tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65598272151039420372024-03-04T23:34:59.951-08:00Rose Cottage QuiltsWhimsical Quilt Pattens by Laurie BirdLauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10060603385984484354noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559827215103942037.post-13083805808713593862018-01-05T13:19:00.001-08:002018-01-05T13:25:28.232-08:002 Years!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Time goes by so fast! Two years and I have not looked at my blog! I was burned out. My father died two years ago, after he went through a long hard battle with diabetes and all of the terrible complications that come with that disease. I was taking him to the doctors every week for check ups, in between his many trips to the hospital.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> I had been going to Quilt Market for the last 18 years (I'm not sure how many years!) and there have been so many changes. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> The feeling of Market has changed through the years. It was fun to see all of the different designers, most of us were independent designers. We would meet and explore the many ideas we had come up with since we had last seen each other. The fabric companies were all ways important, but they did not control the designers. We could use what ever color or style we wanted for our quilts. And the biggest difference was that we were all working on making the art of quilting individual for all different styles, looks and interests for people.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> I noticed that the last few Markets were showing the same look. I know that we all ways want the new ideas, but the fabrics that do not relate to each other, make a certain look of quilt. And everyone likes to finish a quilt quickly, but I don't need more than a few big block quilts.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> I have loved my many trips to Quilt Market and they hold a very special spot in my life. I still love quilts and I will not stop making them. I am trying to follow quilt patterns, but I can't stop making my own changes to the designs. And I will be dreaming of designing quilts again.</span>Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10060603385984484354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559827215103942037.post-79579101291059567522015-04-08T18:52:00.002-07:002015-04-08T18:52:27.027-07:00Scallops and more!<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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caught the flu from my grandchildren and was down for 2 weeks and then almost 2
weeks more not being able to move too much without being down again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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week I had to stop sewing to attend a painting seminar here is Salt Lake City.
I have been attending this seminar for a long time, at least 8 years, probably
more. Wonderful women come from across the country to paint, and we get to know
each other in the way that only women can, through love of similar passions,
family stories and time spent together.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This
year we painted one box in one of two patterns. I chose to paint the Curiosity
Box. It is so fun and whimsical, and the colors were bright and cherry, just
what I like. I of course have to change a few things on my box, I have this
need to make things a little different, or just to make it mine. I hated to
have the week over, now it’s back to normal life. Cleaning, washing dishes, all
the things we do to make our homes nice. And when I am finished I get to quilt
again!!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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My husband loves to get away during the winter, leave all of the snow and cold behind. But, this year we have had a very mild winter, unlike the eastern states so it was really a trip to get away after all the Christmas rush. We went on a trip this year the second week of January.<br />
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We went on what at that time was the worlds largest ship, the Norwegian Getaway. We visited St. Martin, St. Thomas and the Bahamas. It rained in both St. Martin and the Bahamas, and it was beautiful while we were at St. Thomas.</div>
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While we were there we went to see Blackbeard's Castle. Not really a castle, but a tower. A tower with a beautiful view of the bay. Next to the castle is a beautiful house built during the height of the Dutch and Pirate occupation.</div>
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Beautiful tall ceilings, doors and windows open to the sea breezes. As I walked through the rooms admiring the beauty and grace that once would have been the style of that time in history I turned around and saw...</div>
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Right in the master bedroom!</div>
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I knew I had found paradise!</div>
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Can you imagine living in more beautiful place and having a place to sew to your hearts content.</div>
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As we walked down the hill we went into another wonderful home, built not long after the first home we had been visiting. (They became homes to me once I saw the sewing machine). This one was just as striking as the first. Tall ceilings, doors, windows and a veranda to watch the world sail bye.</div>
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I was lost once again in the image of beautiful women in long dresses, living in a world of color, beauty and once again I was surprised to find...</div>
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And look at that table it is sitting on!</div>
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I know I am a dreamer. But this was so unexpected I had to share it with you.</div>
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Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10060603385984484354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559827215103942037.post-38182186645211666492015-01-03T10:53:00.001-08:002015-01-03T10:55:13.365-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I can't believe that Christmas is over and it is now January 2015.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I hope everyone had a good holiday season this year. We were busy, just like everyone, but it was different for me because I had a my veins stripped in my left leg. First the front and then the back. I had to stay down at first, really careful for 5 days, then slowly work back into my usual schedule after 2 weeks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Since I had my first procedure the week before Thanksgiving and the 2nd the week before Christmas I was not moving fast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I learned that I did not have to do all of the things I had on my list. I did a lot of shopping on line and let the less important things I usually do for Christmas, go undone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We had a wonderful Christmas and no one noticed that things were not the same.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The first part of November I was able to attend a quilt retreat held in Deer Valley, Utah. It is beautiful up there on top of the mountains that over look Park City. It was put on by Quilts, etc. a wonderful store in Sandy, Utah. If you need anything for your quilts, stitching, doll making, what ever, they have what you need.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I say all most every day - Time goes by so fast!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is Tuesday and Monday just flew bye. Does time go by this fast for everyone? Today I am going through my quilts for a trunk show tomorrow. It is so fun to see my old quilts, they seem like old friends to me. Each one has a history, a time of my life when I made them. I can remember what was going on in my life and my family's lives.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been blessed to have spent so many years working hard with my hands, my imagination, and wonderful people who love quilting. At least 15 years going to Quilt Market, each year a different city. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have had adventures in Pittsburgh, Atlantic City, Minneapolis, Houston, Portland and Kansas City.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As time goes by I miss the people and excitement of "Market". But I have met new friends in the last 2 years and hope to meet many more.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have a good day where ever you are. The weather is beautiful here in Salt Lake. Fall in the air and I am ready for new ideas and adventures!</span></div>
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Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10060603385984484354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559827215103942037.post-87127697846760584862014-09-28T20:59:00.001-07:002023-09-29T17:55:37.977-07:00Lake Powell<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The whole month of September has slipped away and I have not had the time to sit down and write. The colors are changing around us and the days are getting shorter, fall is here even if the calendar doesn't day it is here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have busy working on new blocks. I have had so much fun designing my new yellow baskets. I had forgotten how much fun it can be to put the colors and shapes together and then add a little stitching, buttons, or what ever I find in my stash.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This month I have been cleaning our some of my quilting projects. I found 6 finished quilt tops! They have been farmed out to be quilted and I'll show you some of the results. A few of them were from the Mystery Quilt Retreat I have been going to, and some have been class ideas I had planned to use. The fun part of it was to see so many quilts leaving my house to be finished.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My husband and I have were lucky enough to go down to Lake Powell this past weekend with a group of friends. The only way to see this beautiful spot of the world is by boat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lake Powell in it's self is like being in another world. The rock walls, cliffs, canyons and open water ways are majestic. We stayed in a small bay with a hugh rock formation called the Cookie Jar. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Rock really sandstone falls away form the formations to make the beautiful enclosed bay we stayed in. My husband and I went for a walk on the rocks the first morning. As you can see from the pictures below we docked on the rock, so we did not have a sandy beach to walk on. So up the hill we went. It was beautiful! We thought we could go around the water to the other side of the bay, but half way through it became very steep. Just as my husband said we should turn around I realized just how steep it was and started sliding down the rock. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After he caught me and was sliding himself we finally stopped. I have not been that afraid in quite a while. Slowly we moved side ways to the part of the hill that we could walk on with out sliding down the wall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It has been a little while since I posted. I have been out of town a couple of times and now that we are at home it feels like I never left.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We did have a fun time in San Francisco. My husband had to go down for work, so we went down a few days early. We flew in on a Saturday and we know that the wharf is all ways busy on Saturday, but it was crazy! We tried to park, but found that all we did was drive around in circles. So our next idea was to go to the Italian restaurant that we like neat Coit Tower. It was crazy there also. I guess thousands of people have to go some place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We found out that there was an outside concert going on and that someone had sold counterfeit tickets to hundreds of people. They could not get in to the concert and had to make other plans for the evening.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had a beautiful morning watching hot air balloons rise above our heads. All we had to do was drive out to a small park by my daughter's house with the sun shining bright watch as the balloons were laying out on the grass and them slowly fill with hot air, rise into the sky.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We are having our Bird Family Reunion at home this year. Yesterday was our 1st day, we went to a small family fun park that has miniature golf, laser tag, arcade games, and more. Then we had our dinner at a park in Saratoga Springs, Utah. This park has some amazing swings, slides and activities for all ages. The main thing this park has is a 30 Triangle that any one can </span><img src="http://img.ksl.com/slc/2498/249833/24983388.jpg" /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">climb, even me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I even had a little cheerleader climbing up a long with me. My nephew's 5 year old son was helping me by climbing above and then below me, telling me how easy it was. He was so cute, and a great motivator for me. I climbed to the top where my daughters were waiting for me. It was like being a little kid again.</span></div>
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Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10060603385984484354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559827215103942037.post-32851548272938248002014-07-29T09:16:00.000-07:002014-07-29T09:16:17.050-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wow. What a month we have had at our house. Our 4th of July was pretty quilt, all of my children went away with either their friends or family. It was a nice quiet day with my husband. That does not happen on a holiday.
The next day was busy with our boat. The whole family went to Jordanelle Reservoir for the day. I have to admitted that I love being on the boat with my family. We have no phones, TV, I-pad, etc. We have to have a good time with each other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> I have not had a lot of time to finish my applique, but I have finished 4 quilts I have had waiting in my cupboard. Three of them were from Quilt Retreats that I have attended, I now have three more quilts to finish. I was feeling so good until I went down to my disaster room and found 2 more that need to be finished all so. I have so many quilts up stairs from my patterns that I really don’t know who to give these to. I’m sure I can figure it out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> If you live in Utah you have another holiday on the 24th of July – Pioneer Day. It is the day we celebrate the Pioneers coming to our valley. We have a parade, races, and families have another day to BBQ before the fireworks again at 10:00.
This year we took our family to St George, Utah to have a little get a way. It was great to be together again, all of us together. The only problem was that St. George was 110 degrees, HOT! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My husband and our sons, and son in law went golfing in the mornings and we went swimming most afternoons. I of course visited the quilt shops in town. It was a wonderful time for us. Our summer is about over now, it has gone by so fast. But we will remember our short, Hot time together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I am going to lunch with some of my high school friends, one has moved away and is visiting for a few days. I have missed her through the years. There is something special about friends that know your history. Some one who knew about my parents divorce when I tried to pretend everything was all right at our house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> We walked by the boys houses that we liked, because we did not have cars of our own then. When we did have a car we sang the popular songs and spied on the boys again, but we could get a way faster. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been quilting for many years and I was so excited to show you my quilt I have been working on for a few months. I have been sewing the blocks together and 2 blocks have been 10 inches instead of 11 1/2 inches.</span></div>
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Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10060603385984484354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559827215103942037.post-8100220605179448232014-05-20T10:31:00.000-07:002014-06-18T10:49:19.616-07:00Life's Experiences<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have not posted for quite a while. I have had a lot of life experiences this past month. Some wonderful, some that I have been expecting, but not looking forward too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was lucky enough to spend 2 weeks in Maui, Hawaii. My husband was there for work, and I was able to spend time with a cherished old friend and strengthen ties with other newer friends. Of course the beauty of Hawaii helped to make our trip unforgettable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This was the view from our room. The weather was warm and a few days were very windy, especially one day that my husband was golfing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I saw whales while we drove around the island, a pod of dolphins one day as I was walking down the shore. They were swimming in a line with their fins above the water, then they would take turns jumping out of the water.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We came home to the usual rush and the time it takes me to get over the “Red Eye” flight home. I did not go to see my father right away. He had been doing so much better lately. He seemed happy to be in his apartment at the assisted living facility. Before I was able to visit him we heard that he had fallen and this time he had broken his hip.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well next Sunday it will be Easter. We are having a quiet Easter at our house, my daughter and her family will be spending Easter with her husbands family. That means that the children will not be at our house. Easter Egg hunts are not the same with out our 2 darling grand daughters. We will look forward to next year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I just finished a quilt for spring using a method that was fast and fun. I think the women that came up with this pattern were brilliant! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All you do is cut 10 inch squares of the two fabrics needed for each block, sew around the edges, then cut across the block 2 times to make a large pinwheel. Sew them together and cut 2 1/8 inches from the center seam 4 times around the center pinwheel. Rearrange the block pieces and you have this fun block.You can watch on You Tube with the Missouri Quilt Company, here is where you can find their Disappearing Pinwheel demo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am excited to have my quilt, quilted so that I can use it at home. I am going to teach you their method at Mormon Handicraft in Murray, Utah, if you want to see it in person.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am finishing my Broken Wheel quilt this week also, I have posted this quilt before, but here is a reminder of what I am doing with this quilt. I wanted to use this block for a long time and I love the fabrics I used, so I know this will be one of my favorites.</span></div>
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Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10060603385984484354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559827215103942037.post-60687151650592116162014-03-17T19:22:00.000-07:002014-05-06T14:07:26.514-07:00Happy St Patrick's Day<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am part Irish and I still forgot to wear green today. I was reminded by my 2 darling grand daughters. Pinches from a 2 1/2 and a 5 year old are fun when they realize that Grandma is not wearing green.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am busy this week with a painting seminar. Once a year we paint beautiful items for our homes. This year it is a box designed from an antique box that sold for over $2,000.00. I will show you how it looks when we are finished. I showed you my project from last year, I changed the colors and the design to suit my house, but this year may be different.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Last week I was in Ivins, Utah near St. George, Utah. I went to a fitness resort and I really thought that I would not be able to walk or move after a 2 1/2 hour hike, and 2 more hours of working out. But I found that I back felt better and I could push myself father than I thought I could.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was a good week after all, even if I wanted to go home at the beginning of the week. Now I have to remember to eat right and exercise to feel better and to be able to keep up with the life I want to live.</span></div>
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Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10060603385984484354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559827215103942037.post-61460908433788626082014-03-17T19:03:00.002-07:002014-05-06T14:06:59.903-07:00Valentine Quilts<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">February has flown by, half way over and then March. My birthday is in March and it has all ways seemed that I had a long time until my birthday after the New Year.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I don't think about my birthday very much, and I don't think about my age unless my someone ask me. Luckily not too many people ask me how old I am.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One year I thought I was a year older than I was, until my sister told me she was not as old as I thought she was. Does that make sense?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">February of course is the month of hearts. My mother's birthday was on Valentines Day so we celebrated Valentines Day a little different than the usual romantic way.</span></div>
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the Rose Parade. We stopped off in a little town in California before the
parade that was a miniature version of Denmark. The town is called Solvang. I
think anyone who loves to create would like to visit this area. All of the
buildings in the middle of the town are based on Danish designs. They have 4
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There were bakeries
on every street and a wonderful chocolate shop. If you were hungry and you went
at the right time of day you could buy an Aebleskiver (round pancakes with
raspberry jams and powder sugar) right out of the window of one of the
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floats as they were being finished for the parade.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love flowers and I
have been amazed through the years by the floats they make using only organic
materials. Flowers, seeds, leaves, small green tomatoes, and many more
materials that I could only guess at.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> New Years Day we left our hotel at 4:30 am to
drive to the parade. I am not a parade person, but this was fun. The floats go
by so fast that I could only take 2 pictures and the floats were gone. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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quilt – I have wanted to make a quilt using this block for a long time. One of
the names for the block is Broken Wheel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello again, I have had a crazy week again, so I missed last week. I don't have any quilts to show you, because I am finishing my binding on the three I showed you before.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have others I am trying to finish, and when I finish them I will show you. I can't decide between my Mermaid quilt, my Christmas (I know I should be finished with that one), or a couple of pieced quilts I am playing with.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will let you know which I finally deiced on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have also, been busy taking my father to the hospital. He has diabetes, heart problems, kidney problems and he has had a couple of strokes through the years. He is a miracle to be living after all that he has been going through. Things have been getting worse this year, and we have been taking him to the hospital regularly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He wants to live in his house, so my sister and I can not be there to help him through the day, and that is scary. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Taking care of our children was just a natural part of life, but growing up you don't think that you will have to take care of your parents. It is different time of life. If you too have the responsibility of being care givers, I know how hard it can be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I got to go to a fun Antique Show last week. It was held at a small farm about 30 minutes from my house. The farm has fallow deer, goats, chickens and roosters. I know there are more animals, but they were moved down the street for the show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There were a lot of fun things to see and buy, I tried to be good, but I did buy a few things. I bought a wonderful old bucket with holes that they use in Europe to pick and drain olives, 2 milk glass pieces, an old beat up doll bed,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time to go, but I just thought of one more thing, I found out that someone had "pinned" my quilts on to Pinterest. It is all ways fun to see them when I least expect it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by, have a good week and next time I will give you a wonderful recipe for a Peach-Blueberry Cobbler I made last night. It was so good and easy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Laurie </span>Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10060603385984484354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559827215103942037.post-85439718189700956752013-09-20T09:16:00.000-07:002014-05-06T19:01:57.939-07:00Rainbows and Row Quilt<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">I had to have my hair cut this morning at 7:00. I walk every morning, so I am up before 7:00am, but this time I had to look better than usual. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">Now I get to go to a quilting class all afternoon. What a great day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">Tonight I am getting one more quilt back from my quilter. I will show you how it looks quilted. I am excited to see this one, it is the row quilt I showed you a while ago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">Yesterday morning we had a huge, beautiful rainbow in the sky. I ran home and took a picture of it. I could not get the whole rainbow, but most of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have seen 4 rainbows in the last 2 weeks! It has been so fun to look up to see the rainbows, they are so serendipitous. (Is that a word?) </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I'm really excited to show you my row quilt that I just got back from my quilter. I think it looks great, but it is a little too, long for my picture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have to run now, but I will be back soon. Have a good weekend!</span><br />
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Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10060603385984484354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559827215103942037.post-40636474495402274322013-09-12T13:00:00.000-07:002014-05-06T19:01:25.159-07:00Caterpillar Quilt<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Before I can enjoy either of those activities I have some show and tell for you. I just picked up a couple of quilts from my quilter and I am excited to show you how they look. And I finished the Halloween wall hanging. It is not quilted yet. I tried to quilt it myself, but I can't seem to do it very well. I did finish the top so I'll show you how it turned out.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have many things to do today, you know how things come all at once or not at all? That is what this month will be like for me. I hope you have a good day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is beginning to feel like fall, I'm not looking forward to winter, but I love the cooler days and the changing leaves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;">I have been trying to post sometime for 2 weeks. I had pictures to show you and my new project, and It will not work for me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">I wanted you to know that I have been trying to post at least once a week. This is my P.S. before my post, instead of after.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I came home the other day and my daughter was watching a movie filmed in Ireland. Our ancestors are from Ireland, and I hope to go there someday. My daughter just came home from Europe and she was able to visit Ireland as one of the countries on her trip.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">The movie was "Leap Year". I remembered hearing the name, but I did not see it when it came out. I wish I had seen it then. I thought it was charming. I loved seeing the beautiful countryside and I am a hopeless romantic, so the love story was very sweet, even though you know what will happen from the beginning.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have embellished it, and now I am sewing on the borders, I'll show you how it looks next time.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I said that I was going on a vacation with my family, well, we went and now I am home. I'm not ready to start working again, but that is what we do. Before I start to clean, cook, wash, and quilt, knit, etc. I thought I would let you know a little about our trip to Cancun, Mexico</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the view that greeted us the first afternoon at lunch. I was beautiful!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The only problem I had was that is was hot!! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I told you about my son and I chasing the "Super Moon" last month, well I just had to take a picture of the moon from the beach at the hotel. That is what I would call a Super Moon! It was a full moon and it changed as the clouds flew by. Every night we could watch the beach and the moon from our patio.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">We spent on day on the island Majeres, just 40 minutes away from the coast of Cancun. The island was beautiful, and the beaches were easier to play on with our 2 little girls. We did find a few topless sunbathers, but my husband was very discreet has he lead us through the sun bathers, so that our sons had no ideas what they had missed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Just down the street from our hotel was a place called El Ray. It is an area of ruins that were not tall, but very interesting and not just because remains of the civilization that had once lived here. They were inhabited by at least 500 Iguanas.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Everywhere you looked an Iguana was waiting for you to past by. It was a little creepy at first, then we started noticing how big some of them had grown. As long as you left them a lone you were just fine, but if you can too close to them they would start shaking their heads. That meant you were too close.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The only other problem there was that is was so hot that we all looked like we had been sprayed with a hose. That would have been nice. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The last night we were there, as I was trying to get some sleep, (we had to leave for the airport at 4:30) my husband ran into the room and said that he had just seen a Giant Sea Turtle on the beach. Actually he had seen 4 that night. We ran down to see one right off from the stairs leading to our hotel. She was flipping her fins, throwing sand all over and getting ready to lay her eggs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">We were told to stay away from her so that she did not see us, if she did she would go back to the sea. There were 5 girls there with buckets waiting for her to leave, so that they could take the eggs to a safe place until they hatched. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">They lay between 75 to 180 eggs at one time and they are the size of a ping pong ball.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I am so happy that there are people that care enough to help the animals around the world. The turtles come to this beach from July to October, so this not just a few night during the year. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I changed seasons this evening. I started a Christmas quilt that I will post for you to see and if you like it I will give you the pattern, as I go along.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Good Bye for now,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Laurie </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been so busy that I forgot to post about the last class I taught on beginning applique. We had a great time thinking up different ways to use the fabrics we had for my dresses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started these dresses a long time ago and some how they were put to the side. I am going to finish them now. See what you think.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I come back from our trip I will show you how to applique one of these, then you'll have the secret of how to do all of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There will be more to come!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Laurie </span></div>
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room at 10:00 pm and said that he wanted me to go chase the “Super Moon” with
him. We live at the base of a mountain, so we cannot see the moon as soon as
the people in the valley. So we jumped into the car and drove down the hill to
find the moon. It was beautiful! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is
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the top of Big Cottonwood Canyon here in Utah. It was so peaceful and
beautiful. It makes me thankful for the beauty we have so close around us. I know
that we all have special places where we live that fill our hearts and souls
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">It’s May,
It’s May that lovely month of May</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">…</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">..</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">I could
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is spring at my house. I
have started planting flowers in my yard and the pots that were looking a
little frozen are coming back.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font-family: "CK Anecdote"; font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">I have been
busy inside for the last month, both sewing and painting. I have almost
finished the cabinet I was working on, just the drawer, which I don’t have, is
unfinished. While I had the paints out I started painting on the cute box/foot
stool I had waiting for attention.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Last but
not least is the Millennium Quilt I am working on with my Clothesline Line
Club. One quilt with 1000 pieces! The class is using kits, but of course I got
working on my and decided to <span style="font-size: small;">c</span>ut some of my own fabric, I now have 835 different
pieces of fabric for my quilt. I started it is a couple of different sizes, etc.
, and decided to cut them into rectangles. Well, mine will be a very strange
looking quilt. I forgot to cut off some of the threads; I have sewn 161 pieces
together so far. I’ll keep you posted1</span></span></span></div>
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