Pay It Forward (PIF)

Hi There!

I was just visiting Rosa's World...And she is doing a Pay It Forward.

You all remember the movie "Pay It Forward", right? Where someone did an act of kindness, for no certain reason, for someone else, and all that was expected was that the recipient would do an act of kindness for someone else. Well that is what this PIF is based on :) I believe another quilter friend, Frummie, actually started this.

Anyway, here is how it works:

I, like Rosa and Frummie, like to give things to people just because...No Special reason, just because!!! It's just plain FUN to do that :)

So, I will send something homemade to the first 3 people who leave a comment on this post. Don't know what I will make yet, but I've got some ideas dancing around in my head. In return those 3 people will, hopefully, do the same thing for 3 others :) Pay It Forward!

Sounds like fun, don't you think? And besides fun, it's just a NICE thing to do :) Imagine what could happen, if everyone would just do 3 little Acts of Kindness, and those 3 recipients did 3 more, and those did 3 more...

Have a Wonderful Day

Terry

Civil War Block Swap

The past week I have been working on the blocks for 2 different upcoming swaps :) I have had a wonderful time working on them, it was a welcome break from the garden, canning, and freezing that was consuming all my time.

This set of blocks are for a signature block swap over on the Civil War Diary/Love Letters group. All blocks were to be made from Civil War repro fabric. We could choose any block or blocks we wanted to make. Well these were my choices. I have a total of 50 blocks made...now I just need to sign them!

Christmas Quilt Block Swap :)

These sets of blocks are for a Christmas Block swap over at Sylvia's Bridal Sampler Group. The white set is not for the swap, they will be my four corner blocks. The other three sets are for the swap :) Each set contains 5 to swap and of course 1 for me to keep! I might just have time to make a few more sets for the swap, before the mailing deadline :)

Yep, I joined another quilt group...imagine that!!!! LOL

Quote for the Day...

It's been a busy last week and weekend, lots of sewing done, which I will write about later :) But, I just read this quote and couldn't leave it off my blog!!! Read it and then think about it (LOL)

"Every time you give someone a little piece of your mind,

you make your head a little emptier"

Rosa's Give Away!!!!!

Okay, a dear friend of mine, Rosa, is having a Give Away!!!!
You can get to her blog from my blog list (Rosa's World).
Her Give Away is in celebration of her 250th Post :) Check it out.
Now I get 2 chances at her Give Away, because I mentioned her Give Away on my blog :)

My Wildflower Garden

This was the first year that I have tried my hand at a wildflower garden. My dear granddaughter helped with this project. I think we will be doing this again:) We will just have to do a better job at keeping the weed population down!

This was also the first year that I have had bouquets of fresh flowers, from my own garden. Loving It!!!!

The flower garden may just have to be expanded next year.

The Lillies have so many colors on them, purple, yellow, orange, blue. But NO leaves, unbelievable, I think they are sooo very pretty! Click on the picture to enlarge it and you will be able to see more of the color :)

The Bounty of Our Garden

Well this is what my garden looked like in late July. A very hearty garden it became, and it blessed us with an abundant harvest. This is why I have not had time to quilt, card-make or blog. I have been canning and freezing...and canning and freezing.

I was able to put up enough corn (frozen, canned, and frozen on the cob) to last us a year. Plus several bags of okra, 16 jars of corn relish, many bags of bell peppers, 26 jars of salsa, 8 jars of freezer pickles (so far) and zucchini...zucchini chunked, zucchini sliced, and zucchini in pulp form for bread. We still have pumpkins, watermelon, and cantaloupe growing.

We ate the green beans, turnips, and potatoes as they became ready. And of course tomatoes and cucumbers have been served daily!

The garden has slowed down, so we are now enjoying just eating from it daily.

But, I do have a basket full of peaches waiting for my attention, and then I will have a break...until the apples are ready in September, ummm, ummm, there's nothing like homemade applesauce :)

August Blocks of the Month

August has been soooo busy, but I have managed to get my BOMs done :)

My first one is the cat in the basket. This block is for the Basket Case Quilters group....I know why the name "Basket Case Quilters", if you aren't a basket when you join, you soon will be, some of these blocks are quite a challenge, at least they are for me!!!!

Next is the block for the 2009 BOM. And then there is the 2005 BOM, love the picnic theme for this one.