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Thank you so much Bet, the wedding went really well i will be sharing photos but have to download them from DH camera so not done that yet

Well in 50 years she will be 86 so she can do it especially if she takes after my side of the family they live to a nice ripe old age lol

Hugs Janice

Hi Bet. I looked at the site and missed a couple of letters. It's www.3dogdesignco.com .

My farm is not very big. Where I live is 35 acres of pasture that my son & brother & nephew use as a hunting ground ( deer & turkey). Then my son lives on the acreage that we grow corn or soybeans on. He just finished up the picking yesterday. We had corn this year.

Hope you have a wonderful day & weekend.

Take care and God bless.

Barb

Hi Bet,

We are having what they call 'Indian Summer' this week. It's gorgeous. The leaves are starting to change, 80 degrees in the daytime and 50 degrees in the night. How perfect is that! The farmers are making great progress on the harvesting. I have a farm that my  older son farms for me - no animals except cats and dogs. I'd love to have a few chickens though. Am blessed that a friend gives me fresh eggs. I have a small garden that is just about done for the season. There are some tomatoes still and the brussels sprouts are about ready to pull and put up.

Have you done any block of the month projects? They really give you an idea of different blocks and techniques. There are some free 'bom' projects on line. I'm working on a bed sized BOM that is almost to the end now. It's gonna be very pretty. Today I did a block from www.3dogdesign.com that had over 70 pieces in a 12 " block. I thought I was doing great until I looked at the finished product and saw that I had done the cornerrs wrong, so I had to 'unsew' four of the pieces and then redo them. Guess I had a dyslexia attack-LOL. This is a free pattern and is pretty challenging but fun.

Hope you have a great weekend.-Barb

Hi Bet,

Thanks for the compliment on my quilts. Hope you don't feel too pressured by the groups. Anytime you feel like joining in the chatter, we'd love to hear from you. I tend to get too wordy, I think.

I live in central part of Illinois. I've been to Fla. on vacations. Love the ocean but not the heat & humidity.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend. Thanks for befriending me.--Barb

Where in Orlando are you my sister lives there & my eldest 2 children was out there for two weeks they got back last week-end

Hugs Janice

Welcome Bet to QWU

I am Janice & i live in the UK

Hugs Janice

HI Bet

Clapping yeaahhhh I am so glad you joined QCA and QNNTV..I joined last night also..I just love the websites..

Oh here is a website you might really like, it is called Quilty with Mary Porter..It is a great site for beginners or people like you and me who want to work  on their quilting skills.

http://www.heyquilty.com/index.html

If you go to the episode guide there at the top, it has all kind of free videos to watch. I watched a bunch last night while working on my first log cabin block.

Speaking of..Its not that hard Bet, I know you can do it..I just cut the strips a little longer, so that I was sure to have enough. I was doing it the block in a paper piecing style (I just copied the pattern on to a used dryer sheet.) and off I went..The only thing is remembering what fabric to use, Lite or dark and to fix that I just marked each log with a l or D, so I new which one to use next..

As for my quilts, you are too kind..I understand how you feel..I feel the same way about mine. I look at others quilts and think theirs is so much better than mine. It has taken a long time for me to finally show some of my stuff..and even then I am afraid of what negative comments someone might say about it..

But you know what we need to not do that..Our work is just a pretty as anyone elses..And if it has mistakes, so, we meant it to be that way.( LOL) And they don't have to look at it..And next time, we don't do that mistake again and if we do we will figure out what went wrong and fix it. Right??

Oh you are so lucky to have a hubby that quilts..My only likes to watch sports..That must be such fun to go in a fabric store and go shopping together..Usually Dh is doing the grocery shopping while I am pruizing the fabrics or yarn.

Ohh you lucky girl..a accuquilt machine..how cool is that..I'll keep my fingers crossed for you..bg

Btw before I forget..This is my reg e-mail address and if you want to write me there, please feel free to..

sweetness29157@yahoo.com

As for being a pain or taking my time..NO WAY! It is so nice to have such a sweet quilt friend I can chat with and she doesn't mind (I hope) that I write a small book when I e-mail..BG (I have a tendency to talk a lot, especially when it is about a subject I love like quilting) And I look so forward to our chats, they really make my day.

Well I guess I had better start lunch before Dh starves to death..LOL Take care and I hope you have a wonderful relaxing Sunday. God Bless. Jennifer

Ohh isn't that block a doosie..I'm like you, think that one is a to do later on..

I did look at the sites you mentions and I really like the quilters club of America..As you said it has lots of videos of various quilters + Fons and porters..

You know thats what I was wondering too bet, if that flying geese would be bulky, made that way..I still haven't had a chance to make it..Maybe later on..

Oh got another link for you..actually two..

This one is from the Fairfield 2009 Block of the Month..It is called the crazy quilt star http://www.quilting-warehouse.com/images/home/fairfield/2009/april.pdf

And you mentions the log cabin block this one is also from the same block of the month.. This one is called the Log cabin star..

http://www.quilting-warehouse.com/images/home/fairfield/2009/july.pdf

You know I started to do a log cabin block the other day, but I wasn't doing something right (it didn't look like it should) so I put it down..but I just might give it a try again soon..I love log cabin blocks and the many ways you can arrange them for a different look..Elenor Burns had a show on recently using the log cabin block and it was so pretty..

Well guess I had better go turn the water off my tomatoe plants and fix supper..It was great chatting with you..Hope you have a great week-end as well..Take care and God Bless Jennifer