It Is October!

Yes, Yes I know it has been three months since I visited everyone!  I am still trying to make a happy balance in my life.  Of course now I have added in teaching CQ classes in the mix of everything!!  I have my first course under my belt now!  That took up the month of September with a couple of trips to Dallas in between.

Now we have October!  WOW!  What a month!  It is GREAT this year in Texas it is actually pleasant this month weather wise!  Makes me think that we are going to have a humdinger of a winter though but I am ready for it!  Just bring it ON!

I have lots and lots to show everyone so hang on to your hats!  I think that y'all will be sick of me posting before too long!  I am going to start with the Halloween pillow that I made for my youngest daughter.  It is pretty AWESOME even if I do say so myself!


Here it is:

What do y'all think?  My daughter really likes it!  So here is the story on how this pillow came about.......


One of the local groups that I belong to came up with a challenge fabric.  the challenge fabric is the black one with the swirls on it.  I received it and thought.........What is a crazy quilter going to do with this??  Even my sane quilts are not along the line of this fabric!  I tend to stick with Civil War Reproduction fabrics in my sane times!  So I showed my oldest daughter the fabric she said that is nice what are you going to do with it?

I said:  I don't know!  What do you think??

She came back with a shrug and an I don't know.

Like that was a surprise, I showed my youngest daughter the material.  Out of her I got: That is really cool fabric.

HHHUUuuuummmmmm..........................

This one likes Halloween.  So the idea for the pillow was born!  I asked her if she would like a pillow.

I got a:  Cool Yeah!  With spider webs?

I said: Okay with spider webs.

She said:  With those roses?

I said:  Okay with those roses.

Now the skulls are an interesting part of this pillow.  My friend Renee was out bead shopping and found them.  So she mailed them to me.  My youngest wanted to open the envelope that they came in and I told her she could.

She found the beads and said:  Cool mom can you put these on my pillow? 

Of course I can......

The rest is stitching history.

She now has a pillow that reminds me of Jerry Garcia!

TTFN
The Lion

July 2010

Here we are in July.  It has been a long,long while since I have posted on my blog.  I can tell y'all that I have thought about posting but just did not.  I can make any number of excuses but none of them will amount to anything.  What was just getting in my way was me and my inability to figure out how to manage my life.

I recently went to a self help class for my company.  It is Millennium 3.  I do have to tell you that it was an eye opener!  I met quite a few really wonderful people there and the majority of them went on the journey that I did.  The class did lift a lot of weight off of my shoulders.  Well rather my chest.  My chest just does not feel tight anymore.  I can actually see my life clearer now and what I want to do with the rest of my life and I did put allot of things in a new priority.

My quilting and my quilting groups are now above anything else in my life.  Well except for my children!  Then comes my work.  I also found out that my husband is just a part of me.  Looking out through clearer eyes I see new and more possibilities opening up!

So now I bet that you are asking yourselves what I am working on.  I have PICTURES!!!!!

Here are pictures of a fall landscape wall hanging that I am working on for my office wall:

These pictures are of the tip top.

I must say that I absolutely love my spider web!  I really love to make them.  No two spiderwebs are alike.  They are all different.

Here are pictures of the middle:

I am outlining the tree branches and trunk to give more of a textured effect.  I have a couple different shades of orange and some red ribbon that I am going to use for the leaves.  Just wait I will make this tree pretty yet!

As you can tell I did start out with a panel.  I found it at our local quilt shop.  (Just for the curious people the name of our local quilt shop is The Lost Pines Quilt Shop.  The owner Linda is wonderful!  She does like crazy quilting also.   She also supports it and tries hard to feed my need for CQ items!) The co-ordinating fabrics were also found at the quilt shop.  Yes, yes The Lion is working with all cottons.  Except for my embroidery threads.  Those are all silk as is the ribbon.  I am just loving how the fabric and the thread is contrasting.

Now for the bottom!

As y'all can see I am working on a house.  The detail that I am going to put in the house is not quite finished yet as y'all can tell but I think that everyone can get the idea.  I am going to sit down right now after I finish up on this post and finish the lower part of the house not quite sure what I am going to do with the roof but I will cross that bridge when I come to it.

So now for an important question..........  What colors of flower do we find in the fall??  I know what I can find here in Texas but other parts of the country or the world in the fall???  Let me know as I am going to be working on my lawn next!

This is just an aside for the ladies of my StitchMap group.................Ms. Mischief is back and will be posting Mischief on someone............Now who is her next target??????  HHHHHUUUUMMMMMMMMM Could it be you?

TTFN
The Lion

The Awesome Tag Swap

Okay everyone.  I know that y'all all have been wondering........What happened with the Lions Tag Swap????  Well it happened.  I received some beautiful tags that have been swapped and are now on their way to the new owners.

Here are the tags that were done by Kathy:

Here are the tags that came in from Scotland made by Val:

Here are the tags that came in from the Netherlands made by Ina:

Last but not least here are the tags made by the Lion:

It was a GREAT bunch of tags!  I feel very privileged to have been able to swap with these VERY talented ladies!  Thank you for entering this swap.

I hope that y'all like your tags as much as I like mine!

The Lion

Kathy Shaw

Just a quickie post here before I go take pictures to put up and show y'all.  My CQ friend Kathy Shaw is having a blog giveaway.  She is celebrating the opening of her new CQ web site.  If y'all would like to see some GREAT eye-poping stuff y'all might want to check her out!  Here is her blog address: http://www.shawkl.com/  and here is here new web site:  http://www.shawkldesigns.com/ .


The Lion

I Am Back Again

It has been a long time since my last post.  Let me let everyone know what has been going on.  Since January I have had 2 promotions.  I went from being a lead tech to phlebotomy manager in San Antonio.  The changes that came with the promotion to phlebotomy manager were a whril wind!  I have been settleing in with my job. 

Also it is anniversery month for StitchMap.  I have been causeing all kinds of mischief!  We have been giving away prizes galore!

It is now to finish my give away here before I go on to the other mounds of things that I would like everyone to see!

I had my daughter Steph pick out two names this morning.  The winner of this cute pink Tussie Mussie is ..............................Shari!   Yeah, Shari!

The winner of this wonderful Tussie Mussie is.....................................................Lesley!  Yeah, Lesley!

I will get the addresses and send these out next week!

TTFN!

The Lion

A Tussie Mussie Sunday

This past Sunday I played with the making of tussie mussies.  I had read several on-line tutorials on how to make tussie mussies and kinda played around with them.  First I started off with circles.

I cut circles out of poster board and fabric.  I glued the fabric to the poster board and started following several directions.  I hit upon one that really worked for me.

Well I did modify it a little.  Everyone should know by now I usually make a pattern my own!


And here is the finished product:

Well what do y'all think?  All anyone has to do is remember the bigger the circle the bigger the tussie mussie!

Now for the fun of my post.  I am going to have a drawing for these exp. tussie mussies.  Two lucky people will get one of these.  All you have to do is leave a comment on this post.  Don't forget I will need your address to send the prize on.  So if you would contact me with a way to get in touch with you I will be able to send your prize on.  My email address is glynpg@yahoo.com .

TTFN
The Lion

Tussie Mussie

I am in a swap.
It is a tussie mussie swap.

I have think that I have found my inspiration!?  Well maybe...........  A Swap For All Seasons put up a great tutorial link on how to make them.  Let me show it to you:
http://nanasgiftnook.com/projects/the-making-of-tussy-mussy

Tell me what y'all think.  What would you do with a tussie mussie?  What would you use for your inspiration??  What a GREAT spring idea!

Now to go and make it and fill it.................................

TTFN
The Lion