Faux Chenille

I'm taking a faux chenille class at the LQS. If I had not seen the actual blanket, I would never have considered doing this. My mom had a chenille blanket on her bed when I was a little girl and I remember she'd kind of boast about it to her friends. Apparently, back in the day having a chenille bedspread was a status symbol of...something! She was quite proud of it. I never liked it!

But I did get to see the store sample and knew I had to learn this technique! It's surprisingly easy(always a requirement for me!)but it is very labor-intensive. Lots of lines to draw then sew.

Here are the flannel fabrics I chose. The polka dot one is for a couple of shapes I'm adding into the mix. One bear and two hearts. It was going to be three bears but, dang, those bears are a pain to cut out.

I'm at the cutting stage now. After trying several of the tools designed specifically for cutting chenille at the last class, I went straight to Walmart and picked up a set of Black & Decker electric scissors. Wonder of wonders, they were on sale for $15.00! That was a pleasant surprise! Stuff like that hardly ever happens, so when it does I like to mention it!

I plan on working on it tomorrow all day if need be!
Pics will follow! Unless it looks like crap then this never happened!

Taking Inventory...

Let's see:

• one dog scratch on my hip that resulted in a huge bruise and eventually a scar and hurt really bad


• one dog bite about 5 inches below the aforementioned dog scratch that resulted in a huge bruise and eventually a scar and also hurt really bad(I'm getting the feeling that I'm a magnet for dogs)


• numerous yellowjacket stings on me and just about every member of my family including almost one-year-old grandson


• one very bad barn fire that resulted in the loss of a summer's worth of nice feed hay...

I love summertime: the sun, the heat(not the humidity), wearing shorts, swimming pools. But I must say that...

Yes, I am ready for fall!

Yellowjackets!

This is the second time in two weeks I've gotten stung by a yellowjacket. The first time on my ring finger. I took my rings off as soon as it happened. I knew my finger would swell up and it did. Pain, redness, swelling, itchy...I even took a picture of my hand because it was so ugly and swollen. Then I deleted the picture of my hand because it was so ugly and swollen! Made me sick looking at it!
This time I got stung under my arm...uh...no pictures of that, thank you very much!

Where was I?

On 9/11?

I was visiting my grandmother after doing my banking. I think I left the nursing home about 9 or 9:30 to head to Walmart At that time I never listened to the radio but for some reason I had it on. I started hearing about the planes going into the towers(hick that I am I did not know what they were) and then I heard of the ones going into the Pentagon and also the PA field...which hits close to home.

I stopped in at my SIL's garden center and was talking to her about it and some woman came into the store just ripping her two kids up one side and down the other. I remarked to my SIL that with what was going on I couldn't believe someone could still act like that.

I then headed to Walmart and as I went through the store, I and everyone else there kept stopping to watch the tv's. I think everyone was in some kind of shock. The store was quiet, people were polite.

When I got home, of course the first thing I did was to turn on the tv. That's when I was able to fully understand the events taking place. We just could not stop watching those towers fall.

One thing I remember the most was how quiet and empty the skies were with no planes leaving their jet trails to mark the sky.

Sept. 11 also happens to be my birthday and that day I'm sure I never once thought of it.

But now we can never forget...

What's on Your Camera?

I noticed an extra video when I uploaded my pictures the other week...all I can say is BOYS!

I love the sound effects, the footsteps on the stones, the ding ding ding of the truck door being open, and of course all that Power baby!

A Trip to Sam's

It's not fun, in fact I put it off for as long as possible, usually until I can't stand going for groceries anymore!

See that giant pack of toilet paper? I got three of them altogether!

I really dislike going to the store for stuff like TP, detergent and the like...
Paper towels...never have enough!

Now when I go to our local "Wal-China" I wonder why I'm there, I don't need anything!

Well, not as much as before!

Fire

We had a barn fire on Wednesday and lost the whole barn full of hay. About 50 tractor/trailer loads.
I have pictures but really don't feel like posting them! Maybe someday...

Second to Last First Day of School

This post is a day late, my ISP was experiencing 'technical difficulties" yesterday!

I've always tried to get pictures of my boys on their first day of school every year...

This is the youngest's first day of 11th grade, I only have one more first day of school to go through!

I had to sneak the pictures, he's not a very willing subject! Hence the poor photos!

It's the little neighbor boy's first day of riding the highschool bus...hard to believe, I met him when he was a baby!