Organizing headache

Do you remember the post where I showed the horrendous state of my unorganized room? Well I started sorting and culling a couple of weeks ago. I also started refolding my fabrics so they are all neat and tidy, so they can get all messed up in the most most likely. LOL
I woke up yesterday with such a horrible headache it hurt to blink my eyes. I took some Motrin and laid back down but someone put a sign in my yard saying " Please come work in the neighborhood with every loud machine you can find". My bedroom is in the front of the house just about 30 feet from the street, the neighbors across the street and just south of me are getting a new roof and they started at 7am. The City decided this would be the day they remove and replace a storm drain cover directly across the street, with a jack hammer, they started at 7:30.
Let me tell you, going under the covers and using two pillows over my head did nothing to stop the jack hammer from pounding in my head. I drug myself out of bed, and went to the only quiet place in the house,my sewing room. I couldn't see to sew, which was a moot point since the room was so strewn I couldn't get in the door much less to my chair. So I thought I don't have to see well to fold so that is what I did. ALL DAY.
I have anything a yard or more folded over my large ruler and anything less than a yard but larger than a fat quarter folded over a smaller ruler and all fat quarters folded like they come from the quilt shop and anything less than a FQ is in a box for cutting into strips or squares at a later date.I didn't figure I needed to play with a sharp object if I couldn't see well. I am dangerous enough with good sight and no headache but with both I thought I would end up in the ER.
Today I still have a headache but it is not pounding so I think I can function.
Today is the day I take my quilt (given to me by my guild) is going to the quilter. I am so excited!
I will post pictures of my pretty folded fabrics later after I return from the quilter.

Later
Diane

Memorial Day

I am sad to see this has become just another holiday in my town. Not even a holiday that everyone is off work. The City worked their regular eight hours! I was shocked.
What has happened to us? We can't take one day out of our precious lives to remember men and women who died for our country? No matter if you agree with this particular war or not, what about the Civil War? What about WWI,or II? What about the American War of Independence? People died so we could live in freedom.
I am fortunate I have never lost a loved one to war, but I know those who have. Their lives were important.
I hope I never take for granted what was given so I can live free.

I hate to be a whiner...

I have tried all day to blog, but Blogger has sworn up and down all day that I was not who I said I was. I have begged, pleaded, fussed, grumped and it still said, "that email address does not exist in our records". UGH!
So I said FORGET IT! I am going to go to the college and look at the quilt exhibit my guild art group put together.

I got home a bit ago and guess what??? Now that I don't have time to write much Blogger suddenly remembers me! ~(:^o

I'll be back after I clean the living room to post pictures of the exhibit.
I have to get this house a bit cleaner before hubby gets home, or he will know I have done nothing but play since he has been gone. LOL

Later
Diane

Quiltathon

I have joined in with Judy and all the other Quiltathoners today. So far I have cut 3 yards of fabric to use in disappearing 9 patch blocks. I hope to get at least one top made today, but we will see.
Later,

I am so blessed

My JJ friends surprised me yesterday with a teacup quilt. These are the sweetest ladies!
Each block shows the personality of the maker. Karen and Joan love batiks and made theirs out of batiks, Lynn put reminders of our show tune singing and all our laughing at retreats. Suzanne who embroideries, stitched hers. Joan D made hers with a piece of old lace, as she loves anything antique. You get the idea, I will be able to look at this and remember vividly my friends

A.Q. gave me a beautiful teacup (her block didn't make into the quilt) so I can sip tea while looking at my quilt and remember all the fun we had together (and will again as often as possible). This was not a garage sale teacup, but one from her collection. She is too kind.

My Aussie friend Suzanne gave me

a cute Koala bear that now lives on my computer, cool fabric that has cave marking designs and a pin to put on my pin chatelaine.

After all is said and done, I feel so blessed.

I was told once when I was fighting depression, if I had one person I could call friend that I was a fortunate person. I can honestly say I have more than one friend and I am very blessed.

Results of May Day dyeing

<--bucket pouring with 3 colors

This was an orange with black added

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These are some of the fabrics we made during the May 1st dye day. I tried to teach about colors and how they mix and work together.

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Mixture of 3 colors

<----mixture of 3 colors



Learning to manipulate the fabric

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Those sneaky ladies!

This is a picture of me and my "buddy". We have so much fun when we are together. While at retreat we sing show tunes, which I am sure the ladies around us wish we would stop doing. We giggle, we talk about our favorite books, the Mitford series by Jan Karon. Actually Lynn was the one who introduced me to these books. I love them and all the characters.

This is Mrs. Ruth. She is one of the sweetest ladies you would ever want to meet. Her quilts are wonderful and usually big. Her fried fish is so good it makes you want to stuff yourself. (My eyes look like I am drunk, but I promise I'm not!)

This was a TOTAL surprise! Nancy on the very right with the stripes on was talking about some quilts that we all have worked on to donate to Quilts of Valor and Linus. While she was talking she said I need Diane to come up here. I was confused because I didn't remember that I needed to say anything so I asked her if she meant me.

Over the past couple of months guild members have been signing block and making 4 patches and then Nancy, Joyce and Kathy sewed them into a top. According to the story today I actually walked in on them a couple of times but "head in the clouds Diane" never noticed anything. LOL

One of our newest members Beth is going to machine quilt it next week so I will have it to take with me on my first real house hunting trip.

You will never know how loved I feel. I love these ladies and really like to be with them, but I never am sure how people feel about me. My insecurity is such a pain.

I keep hearing in my head the song from Toy Story, "You've got a friend in Me". It feels good.

Later

Diane