Real problem not sciatica!

It's two different probs with the nerve pains! Compressed disk pressing on nerve and bone spur pressing on another nerve! At least the probs have been slolved. Next step is physical therapy and then probably surgery in the fall!

I have completed all apron swap obligations and now I am not going to join another until I have healed! I cut a pattern from a vintage apron and it is so stinking cute I can't wait to make them for presents!

On Hold!

I am on "hold" with a baddddd sciatic nerve! All I can say is OW and YUCK!

Cupcakes and ME Swap!

See the new button on the left! Cupcakes and Mary Englebrecht fabric Apron swap! Now I have figured on making an apron, eating the cupcakes, wiping my mouth and hands on the new apron, boxing it up and off to the post office. How much fun can one have!

It's time for a summer move!

We are moving back into the large classroom! I am soooo excited to have room to move about! Husband is creating a false ceiling to capture the cool and brace against the heat of the summer sun. Of course then next winter we will harness the warmth! We are in a very old building that was a large commercial laundry in the thirties. No ceiling just volumous open room. This offered no protection from the 85* summers nor the teens in the winter. Ahhh wonderful gains in my classrooom life!

We are having a wonderful teacher visit us next month! Linda Ballard has been teaching quilting, hosting cruises for many years. She has exciting fun and chocolate filled classes and we are very proud to be hosting this event.

While at the store working my booty off today, I received a phone call informing me that I won a raffle quilt! Yahoooo! This was from one of the local churches and it will be a wonderful surprise when it is delivered tomorrow! I have no clue what it looks like!

I am going to take my wonderful "swap" aprons to the store and hang them in the window as if on a clothes line! Won't that be cute!

Here is a photo of the raffle quilt, this is actually the layout, my students and I made for the "Women's Crisis Center." It is paper pieced and made from Batiks! The woman that won it is a volunteer for the center that lost a leg in a auto crash rescuing a rape victim...she deserved this blessing of the quilt!

My partner's apron is on the back of a slow mule from southern Oregon. I have the postal confirmation on the kitchen counter. Let's face it I am tired tonight! I do not want to go and fetch it! The photos are on my Blackberry and I have not a clue how to download them...Oh well that's life. It is very cute and I hope my partner likes it! I will try tomorrow to download the photos.

Can you hear that sound?...It's my grandma chair calling me..."Fudgie...come in here and set your tushie down on my comfy lap." Here I come chair!

Next Project!

These are pincushions made-in-the-hoop on a Embroidery Machine. Pretty Cool! They are stand alone or on your wrist.

I think they would be great for bazaars!

I finished a custom apron this weekend and also finally watched "New Moon." I have the third book in the series and I am toying with the idea of waiting until the film is out before I begin reading it. I was disappointed this time by reading the book first.

Rain is coming and I am happy! Last weekend my husband extended the yard for the dogs and he sowed more grass seed in the new space. We need rain for more reasons than the seed!

Did you notice the new link on the left? See the Rit Dye! Check it out for some great instructions on dyeing your own fabric. We are using our new found skills and making "gel glue resist" batiks. Three of my students were "forced" to do this last weekend and now we are waiting for a nice warm day to do some "painting with dye." This will go well and then we will have a class at the store and have more fun!

Just how "young" do you have to be to wear these? Totally cool!


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