I just found this fantastic site with victorian Clip art: Grandma’s Graphics -Unique Images from the Past I can just imagine these run off onto fabric and used in crazy quilts! Very very cool! Or even some of the line art as embroidery…the ideas are endless!
What a wonderful cool morning! Rex (DH) got up ultra early this morning thinking he had an early AM meeting…when he finally got ready he realized it was tomorrow! LOL! Poor guy! The good news is I”m a morning person and the kids slept in, so it was nice and
So, had a fantastic weekend, and now I seem to be paying for it…WAY behind on preschool stuff, and having to rush and get the house in order. I HATE LAUNDRY….maybe that’s what I should have named my blog.Anyway, had a great weekend, a group of us from the crazy
Well, one of the first sites I found when researching crazy quilts was: Crazy Quilt Central . It’s a little bland ( a geocities site) but the content is fantastic….if you’re into crazy quilt’s the content goes on and on and it’s a fantastic site to surf out from.
So, Sharon B, from A Minute Ago said that what caught her eye in my blog is my restoration of my Grandmother’s Crazy Quilt. There’s quite a story behind all of that. My grandmother made it for her sister years ago…however, not nearly as long ago as I originally thought….when
Whewwwie! That was quite a storm. Our house is on a hill too, with drainage down both sides (which we’ve sort of improved with the addition of our new patio) but WHEW! Couldn’t even begin to hold that volume of rain. Poor kids were scared to death (ok, Missy C
The Crazy Quilt Society – I’m going to join this month…this seems like the best group for crazy quilters in the US! LouAnne Sassone who is a member of our Colorado Crazies group (she’s thinking about moving to Colorado….COME ON LouAnne) and another Colorado Gal Cindy Brick have taught courses
SO! I’m having a day…getting heaps of stuff done for the preschool (website: http://www.steelecooperativepreschool.org – not much there because I’m building the site and haven’t gotten around to it yet!) It’s a GORGEOUS day here….in the high 70’s, not a cloud in the sky and a cool breeze…couldn’t be better.
Ok, so I set out to have a quiet day. First of all I totally messed up my blogger template, so had to go back and rebuild it again. That was fun (not!). I only got 1/5 of the way done on my fairy’s hair and tonight I vow is
Translated version of http://www.eurocrazyquilt.com/ – not sure if this will come across translated, but if not, go to http://www.eurocrazyquilt.com – it’s a really neat site with some fantastic pictures, if the translated version doesn’t come through you can translate through Google.