Easter

Delaney has had a great Easter Morning. She had hunted for eggs, then rehide them so she could practice for the big egg hunt at Uth Mom's later today.

I've listened to General Conference while fixing breakfast, frying chicken, deviling eggs, dipping strawberries in chocolate and reading the Easter story to Delaney. But I have to admit, after listening to all the talks, feeling humbled as well as filled with a renewed spirit, Istill enjoy the programs between the conference talks as much or even a little more than the actual conference. I just finished the bio on the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and thought that was my favorite, now I'm finishing the bio on the painter, Carl Block (ie) and feel like I have just enjoyed a talk again. Something about his pictures of Christ interacting with people makes me wish I could have been one of them. The great Easter Egg hunt with Delaney, Daphne and Grandpa

My brother sent me this little quilt book for my birthday, and it is little, about 2" square. He thought I would like it and he was right. I love it. I gave this same little book to my Grandmother for her birthday a very long time ago. She taught me to quilt 36 years ago. So many of us quilters don't receive quilts or quilt related items as gifts, because people think since we quilt we have all we need. So this little book is all the more special to me. Thanks for knowing me and thinking of me Tom. Here is one of my favorite verses in the book:

It was not a woman's desire to be forgotten. And in one simple, unpretentious way, she crated a medium that would outlive even many of her husband's houses, barns and fences. She signed her name in friendship onto cloth and, in her own way, cried out....Remember me.

Here are my green and black asian prints, the Pat finishes her bright yellow blocks and finally Joan shows off her perfect black and white combo. She will ad red to her outer border.

I finished my border on the Idaho Round Robin

Perfect Sunday after church. Nikole and I are working on a pieced top "North, South, East and West" from a class we took together in Turlock last year. It uses 3 charm packs, cut in different directions. Very easy. And the weather is beautiful.
Sunny and warm. The temp shows 60 degrees, but it feels like 75. We heard Natalie won all three games at her tournament yesterday in Hemet. She blew the doors off those SoCal girls, when she was last to bat and hit a homerun. Perfect birthday present for her proud dad.

These are two items I entered into our quilt show this past weekend in Manteca. The first is a tote/purse. I don't usually work with oriental fabrics, but I love RED. And I love this purse.

The second pic is a quilt I entered first in a challenge at a quilt shop in Ft. Bragg. The challenge was to choose a paint sample strip and then make a quilt using that color and adding only black and white. This was really fun. When I finally figured out I had chose Chartreuse and not green I was stumped and came up with a poem that I put onto the quilt using fabric ink.

What was I thinking when I chose Chartreuse?

I must have been thinking of the quick, easy, prize winning quilt I would produce.

So off to the quilt store for the right fabric was my excuse,

But finding just the right color was simply abuse.

So, What was I thinking when I chose Chartreuse?

Well, at least it wasn't Puce.

It's one of a kind. But aren't all our quilts "One of a Kind"

This is the Redwork quilt I made for our new grandaughter, Daphne. After I quilted it, I washed it to get the quilting marks out and the red bled only down the left row. I think it might have been the thread and not the fabric. I've been scrubbing for a week now with Tide stain stick. Yes I washed it with Synthrapol and used 2 dye magnets. Sometimes stuff just happens.

the 1st at the welfare office

Well today is the day we dread at the Welfare Office, the 1st of the month. But this time it surprised us. Yesterday the 30th was a full moon. The 30th, the last day of the month is the last day a client can turn in any late required forms. So... with our 1 year old new handy dandy electronic scheduling system ( a lobby kiosk ticket machine) we had a new record of 687 people getting tickets simply to turn in documents by 4:30 p.m. That doesn't count all the regular scheduled appts, walk in appts. and people wanting new Food Stamp cards or Medi-Cal cards. I don't think the fire dept will allow 687 people in our lobby. By the way, the wait time after getting a ticket from the kiosk was 2 hrs and 47 minutes before getting served. by 3 p.m. that wait time had extended to 4 hrs and 57 min. Remember, these are your county property and sales taxes at work. Aren't you proud how your San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors are spending all that money?