NEW WORDS....

The new word is fabriphile


any guesses?



hummmmm


The answer is, one who fondles fabric.



Next new word.......fibrififfer.....



any guesses?



One who sniffs fabric.



If any of you have these problems, (I think you all do)....then I think you are a true fabricholic.


(can you tell I have too much time on my hands?)

THE CHOICES WE MAKE

Today I got up and looked at my blogs, checked the mail and thought....should I just go back to bed....or get busy with my day?

The bed is ohhhhhh so comfy...look at all those pillows. I know, I would have showed you a picture with me in it but that means someone would have to take my picture.....hummmmm hubby is gone.....so just envision a blond hair, blue eyed, thin....long legged woman (that is me...oh....

maybe that is my husbands dream of me)...HA!!! Sorry hubby...no can do OOOOO, I am not any of those...totally the opposite...poor guy.

I need to stay away from the stores....I am going to be in the states a while so I need to pace myself....slow and steady wins the race...right!!! Breathe.....do a yoga stance....breathe again....Okay...I am ready....or not..



Guess who won out? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Well....I have surpassed 50,000 post...now I really have to get down to business...so bare with me...give me some time....my thinker is sleeping....on vacation....taking a break (not unlike me at all...so nothing rare for the thinker not to be working)...

A QUILTER'S HEART, A QUILTER'S BOND

It is a quilter's heart that binds us all together. It is a quilter's heart that links us all through our blogging world.

How grateful I am to have spent the whole afternoon with two of the most amazing women. I met them through blogging but now we are not just a name on the computer...we are truly friends.



Jarre in the purple is from the blog Fabric Artist, Judy from Sew Fun Quilts. They went out of their way to come all the way to where I am staying. We had a wonderful lunch at the Red Robin...infact it was atleast an hour before we ordered our food, we were chatting so much.

Judy gave me these wonderful fat quarters....cats of course...look at her shirt, that woman loves cats...that is her signature...Love these Judy, thank you!!



Then Jarre, she makes these beautiful hair pins on her embroidery machine. These are so beautiful...I would hope that you go to her etsy store and check them out..truly wonderful. Thanks Jarre...love them!!


Judy said that she didn't want to leave without taking me to a quilt shop....my heart jumped for pure joy....slobber started running down my mouth just at the thought of going fabric shopping. They suggested JoAnn's...quite a bit away from where we were...but that didn't matter to Judy..she didn't care...she was a woman on a mission. She wanted to make sure that I got to JoAnn's at any cost.

Now I am not responsible for what you see next. Jarre kept bringing me fabrics and well..somehow it ended up in my basket. I told her I was not going shopping with her anymore (only kidding of course)....



Notice once again my fabric choice...I was even wondering in JoAnn's why I am buying green, that is not even my favorite color, not that I have one but green has never been one to find it's way into my basket....but I looooooooooooooooooooove it...



Love the Polka dots....



Green fat quarters...yes, green again!!!

I can not remember when I had such a fun time, it is not often I go shopping with others, I am one that has spent most of my life shopping by myself or my husband sighing in the background....(he is good about taking me but it is not top on his list of fun)...

Thanks Judy and Jarre for the wonderful day....not only was it fun but the day was just beautiful outside....

Kaufman fabrics

The gal I made the chicken quilt for gave me a box of fabrics and in the fabrics was all of these kaufman fabrics...my eyes just bugged out of my head, how awesome is that? Not that my eyes bugged out of their head (that is gross)...but the material silly.


Included was alot of fabric that will be great for totes, I didn't get a picture of them but I was so delighted to get all of the fabrics.

By the way, notice my counter....I am almost up to 50,000 hits....and that means a giveaway for all of you....I will have to think of something wonderful for you.....so keep coming by......


and if you have an April Birthday, just let me know...put your name in the pot....have to think on a gift....

lots of thinking...

if you see smoke coming from Texas way...it is not smoke signals, it is my brain....

ONE CREATIVE PERSON

So you all have heard me talk about my friend Krista....she joined a towel swap with me....I have had my towel from the start because she just lives down the road. I have noticed that others got their towel but haven't seen anyone blog about it so I am blogging for her.

Isn't this towel adorable? She is amazing. She does scrapbooking too and that is how she designed this towel, from her scrapbooking supplies. When she brought over her idea, I just could not believe how awesome it was going to be.



She came over one day with another friend and they made potholders like the trivet below...well..she didn't stop there, she went home and made me this pot holder...I love it...it matches the towel...



Then I went to her home to watch her use her new embroidery machine....and this is what she came up with after I left. I am the happy recipient of this wrist pin cushion....she designed it herself....quilted the bottom with extra batting...isn't she amazing? Shouldn't she do a blog?

Doesn't she spoil me?
She has the cutest husband and kids, her youngest calls me grammie...isn't that adorable....I just love it..and the boys shower me with hugs when they leave me...I truly love her and her family....and since I don't have grandkids of my own....by as well steal hers...

LET'S TALK STORY.......CHICKEN STORY

You can get the pattern for the chicken from fat cat patterns, just click on the cat on my right side bar.

So...I made this pillow for my husbands partner's wife. Why you ask?

They arrived here in January. She was very ill but waited a few weeks before doing anything about it. She decided to go to the emergency room...but when her and her husband drove up to the emergency room a chicken came out of the door. She just said, back up dear, we are not going in there. We thought it was so funny and so my husband and I had the same ideal...to make her a chicken...so here is a chicken pillow.

I quilted the front and back to make it sturdier.....and notice the Amerika Samoa embroidered on the bottom....yes Krista my machine can do that... She just got an embroidery machine, Pfaff....and I went over there to watch her learn to use it....went home wanting one....but my pfaff does a little embroidery...hummmffff

So there....actually, I am happy for my friend. She is amazing and in a few post from now I will show you just how amazing she is, even tho you have seen some of her work. I am trying to convince her to do a blog.

KONA BAY SCHNIBBLE

Remember when I had the "I must buy fabric moment", I cut out two sets of schnibbles....Kona bay and Moda.. You saw the Moda, well here is the Kona bay, don't have the border done....but hey....getting there!! I just love Kona bay and the Japanese fabrics..



Thanks for all your comments on the previous post. This trip was kinda an all of a sudden trip for me, not my husband. My sons are so close to San Antonio that I just had to come and also to take care of a few things. Thanks for your care and concern.

We left Samoa Thursday night and arrived after four flights in San Antonio this morning. My oldest son picked us up and we drove 2 1/2 hours to College Staion. Needless to say we are sooooooooooooooooooooooo tired and look even worse, probably smell worse but we are here!!!!