I have been gone for a while, but I have good reasons. 1- laziness, 2- new granddaughter was born on the 27 of Jan, 3- laziness, 4- my mac mini was throwing fits for a while and wouldn’t allow me to boot the correct drive, so I couldn’t do much of anything and finally 5- did I mention laziness???
However I can’t really say that I have been too lazy, as I have finished up a lot of stuff. I got all my blocks for the Bouquet For A New Day quilt.

Here is October’s block:


Here is my November block:


And finally here is December’s block:


I placed all the finished blocks up on my wall, they aren’t sewn together, but they are all finished!!! Here is what they all look like together:


Thats it for now, I will share more pictures with you tomorrow.

Tags: BOM , Bouquet for a new day, Needle Turn Applique

Weeping Lillies is the September block for Bouquet For a New Day Quilt. I finished this block up about a week ago. I am already about half way finished with Octobers block.



Getting that much closer to having all the blocks complete. Its going to be sad to see this one come to an end, I have really enjoyed this project. I think I found my niche, I love needle turn applique.

Tags: Needle Turn Applique, BOM , Bouquet for a new day

Another productive weekend has past. I made another fabric basket....


I also have another Block completed for Bouquet For A New Day...


I also have made wonderful progress on my spider web quilt. I got all the blocks made. Now I just need to get them sewn together.


I am not sure if I will actually have all the blocks completed for the Bouquet For A New Day completed by the end of the year. It is after all December and I am just now starting on September’s, but I am sure trying my best to get caught up.
Well until next time, I will see what else I can complete.

Tags: fabric basket, BOM , Bouquet for a new day, Needle Turn Applique, spider web, quilt

Been a while since I posted anything. But I have been super busy, and by seeing the pictures that I am going to post you will see also that I have been busy.
First off we have my July Block for Bouquet for a New Day quilt.



Next is the Block for Baskets in Bloom



This one is actually Octobers Block, but not to worry, I am not too far behind, November’s is almost finished. I will probably have it complete by next weekend, and will post a picture of it then.

Now for something a bit different. How about this cute little fabric basket....



Here is another shot of it. I am really tickled with how it turned out.



I had actually found this cute litttle fabric basket on a fellow quilters blog, the Pink Penguin.
I couldn’t pass it up, and had to make one, well maybe a second one as well. I am already thinking about what colors to use.

Tags: fabric basket, BOM , Bouquet for a new day, Baskets In Bloom

Just as promised here is the June Block of the month for the Bouquet For A New Day quilt.
I really like how this one turned out.
Now on with July.

Tags: quilts, Bouquet for a new day, BOM

Finally got another Bouquet For A New Day block finished. This one is May’s block called Scarlet Daffodils.



Granite mine aren’t scarlet in color,the orginal pattern is. But isn’t that what give me an artist license?
I also have June’s block complete, just finished it up tonight, I need to take a picture of it then I will post it.

Tags: quilts, Bouquet for a new day, BOM

Probably thought I had given up on this other Block of the month, huh? Well I haven’t, it just takes me a bit longer to get these ones finished. I hand applique them, if you recall. However I am still very behind on this project. I now have April’s block complete, and almost finished with May’s and here it is half way through October. Boy the year just seems to fly by.

Tags: Bouquet for a new day, BOM

Well you know it is spring when you have beautiful flowers popping up in your yard!

I have no idea what these are, but last year they didn't bloom one single flower, and this year, surprise! Aren't they purdy?

I got my February block of the month finished. If you recall I had just started it at the beginning of this month, so I am one month behind, but hopefully I will be caught up soon. This block I just finished is called "Crazy Daisies"
Here is the finished picture of the block

To see what the original block looked like see my previous post for this month.

Good news about my baby cag (congo african grey) he is a he! I got the dna test results back and he is a confirmed male!!!!! Yeah!
I just want to say that as far as a name goes, I keep trying to think of something and I keep going back to the name of Merlin. My brother had made a suggestion of Coda Rossa meaning "Red Tail" in Italian, I really like that name, but again I find myself referring to the little guy as Merlin. So we will see when he comes home what I end up calling him. I would almost rather wait until he arrives to his new house before naming him, so I can see more of what name will fit him.
Speaking of him coming home, he should be home this next weekend, if all goes as planned. He is being cut down in his hand feedings and this week he is on his own for food. So if he does well then he is free to come home. Boy I sure hope so cause I am missing my little guy.

I have some new video of Jasmine that I need to put up, I just need to upload it to youtube and then put the links on my page. I should hopefully get that done tomorrow.
The weather was nice enough the other day, so I took Jasmine outside for some fresh air and sun. She loves being outside, and with her wings being chewed up I don't have to worry about her flying away. So I took her, the dogs and my camera outside for some fun.

We also have been in the process of building Jasmine a playstand. Something she can play on and have fun while being out of her cage but not having to be attached to a human like velco. Well It is just about finished and we attached her bong to it, and made attempts of putting her on it. Not an easy thing to do when you have a bird that is phobic to anything new, I mean who knows it may just eat her, right? Well it took hubby a half an hour with Jasmine standing on his shoulder while he stood there and tried to show her it was alright.
Mission accomplished, she finally got on her bong and now she is having a blast!!!

The remainder of the perches have since then been covered, the only thing left is to get the top T perch covered and insert some hooks. That is the perch that her bong will actually hang from, so she can be up high and just have tons of fun.

well it is late, I am signing off and I will post those videos tomorrow.

Tags: Bouquet for a new day, Jasmine

Been getting loads of stuff done. First off I have my January BOM (block of the month) applique that I have finished. Just a refresher, this is what it is supposed to look like:



Here is what mine looks like:



Here I was worried that the material for the star wouldn't stand out enough against that background. HA! it looks great. Now to start on the next block.....
This is what it supposed to look like:



I have actually decided to go with my own colors, if you haven't noticed already. My next block is going to have yellow and orange flowers. The whole quilt is actually done with all the flowers in red tones, well me being an individual want my bouquets to be bright and lots of different colors. I am about half way done with the February block, so I should be able to post a finished picture soon.

Just a reminder... if anyone is interested in doing this BOM they can get it from The Quilt Show. You can join and get it for free, plus all the shows and a wonderful forum, or you can purchase the pattern through the shop there.

Next on the list is my Quilt Diva. Finally got her done, she has been a long time waiting friend. But she is finished and looks great up on my wall in my sewing room.



You can see more pictures of her on my Quilts page.

Now on to bird talk: I think Indie is a female. I am really bummed by this. I really wanted Indie to be a male with that beautiful black ring against his blue feathers. OH he would have a sight. However this isn't definite, Indie only recently turned 20 months old, he still has about a year to finish becoming mature.
He still doesn't talk, but boy he makes some great sounds. He meows just like the cat, I have to check and see sometimes if it is the cat or if it is him. I had nothing to do with teaching him how to meow. He also clucks like a chicken, this I can take credit for. He also does this really great sound that sounds like a couple of chick-a-dee's squabbling at each other. It always makes me laugh when he does that. He has also learned how to whistle, and not just a wolf whistle he does all kinds. I am so proud of him, he such a joy. (I guess I might need to re-teach myself in calling him a her. LOL)

Jasmine is doing good, she is calming down and coming out of her hormonal period. Which is great. I am so glad, she has been driving me nuts with her screaming. She is still chewing her feathers, but since she let them go before her breeding time came around I am seeing this as not only a habit (such as nail biting) but also from the stress of not being able to breed. But mercy we don't need more Jasmine's, one is plenty!

Merlin, he is the new addition to the flock. My little African grey. He isn't home yet, and I can't wait until he does come home. I have his cage all set up, and it is in the living room. I set it up early so that Jasmine can get used to having it there in sight. I am trying to make this addition as easy as possible for her. I am still waiting for the DNA test to come back to let us know if he is a he or if he is a she. We think he is a he, but getting impatient on finding out. He is so smart, and only 4 months old. He is already talking if you can believe that! He says Hello, up, it's ok and even says grumble grumble. Now how cute is that? He's latest thing he has learned is the noise from the microwave. OH he is a genius at such a young age. I just hope I can keep up with his intelligence once he is home. However he is a little slow in the weaning process. He should be home by now, but he isn't he took 2 step backwards, and instead of being on 5 cc's of formula, he is back at 20 cc's. So his homecoming is slow in coming, and I am doing my best to be very patient for him. It is for the best though, I don't want to rush him and push it.

well that is about all for today, hopefully I wont be so long coming back again next time.

Tags: Bouquet for a new day, BOM , quilt diva, Indie, Jasmine

Wow Time really does fly when your having fun! Here it is almost the end of the month and I haven't been posting any new updates. Shame on me.

Been busy quilting, well sewing to be exact.
Here is a beautiful picture of the table runner that I made last month, it was such a nice picture, I had to add it in here.


The picture was on the home page of my quilting group a while ago. The owner of the group put the two pictures together and added my name and location to it.

So lets see... I need to share some more pictures with you cause I didn't get a chance to post them earlier. These are the squares from the block of the month that I have been working on. If you remember I did post a picture of the first block that I had finished. Here man can't believe that was back in August! well here are some more blocks from that same quilt of Pam Bono's.

This is block number two:


Here is block number three:


I have block number four finished, I just don't think I have a picture of it. I will have to look and see if I do. If I don't guess I will have to pull out the camera and get my butt in gear!

Aside from all that, I have also been finishing up on my Quilt Diva.... about have her all sewn down and then I can put her and hang her. She is going to accompany me in my sewing room.

I have also (of course I have) started a new block of the month. This one is applique... in fact I am doing needle turn applique. This is the first time for me attempting this type of applique. I figured I could teach myself, but got very frustrated and gave in to the fact that I don't know everything. I went to my mother-in-law for moral support and a quick lesson. She is wonderful... showed me how to do it, and I was off and running. Well I shouldn't say running, as this is a slow process for me, and might take me forever just to finish one block!!!! I guess maybe the correct terminology would be a very slowly paced walk. This is the finished block (mind you its not mine, its what it will look like when complete)

This is mine! It took me a whole 2 days just to applique the star down! Its going to take me forever and then some. But its good, by the time I am done with this quilt I will be the applique queen! At least after 12 blocks of this stuff I would hope I would be queen. LOL


Now please also note I am in the process of appliqueing the leaf and stem down, so no that is not how its going to look when its finished.

Just a quick update on the birds:

Jasmine has re-chewed her wings and her tail feathers. I am blaming it on hormones, as she isn't stressed by her living conditions and in fact she is spoiled (if thats possible)
Indie is still happy go lucky little birdie! Still not talking yet, and probably wont ever, but he is fun to listen to... he makes so many funny noises.

I added a couple more videos, in case no one has noticed. I also added in a picture in the quilts section that I just finished making for a dear friend of mine. It was her Birthday present. Happy Birthday Kathy!!! Hugs

See what happens when I don't post for a month. WOWWee that was a lot, wasn't it. I need to try and post more often.

Tags: table runner, Bouquet for a new day, BOM , video, Out of the Darkness