Best Poem in the World

BEST POEM IN THE WORLD

I was shocked, confused, and bewildered
As I entered Heaven's door,
Not by the beauty of it all,
Nor the lights or its decor.

But it was the folks in Heaven
Who made me sputter and gasp--
The thieves, the liars, the sinners,
The alcoholics, and the trash.

There stood the kid from seventh grade
Who swiped my lunch money twice.
And next to him was my old neighbor
Who never said anything nice.

Bob, who I always thought
Was rotting away in hell,
Was sitting pretty on cloud nine,
Looking incredibly well.

I nudged Jesus, "What's the deal?
I would love to hear Your take.
How'd all these sinners get up here?"
God must've made a mistake.

'And why is everyone so quiet,
So somber - give me a clue.'
'Hush, child,' He said,
'they're all in shock.
No one thought they'd be seeing you.'

JUDGE NOT!!

This was sent to me in an email and I thought I would share

NO MORE FLOOR

I finally have a wall that I can use for design. I moved the hanging rack I have had in front of this wall to give me more space in the sewing room and I have been looking at this wall for weeks now. Last night I thought I'd give this a try. There isn't a whole lot of room to move around but at least I can put my pieces here instead of the floor.

So these are the 1st pieces to go on the wall.

I'm not crazy about the rectangles

I think I like the diamonds better (doesn't really matter now). I have a few ideas for sashing and placement.

This sure gives me a better visual and I can leave it up while I think on it.

1 more quilted

I just finished this quilt for a customer. She has 2 - one with blue backing and one with red. Hopefully I will get the red one put in the frame today.

Here is a picture of the back. You can see more detail of how I quilted it.

Fall 2011 Bloggers' Quilt Festival

I came across the Fall 2011 Bloggers' Quilt Festival and thought I'd jump in and share one of my quilts. 

My Blue Feathers

 I think out of all the quilts I have ever made this is the one I am most proud of. I started it for the $100,000 Quilt Challange which was put on hold before I finished this.

I wanted something simple that I could do alot of hand work to.

I remember when I was putting it together and decided to use prairie points for the border I ran out of fabric - my husband ran me all over town trying to find one more yard.

I pride myself in my hand work. My stitches are really small and uniform.

I worked on this quilt almost constantly for a year and a half. My fingers stayed tore up. I didn't start out with any particular design in mind. I made my templates as I went along not knowing what I would think of for the next one until I finished each one.

One of the hardest things about a new quilt for me is naming it.  As I was working on this I would refer to it as 'My Blue Feathers', so when I finished it I felt it only fitting to keep the name.

Linking to all the other beautiful quilts on display at Amy's Creative Side.

I finally won

I can't believe it I finally won a giveaway. I'm still pinching myself.
I won Layer Cake, Jelly Roll & Charm Quilts by Pam Lintott from Jen at http://thequiltyhome.blogspot.com/.

Go by and check out her site. I can't thank her enough, it sure made me feel good at a bad time. And I almost missed it by not checking my emails as good as I should - I need to watch that better in the future.

People Fact

Children born in the month of May are on the average 200 grams heavier at birth than children born in any other month

Ghastlies

I signed up to be part of the Ghastlies Blog Hop and stupid me didn't respond to the invite. I was so busy that when I saw it I just looked at it in passing and didn't really read it - like I said stupid me. I ordered the fabric and made the lamp shade and was in the process of making the clock. Maybe next time I will pay more attention.

Dresden Plate Clock Winner

What happened to last week??
I stayed busy all week and didn't get anything accomplished and the week just disappeared. Hopefully I'l be able to get a few things finished this week.  

I did get some pictures of some frames my husband made for some more clocks. I have a few ideas for these ---

And now for the winner of the Dresden Plate Clock

I used the random number generator

and  it picked

#14 JO

Congratulations Jo

Dresden Plate Clock Giveaway

When I 1st got my embroidery machine I made this Dresden Plate thinking I would do a quilt as you go. Well needless to say I've been side tracked with a variety of other projects and the quilt as you go never went. I have always wanted to make a quilt type clock and here it is. My brother came over this past weekend and made the frame for me and I took a picture in the sun and one in the shade. The block measures 7 x 7.

So here's my thought - I will give this clock to one of my followers on Monday October 24. All you need to do is leave a comment letting me know you follow my blog.

Here is a People Fact:

During the casting of the film Gone with the Wind, more than 1,400 candidates were interviewed for the part of Scarlett O'Hara, and more than $92,000 was spent in the search

Block Swap

I recieved my block from Jennifer Saturday and forgot to post it. This will go good with the rest of my blocks.

Baltimore Sampler Top Complete

I finally finished my Baltimore Sampler quilt top. I would have never believed I would do one of these. My husband helped with the blue embroidered border.
I'm getting a good collection of tops - now I need to do some quilting.