BOB and the cure

BOB thinks that -

The last disease ever “cured” -

Was polio -

And that -

If a vaccine hadn’t been discovered -

In the 1950’s -

It probably would not be discovered today.

It would not stand a chance -

Against the drug companies -

Who have no incentive -

Whatsoever -

To find a “cure” -

For anything -

When they can -

Make so much $$$ -

Selling you a drug -

That you have to take -

Every day -

For the rest of your life -

To “manage” your disease -

Whatever it is - ;))

Anybody remember -

Jerry Lewis -

And his -

Labor Day Telethons -

For Muscular Dystrophy?

Jerry’s Kids?

Well, Labor Day is coming up -

And they are doing it again.

For over 40 years -

That man raised BILLIONS of $$$ -

For Muscular Dystrophy -

Still no “cure” -

So tell me -

Exactly how much $$$ -

Do they need??



But then again - it’s probably just me.

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References/Sources -

Vaccine discovered In 1952 by Jonas Salk -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poliomyelitis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lewis_MDA_Telethon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscular_dystrophy

Since 1966 -
$2.45 Billion dollars through 2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lewis_MDA_Telethon

B/W/R - Black Cosmo

This is #4 in the B/W/R series -

#4 - B/W/R - BLACK COSMO -

Some blocks -

Some more blocks -

Blocks on the wall in the hallway -

Coming together -

And - on the wall in the hallway -

TOP DONE!!

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -

Orca Bay - Blue Extra - AGAIN

I’m not exactly sure why -

But -

I decided to UNSEW these blocks - here -

It might have been because the power went OUT -

And it's hard to use my sewing machine with no POWER - ;))

Or -

It might be because I just got -
Bonnie Hunter’s - "String Fling" -
Available - here -

And it's giving me IDEAS - ;))

Or it might just be that -

I think they’re CUTE -

And FUN to make -

And I want to make MORE of them - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -

Plan - ???

Thank goodness for Blogger’s “Schedule” feature -

‘Cuz I get cranky when I can’t post - ;))

And -

The other day -

When the power went OUT -

This was the view from my porch -

And this -

And across the street was this -

They had to replace the transformer -

And - to do that -

They had to turn the power OFF - ;((

Heaven forbid they tell us -

AHEAD OF TIME -

That they were going to do that -

So that we could PLAN for the outage -

Oh - I forgot -

PLAN is another four-letter word -

Just like MATH - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -

Design Wall Monday - 8/27/12

DESIGN WALL MONDAY - 8/27/12
Check out all of us who link up with Judy L. at Patchwork Times on Mondays.
We have some awesome stuff on our walls!
Well, THEY do - ME - not so much sometimes - ;))
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Once upon a time -

I made a "Big & Bold" quilt -
BIG & BOLD - TWILIGHT FROST - here -

And - because it kinda suited teenagers -

I decided to make FIVE of them -

One for each grandkid -

Using Black - White - and Red -

Well -

Best laid plans and all of that -

I made the first two tops -

And got sidetracked -

But I FINALLY finished the top for #3 -

B/W/R - FLORAL MULTI -

A bin of blocks -

The first four on the wall -

Sorted - kinda - on cutting table -

Blocks on wall in hallway -

On the kitchen island - almost done -

And - on the wall in the hallway -

TOP DONE!!

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -

QJ - Holly Hobbie - Update

QUILT JOURNAL - HOLLY HOBBIE - UPDATE


I am such an idiot -

I posted the photos - HERE -

That I scanned from my scrapbook -

Forgetting that I still have the quilt!!

These should be better -

See - she IS there!! - ;))

QJ - 1979

QJ - Holly Hobbie

QUILT JOURNAL - HOLLY HOBBIE

Machine Pieced -
Machine Applique -
Machine Quilted -
Baby Quilt - Approx 45" X 45"

Pattern - Popular Handicraft - 5/78
Sunbonnet Girl Pillow - Pg. 19-20 -
By Gloria Roy

I wanted to make a quick quilt to enter in the County Fair -

Saturday - I bought the fabric and cut it out
Sunday - Made most of the top
Monday - Finished the top (after work)
Tuesday - Assembled it with the batting (after work)
Wednesday - Entered it in the fair (on my lunch hour)
Thursday - Won 1st place!!

County Fair - October 1979 -

Won 1st place!! - ;)

It's REALLY hard to see in the photo -
Because it doesn't photograph well AT ALL!! - ;((

But it's white with little pink rosebuds -
Pink with little pink rosebuds -
Pink ribbon and white lace trim on the bonnet -
Dark pink satin stitching -
With a pink/white gingham border -
The backing is also pink gingham -

NOTE - Back then this little girl was known as "Holly Hobbie" -
I think somewhere along the line she became "Sunbonnet Sue" -
But I still call mine "Holly Hobbie" - ;))



QJ - 1979

QJ - Bird Quilts (2)

QUILT JOURNAL - BIRD QUILTS (2)

Machine Pieced -
Hand Pieced -
Machine Quilted -
Hand Quilted -
Machine Applique -
Quilt-As-You-Go

Twin Quilts (2)

Made two twin quilts as a gift for my mother -

To match the wallpaper in the cabin they had at the time -

Scraps in the wallpaper colors for the birds -

And rust solid and a Hawaiian print for the alternating blocks -

County Fair - October 1979 -

Won 2nd place -

And they hung it upside down!!! - ;))

QJ - 1979

Junk Mail

BOB and I LOVE junk mail - ;))

First we sort it -

1. Trash - cellophane-windowed envelopes
2. Shred - anything with our name on it
3. Innards - the junk - ;))
4. Postage Paid Return envelopes

Then we throw away the Trash -

And Shred the stuff that needs to be shredded -

Then we mail the Innards back -

In the Postage Paid Return Envelopes - ;))

We mail the insurance stuff to the credit card companies -

And the credit card stuff to the insurance companies.

We send the other stuff to the other guys.

Makes for a fun day playing "post office".

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -

Orca Bay RED - Extra - Again

Remember these? -

The left-over RED string blocks -

From Orca Bay RED -

I think that I may have found -

The perfect book -

With the perfect pattern -
For their new home - ;))

Bonnie Hunter’s -
Book - String Fling -
Pattern - Talkin’ Turkey!
Available - here -

Add it to my list -

Yes, I will - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -

LHQSQ - Block #50

Another 6” sampler block -

That you can make using -

2-1/2” squares -

HST that FINISH at 2” -

Strips - cut 1-1/2” x 2-1/2” -

4-Patches that FINISH at 2" -

QST that FINISH at 2” -

3-Triangle Squares that FINISH at 2” -

Three across and three down -

Variations of the basic NINE-PATCH -

The sewn block will MEASURE 6-1/2” -

And FINISH at 6” -

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Block #50 - Strawberry Smoothie

With a block name like that -
Gotta have some Strawberries in the fabric!!

Make 4 “units” like I made in Block #49 -
Using medium#1(red) - medium#2(strawberry) - dark(red with black squiggles)

Add -
1 light square
4 medium#2(strawberry) HST triangles
4 medium#1/medium#2 QST units

Pair the HST triangles -
With the QST units -

And assemble it as a 9-patch -

And that makes 50!! - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -

QJ - JRRQ #3

QUILT JOURNAL - 2012
JRRQ #3 - aka -
V’s BIG GIRL QUILT


Machine Pieced
Machine Quilted By Mgr
50” x 64”
Started - March 2, 2012
Top Completed – March 2, 2012
Back Completed - March 3, 2012
To Mgr for Quilting - June 21, 2012

Pattern – Jelly Roll Race Quilt

Quilt Pattern – Deb’s Feathers

Made for V -

Front -

Back -

Close-up of the quilting -

This was my third Jelly Roll Race Quilt -.

If you have never heard of a JELLY ROLL RACE QUILT - watch the video - it's terrific!!

Strips sewn end to end -
I like to join them with straight seams -
It’s just easier for me -

The story starts with Scrappy Saturday - 7/30/11
http://alefthandedquilter.blogspot.com/2011/07/scrappy-saturday-73011.html

For the rest of the story -
Please type “Jelly Roll Race Quilt” -
In the Search Box -

I made three Jelly Roll Race Quilts -

For three little girls -

Three little sisters -

The first one - for the oldest sister -
Has a burgundy label -
And white/pink cupcakes on the back

The second one - for the second sister -
Has a gold label -
And yellow/blue cupcakes on the back

The third one - for the youngest sister -
Has a purple/violet label -
And green/coral cupcakes on the back



QJ - 2012

LHQSQ - Block #49

Another 6” sampler block -

That you can make using -

2-1/2” squares -

HST that FINISH at 2” -

Strips - cut 1-1/2” x 2-1/2” -

4-Patches that FINISH at 2" -

QST that FINISH at 2” -

3-Triangle Squares that FINISH at 2” -

Three across and three down -

Variations of the basic NINE-PATCH -

The sewn block will MEASURE 6-1/2” -

And FINISH at 6” -

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Block #49 - Aunt Dinah

1 light strip(s) - 1-1/2” x 11”
4 light/dark - 2-patch - 1-1/2” x 2-1/2”
1 light square - 2-1/2” x 2-1/2”
4 dark HST triangles
4 light/medium QST units
4 medium/dark QST units

There are several ways to make this “unit” -

This Is How I Do It -
Sew the 2-patch units to a light strip -
One right after the other -

And cut them into 2-1/2” segments like so -

Press them open -
And pair them with a dark HST triangle -
Putting the dark HST triangle -
On TOP of the open segment -
Right sides together -
Lining up the the TOP RIGHT corner -

Sew from the TOP LEFT corner to BOTTOM RIGHT corner -

Press them open -
Folding down the HST triangle -
To the BOTTOM LEFT corner -

And trim the underneath side -
Sorry - I turned the patch in this photo -
It's the extra fabric UNDER the HST triangle -
That you just sewed on -

And assemble it as a 9-patch -

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -

QJ - Hawaiian Hibiscus - Red on White

QUILT JOURNAL - HAWAIIAN HIBISCUS
RED ON WHITE

Unfinished
Started - 1978

Hand Applique
Hand Quilting

King-Size

Pattern - Hibiscus #106
Designed By Ea Of Hawaii
Elizabeth A. Akana (C) 1972

While we were in Hawaii - I found this beautiful Hawaiian Applique pattern.

Some friends (GL and another lady whose name I don't remember) -
helped me cut and baste the top.

G arranged for us to use some tables at her church.

The three of us met one day and proceeded to cut out the top - snowflake style.

I remember when we unfolded it, that it was upside down -
the seam allowances showed on the top.

I don't know how she did it, but G managed to flip the entire top piece by piece -
I was amazed!!

We spent all day basting the top -
using chopsticks to bunch up the fabric so we could get the needle through both layers.

When I accidentally cut one of the stems -
they told me that it was OK -
the Hawaiians believe that only God is perfect -
if I had not made the mistake - or another one -
I would have had to make one intentionally.

Unfortunately, the fabric choices back then were very limited -
and my selections were poor.

The red fabric is a cotton/polyester blend and frays horribly.

The white background is a king-size muslin sheet -
with a dense stitch count -
and will be impossible to hand quilt.

I will never finish this quilt.

I was hoping to make at least one "real" Hawaiian quilt in my lifetime.

I figured that if we were lucky enough to live in Hawaii -

I would either have to learn to quilt Hawaiian-style -

Or learn to hula -

And I sure as hell can't hula!!! - ;))



QJ - 1978

LHQSQ - Block #48

Another 6” sampler block -

That you can make using -

2-1/2” squares -

HST that FINISH at 2” -

Strips - cut 1-1/2” x 2-1/2” -

4-Patches that FINISH at 2" -

QST that FINISH at 2” -

And 3-Triangle Squares that FINISH at 2” -

Three across and three down -

Variations of the basic NINE-PATCH -

The sewn block will MEASURE 6-1/2” -

And FINISH at 6” -

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Block #48 - Country Farm

4 light squares
1 light/dark 4-patch

4 light/medium (green) QST units
Sew the QST units -
With the light on top -
So that the light flips to the right side -
And makes a HST triangle -

Cut 2 squares - 2” x 2” - EACH -
Of 2 mediums -
And YES - I said - 2" - not 2-1/2" -
These are special - you'll see - ;))

One medium (green) should be the same -
As that used in the QST units above -
Cut the 2" squares on the diagonal -

Lay them out like this -
And sew them together -
With the medium (green) on top -

Match and sew them to -
A medium#2 QST triangle -
So that the medium (green) -
Is in the middle -
I’’m calling this a QST threesie -

They WON’T MATCH -
Because the 2” squares that I cut -
Are over-sized -
It will be trimmed later - ;))

Sew the HST triangle -
To the QST threesie -

Make 4 of them -

Trim them to 2-1/2” square -
The trimmings should be minimal - ;))

Lay it out with the light on the OUTSIDE -
Of the patch -

And assemble it as a 9-patch -

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -