twining vines

yard work

high tech

the oldest computer can be traced back to Adam and Eve...

it was an Apple....

but it had extremely limited memory - just one byte 

and then everything crashed...

meanwhile...

i ordered a chicken and an egg from Amazon...

i'll let you know...

disclaimer ... none of these thoughts are mine, originally

morning glories

star trekker

a couple of years ago there was a batik sale at Lyons Quilting and i wanted this...

oooo!!! purples and blues and teals!!!

the pattern is written in a Block of the Month format 

and all the fabric is supposed to be cut at the beginning...

which i find very, very scary...

so i delayed starting by drafting each of the blocks for paper-piecing...

and then waited a few months to Kinko them...

 it was a few more months before i drummed up the courage to actually cut into those lovely batiks...

 and even more time passed whilst messing up just about everything

including making a bunch of hour glass blocks and half square triangles that i didn't need

so LuLu designed a pillow topper for me...

she has the sweetest little feet

and an eye for symmetry

 stacks of batiks and blocks aged in the Magick Shoppe 

and my wanting a finished quilt waned...

but

there's the but - i knew it was somewhere 

then i found the perfect fabric for the backing

and it made me want to actually finish the flimsy and send it off to Liz the Magnificent for quilting with a gazillion Enterprises...

NCC1701

the United Star Ship Enterprise

to boldly go...

and she transformed it into this...

Star Trekker

if i ever get bored with the front, all i have to do is flip it over

and i can hang out with these guys...

and it didn't end up being a 5 year mission

pattern is Stars Over Capri by Cheryl Malkowski

quilted by Liz Bowman

pieced and bound by dianne

After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true.

Spock

 Star Trek, Season 2, Episode 1

not this time, Mr. Spock...

come hither, heather

is done!!!

look at that quilting!!! it is SO cool!!!

each thistle has its very own knot

and the borders have thistles all the way around

the center and borders are quilted with thistles 

the sashings and blocks are quilted with celtic knots

by Liz Bowman ... she is SO awesome!!!

what could be better?!?

well, how 'bout some hunky guys on the back...

ooo!!!

that's right, ORGANIC farmers!!!

this was the last of the tea towel quilts

 till Melissa went surfing and found THIS website...

sigh...

A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not,

is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles.

Richard Burton

that makes a dozen...

Earth Science, Mrs. Moth Queen Amidala, Michael Myson, Melissa, Corbadoo, NoJo, Gumdrop, Super Sam, my mom, my sister, me...
LuLu needed a stocking, too...

i had already started hers
a gazillion years ago 
and it took a LOT less time to finish stitching it...

but
there it is again
she didn't much like the colors 
or the fact that her angel was a baldy...

anywho...

her favorite color is teal green...

i have no idea what that actually is

but my mind told me it is a kinda turquoise-ish blue 
so...

 i took out some of the greyish blue stitches and replaced them with a turquoise-ish blue

 added some hair 

and a braid 

and some ribbon and charms...

is THIS teal green? i asked ... no, not really, she sighed

and finished it in time for Christmas...

and then she added, but it was a good try, Nonna.

so... 

twelve stockings done

 and two to go...

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.

John Steinbeck