Happy Blockheads Wednesday #2

This is Cooee by Janelle Kent

You can go to her blog to download

the pattern for her block 

by clicking here.

Besides piecing blocks there's a lot going on at the farm.

Outside, the fuzzy leaves of poppies are sprouting

alongside the tulip leaves, daffodils

and lots of Lillies.

I have a bird feeder out front so I can watch

the birds in the morning while I stitch and 

drink my coffee.  When I get up I turn on the

 coffeepot, grab my jacket and birdseed and 

fill the feeders. Lately, however, every morning 

when I get up the feeder has been knocked over 

either by deer or raccoons because the ground 

around it slopes.

So I asked Jeff to help.  He found a big rock out back 

shaped like an arrowhead and dug the ground out to set it in.

It was just the right size for both the feeder and stone dog.

Now quite often, a bird can be seen sitting on the stone

dog's head while munching on seeds from the feeder.

Thanks Jeff, you're great

Chantilly and Sam birdwatch from the bedroom and

wish they could go out but they're not very trustworthy :)

Back inside I'm working on "Stars over Ukraine"-

my next Tablestand Quilt.  The fabric is 

Summer Breeze by Vanessa for Moda of course,

This is the last week for the March BOGO,

Patchwork Garden and Morning has Broken

You can go to the store to get your 

copies by clicking here.

Now lets take a minute and go see what the

others are doing with Janel's block

LYNNE HAGMEIER - http://kansastroublesquilters-lynne.blogspot.com                 
                
JENELLE KENT - https://www.piecestotreasure.com/blog                 
                
LAURIE SIMPSON - http://minickandsimpson.blogspot.com                 
                
ANNE SUTTON- https://bunnyhillblog.com                 
                
BARBARA GROVES - MODA - https://my.modafabrics.com/tags/blockheads-4                 
                
LINZEE – https://linzeekullmccray.com/blog                 
                
LISA B - https://lisabongean.com                 
                
KATE SPAIN - https://kdspain.com/thedrawingboard                 
                
BRIGITTE HEITLAND - https://www.brigitteheitland.de/blog                 
                
CHELSI STRATTON - https://chelsistratton.wordpress.com                 
                
JACKIE MACDONALD - https://sweetfireroad.com/blog/                 
                
DEBBIE MADDY - https://www.debbiemaddy.com/blogs/musings-of-a-fiber-fanatic                 
                
YOU - http://janpatek.blogspot.com                 
                
CRYSTAL MANNING - https://crystalmanningart.com/blogs/blog                 
                
TAMMY V - MODA - https://my.modafabrics.com/tags/blockheads-4                 
                
CAMILLE ROSKELLEY - https://camilleroskelley.typepad.com                 
                
BETSY CHUTCHIAN - http://betsysbestquiltsandmore.blogspot.com                 
                
ROBIN PICKENS - https://www.robinpickens.com                 
                
STACY IEST HSU - https://www.stacyiesthsu.com/blog/jann                 
                
JANET CLARE - http://janetclare.co.uk/blog/                 
                
SHERRI MCCONNELL - https://www.aquiltinglife.com                 
                
BRENDA RIDDLE - https://brendariddledesigns.com/blogs/newss                 
                
VANESSA CHRISTENSON - https://vanessachristenson.com/blog/                 
                
VANESSA GOERTZEN - https://blog.lellaboutique.com                 
                
COREY YODER - https://corianderquilts.com                 
                
MICHELLE WHITE - MODA - https://my.modafabrics.com/tags/blockheads-4                 
                
JOANNA FIGUEROA - https://blog.figtreeandcompany.com 

Have a good week ladies and Keep quilting.

 

Happy Blockheads Wednesday.

This is "Square Wheel by Lynne Hagmeir of

                                                                   Kansas Trouble Quilters You can download the pattern by                            

 clicking here.

As you can see the computer is still acting up.

                                I think it's an awesome block and am sure you will enjoy making it. 

It has been quite a morning - one of those morning

                                                                when everything goes wrong. 

                                            But - my camera finally works and my computer finally 

                                                                works (mostly) so I'm finally here.

This week we're having a BOGO special -

Patchwork Garden and

Morning has Broken

Both for one low price.

And hopefully the links will work so I

can send you to the store.

Your can go to the store to get

your copies by clicking here

These are Tammy's granddaughters who

came to spend the week

with her last week.

As you can see they are Unicorn lovers

as well as chicken lovers- here they are feeding the chickens.

(there weren't any unicorns in sight or they would have fed them too).

Hopefully, by next week we will have some fabric

packs for you.  Terri helps with the piecing and cutting of kits

and fabric packs.  At the moment her daughter's husband was 

sent to Poland to help our NATO partners there.  Since our military 

doesn't get paid a living wage Terri's daughter has to work so

Terri brings the boys with her too.  Luckily the farm is a

great place for grandchildren and we're more than glad

to have them all.  So please bear with me if things are a little late

sometimes.  

And for now

Pray for Ukraine and

Keep quilting.

 

Happy St. Patrick's Day

And I am part Irish - Scotch Irish - 

my maiden name was Laird.

Anyway - here's my green

This is one of my favorite new patterns -

Walk in the Woods made with Deb Strain's

Home Sweet Holidays fabric line.

I've made 2 of them, one for Deb and 1 for me.

Remember these two - Cullen and Quinn.

Since Covid is finally out of the picture (they've had it

and Pep and I have both had 2 shots and a booster) they got

to come up for the weekend again last week.

Here they are now. - What a difference a 

day (or two) makes.

Your remember me telling you Cullen broke

both bones of his leg just above the ankle

in a wrestling match.

Well, at least he got his varsity letter in wrestling 

out of it - Yay Cullen.  But I do think there are

easier ways to get a letter jacket.  :)

I'm almost finished sewing the binding on Deb's

quilt and will start on mine as soon as I get

my Glory to Ukraine quilt done.

I think I'm going to make the next Tablestand

Quilt using some of these patterns too.

The patterns for Walk in the Woods and 

Glory for Ukraine are in the store and on

sale for 17% off today and tomorrow.

You can go to the store to get them by clicking here.

Prayers for the people of Ukraine and

Keep Quilting.

 

Changes, changes. changes - but it's still snowing.

The cardinals are at the feeders munching away but

Appaloosa Dobey came in out of the snow to get dried off.

He's got a lot more fur than Elizabeth but doesn't want to

stay outside unless I am outside too.  I'll go out in late afternoon

to refill the feeders but for now am comfy inside.

I put a pot of soup on and will be content to quilt.

 

My sister Nancy has moved into an assisted living

apartment.    She really needed more room than the 

bedroom we could spare and they are better equipped 

to take care of her medicine.

Anyway, this is the couch she brought from her

house.  She couldn't take it with her so 

we found a good home for it

and replaced it with 2 chairs and a table by the laundry room.

                                           

Pep suggested that instead of putting a large bed in the room,

we turn her room  into a workspace for me.  I think he

was tired of me using his kitchen counters to iron

on (I hate sewing on wrinkled fabric).

So we've been moving things around.

We kept Cullen's bed in the room -

Midnight Garden just fit on it.

Of course Elizabeth had to check things out

and give her seal of approval.

I'm quite content with it 

 I ought to get

a lot of good quilts designed in this room -

starting with

Glory to Ukraine.

It's 44 x 53 and uses the Summer Breeze line

by Vanessa of Lella Boutique.

I'm pretty sure the fabric is in shops now and

you can get the pattern by clicking here.

And I think I should tell you that in my quilts when

you see a star or moon, it doesn't mean its night, 

- those are symbols of the celestial, 

baskets stand for quilting and of course

houses stand for home and family.

And last but certainly not least, we're

getting ready to start BLOCKHEADS4 so

be sure to check my blog each Wed or Thursday.

Have a good week ladies, pray for Ukraine and

keep quilting.

And this week wasn't much better.

 Except for

my birdhouse table runner.  

I used the same patterns and fabrics from

the table stand to make a matching table runner.  It's 16" x 30"

and will look great  on my table for Easter.  

I'll show you the the table stand jpg when I get it

back from Sandra, our new quilter.

The table runner should be in the store soon.

But meantime

It snowed a bit.  We didn't get 7 inches like

they did in Kansas City but we got enough 

to be pretty but not cause a lot of problems.

Except there are supposed to be 

2 redbirds on the table.

Elizabeth found him in a pile of snow

under the table.

She rolled him around to clean him off

and now he's back where he belongs.

Have a good week ladies 

Stay safe and stay warm.

It's been a hard week

Especially for Cullen.

Here we all are out front - I

can't remember for sure why we are 

all looking up - I think it was an eclipse.

Anyway Cullen was standing outside 

with the rest of us - on both legs 

Here are his legs last Friday after his wrestling

tournament.  His leg has 2 broken bones just

above the ankle.

Then he tripped on one of his crutches and broke

a toe on the other foot.  He has to wear a supportive boot

on that foot.

He couldn't put any weight at all on the leg so

we ordered him a knee scooter.

We drove down to Kansas City and unloaded it

on the sidewalk in front of the house

because Cullen, Quinn, Max and Valerie all had covid.

Not a good week for him and I couldn't even

give him a hug.

He had surgery yesterday and thank God, it went well.

I think this is the foot with the broken toe.

And here is Sam I Am at the front window

saying a little prayer for him.

Or more likely praying that he could catch 

one of the birds out at the feeder.

Luckily he's not very good at it.

The only good thing about the week 

(except that Cullen's surgery went well and

no one had a bad case of covid) was that I got the 

spring table stand quilt

and a Mini Quilt designed.  

The Birdhouse Tablestand needs a better name

but I really like it.

                                                                Quilter's Moon Mini

Quilting soothes the soul.

They should be in the store soon.

Have a good week ladies and lets join Sam I Am 

in praying for a quick recovery for Cullen.

 

Dang old groundhog

 BUT

Jeff brought us lots of wood.

Pep's already got a cozy fire going,

 I made a big pot of soup for dinner,

AND

I've got a Birdhouse Tablestand quilt

(front and back) to work on

So I'm kind of in hog heaven so it 

should be a nice day, even with a 

bad groundhog prediction.

Our vintage book this month is

Festival of Life so you can go

to the store by clicking here.

Have a great week filled with quilting.