Hey Ann

Ann
I am so sorry! It's been so long since I posted that when I got your comment ( the first one for this post) I accidentally deleted it. I don't know what I was thinking
I am so sorry!!
No offense intended I assure you:)

Ahhhhemmmm

Hello All

I am sorry to have been absent so long.

As usual the winter blahs got me and that got me really early last year.

Then when I finally got my act together I have been so busy that I couldn't find the time to post.

Let's see what has happened?

I found out that Hubby and I are to be grandparents, she is to to make her appearance in about a month. So I have been busy  crocheting baby booties, blankets and sweaters. Sewing quilts and clothes and many other baby doodads

Then in April I went to the CQ Adventure in Connecticut. Which I enjoyed greatly. I met a lot of ladies I have only known through my cq groups and met some ladies who are new to CQing. Hello Janis, Carole and Sandy!!!

There is also a secret special project that I  can't tell you about right now. But the ladies who went to the CQI Retreat in Colorado last year know what I am talking about. When it is in the hands of the recipient I will post lots of pictures.

Before going to the CQ Adventure I decided that I needed a new hussif. So a 3 day project turned into 14. As usual for me :)

I see that I don't have pics of the whole completed project. I will need to do that soon

This is the bear I did for the Chinese auction at the Colorado Retreat

This new blogger will take me a bit to get used to.

Thank you all of you who have stuck around. I do promise to attempt to do better at posting

Later
Lauri

The Winner is....

Hello All

Well it's seems we actually only had 3 who were interested in joining in. So I will print out 1 more page and ALL of you get one.
Please send me your snail mail address and I will get them out to you ASAP!

Thank you for wanting to play along

Lauri

Something Different

Hello Ladies

The other night I lay in bed wide awake. Then I was hit by a brainstorm for a new CQ project. It will be entitled either "Live Famously" or "Live Infamously". I am leaning towards the second.

We have
Amelia Earhardt
Eve
Cleopatra
Queen Elizabeth 1
Marie Antionette
Mata Hari
Helen of Troy
Queen Victoria
Joan of Arc


I experimented with 2 different printers and settings. So I ended up with 3 sets

Here is the challenge. I will have a drawing for the 2 extra sets. Then in 2 months we will compare our blocks and see how different out interpretations are. You only have to have 1 done by then

Since the margins are small you may want to use some wonder under to keep them in place. This works for me as my silkies are the first thing I put on a block

Feel free to let others know about this drawing. Entries will be accepted through Midnight August 21

Let the fun begin!!

Lauri

What I've Been Up To

Hello All

Well it's been awhile! I have been trying to load a new post but Blogger is being screwy. I can't get my pictures to load

So I loaded a bunch of photos to my Flikr site. There is a link over in the sidebar. While there you can click ( or double click) on the photos to make them bigger and see the detail better

This is what I have been obsessed with. I have looked at it every day for over 2 1/2 months. Some days something clicks other days it doesn't. This purse was to be done for the contest on CQI but I am just now almost done

Now to the part I hate. The assembly. I am trying to be very careful and meticulous about assembly. I want to enter this into the County Fair and don't want the finishing details to kill my chances

As you can see it is quite colorful. I can't seem to do monotone or tranquil. What do you think of it NuMom? Enough colors?

It's also quite heavy, maybe 4lbs?

I know some of you would like more commentary . I will try. I am just not a very talkative person. If you have any questions please feel free to ask. I will do my best to answer them

I have decided to go to the Adventures in Crazy quilting Seminar in Glastonbury, Connecticut in April so I am sure I will see some of you there.

Hope you enjoy this piece of obsession!

Later,
Lauru

May 25

New Posts

Hello All

I haven't been posting anything new because I am getting hit by spammers.
I have had to delete my most recent post plus several old ones.
These spam commenters are ridiculous!!! On one post I had over 50 of them
I have no clue how to fix this
I have been working on several projects. Hopefully I am now up tp dealing with all the spam.
Have any of you been sending comments that I haven't published? I assure it isn't because I don't want to hear from you!!
Maybe later today once I figure out the new camera I will post my most recent work

Later
Lauri

WOW!! Words

Hello All

I decided to add a few words this time. I just haven

t had much to say lately so I've just been posting eyecandy

I want to thank all of you who have been leaving comments. It is much appreciated. I am sorry i haven't been able to respond to each one of you personally. I'd say 90% of my posts come through as coming from Janet and if I don't have your name and email on file in my address book, it is difficult to respond.

If you wish a reply then please include your name and email in your post

Above in one of my first CQ projects. It is from 5 years ago. As you can see it is far from finished, but there is hope maybe some day it will be

Later,

Lauri