Mother's Day

Hoping everyone had a wonderfully blessed Mother's Day.

I know I did.  Wishing my Mom a Very Happy Mother's Day.

And hoping she is still enjoying her flowers:)

Speaking of flowers...these are the ones I received from my oldest daughter.

So very pretty.  And daisies are my most favorite flower of all :)

Thank you so much Ang.

I also received a beautiful bracelet from my youngest daughter,

and lovely cards from some of my other children.  They all always pick out the sweetest cards.

And as I type this post my youngest son is turning over my veggie garden for me...tilling

that garden spot is a HUGE job, so I very much appreciate that.

My sweetheart of a husband took me to buy my fourth and final parakeet.

(Well I think it is my last one...hehehehe)

So without further delay I wish to introduce Indigo....

Isn't he pretty???

Now I have all the colors I was hoping for.

So here is my complete parakeet family...

Happy May.

Blessings to All

Hugs,

Terry

More Quilting...

These are my March & April BOMs from the new group I belong to.

My sister-in-law started the group called Quilts and Crafts For All.

I will be doing all my blocks in the blues and yellows

with a little bit of green here and there.

 These little basket blocks are for the Spring Basket Swap over
at the Dear Jane Alternate Group.  I will very soon post a
picture of all the baskets I receive :)

Well this all my quilt block news for now.  My crafting will be slowing down some, since it is time to get the garden in and I have BIG plans for lots of work inside the house this Spring & Summer.  Maybe I will do some before and after pics :)


Hugs,
Terry

Doll Quilts, Mug Rugs, Wall Hangings, Gift Sets

 Here is the little doll quilt I made

for the March swap at Doll Quilter's Monthly.

The March theme was animals.

                                                       Close up of the embroidery work.

                                                           Haven't done any for a while.

                                                            I forgot how much I like it :)

                                                    This is the doll quilt for the April Swap.

                                       We were celebrating the group's Birthday with this swap.

                                                I made these little mug rugs for my sister-in-law.

                                              We swap mug rugs each month.  Lots of Fun!!!

                                              This was a wall hanging I made for a swap.

                                                The lady I made it for likes red & white.

                                              So I used her colors and my favorite blocks.

These are a couple of gift sets I made for a Kitchen Swap

at the Country Scents Snail Mail Group I belong to.

I appliqued the pictures on the towels, added a little decorative stitching

and made the recipe cards.

The dish cloths were made by dear my sister-in-law:)

Happy Stitching to All,

Terry

A day hemmed in prayer, never ravels!

April Card Making

These are the cards I made for swaps for the month of April.



Had great fun with these.  The challenges from the SSSD group

 really help to get me to think outside of my comfort zone.

And now to focus on the wedding invitations for my son's wedding :)

Hugs & Blessings,

Terry

2013 Row by Row Quilt Robin

It's that time of the year again...

Yes, time for the Row by Row quilts.

Last year was so much fun and I really love my

Northwestern quilt rows.  I love them so much that

I joined in on not 1 but 2 Row by Rows this year!!!

The first theme is "My Sewing Room"

Here is my starter row, I can't wait to see

what rows the ladies add to this one :)

Every sewing room has to have a sewing basket...

And of course the good old tomato pin cushion.

 Churn Dash, my favorite quilt block :)

The second theme is "Anything To Do With Spring"

After the long cold & snowy winter we had

I am ready for Spring!!!!

                 Bees, Hives, Flowers, and Kites...
                           Definitely Spring!!!!!

Now to wait and see what Spring brings to mind in the other ladies???

Our Bird Familes Are Growing

Meet Romeo & Juliet, our newest bird couple.

They are Lady Gouldian Finches.

His colors are really much brighter than what

they show in this picture, but it was the best picture I could get...

they move around a lot and are very quick!!!

I also added to our Parakeet family...

This little guy is named Jax, he is yellow, blue, and green.

Jax is pretty tame, I am able to hold him & he will set on my finger. 

I am hoping he will calm the girls down, they are pretty wild and flighty.

...And Jax makes three.

I am so enjoying watching and listening to all my

new feathered friends.  I am still hoping to find one more 

parakeet, 2 male canaries, and maybe 1 more pair of finches. 

And I might like to add a pair of Love birds to my home, eventually:)  

Good night & pleasant dreams from my newly established aviary.

 Hugs & Blessings,

Terry

Paper Crafting

Here are the cards I made for the March card swaps

on the SSSD group.

I am hosting a new swap Punch Art on the group.

Every other month there is a theme to follow, and

only paper punches may be used to create our swaps.

The first month's theme was "Punch Art Critters"

These are the critters I made.

And these are the ones that everyone made...

they are all too cute!!!

The current challenge is

Punch Art People.

I can't wait to share those pictures with you:)

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Terry

Newest Additions to Our House

These little ladies are my newest

little friends.  I have wanted Canaries since

I bought my parakeets last year...

but they are sooooo expensive in the

pet stores.  Well thanks to my brother

I have them.  He is raising birds

so I was able to get these little sweethearts

yesterday :)  I have not named them yet,

but soon, very soon they will have names.

They joined Squawkers & Sprite in my sewing room.

I LOVE listening to all of them chirp, squawk & almost sing.

Here is a recent picture of the parakeets.

My apologies for the lack of posting...

I don't know where the time goes.

I will soon be sharing some sewing and paper crafting

I have done over the past couple months:)

I wouldn't want my poor sister-in-law to have to

come over and chastise me in person...LOL

Hugs & Blessings,

Terry

Look at the birds of the air,  for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them.

Are you not of more value than they?   Matthew 6:26

Valentine Candy, Cards, Quilts...

This is the really cute package that arrived from my DJSP.

And these are the lovely gifts that were inside.

Beautiful card, very pretty gift box of green tea, and some

yummy chocolate...the chocolate is of course a thing of the past:)

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Next was a really fun Valentine package from

my Secret Quilting Sister at the Friendship Block group

Yes, I wore the socks on Valentines Day :)

I ate the candy, used the mug rug with my hot tea,

 the tissues are in my purse and the clips in my sewing drawer.

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And this lovely little doll quilt is from my swap

partner at Doll Quilter's Monthly.

And it looks very very nice on my dining room table:)

A huge "Thank You" to all three of you wonderful ladies.

You certainly made this a very Happy Valentine's Day.

Love & Hugs,

Terry

Well I have had to add the word verification thingy to my blog :(

 

In the last week I have had 4 spam posts and

1 post that had unacceptable language :(

My apologies if anyone came upon it before I got it removed.

 

I hope word verification doesn't keep anyone from

leaving comments, because I do love reading your comments :) 

 

 

 

Hugs & Blessings to All,

Terry

Recent Sewing - Sent & Received

The Friendship Block Swap Group

hosted an Ornament Swap this year.

This is the wonderful ornament I received

along with table runner below.

Beautiful, aren't they???

These are the 3 ornaments that I made for the swap.

I have found a new love...working with wool!!!

This is the December Doll Quilter's Monthly

quilt that I received.

Front of quilt

Back fabric & the doll that came with it.

Way too cute :)

This is the December Doll Quilt that I made.



And this is the January Doll Quilt that I received.

Along with a mug rug and some very tasty tea.

The January Doll Quilt I made.

I also made a snowy mug rug,

but I forgot to take a picture of it :(

Well to all my blog visitors,

I do believe this catches me up

on blog posts.  Now, I am

hoping to blog at least once a week...

Key word "hoping"...

we can only wait and see :)

Hugs,

Terry