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Sew Thankful also stocks Trish's books: QuiltArt: Color Your Quilts, QuiltArt: More Quilts To Color, and QuiltArt: Curves Made Easy
Jeff went to take the dogs out last night for their last potty and there were OUT OF NOWHERE two immature ducks in our front yard. Grabbed the camera...snap, snap, snap...and...here they are:
H-E-L-L-O...we live in the desert. There are no ponds near us. City Zoning does not permit folks in our area to keep ducks as pets. The HOA certainly would not approve.
So...WHY do we have two baby ducks in our yard? Where did they come from? Where is their mama? A true mystery.
Well, they stayed all night. I was shocked to see them still there in the morning. I thought for sure the coyotes would have dined on ducky...but nope...there they were in the front yard.
Yes, there really are wild coyotes roaming around these parts...you don't leave small pets outside overnight if you want to keep them very long. Oh yeah...and all the piles of presents these pretty babies left on our front "welcome" mat!!!
So about 8 o'clock this morning a landscaper (working on a job across the street) knocks on our door. He asks if these are our ducks..."uh no"...and asks if he can have them because he has a place in the country not too far from us. "Uh...yeah...sure, sounds good."
LOL...never a dull moment.
I found a couple fabulous Patsy Thompson YouTube Videos--and I thought you would enjoy these a LOT. Part 1 is on top, scroll down for Part 2. Patsy is a wonderful teacher.
Sew Thankful stocks Patsy's DVDs on machine quilting techniques...so these will give you a great sense of her style.
ENJOY!
If you want to try these methods and you're looking for great new threads, Sew Thankful offers a fantastic selection and great prices too! http://www.sewthankful.com/ThreadsAndFibers.html
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There were so many great quilts shown and I wanted to share them all. Speaking of sharing...I want to make sure you all know that I asked both Bob and Heather and I was given permission to take photos of the quilts, etc. and share them with you here.
I think I was able to snap pictures of almost all of them. I hope you enjoy.
<---This handsome young man is Todd, Bob and Heather Purcell's son. He is smart, witty and extremely talented (singing, song writing, guitar playing and sewing swimsuits with water soluble thread).
"The mission of the Quilts of Valor Foundation is to cover
ALL war wounded and injured servicemembers and veterans from the War on
Terror..."
There are many sewing and quilting groups across the USA that get together regularly to make/donate quilts to the QOV Foundation for distribution to wounded veterans.
The work of this group is amazing! To learn more about it, click here.
This is not about being the biggest or the best or winning contests or doing the "most" (necessarily).
Be SEW Great in 2008 is about whatever you choose "being great" to mean.
For me it is about honestly being the best I can be at the things I choose to do in 2008. For me that means slowing down, being deliberate, focusing on the moment and treasuring it. It means telling myself I'm worth the effort until I believe it in action.
Yes, there are some yucky things in life that we must do (and wouldn't choose if it were up to us, that's life). But, life is fleeting and (for the most part) we have SEW much to be thankful for.
Let's enjoy life and Be SEW GREAT in 2008.
