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nine patches and more remember my 3 nine patches here s one of the blocks with the cutie in the center i finished the blocks on friday and they sit waiting it should be finished but i need to lay them out on the floor and i ve been too lazy to do it yes i need a design wall so that i don t have to crawl all over the floor note to self figure out where to put a design wall what s a ufo thanks so much for posting your opinions and definitions this question came up because last week my dh was with me at one of our local quilt stores and the owner was telling one her employees about me and how much i sew they asked me how many ufos i had and i said none my dh started laughing and i realized that his definition and mine were not the same a ufo to me is a project that s been started but has been set aside the fabric has been cut and i ve started sewing i try very hard not to do that yes i prefer to work on one project at a time and it makes me crazy when i hop from project to project now i have a ton of pigs projects in grocery sacks as patti calls them but i don t think of those as ufos speaking of patti she provided food for thought i have a large read very large pile of quilt tops and never thought of those as ufos now i have to decide whether or not those are ufos in my mind or just quilt tops lol nancy says they are just quilt tops hmmmm something to ponder i m truly a processor so i m sure that i will always have a lot of quilt tops waiting to be quilted so i m not sure i want to call them ufos lol this is definitely something to ponder again thank you for sharing your opinions and definitions grrrrrrrrrrrrr need to vent i realized yesterday that i m too addicted to this computer way to addicted why our cable company was experiencing an outage and i couldn t do anything on the computer until last night my world was tilted on its axis crazy i know lol my dh looked at me later in the evening and said we re back up and i felt such a sense of relief when i was able to log on i really need a life posted by darlene at 1 20 pm 18 comments friday september 08 2006 what a ufo as i m sewing and enjoying my new project with the cute 3 nine patches i was thinking about ufo s what s your definition of a ufo 1 a ufo is a project that s been started and is still waiting to be completed 2 a ufo is a project that s waiting in the wings drawers closets bins baskets etc to be started 3 other please explain i d love to hear what you think a ufo is feel free to either leave a comment with your definition or post in your own blog i m feeling pretty chatty today so don t be surprised if i post again today posted by darlene at 10 23 am 19 comments thursday september 07 2006 little 9 patches i m heading to bed with a smile on my face and a song in my heart a new project woohoo my new project has this cuties 50 three inch nine patches aren t they sweet i ve done a few blocks that these cuties fit into so hopefully tomorrow i can show all the finished blocks gratitudes moda fat quarter bundles fun quilt patterns green grapes posted by darlene at 10 50 pm 11 comments monday september 04 2006 a quilt one day i can t stop making these no i m definitely not complaining as they really are as addicting as libby told me they would i really do need to get back to my hand applique oh those projects are piling up actually i just have a handful of leaves to do on my country cousins bom block 3 but i need to prep all of block 4 it s september and blocks 5 6 will be here very very soon when i started this bom i told myself that i would try to stay on task so i d better get busy thought for today keep the promises you make to yourself and others gratitudes a sluggish day a lazy day a quiet day etc posted by darlene at 9 10 am 12 comments saturday september 02 2006 my nerve center susan asked what we sew on so here s a picture of my new baby my dh bought this new machine for me in april and it s a janome memory craft 6600 when janome introduced their 6500 a few years ago i really wanted one but thought it would be silly to buy a new machine then they introduced this one and i really was coveting it i kept teasing my dh that i was going to buy it and he d just say go for it well in april i attended the chicago quilt festival and had an opportunity to really play with it and i came home really excited about it a week later i was the proud owner i can t tell you how much i enjoy sewing on this machine it s smooth and quiet the deeper harp is really nice and roomy is this the only machine i own oh no in fact lisa says that i own a fleet of sewing machines lol bernina 150 quilter s edition bernette 90e janome jem gold singer featherweight centennial edition bernina deco 650 embroidery machine yes i m spoiled rotten right down to the core thought for today i am not the first woman who has turned to handwork for salvation what is it about exacting needlework that stitches and sews us back together again maryjane butters gratitudes my corner of the world it s my happy place posted by darlene at 9 55 am 8 comments friday september 01 2006 just sewing sometimes i don t want to think i just want to sew it s so relaxing to watch fabric moving along and the needle doing it s thing so i pulled this project cut the strips and started sewing oh i was having a blast no thinking very little planning oh what fun woohoo aaarrrggghhh it s a very simple strippy pattern and yet i had problems why well i got all the strips sewn together and it was time to square it up and move on to the borders i struggled and struggled trying to get this thing squared up i did the best i could added all three borders and called it done i took it in the livingroom and laid it on the floor and my dh looked at it and said what happened i ve never seen you miss fullness yes fullness toward the bottom of the strippy part of the quilt i know exactly what i did wrong aaarrrggghhh it s done and it ll quilt out so i m only showing you the top half cuz i m a little embarrassed so much for simple thought for today let go and move on gratitudes an evening of sewing more projects to sew more fabric in the cupboards the drawers the closet etc posted by darlene at 8 52 am 15 comments monday august 28 2006 a simplified life my buzz words in 2005 were simplifying and downsizing my dh and i lived in a two story four bedroom home with two living areas a yard a pool yada yada yada well you get the picture all of our children are grown and have homes and families of their own so why were we in this house ugh i d been doing a lot of thinking about how to make things easier for us we sat down and had a heart to heart talk and decided that it was time to sell the house eliminate the stuff and seek a much simpler way of life my dh was approaching retirement age and staying in that house meant that he might not be able to retire as soon as he wanted in 2004 we looked at some homes in a retirement community and decided that it wasn t the right time and would revisit that later well my dh remembered this community and suggested that i take a look again and see what they had available the model we had fallen in love with had some improved changes and i fell in love with the house all over again and they had a spec house available and we could move in within 45 days the house we were in was not ready to be put on the market but i was determined the next day my dd and i were standing in the garage and my neighbor asked if we were planning to sell our house and if so he was very very interested he brought his family over and bought the house i m a firm believer in things happening for a reason btw this was mid may and we were in our new home july 4th week end as we were preparing to move i got rid of so much stuff eliminated the clutter the relief i felt as i was doing that was incredible our life has changed in so many ways ways i m not sure i could describe some would say that we have no life to some we re probably boring but if that s the case then we re happy boring people lol my dh retired on april 15 and now has a more relaxed and content look on his face a decision like this might not be the right decision for some but for us it was that s the story of my simplified and downsized life gratitudes a happier and healthier dh a simpler way of life less clutter and stuff thought for today follow your heart posted by darlene at 9 45 pm 18 comments sunday august 27 2006 it s done when i finish piecing a quilt top i usually sing another one bites the dust another one s done and another one s done and another one bites the dust boom boom lol it s a bit busy but i really like the way it turned out i love quilting week ends don t you why do i quilt i ve thought and thought about this question that patti posed to everyone late in the week there are so many reasons but i think primarily because it s a stressbuster i m a worrier my dh says that i worry when i don t have anything to worry about i think that he s right lol i find that when i spend time sewing machine and or hand my mind is at peace and my heart is very happy i love to spend time in my sewing room and find that i can lose myself in my thoughts about patterns fabric more patterns and more fabric in other words i don t have time to worry and fret i really enjoy sewing but have been down the garment road and really didn t enjoy that one bit i was a quilting wannabe for a long time and honestly felt that i couldn t do it i was attributing it to my frustration with garment sewing ugh and then in 1999 i had a strong desire to learn how to quilt so i visited every quilt store in the area to see how i would be treated as a beginner one of the owners of one of the quilt stores actually took me by the arm and showed me the beginner project and then showed me what i could do once i took my beginner class i was so impressed with the way that she treated me that i signed up immediately and the rest is history lol it s only been recently that i ve started doing more handwork oh i ve always been a needleworker cross stitch and embroidery but now new doors have been opened in the quilting world and a new kind of peace has happened i truly do enjoy sitting and watching my needle pulling thread through the project of the day my mother in law once paid me the ultimate compliment give darlene a needle thread and fabric and she can do anything i can t tell you what that did for me a paintbrush and i do not get along so i completely avoid those type of activities i do enjoy crocheting however it s been more than 25 years since i ve done that i won t bore you with the reasons i avoid other interests so in a nutshell i quilt because it provides the peace and simple bliss i need in my life why do i blog i discovered blogging when i accidently found jeanne s blog in june i d read a few other blogs before that but i read jeanne s entire blog and decided this might be the place for me like so many of you i too belong to many e mail groups and find that i primarily lurk never quite feeling comfortable enough to post and when i do post i feel a bit self conscious remember i m a worrier lol i m not necessarily a shy and introverted person however i do find that i m slow to join actually i m not much of a joiner i do enjoy spending time with me myself and i if i don t join something i don t have to worry about being accepted yes the fear of acceptance truly exists blogging means i can share my quilts and quilt tops and i don t have worry about someone rolling their eyes at my fabric choices or how big or small my quilt is or why i chose that pattern i just post a journal type entry and hope that those that like i what i did will comment and i try not to worry about those that don t blogging is a place to hopefully be accepted and be part of the inner circle i ve already made several cyberfriends that i enjoy counting as friends blogging is a perfect fit for me and i ve truly been enjoying it thank you for letting me share now it s time to search for a new project gratitude the freedom of speech posted by darlene at 2 48 pm 24 comments week end project teaser this is what i m working with this week end the center of the quilt is done and now i m off to do the borders will be done later today woohoo i ll be back later to post a picture of the completed quilt top and to answer patti s question why i quilt been giving that alot of thought i ve also been pondering may s question why i blog lots of thoughts to share later posted by darlene at 12 39 pm 6 comments thursday august 24 2006 hexagon gfg update i ve been stitching away and as libby predicted i m very addicted to these adorable flowers i ve got to decide on a color for the path between the flowers i m thinking about using the same black tone on tone that i m using in the centers any suggestions thought for today wish it dream it live it where in the world is judy she s been lost in cyberspace but now she s right here http judylaquidara blogspot com posted by darlene at 6 34 pm 12 comments tuesday august 22 2006 i m in love i ve been doing a ton of handwork applique and grandmother s flower garden blocks and have continued to struggle with threading the needle no it s not my eyesight it s the durn needle lol anyway yesterday my dh went to the closest quilt store and picked up one of these needlethreaders for me oh my goodness it was love at first threading if you ve struggled while threading your needle you simply must run not walk to you nearest quilt store and buy one of these it s a little pricey 15 this is why i kept resisting it but worth every penny oh it s by clover thought for today simplify your life and enjoy every minute gratitudes clover needlethreader clover needlethreader clover needlethreader and clover needlethreader posted by darlene at 12 14 pm 13 comments monday august 21 2006 the evil temptress an evil temptress lives in blogland really she does lol if you don t know her then you simply must meet her her name is lisa and she lives here she posted pictures of fabric porn today just to tempt me you see she really is evil o let me tell you about lisa the evil temptress we met like i ve met so many others here in blogland just leaving comments on each other s blogs we ve found that we have very similar tastes in fabrics and patterns so we ve chatted a bit on august 1 she decided that she would join vicky s great fabric depression and would not buy any fabric then it was time for the quilt show in seattle oh no she was agonizing a bit about buying while at the show so i suggested that rather than buying for herself she could just buy for me afterall it s all about me lol well needless to say i was teasing her and lo and behold she sent an e mail asking for my mailing address cuz she d found something for me i couldn t send her my address what if she was a stalker and just wanted it to come get my fabric ok i finally gave in and sent my address and last week what you see in the picture above arrived it s a lovely package of neutra...