18 April 2018
17 April 2018
Cake!
I've made sugarless and even flourless cakes for my bosses and co-workers over the years. I've bought grocery store cakes. I've bought bakery cupcakes.
Some of the celebrations have been delicious; some have left us wishing I'd done something differently.
The daughter of one of my friends, Janiel, recently started her own commercial bakery, and I asked if she could make a low-sugar cake with lots of fresh fruit for my boss' birthday. This is what I got!!!
I'm utterly amazed the cake made it to the office the next day without being devoured! I couldn't wait to sink my teeth into this, and train passengers were equally as willing to perform taste tests!
The genuine taste test... My boss and co-workers LOVED it! I think I'm going to ask her to make my husband's birthday cake next month, too. I'll need to come up for an excuse to order a cake every month! And oooh, she delivers...
Thank you, Janerek Bakery (Janiel's husband name is Erek, and together they are anything but generic!), for the best cake I've ever taken to work and the best cake I've tasted in ages!
16 April 2018
Snowflake Monday
Are you tired of Don's faux 12-pointer yet? I'm certainly not! I may have one or two more 12-point snowflakes starting from triangles up my sleeve!
My goal was to get five snowflakes ahead so I could concentrate on photographing my niece's wedding, then downloading, editing and uploading the photos. This is the fifth snowflake, I'm writing this post a few weeks before the wedding, and hopefully I will be all done with the photos by the time this pattern is published!
I can't tell you how much I love today's pattern. I picked a very special name because I think this is my favorite of the Pyramid flakes so far.
I was born just north of the mighty Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas. I grew up on the opposite side of the Organ Mountains of southern New Mexico from the Rio Grande. When I got older, I made several trips to Bosque del Apache, a beautiful wildlife preserve along the Rio Grande wetlands in the center of New Mexico. Still later, I spent a great deal of time camping, fishing, exploring, hiking and photographing everything around Elephant Butte, also in central New Mexico. That reservoir is right on the Rio Grande.
I guess you could say I have Rio Grande in my blood.
So does my Lizard. He has wanted to climb Rio Grande Pyramid since before we met. He's seen the peak from the summits of 14ers Windom and Sunlight, but that's as close as he's been so far. This is another area we both long to explore one day.
Rio Grande Pyramid, at 13,821 feet is Colorado''s 97th tallest peak. A ridge running south from the summit contains a gorgeous rock cut called The Window, a place where I plan to take many, many photos.
The Rio Grande Valley in Colorado
This has absolutely nothing to do with today's pattern, but one of my bosses has worked hard to qualify for the Boston Marathon this year, and she's running today!!! I'm so proud of her! In honor of her achievement and participation, here's one of my favorite music videos of all time. Go, Melissa!
UPDATE: Melissa finished in 3:50! Pretty darned awesome! I also learned another member of our work group in another state ran, and Drew finished in 3:27!!! Way to go, Drew!!!
You may do whatever you'd like with snowflakes you make from this pattern, but you may not sell or republish the pattern. Thanks, and enjoy!
Finished Size: 7.5 inches from point to point
Materials: Size 10 crochet thread, size 7 crochet hook, empty pizza box, wax paper or plastic wrap, cellophane tape, water soluble school glue or desired stiffener, water, glitter, small container for glue/water mixture, paintbrush, stick pins that won't be used later for sewing, clear thread or fishing line
Rio Grande Pyramid Snowflake Instructions
Make magic ring.
Round 1: Ch 2 (counts as 1 dc), 4 dc in ring, take loop off hook, insert hook through 2nd ch of starting ch 2 and replace loop on hook, pull loop through ch (beginning popcorn stitch made), [ch 5, 5 dc in ring, take loop off hook, insert hook through top loop of 1st dc and replace loop on hook, pull loop through top of 1st dc (popcorn stitch made)] 2 times; ch 2, 1 tr in top of starting popcorn st to form 3rd ch 5 sp of Round. Pull magic ring tight.
Round 2: Beginning popcorn st over post of tr directly below, [ch 5, popcorn st in next ch 5 sp, ch 5, popcorn st in same ch 5 sp] 2 times; ch 5, popcorn st in starting ch 5 sp, ch 2, 1 tr in top of starting popcorn to form 6th ch 5 sp of Round.
Round 3: Beginning popcorn st over post of tr directly below, ch 3, popcorn st in same sp, * in next ch 5 sp work (popcorn st, ch 3, popcorn st, ch 5, popcorn st, ch 3, popcorn st); repeat from * around 4 times; popcorn st in starting ch 5 sp, ch 3, popcorn st in same sp, ch 2, 1 tr in top of starting popcorn to form 6th ch 5 tip of Round.
If you're not reading this pattern on Snowcatcher, you're not reading the designer's blog. Please go here to see the original.
Round 4: Ch 3 (counts as 1 dc and ch 1), * 1 dc in next ch 3 sp, ch 11, 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each of next 2 ch, 1 hdc in each of next 3 ch, 1 dc in each of next 3 ch, ch 1, 1 dc in next ch 3 sp (cone spoke made), ch 1, 1 dc in next ch 5 tip, ch 15, 1 sc in 6th ch from hook and in each of next 8 ch, ch 1, 1 dc in same ch 5 tip (skinny spoke made), ch 1; repeat from * around 5 times, omitting last ch and last dc of final repeat; sl st in 2nd ch of starting ch 3.
Round 5: Sl st in next ch 1 sp, starting * popcorn st in same ch 1 sp (or next ch 1 gap between spokes on repeats), ch 8, 1 sc in tip of cone picot, ch 3, 1 sc in same tip, ch 8, popcorn st in ch 1 gap between spokes, ch 12, 3 dc in skinny spoke tip, ch 3, 3 dc in same tip, ch 12; repeat from * around 5 times; sl st in starting popcorn.
Round 6: * Ch 12, popcorn st in top of cone spoke, ch 10, sl st in top of next popcorn, ch 10, 1 dc in each of next 3 dc, 3 dc in next ch 3 skinny spoke tip, ch 10, 3 dc in same tip, 1 dc in each of next 3 dc, ch 10, sl st in top of next popcorn; repeat from * around 5 times; bind off. Weave in ends.
Finish: Tape wax paper or plastic wrap to top of empty pizza box. Pin snowflake to box on top of wax paper or plastic wrap.
If using glue, mix a few drops of water with a teaspoon of glue in small washable container. Paint snowflake with glue mixture or desired stiffener. Sprinkle lightly with glitter. Wash paintbrush and container thoroughly. Allow snowflake to dry at least 24 hours. Remove pins. Gently peel snowflake from wax paper or plastic wrap. Attach 10-inch clear thread to one spoke, weaving in end. Wrap fishing line around tree branch (or tape to ceiling or any overhead surface) and watch the snowflake twirl freely whenever you walk by! Snowflake also may be taped to window or tied to doorknob or cabinet handle.
13 April 2018
12 April 2018
ASIMIL8
Oh, my. This news story raised a Vulcan eyebrow on my space ship, but the comments... oh, the comments!!! For those who didn't follow the story, Canadian Manitoba Public Insurance revoked a custom ASIMIL8 license plate because two people were offended. The plate was framed with other Star Trek phrases and had been on the automobile for two years. In this reference, the word "assimilate" references the Borg, the meanest, baddest enemy introduced in the "Next Generation" television series. (Yes, worse enemies have been unleashed in the Star Trek movies, in my opinion.)
May the comments ever be in your favor...
"Lock on to complaining party and fire photon torpedoes." - TonyD
"The plate's owner should've stuck with, 'Live Long And Prosper,' or 'Final Frontier.'" - Juan
"The needs of the Many outweigh the needs of the Few, or the One." - Ron
"It's official. We've Collectively Lost our Minds. (Get it? Collective???)" - Justin
"Must have been Star Wars fans who complained." -DW10
"Star Wars fans will never be pleased until all Trekkies are exterminated... " - BrutalTruth
"A license plate ruined your day... Really?" - Mike
"Yet people can wear T-shirts that say offensive things?" - Troy
"About half the human race today needs to be retrofitted with a new brain." - Ronald
"Seems like the book '1984' is becoming a reality." - JosephC
"How does it feel to be so weak that mere words hurt?" - Michael
"Just wait until you can't say the word without being sent to jail. That's when the REAL fun begins." - FP
"When we ditched the 'sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me,' we weaponized feelings. Now any word can 'hurt.' It's a way to silence critics. Notice how easily offended some people get over everything, but then call everyone else names?" - Emerric
"You will follow the government's orders, you will be politically correct, you will be forced to relinquish your property. Who's assimilating who here?" - Dave
"Sounds like it's time to paint the car with that phrase, in big enough letters so they do not have to strain themselves to get even more offended. Better yet, make it into an auto wrap, so as to assimilate more into the collective." - Andrew
"Just get a huge bumper sticker with the same thing on it." - DallasAmerica'sTeamCowboys
"I didn't know the Borg had reached Canada...who knew, right?" - Akagi
"Hell's Bells! The premise isn't even in this galaxy." - SomeoneWhoKnows
"It's easy to get offended at someone else being offended, but far too many people have completely lost track of what a License Plate is in the first place: it's property of the Government purely for the purposes of identifying a vehicle. The guy can simply put a bumper sticker on his car with that same phrase, and if someone is offended, they can take a short jump off a long pier. This isn't an issue about whether the person is allowed to express themselves; it's an issue about whether the guy is allowed to make the government express itself in certain ways." - JoshH
"The whole idea a couple malcontents can force another person to 'toe the line' because they read something sinister in his creative expression is the real problem here, not the plate." - Douglas
"What? Canada never broadcasted Star Trek? Everyone knows Star Trek is about inclusiveness and anti-discrimination." - BirthdateJune21
"It is ironic that, in the end, resistance is futile." - Richard1138
"I'm starting to think resistance to the snowflake culture is futile." - WN
"OK, I volunteer to be the person who is offended by the use of the term snowflakes. I hear actual snowflakes are offended and will initiate a class action suit." - Glenn
11 April 2018
10 April 2018
Trekked
I love most of the Star Trek memes I've seen. Perhaps I should write and sell a weekly Star Trek column Trekkies could actually enjoy.
A recent ScreenRant article proves some entertainment "writers" really shouldn't be writing about Star Trek (or perhaps anything...).
This particular article takes issue with plot holes, as if Star Trek (and Star Wars and all other space entertainment) is real instead of fiction designed specifically to entertain, sell merchandise and rake in zillions of dollars.
Fan comments were humorous, and sometimes even inspiring.
"How many memes prove 'Seinfeld' makes no sense? Or 'The Big Bang' or any of the 'Law & Order' or 'CSI' shows?" - ELS
"Instead people should be brainless and watch the Kardashians and Survivor." - omegaman88
"No doubt from the same people who think televised sports are worthwhile entertainment." - Tragg
"Anyone who objects to miniskirts on beautiful women is just nuts." - JustTheFacts
"Seat belts were not mandatory in 1968, and there were no air bags back then. Computers in the 1960s used blinking lights to display information. The author of this article is too uneducated to be knocking Star Trek." - Freddy
"The main thing that always has bothered me in Star Trek is why they have no fuses or breaker boxes. It seems like having your bridge consoles and other components blow up every time your ship takes a hit to its shields is just plain bad design." - LordofEntropy
"Pretty funny. Star Trek is beloved in spite of its quirks." - John
"As unrealistic as the holodeck is for being far-fetched technologically, I would say it is trumped by the transporter. I mean, think about it: This device disassembles your entire body, literally trillions of atoms, and puts it back together again at a distance. As many have wondered, is that truly YOU still? Or were you killed by the transporter while some clone took your place? The tech of the transporter is under-utilized. How many times has the crew, both TOS and TNG, dealt with some hard-to-stop entity that could have been beamed into a zillion pieces and never reassembled? For example, when they beamed Nomad off the ship, why reassemble it so it can explode? When you've got a big ol' Doomsday device your phasers and photon torpedoes can't seem to damage rampaging through the galaxy, why not just start randomly beaming chunks out of it until you remove something critical?" - Variable 46
"Yeah sure, that whole Data/B-4 in Nemesis was bad. However, let's not forget that gave us Captain Picard itching to use his (never before seen) Star Fleet dune buggy on an alien planet that - how conveniently - also had bad guys driving dune buggies with Goodyear tires." - Drizzlefoot321
How many episodes or sequels could you write after reading the following comment??? How many episodes or sequels could you write based just on the second point??? The fifth point. although accurate, sounds pretty boring, though.
"Tech in almost all science fiction programs is geared to provide a human interaction story revolving around key cast members, and errors advance the story. Plenty of people can point to missing seat belts (without inertia dampening, the acceleration of every Star Trek ship would crush its crew into paste, belt or no belt). The program shows the danger the ship is in by tossing the crew around. I feel the greater error lies in not using tech we have to full effect.
"1: Yes to high tech super computers, yes to Data, yes to probe launchers on ships but no simple robotic assistance. No reconnaissance of landing sites with simple robots. No combat bots in landing parties to look around the corner to prevent getting caught in a firefight, while today's military is working on robotic micro tanks. No robots to preform repairs or work in highly dangerous locations and situations.
"2: No continuous audio and video feed!!! Landing parties call in when they feel like making a report. In reality, command staff would monitor everything the landing party does micromanage them to boot. If you had to drop in on a race that might zero in on people continuously broadcasting, there would be body cams on every member of the landing party! The fleet computer would scan every second of footage for violations of fleet regulations. Every violation of the prime directive or any other regulation would be recorded, and captains would be forced into bureaucratic PC mold.
"3: Few creative uses of the transporter have been allowed. Yes to good and bad Kirk being reunited, but beaming a bomb into an enemy bridge once you drop enemy shields is not allowed.
"4: Direct computer interface in the brain. We are already using artificial limbs, audio and vision implants that tap into the brain (still much work to be done) but outside La Forge's visor and the Borg, Trek avoids implants. We need to see training download into the brain. 'Matrix' style.
"5: Super high tech but a huge crew. In the real future, crew size would be much smaller to save space, power and expenses. Voyager had a holographic doctor; why not a computer-run ship with repair bots and the ability to create several holograms from a large library to intact with any species the ship encounters? A dozen officers could run the bridge and deal with unexpected conditions, and the ship would provide services (dental, medical, etc.) through holograms.
"Still, Trek is good entertainment." - Randy
09 April 2018
Snowflake Monday
Today's snowflake pattern is the fourth inspired by this lovely (faux) 12-pointer captured by master snowflake photographer Don Komarechka.
Today's pattern is named after 13,054-foot Pyramid Mountain in the Sangre de Cristos. Lizard and I have not adequately explored this area of the state, although it has always been on our list. Pyramid Mountain sits on the circular ridge guarding access to Groundhog Basin and across the North Fork of North Crestone Creek from a more popular climbing destination - Venable Peak. In researching Unnamed 13,054, the official name of today's Pyramid, I discovered a great name for an upcoming Halloween snowflake... Phantom Terrace on the east side of Venable! Almost sounds like a Star Wars sequel, doesn't it?
The map reveals a few more interesting names, such as Thirsty Peak and Spread Eagle Peak.
Today's snowflake maintains the 12 points of the original inspiration, as well as the popcorn triangles of the previous three flakes.
You may do whatever you'd like with snowflakes you make from this pattern, but you may not sell or republish the pattern. Thanks, and enjoy!
Finished Size: 6 inches from point to point
Materials: Size 10 crochet thread, size 7 crochet hook, empty pizza box, wax paper or plastic wrap, cellophane tape, water soluble school glue or desired stiffener, water, glitter, small container for glue/water mixture, paintbrush, stick pins that won't be used later for sewing, clear thread or fishing line
Pyramid Mountain Snowflake Instructions
Make magic ring.
Round 1: Ch 2 (counts as 1 dc), 4 dc in ring, take loop off hook, insert hook through 2nd ch of starting ch 2 and replace loop on hook, pull loop through ch (beginning popcorn stitch made), [ch 5, 5 dc in ring, take loop off hook, insert hook through top loop of 1st dc and replace loop on hook, pull loop through top of 1st dc (popcorn stitch made)] 2 times; ch 2, 1 tr in top of starting popcorn st to form 3rd ch 5 sp of Round. Pull magic ring tight.
Round 2: Beginning popcorn st over post of tr directly below, [ch 5, popcorn st in next ch 5 sp, ch 5, popcorn st in same ch 5 sp] 2 times; ch 5, popcorn st in starting ch 5 sp, ch 2, 1 tr in top of starting popcorn to form 6th ch 5 sp of Round.
Round 3: 1 sc over post of tr directly below, [ch 5, 1 sc in next ch 5 sp] 5 times; ch 2, 1 tr in starting sc to form 6th ch 5 sp of Round.
Round 4: 1 sc over post of tr directly below, [ch 7, 1 sc in next ch 5 sp, ch 7, 1 sc in same sp] 5 times; ch 7, 1 sc in starting ch 7 sp, ch 3, 1 dtr in starting sc to form 6th ch 7 tip of Round.
Round 5: 1 sc over post of dtr directly below, * ch 3, 1 dc in next ch 7 sp, ch 14, [1 dc in 6th ch from hook, ch 3, sk next 3 ch] 2 times, 1 dc in next ch, ch 1, 1 dc in same ch 7 sp, ch 3, 1 sc in next ch 7 tip; repeat from * around 5 times, omitting last sc and last ch 3 of final repeat; ch 1, 1 dc in starting sc to form 12th ch 3 sp of Round.
If you're not reading this pattern on Snowcatcher, you're not reading the designer's blog. Please go here to see the original.
Round 6: * Ch 14, sl st in 3rd ch from hook, 1 sc in each of next 2 ch, 1 hdc in each of next 2 ch, 1 dc in each of next 2 ch, 1 tr in each of next 2 ch, ch 3, sl st in next ch 3 sp, working up spoke 5 dc in next ch 3 sp, 3 sc in next ch 3 sp, in next ch 5 tip work (1 sc, ch 3, 1 hdc, ch 3, 1 dc, ch 3, [1 tr, ch 3] 2 times, 1 dc, ch 3, 1 hdc, ch 3, 1 sc), working back down spoke 3 sc in next ch 3 sp, 5 dc in next ch 3 sp, sl st in next ch 3 sp; repeat from * around 5 times; bind off. Weave in ends.
Finish: Tape wax paper or plastic wrap to top of empty pizza box. Pin snowflake to box on top of wax paper or plastic wrap.
If using glue, mix a few drops of water with a teaspoon of glue in small washable container. Paint snowflake with glue mixture or desired stiffener. Sprinkle lightly with glitter. Wash paintbrush and container thoroughly. Allow snowflake to dry at least 24 hours. Remove pins. Gently peel snowflake from wax paper or plastic wrap. Attach 10-inch clear thread to one spoke, weaving in end. Wrap fishing line around tree branch (or tape to ceiling or any overhead surface) and watch the snowflake twirl freely whenever you walk by! Snowflake also may be taped to window or tied to doorknob or cabinet handle.
Sangre de Cristos at sunset
06 April 2018
05 April 2018
Circle of Life
My kids LOVED this song when they were young. It was one of the songs I could play over and over and over on my little Walkman while my daughter was at the dentist to keep her from bolting out of the chair. This version is AWESOME!
04 April 2018
03 April 2018
WIPped Cream
I first discovered the quarterly Ravelry quilt WIP challenge in the spring of 2013. I had seven WIPs listed back then. At the time, I had many more stored away and forgotten. Finishing one of those hidden and unlisted projects back in Summer 2013 and not being able to claim it as a challenge finish thrust me into my full list, which until this year, has not been fewer than 30 projects since Winter 2015.
For the fun of it, I thought it would be personally entertaining to go back to my first list and see how much progress I've made. I was right!
My Spring 2013 list featured a wall quilt with black and white photos I printed on fabric at home with my own printer, then lined with yellow strips because I was so caught up in cycling's then-popular yellow wristband fight against cancer.
I won't bother identifying the ignition of such craze because I am no longer a fan of said fallen hero. Yet I will always support the battle against cancer, and I currently am wearing a purple wrist band in honor of a co-worker who just began chemo for pancreatic cancer. My boss bought wrist bands for everyone on our floor, and everyone who knows my co-worker is donating vacation time and volunteering to take in meals.
I ended up throwing the yellow band PhD (Project half-Done) in Lizard's rag pile, where it has since been used to dry up Finish Line Teflon Bicycle Lube splotches and clean bicycle chains. A fitting end, since I couldn't really take it apart and put pink bands (to symbolize the fight against breast cancer) around photos of my manly husband. I mean, he wouldn't have complained, but he wouldn't have loved the feminine color surrounding quilted photos of him as much as he loves the soiled but classy yellow and gray rag...
Lizard Photo
Next was Hawaiian Punch, which, sadly, had not found a way out of deep storage but is yearning to be finished. I pulled it out of lurking when I composed this blog post, and it's now on my list of quilts that need to be finished this year.
This Quilt As You Go (QAYG) project, which began after a trip to Hawaii I won at a church singles dance, is hand-quilted and still on my current Ravelry challenge list. My trip to Hawaii back in 2004 infected me with incurable passion for Hawaiian quilting. I hope to create many more Hawaiian quilting-style projects once I finish a few more of my current WIP list quilts.
Third is Lizard Leftovers, comprised of bandana remnants over the years. One of my favorite go-to gifts for my husband for any occasion is a homemade bandana. I've collected reptile and southwest fabric for this purpose for going on 14 years now. Lizard Leftovers is done and beautifully showing off on our guest bed. Or comforting guests when the room is occupied.
Snowflake Heartbreak, a QAYG occasionally still on my list, has made a couple of significant contributions to my well-used kitchen potholder collection. The fabric content (velour... what was I thinking?!?) and my (former) shyness with FMQ stifled this project, which currently is in the "Not Sure I'll Finish This" box.
Round Robin Rage/Square Robbin is with owner Esca.
Esca's grandmother Donna is to be the recipient of Leaf Me Alone, which is a sandwiched flimsy now but still awaiting quilting and binding. I hope to knock it off the list this year, and preferably this quarter, since Donna's birthday is coming up next month. My goal for the last five years has been to finish it for her birthday or for Christmas. Now that all her grandkids have quilts, I think a quilt for her one remaining single and childless offspring is in order, so I'd actually like to finish Leaf Me Alone plus a (not started yet) masculine quilt for my nephew Mathew.
I haven't touched my green batiks project, Welcome to the Jungle, in years because for years I was afraid my free-motion quilting would ruin it. At one point, I wanted to enter it into a quilt show. So I longed to be able to quilt it perfectly.
I'm no longer afraid of free-motion quilting. I don't necessarily think this quilt will be ruined if I free-motion quilt it, even on a small machine, but sometimes I think it would be really cool if I hand-quilted it, mostly because it's SO huge and my current domestic sewing machine has such a small throat.
Fall 2013 saw an expansion of all WIPS I could think of for a total of 11. Wow, how I'd love to be down to that few WIPs again one day!!!
Of the 11, two are flimsies ready to be quilted (Leaf Me Alone and Welcome to the Jungle), two are blocks in waiting (Snowflake Heartburn and Hawaiian Punch), and seven are finished, including my most recent finish, Blue Scrappy Block a Month, finished with just three hours of March remaining!
I should change the name to Doodle because that's what I did for three solid nights after work! I practiced my free-motion quilting, and I'm pretty darned proud of a couple of motifs! Especially since, as I keep complaining and whining, my domestic machine has such a tiny throat!
The backing for this quilt of scraps and leftovers is the remainder of the dress fabric I sacrificed to finish Blue Floral Nostalgia last week. While Lizard was helping me sandwich Blue Scrappy Block a Day, he said he wouldn't mind a bandana made from the blue daisy print. Um, there's not enough left now!
I told him I'd bought it for a dress and opted to use it for backing so I didn't have to buy more fabric. He said it would make a beautiful dress.
Does that mean I get to look for more and buy it all over again??? With a yard extra for another bandana??? Ha ha ha!
Oh, my gosh, I found some, and it's half price!!! Turn me loose!!! (Lizard just said yes!!!!!!!!!!)
This quilt is more densely quilted than any of my previous quilts except for Skinned. Many years ago, one of my quilting friends once commented on a densely quilted best of show at a quilt exhibit that she wants her quilts to be soft, cuddly and used, not hung on a wall as art. That must have formed my opinion of dense quilting, even though I'd not really experimented at that point. I didn't do dense quilting because I wanted the quilts to be soft.
I recently read it's a common misconception, and that each wash causes densely quilted quilts to become even more soft. My niece has never complained about Skinned, which I densely quilted to make the colors seem more puffy and eye-catching (successfully!). I'm going to wash Blue Scrappy Block a Day a few times to test the theory. It's been washed once now, and I have to say, I still love this quilt, and even one washing improved the softness! Lizard certainly thinks so!
Blue Scrappy Block a Day is not perfect, but my free-motion quilting skills are improving. My favorite block has a boo boo I decided to leave because it's like an identity characteristic. Lizard says no one will ever notice. I think Sue and Maryann will, thanks to the Eye of Smaug inspiration...
This quilt does not have a destination yet, but I may have to consider Jo's suggestion to present it to my cancer-fighting co-worker. Especially if several washings render it soft.
This quarter's WIP list, thankfully, is, pleasantly, under 20!!! The goal once again (not met last quarter, although I did finish four from the list) is two a month for six, which would bring me down to... drum roll, please, 13, my lucky number!!! If that's not motivation, I don't know what is!!!
2. Leaf Me Alone
3. Welcome to the Jungle
4. Lizard Toes
5. Hexie Booboo
6. Tickled Pink, the Sequel
7. Teal Shadows
8. Goodbye Hollyhock Road
9. Snowflake Strip Bar
10. Green Floral Batik Postage Stamps
11. Lavender Sunrise
12. Giant Dahlia
13. Showcase
14. Snowbike II
15. Autumn Splendor
16. Cool Edge of the Rainbow
17. Citrus Whip
18. Time for Me to Fly
19. Venetian Squiggles
Linking up with Busy Hands Quilts, Crazy Mom Quilts and Confessions of a Fabric Addict.
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