindergarten at 1:50. Sometimes I haven't had lunch yet. He has lunch at 10:40!  (Can you believe it?) so, when we go to a restaurant after school for a bite...he named it Afterschool Lunch. So cute!!

Today we had an early dinner in Old Town Spring at Wunche Brothers. Here is a photo from today. 

This boy was starving!!!

Wreck This Girl Secret Pen pal Scavenger Hunt 2014

This winter I participated in a cool swap run by Wreck This Girl

 I  received a package

all the way from Australia!  So exciting. It had lots of little wrapped presents in it

Package number One

Contained a crocheted potholder by Katyha and an oven mitt with the flower of Australia in it. 

Package number Two

An awesome kangaroo tote bag...how did Katyha know I was a bag lady??? And a wooden kangaroo puzzle. Tanner will love that puzzle. 

Package number Three

Contained some stationary items...cards, envelopes, papers and some awesome Lego erasers!  (Something else I will have to share with my grandson Tanner!). Katyha confessed that she loves stationary bits!

Package number Four

Well, what can I say???  Chocolate!!  I do not have to share this with Tanner...it is gone, and it was delicious!!!

Package number Five

As described by Katyha...more stationary bits!  Photo frames, paper clips and (a fave) washi tape!!

The extra package

An awesome journal that Katyha named 'Recipes I Love'. Isn't her handwriting wonderful?  She then hand wrote several of her favorite recipes in the beginning of the journal, in her handwriting. I will add to this and treasure it forever!!  Katyha can be found at http://blog.lovekatyha.com or on Instagram @lovekatyha

The package I gathered up was sent to Florida to Bethany of Poeticpaper Post. 

This was bittersweet, I put this package together as my father in law was in the hospital dying. I had purchased and gathered everything before he went in the hospital. It was wrapped, packaged, decorated and mailed while he was in the hospital. That said, things like that tend to make me forgetful. So, since I did not take good 'before' photos, I am struggling to remember the contents. I do remember I sent a travel size package of Qtips...cause they make excellent impromptu paint brushes!  Also a couple of Sharpies ;my favorite markers, especially the brush ones), a roll of washi tape and some postcards (to represent me!). The postcards are vintage reproductions of Houston long ago!  Awesome!  I enjoy Postcrossing  I have a large stash of postcards, and a collection of written and stamped postcards from around the world!

I totally enjoyed doodling (mail art!) on the package!!   So fun, I hope Bethany liked her package. 

Life Goes On...

So much has changed since my last post.  

Shortly after my last post, my good friend, Alice Anjo, became one of God's angels.  It was hard explaining that to Tanner.  He had known her his entire life.  I miss her everyday.  Her blog is still up...it is a wealth of information.  http://aliceanjo.blogspot.com/

My father in law is currently in ICU, we need a miracle. (Jan 29, 2014)

This post has been a draft for a while, I need to just post it. (Well, the first paragraph was the draft). 

Life goes on, right?

Dyeing Fabric Workshop

Today was the Kingwood Area Quilt Guild's Workshop day. We went over to the talented Michael Cunningham's dyeing studio and dyed the day away. We did many new to me techniques. I really liked the quick and easy Shibori technique. It may take a week until I see how that one turned out!  There was traditional tie dyeing with rubber bands, too. We did some Deconstructed Screen Printing. 

Here's Michael giving us a demo. 

Here is Don after doing his D. S. P. We had two different screens. 

Here he is working on his Soy Wax Resist masterpiece. He added more colors (pink?) and then used a diluted Marigold dye for the background. This will make a great center panel in a quilt one day. Can't wait to see it all rinsed out!

Here's my Soy Wax Resist piece in progress. I used some Alicia Burke styrofoam stamps, painted hot pink dye over those and then painted the background with Chinese Red. Awesome color!  Cannot wait to wash these out in 16-48 hours!!!

Here's the book we used for instruction. I ordered me one from Amazon while on my lunch break. Stay tuned for photos if the dyed fabrics!