Living With Purpose: paper piecing

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Flags on a Stick ~ Day 2

Thank you Mdm. Samm and Thearica for your inspiration and cheerleading know how! And a big thank you to our hop sponsors...Flags on a Stick and Flag Outlet.

March 26th

Living with Purpose (you are here)

Life In The Scrapatch

Devoted Quilter

Made By Me In Red

Quilting Quietly

I'm really excited to be waving my flag today with the above creative ladies. So here goes...

I don't have any garden flag stands, and with 3 feet of snow still on the ground they would look a little silly anyway. When I first signed up for this hop, I immediately went to the Flags on a Stick website to make up my wish list. Such courteous and immediate service when I discovered I was having difficulty setting it up. Gotta love live chat!

It was hard to decide what I wanted, they have such awesome products. Who knew you could have such pretty welcome mats (among other things). I know I want one of those. Again, weather not permitting, I chose instead to purchase two window flag hangers. Love them!

I had such fun with this pattern from Quiet Play. Guess you may have noticed by my new header that I've gone squirrely. I've stopped chasing them from my ~~bird~~ squirrel feeders, and have been blessed with such entertainment. The other day I had about 10 of them at one time. What a sight!

So here is squirrely...

As you can see through the photo, the backing and binding are the same (self bound).

These flag holders are really great and inexpensive. I'm sure you noticed that my "tabs" are just pinned on in these pictures...I really just wanted to take photos before the sun set...they are all sewn on now!

I'm loving foundation paper piecing since the hugs and kisses hop!

Looking for a way to get an outdoor shot, I discovered that I could use these hangers in the car as well. The suction cups are moveable. Great idea for those with young children or grandchildren in the back seat...good size to block the sun and something fun to look at.

Sew loving my squirrels!

Oh, and if you have made it this far I'm giving away a cute Rocky & Bullwinkle fat quarter in keeping with my love of squirrels...Ha ha...I remember watching this as a kid...go Dudley Do Right!

Easy peasy lemon squeezy rules: Giveaway now closed, thank you to all who commented!

1. Leave a comment with a valid email (if in doubt, type it out)
2. Will mail internationally
3. Entries accepted until 11 pm. ~~Monday~~ Thursday, April 3, 2014; later entries will not be counted.
4. The winner will be contacted by email on ~~Tuesday~~ Friday, April 4, so please make sure I can contact you!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Friday, February 14, 2014

Hugs and Kisses Blog Hop - Day 3

Today, Day 3 of the Hugs and Kisses blog hop, is MY Day to show off what I have completed. Yay! Mesdames Samm and Soma worked together to give us three awesome paper piecing patterns and cheering us all on to greater heights of creativity!

I signed up for this hop, and then I went in search of how find out just what foundation paper piecing actually is. I had seen some of Soma`s work before...after all she has created some very awesome Dr. Who paper piecing patterns (which I have saved to try my hand at later). And I had heard of Carol Doak, and it was recommended that I take her Craftsy class to learn how to paper piece. Found a link on her blog to save 25% off the course price (not sure when offer ends!). So how could I resist. Here is my first paper piecing experience...the Bird of Paradise.

I have decided that I really enjoyed the necessary organization required with this technique. I printed off my patterns, taped them together as needed. Decided on a fabric, and wrote the colour on each piecing section...it is so easy to forget! Then I measured each piece (not always successfully lol). Then I organized each piece of fabric as I cut them out...

This O was my first square. Which I quickly followed up with two x`s and a heart. I added 2 and 1/2 inch borders around each pieced square, then sewed them together like so...and then prepared them to quilt.

Seems tonight is not the night for me to quilt...this is my second and final attempt for tonight!

I`m not sure if I should use this as a table runner, or if I should make it into a wall hanging. Any thoughts?

Here is the pretty pink backing...

So that is it for me for tonight. Thanks for visiting and thanks in advance for any and all comments. Each is truly appreciated. Now I`m off to bed to nurse a sore tooth (on antibiotics for infection) Ugh, I really don`t like tooth pain!

And here are the others showing today...

Feb 14th

Lady Soma

Whims and Fancies

Lady Laura Ann

fuzzyhatquilter

Lady Doris

Quilting Queen Online

Lady Rexie

Crow Calling Woman

Lady Shari (you are here)

refreshedintent

Lady Cherry

cherry blossoms quilting studio

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Hugs & Kisses Blog Hop - Day 2

Go, go, go, Ladies!!! The waiting is over, it is finally your day!! A big thank you to Mesdames Samm, and Soma!

Feb 13th

Lady Beth

Lady Jenny

Lady Britt-Inger

Lady Carla

Lady Marian

Lady Lyndsey

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Alzheimer's and Dementia

are mean, spiteful, degrading, and don't play fair; but I am blessed to know that God is in control and uses everything to the good. Some times if you look hard you will see the good, and other times you just have to accept that God knows best.

I am still praying to receive the peace that surpasses all understanding. With God's grace only, will I/we one day receive it.

Thank you for my moment of rambling...we return now to our regular programming LOL

Tomorrow, Wednesday February 12 is the start of the Hugs and Kisses Hop. I am so looking forward to seeing and showing. Hope you can join us!

Feb 12th

Lady Carol

Lady Sandy

Lady Cynthia

Lady Pat

Lady Jolie

Lady Susan

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Hugs and Kisses blog hop

and

will be joining the following Ladies in Waiting to hand out hugs and kisses starting Wednesday. I am really looking forward to seeing the creations of this hop. New to paper piecing...but it is quickly becoming (yet another) addiction.