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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50612434462815018402018-06-16T00:23:33.492-07:00sewwhat?sewwhat?http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061243446281501840.post-74712840970187300662014-01-21T07:14:00.001-08:002014-01-21T07:17:28.587-08:00Hey, Bloggers? Why won't Blogspot format paragraphs?So, it has been a while since I blogged. I remember using my blog to work on my essay writing. Then, something happened to blogger. All of a sudden, it crammed all of my sentences into one chunk, and the paragraphs disappeared. This is one reason I quit using the blog to write. So, what happened? Does anyone know why this happens? The previous post was written in paragraph format, looked like it was paragraphed, and yet, when it was published, it is a globbed together mess. What's going on with blogger that it does this?sewwhat?http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061243446281501840.post-46873330842945721332014-01-20T10:06:00.001-08:002014-01-20T10:15:32.714-08:00Making a cool hipster bag with zipper pockets inside and out This bag is featured in a YouTube Video from Jean JellyRoll Queen's YouTube channel. The bag is pictured, but the directions in the video tutorial are for inserting the zipper in the inside pocket. This bag features an outside zipper pocket, plus a slip pocket on the outside, a zippered closing and a single over the shoulder strap, with D rings for strap attachment. An inside slip pocket is also a feature of this bag, as well as the inside zipper pocket. Other videos describe inserting the zipper in the top of the bag.  Fabrics-- Basic bag fabric--11" x 27" for outside of main bag 8-3/4" by 11" for lower part of outside zipper pocket 10" x 11" for upper piece of zipper and back of zipper compartment Contrasting fabric--2-1/2" by 27 strips for sides, cut two pieces of this Lining Fabric--14-1/2" by 24"--lower lining below zipper--cut this in half lengthwise to make each piece 11" long 14-1/2" by 3 inches--upper lining above zipper--cut two of these Inner pocket scrap--10" by 5" hem top and fold under the other three edges. Strap fabric--4" by 30-36" (your choice of length) add 8" to your desired length for strap attacchments to body of bag Notions--two 1-1/2" round rings for attaching straps to the bag one 1-1/2" D-ring for key attachment One 12" zipper to match the outside of bag for outside zipper pocket One 16" zipper to match lining Directions--see basic directions on how to insert a zipper in a tote, my YouTube video tutorial, link above in my user notes to see how to add the zipper to the lining and inserting it into the tote. Specific directions for this tote Quilt the basic body fabric 10" by 27" of the tote to batting. Quilt the side strips (two 2-1/2" strips) separately. You will attach the side strips after you construct and attach the front zipper compartment. Front Zipper compartment. Insert zipper between the two zipper compartment pieces (see tutorial how to do this, inserting pocket zipper). Zipper teeth will be facing up with two fabric pieces attached to the two sides of the zipper. Topstitch close to seam where fabric and zipper tape are sewn together. Flip the longer piece of the fabric over so the zipper is facing out, and then line up the bottom raw end edges together, press the zipper compartment flat. There will be extra fabric sticking out above the zipper to form the upper edge of the open outside pocket. You have created a closed zipper compartment. I stay stitched the upper edge of this compartment to keep it from collapsing when used. Press under a 1/4" edge on the doubled zipper compartment fabric ends to form a hem. Take the front quilted piece of the bag, and mark a line across it 12-1/4" from top. Line up the pressed under edge of the zipper compartment on this line, pin and top stitch across the turned under edge of the zipper compartment. (This will form the bottom edge of the bag.) Press the sides of the zipper compartment against the body of the bag, and stay stitch it in place at a scant 1/4". Fold out the length of the bag, and sew the side strips to each side of this piece using a 1/4" seam. Press side pieces out and top stitch them near the seam edge. Fold bag in half lengthwise, and sew up both sides. Miter bottom edges of the bag, using the bottom edge of the zipper compartment to guide where to start the miter. Body of bag is now complete. Complete lining of bag--use directions in tutorial. Attach AFTER attaching the handles. Make the strip for the handle -cut off two 4" pieces of the strap for separate attachment pieces. This bag will only have one long shoulder strap, not two.  Attaching the handle. I like to attach my handle in a different way than Jenny uses in her tutorial. I make a separate piece of fabric with either D-rings or O-rings that are attached to the bag, then attach the long handle to the rings. I think this makes for a much stronger handle attachment, as we are going to use our bags for purses. Fold the 4" piece in half, making a circle by butting the raw edges of it together. Place the O-ring/D-ring within the circle. Place the attachment over the side seams of the bag. Top stitch the fabric circle to upper part of the bag 1/2" below the top of the bag with the metal ring within the section toward the top of the bag. Sew the bottom part of the circle below, adding an O ring if you want a key attachment. Attach the lining to the bag, being careful not to catch the strap attachments as you sew it with a 1/4" seam. Attach the strap. Place the strap piece through the O-ring on one side of bag. turn under 1/4" raw edge, and top stitch it in place (I leave about 1" of space above the metal ring to give me enough space to stitch). Adjust the length of the strap on the other end, trim and stitch the same way. There you go! Your hipster bag is complete! sewwhat?http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061243446281501840.post-90286237275551518562014-01-06T07:29:00.000-08:002014-01-06T07:29:20.087-08:00Making a zippered Charm ToteCheck out my YouTube channel Jean JellyRollQueen for a 5 part tutorial on how to make a zippered charm tote. sewwhat?http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061243446281501840.post-19427169067237839232014-01-06T07:27:00.000-08:002014-01-06T07:27:50.969-08:00Hello strangers!Just got on blogger for the first time in a year and a half! I spend my time now on the Missouri Star Quilt Company forum under the screen name, Jean Sewing Machine. I also post on YouTube under my YouTube channel name, Jean JellyRoll Queen. I have over 20 video tutorials on various techniques of sewing and quilting. I have an 8 part series on making different size quilts and household accessories using the jelly Roll race technique. I've made so many jelly roll race quilts that my fellow forum members call me the jelly roll queen. Jean the Jelly Roll Queen. I've done the math (even though I say I'm no mathematician) for making jelly roll race quilts bigger or smaller. I demonstrate the jelly Roll technique using 7 jelly roll strips to make a placemat size quilted project. I also have a tutorial on making tote bags with zipper closures, serger quilts for hospital charities, and am working on one with a personally designed pattern. I think I have the first two segments of that one on YouTube. I also have a multipart tutorial on making a padded carry case for iPad or ereaders. Some of the other things I've done over the past time away from blogger are: led a 4 day quilt retreat for my forum members, hosted an international quilt friend who attended the retreat, been to about 6 quilt shows in various parts of the country, made about 20-25 quilts for various charities, designed a special child's pillow called "Beddie Bye Book Buddy", it's a pillow with a small animal tucked in to a pocket on the front, with a book about that animal in a pocket on the back, made various bed size and large lap size quilts, bought and learned to use a long arm quilt machine, and enhanced my stash of fabrics to spill out of every closet, nook and cranny of my home! I also built and stocked a craft table with amazing hand made objects, it was moderately successful, but I sold almost $1000 worth of merchandise. I can't forget the 2 large cast and 3 small shows I costumed, which was the focus of this blog from the time I started it! I retired from teaching in Dec. 2012, and spent 2013 traveling extensively, I traveled over 21, 000 miles this year, airplane and car miles, including a wonderful trip to eastern Europe in November on a Viking River Cruise! That was really great, I recommend Viking if anyone wants a great vacation experience! Went to Disney world, Paducah, KY, Oregon 2 times, went to visit my son and family in Des Moines twice, went to Hamilton, MO. several time to the Missouri Star retail store, including the retreat event. Then the trip to eastern Europe, which we started our cruise in Budapest, Hungary and ended up in Prague, Czech Republic. It was just a wonderful and beautiful experience to see old world architecture and medieval opulence so well preserved! Lots of history in that part of the world! Hope to blog again on a regular basis! If there are any of my followers left still looking, I'm still here!sewwhat?http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061243446281501840.post-23305912769225899162012-07-24T16:11:00.000-07:002012-07-24T16:12:14.814-07:00Where has the time gone?Here it is, the end of July, and I haven't made a blog post in two months. Where has the time gone? This summer, I decided not to costume a play. But that hasn't kept me out of the sewing room, because I've been making quilts. I didn't end up doing the costumes for the Shakespeare play, but did make a couple of poets shirts for the main costumer. But I squeezed in some quilts before our family went to Disneyworld from June 9-15. Then I made more after I got back home. Here's the summer inventory of quilts finished: 3 queen size patriotic quilts 3 kids quilts for my grandsons' birthdays 2 Magic Square quilts, one for a child and one for a retiring colleague 3 other kids quilts 3 jelly roll race quilts Finished several quilt tops that I started in spring. So you can see, the sewing machines have been busy. During July, I went to visit my sister in OR, we attended a quilt show and worked on a project for her newly built home on the Oregon coast. We didn't finish, so, I'm going back the first weekend in August! Summer vacation isn't over yet!sewwhat?http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061243446281501840.post-15327968264384735112012-05-30T17:00:00.002-07:002012-05-30T17:00:37.665-07:00Shakespeare shake up!I've been asked by my dear friend Dr. J to help costume a Shakespeare show that she is directing. I am working with a very talented costumer who has done plenty of these types of gigs. Tonight we chatted about what will be our next step in costuming the 4 brides in "As You Like It" done by the Riverside Shakespeare Festival, in St. Charles, MO. These dresses are the concepts given to us by the director for 2 of the brides.

 The main costumer has many costumes in her collection that may fit the criteria that the director has given us. So building new costumes may not be something I will have to cram into the next week's agenda, because they may already exist! Problem is, tonight and tomorrow were two really big chunks of time that I was going to dedicate to the process of building, but I don't know what to build! Hope once decisions are made that I can actually squeeze them into my schedule, because one week from Saturday, I'M GOING TO DISNEYWORLD! Costumes that I need to do need to be done by then! Well, there's always quilting that I can use my time and fabric for!sewwhat?http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061243446281501840.post-23838458101801241082012-05-26T06:07:00.002-07:002012-05-26T06:07:22.660-07:00Memorial Day in quilt formIt's Memorial Day weekend. We need to remember those who have served in our military forces and many who have lost their lives while serving. My father and father-in-law were in World War II, and my brother served in the Army during the Vietnam era. I have my father's flag that was draped on his coffin when he died. The patriotic theme of decorating is very close to many peoples hearts. So, finding quilt fabrics with this theme is relatively easy, and there is quite a good selection.

 My friend Sharon asked me if I would make a quilt for their church in Steelville to use as a raffle item for their summer fundraiser. I told her, "Sure!" and sought out fabrics for the project. I used this simple quilt pattern called "Jelly Roll Race" where you sew jelly roll strips together to form a long strip, then begin sewing the strip together, matching the ends and sewing the two strips together. Once you have done that, you cut that strip in half, sew those together, making a two strip wide piece grow to a 4 strip wide piece, which is half as long. You keep doing this until you have 32 rows of strips. It is a quick and easy pattern, and turns out very colorful and "scrappy" looking when you are finished.

 Here is a picture of the different fabrics that are in the jelly roll race quilt, close up.

 I always make pillowcases for my quilts, so here are the finished pillow cases for this quilt. I think I love these! I may look for more fabric so I can make some of these that I can keep.

 I found this awesome flag fabric for the backing, and it was really inexpensive. Often the backing ends up costing more than the actual quilt, because you need a lot of fabric to use in it. Hope they all like it and that they make a lot of money on their raffle. Happy Memorial Day!sewwhat?http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061243446281501840.post-33018833772465315362012-05-26T05:50:00.000-07:002012-05-26T05:50:37.585-07:00The Boys and their quiltsMy grandsons who live in Iowa all have birthdays from January to May. The littlest one's birthday is 3 weeks after Christmas, so I didn't know what to give him then. The other two had birthdays in April and May. Grandma needed to give them gifts. So, of course, it would have to be quilts!

The older boys love pirates and share a room. So I used a layer cake collection of fabric that had the pirate theme. The collection had two color palettes, and I didn't love them together, so I separated them into black, red and white for the oldest boy.

 And the middle child got the blue,green and brown palette.

 I started and stopped a couple of times deciding on what to make for the youngest. It was going to be based on a transportation theme somehow. I had several collections of fabrics started when I spotted this "BusyTown" licensed fabric, I fell in love and purchased it.

 I also made pillowcases for each boy to go with their quilts. In the pillowcases were the quilts, a book for bedtime reading, and a gift card to Toys R Us, just in case the quilts didn't make an impression.

 I think they were a hit. Within a day, they were snuggled in their quilts, reading their books, and making their grandma happy!

 My youngest grandchild is a snuggle bug, and slept with me the first night I was there. He is quite a cutie, and loved his quilt, and was carrying it around and hiding under it the whole time I was there. His BusyTown book has some of the same pictures that are on the quilt, which really excited him. There is also a BusyTown cartoon show on cable TV, which we watched on Saturday. This was a good choice on my part, becsuse it really excited them.

It was a really fun weekend, and I was glad to be with my grandsons, who I haven't seen since Christmas. We had a great time together.sewwhat?http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061243446281501840.post-10126054289517822362012-05-26T05:20:00.000-07:002014-01-06T07:30:07.404-08:00Patternista StoryThis is the story of Patternista. She is my most complicated quilt that I've made so far in my quilting journey that started as a frenzy last fall. Each day, I get an email from a little quilt business in Hamilton, MO, advertising their "Daily Deal". They give a great discount on one item in their inventory, with the hope that you'll buy something else fill out your purchase to get enough fabric to complete a project. I must admit, I almost needed an intervention to keep me from daily purchase of the daily deals! But when I saw this pattern of fabric, there was no helping me, I HAD TO HAVE IT! It is called Patternista, and the designs in the fabrics just spoke to my soul. The patterns were retro inspired, and "Spirograph" comes to mind for many of them. The colors were batik quality, purples, roses, soft and bright greens and blues, with a pop of yellow and orange. What's not to love? My creative juices started to flow big time! My little quilt business, Missouri Star Quilt Company, also does online free tutorials on how to use their precut fabrics. This precut is called a jelly roll, which has 40 strips of fabric from the entire line cut in 2-1/2" strips across the width of fabric. There are endless patterns available for using jelly roll, but the one pattern I found that I liked was making an 8 pointed star, using the jelly roll strips and a background fabric.

 So I set to work making my blocks out of the strips and fabric. Here is what I created my first session of fooling around with the pattern. The actual quilt that Jenny Doan showed in her tutorial was based on making intertwining stars that look like this. I made blocks, but then couldn't for the life of me figure out how to make the stars intertwine. The name of the pattern is "Stars Aligned". Now, I can usually figure out how to put blocks together, but I couldn't figure this one out. I had to purchase the pattern to find out how to do it.

 It turns out that you need to build the intertwining stars as you add sashing. Figuring out where to put the colors and which colors to use was somewhat complicated, so I laid them out in color patterns to keep my thinking straight. The quilt ended up very beautiful. I took a picture of the completed top, and sent it to Missouri Star. They actually posted my picture on their Facebook page advertising the fabric pattern. I decided to bite the bullet and have it professionally quilted by Missour Star, and when I got it back, Jenny had written me a personal note saying how pretty she thought it was. I was so flattered! I bound it and put it on the bed with its collection of pillows. I felt like a princess laying on a bed so gloriously decorated.

 I finished it and put it on the bed, and of course, Al the cat went on it immediately! He had to make it his own. This is what was in my future to keep it looking nice.

 I needed to use this at least twice a day to keep the quilt looking pretty. Al deposited a great deal of blonde fur on the quilt as he lolled around taking his 11 2-hour naps a day. I was gone over the weekend, and you should have seen it after 4 days of no lint rolling! It was a mess! While I was gone last weekend, I got to actually visit Missouri Star Quilt Company twice, once on Friday and once on Monday, on my way to and from Des Moines Iowa to visit my son and his family. My visit on Friday was so fun, because they showed me the entire place, including the back room with the shelves piled to the ceiling with all the beautiful fabrics they stock. The only thing that I missed was seeing Jenny, because she was at the quilt market that weekend. The girls invited me back on Monday to see Jenny.

 When I came back Monday, Jenny and Ron, her husband, were right outside their new building. You see, this little business is growing so much, they had to get a new place to expand their business. Meghan took me on a tour of the new store, which has been completely refurbished from the studs out for their new retail space. The old smaller building will hold all of the fabrics they sell in their online business. More "Daily Deals" for us customers! I got to spend about an hour chatting with Jenny. She was like my long-lost best friend, she is the "real deal", and I love and respect her so much for what she has done for quilters around the world. So many have learned from her, and now support her business because it is based on "family-friendly service", and great products. Jenny mentioned in our chat how much she loved my quilt and wished I could make one for her shop.

 Since the black quilt is no longer on my bed, and is looking for a home, Jenny said she would adopt it! It is now on its way to Hamilton, MO, to take its place among the other beautiful samples displayed at the Missouri Star company store, soon to be opened in their new digs. I am so honored to have it there, and Patternista has had quite a journey! To my readers--I don't write like this. Blogger updated its format about a month ago, and it will not paragraph! Sorry for such a globby mess of writing. I'm ready to go to a new format for my blogs, unless they change this!sewwhat?http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061243446281501840.post-55449422312104565112012-05-01T14:59:00.000-07:002012-05-01T15:02:04.959-07:00Junior SewistsI was watching my grandkids all day Saturday, and we were looking for something to do to pass the time. I decided to break out the sewing machine and fabrics and start to teach my granddaughter to sew. I have been planning a day like this for over a year. She has always taken an interest in my sewing since she was about 4. (Now going on 7) We had tried several toy sewing machines, but they only led to frustration because they would stop working very quickly after we would start. So I decided to bite the bullet and purchase an inexpensive adult sewing machine (Janome, my favorite brand) and teach her to use it safely. We had never gotten a chance to work with it. I tried the machine out a couple of weeks ago for the first go round with it, taking it to a costuming gig to use to modify costumes. It worked fine for that. But before that test run, I found out that Janome makes several models of machines geared for young girls, with the "Hello Kitty" logo on them. I decided this was the thing that would be the motivator for her, and I purchased the machine. Well, when I got it, I found out it was exactly the same machine as the one I had purchased a year ago, except it was painted blue and cost $30 more! Same features and functions. So I broke out the "Hello Kitty" machine Saturday and we were off! She loved it, she learned quickly, and was competently sewing short seams without any problems. I found a cheap $2 charm pack, I decided I could give this up for some practice, and we started to put together a quilt for her teddy bear. That went together quickly and she wanted more to do. Her brother suggested a pillow for bear, so we found fabric for that, plus some left over batting for the stuffing. (He had the right idea, when he told us we could put cotton balls into it to stuff it.) Meantime, he was playing video games. We took a couple of breaks for lunch, a park session, and a terrible hail storm, after which we collected large 2" hailstones like Easter Eggs after the storm passed. Then, her brother decided that he wanted to take a crack at sewing something. Well, wasn't I prepared for that! I had a perfect companion for her sewing machine, my plain Jane model that I had purchased that was exactly the same as Hello Kitty. He caught on quickly also, although his sister kept proclaiming that she was better at it than he. They were both hard at work making seams, sewing together squares, sewing layers upon layers of fabric together. Hello Kitty is a trooper, because at one time, I think she sewed 12 layers of fabric together and the machine managed to take on the task. I am proud of them for their interest, and how quickly they picked up the skills needed to sew simple things. He wanted to make his little 6 patch quilt bigger and make it into a 9 patch. There is a special design for quilts called disappearing 9 patch, we'll try that if he wants to do it, and it will make an interesting patchwork quilt.

After making the quilt for bear and the pillow, she sewed this little shirred top dress. It has one seam at the back. I sewed the ties, but she sewed them on. She looks so cute in it!

sewwhat?http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061243446281501840.post-55898144759776706942012-04-30T21:02:00.000-07:002012-04-30T21:02:57.909-07:00Bye, bye, April!Well, where did this month go? I'm not sure, but it has been a busy month. Here's what has been going on in my world: Sewed costumes for two small plays, one started April 13, one started April 20th. Got my Featherweight sewing machine serviced Bought a longarm quilting machine, still in the box, looking for a place in my house to set it up Attended an all day seminar featuring quilt making and long arm quilting Went to Paducah, KY,for a whirlwind one day blitzkreig style tour of the American Quilter's Society quilt show Made 5 baby quilts for Cardinal Glennon Hospital for Children's PICU, joining up with another quilter from Missouri o do this Sent off my Patternista Star quilt to be professionally quilted, still don't have it back yet, anxiously awaiting its arrival this week Bought way too much fabric Celebrated with family Easter, 2 baptisms, one First Communion, one birthday. Missed two other birthdays, bad me! I'll make it up later! This is the last week of school, lots of grading, meetings, to get it done. Can't wait to be done with it! Well, goodbye April. You are one of my favorite months, now you are gone! You are always a busy month in my life!sewwhat?http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061243446281501840.post-11340279062049534682012-03-31T14:55:00.006-07:002012-03-31T15:52:58.131-07:00It's here, my baby is here! In its little box from the mailman, left on my porch this afternoon!
 Oh no! Packing peanuts! My least favorite thing to deal with!
 Here it is in its little case, ready for me to unwrap and see what is inside
 Oh my gosh, it actually works! The light lights, and the motor runs, and the needle goes up and down! Hopefully when I figure out how to thread it, it will actually sew! Can't wait to play!

It is a small dream come true (that lottery thing didn't exactly work out for me, although I did win $2!) But for a long time, I've wanted a Featherweight, made by Singer in the '20-'50s. They must have been prolific because they aren't rare, but are sought after because they are small, light and sew great. My aunt had one and swore by it, over and over, and over, and over! We tuned her out once she got on that roll, because she wasn't about to give it up to any of us, so it was a moot point, she loved it and we had to be jealous of it!

So, lately, I've been thinking about somehow acquiring one. I've toyed with the idea off and one lately, more for the sake of saying "I have a Featherweight and it sews so wonderfully!" I hope this lives up to the hype!

About a year and a half ago, I was taking a sewing lesson at my shop where I have bought my Janome machines. An older couple came in, carrying a little sewing machine in a small case. They said something to the effect that they didn't know if this was worth anything, maybe they would like to trade it for something newer, but only if it couldn't be fixed. The sewing teacher and I were like vultures hovering over it, wanting to say--""No, don't waste your money having it fixed, you would like a nice new shiny machine wouldn't you? And then we would try to snag the Featherweight from the dealer! Alas, the couple decided to have it repaired, and didn't trade it. That got my Featherweight juices flowing even more rapidly!

For those who are in the know, this has serial # AE082451. I know you can find out when they were made by the serial number, and one of my forum friends said she would do that for me. So, Bubby, let me know. I'm curious, but it isn't vital for me to know, just know that it works and sews nice, and it is sooooo cute, isn't it?sewwhat?http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061243446281501840.post-43557626640958708172012-03-28T15:25:00.001-07:002012-03-28T15:32:20.119-07:00Vintage Sewing MachineHere it is. Something I've been wanting for a long time! A Singer Featherweight vintage sewing machine. All the quilting divas have at least one! I found this on eBay. It's on its way to my house. I hope it works. But if not, they are infinitely repairable, so many of them are still around. Why some people even pimp them up by painting them wild colors!sewwhat?http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061243446281501840.post-7786243269427771032012-03-27T20:18:00.004-07:002012-03-27T20:36:25.991-07:00Plenty of time to spare!Last summer on the parking lot of Hancock Fabrics, I was approached by a friend who directs shows. She asked me to costume "Exit the King". I sort of forgot about that discussion until a couple of months ago, when she approached me in earnest, and pinned me down to costume her show. She had cast the show, and two of my friends were in it. It is a small show, with a cast of 6, so it wouldn't be a huge job. I reluctantly agreed, because I told another friend I would costume her show, and they are at the same time.

So, I was gathering materials, knowing that this show didn't open until April 13. I had a couple of costumes to build, but was taking my sweet time getting rolling on making them.

Then she told me last Wednesday that they needed as many as they could muster up for a publicity photo shoot tonight! That lit a fire under me, but my built in "timing thing" for just how long I'll need to finish it kicked in. I got a black skirt for the maid done, and we had the other maid accouterments, apron, cap, and she had the blouse that would work.

I didn't really get much accomplished this weekend, but started in earnest on the queens outfit on Sunday evening. Finished it and the blouse on Monday morning, then the skirt Monday evening. That left the king's silk pajamas that needed to be done for the photo shoot. We had back-up pajamas, but I did want to get them done if possible. The only time left to work on them was this afternoon.

When I came home from work, I was very tired, as usual. I thought, I'll just take a little cat nap then start on the pajamas. My cat nap lasted until 3, when I bounced up, figured I'd better start on those pajamas if I had any prayer of getting them done by 7 p.m. Lady luck was with me,, because I started at 3 and finished at 6:05.

As I was starting this last project, looked at my measurement book, and all it said for the king was L. So I made some L pajamas, which are really too big for him. But, if I am going to alter things, I'd rather make them smaller than try to make them bigger! I can take them in and make them fit him better.

Here they are:

My one friend in the grey coat did her own costume. She is a costumer extraordinaire, I learn so much from what she does. The maid forgot to bring her black blouse, the young queen forgot her corset, all because the director forgot to tell them that tonight they were going to be in pictures! Grrrrr!

Anyway, with all my procrastination and lack of motivation to do this, I got it done with time to spare! I even got to eat dinner (drive through McDonalds)! I got to the theatre at 6:49, photo shoot didn't start til 7! Plenty of time to spare!sewwhat?http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061243446281501840.post-11628776021682400032012-03-24T11:28:00.007-07:002012-03-24T11:57:47.747-07:00Daddy DogwoodI've been a stalker during the past week. I've been driving by my old house and stalking the dogwood tree growing in the yard. You see, my late husband Ed, planted this tree in 1968 when we moved into this house. It was a little pencil sized stem when he planted it. Now, 44 years later, it still blooms in glorious white every spring!
This is how it looked earlier this week, not quite as white. The dogwood blossoms are actually bracts, they surround the flower, which is in the center. As the sun bleaches the bracts, they turn from green to white. I was trying to catch the tree in its whitest glory, I think I hit it today.

I have related the story about Ed and the dogwood trees in an earlier post (Down the Dogwood Trail). As it nears the anniversary of his birth, March 27, we think of him more. There is no better way to remember him than to look at this tree, that still survives after all these years, as a testament to his love for this type of tree, and as a testament of our love for him.

When we designed his headstone, we put dogwood flowers on it, instead of other flowers. I know he would love that.

P.S. in the second picture, you can see a huge bush that covers the entire corner of the house. This was a $.50 half dead Rhodedendron that Ed bought and planted. It will be flowering in glorious purple in a couple of weeks. I'm so glad the current owners haven't chopped these two trees down.sewwhat?http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061243446281501840.post-48448259490565116542012-03-23T08:52:00.005-07:002012-03-23T09:23:38.467-07:00Pillow-palloozaOne of the newest YouTube tutorials is done by Jenny Doan and Vanessa of V and Co. Vanessa loves the new look of pleats, or in the fashion world, they are called shutters. So many dresses today are made of fabrics with the "shutter" overlay on the skirts and bodices, they are very slimming and quite popular. I have a dress made this way, and I love it.

Vanessa showed a tutorial about a month ago of a reverse applique pillow which she created by overlaying folded strips of cloth and sewing them to an underlayment, then appliquing a heart shape over the pleats to made a darling heart pillow. If this doesn't make sense, you will have to look for her tutorial, because it is very hard to explain.

For this tutorial, she just did the pleats without the applique to make a very chic pillow. Choice of fabric can make it look sleek and modern (Vanessa did hers in shades of light to dark grey to black--a very contemporary look), and on the Moda Bake Shop website, they show the same type of pillow using prints. The choice of fabic makes the style of the pillow change dramatically.

You know me, I like color, so I had to try this newest tutorial myself. I had pretty many jelly roll strips (2-1/2" wide) left from several of my recent projects. I started out with the Dogwood Trail jelly roll strips, since they were on top of the scrap heap. Then I dug further and made two more pillows! I guess this is why I named this post PILLOW-PALLOOZA! Because now I have three new and very pretty pillows for my home.

 This one is using Patternista--I posted my Patternista star quilt top a week or so ago, so when that is finished, this will go on the bed with that quilt.

  This one is Dogwood Trails, the quilt I just finished last weekend. Looks oh so pretty on the bed with the other things from the same line.
 I happened to find a small collection of precut fabrics at our Tuesday Morning stores here in St. Louis. I hit several different locations, and each had a small amount of the same coordinates. I happened to luck out and get a jelly roll, a charm pack, a fat quarter bundle and 2 packages of 1 yard pieces of different prints in this set of coordinates. They were very inexpensive. I'm being forewarned by forum members that some of these cheap precuts (from Wal-Mart, I think) aren't worth the powder to blow them up with, so I'm not going to spend hundreds of hours making a quilt from this fabric, with the knowledge that it might not be something that will hold up to long and hard wear. So far, I have an hour invested in the combination, because that is how long it took me to make the pillow. I think I'll do an easy large block quilt to go with this. In the meantime, I really do love this coordinate, it reminds me of Easter Egg colors--very springy.

Hope you get a chance to try to make one of these pillows. They are fun and fast and handsome, I think. I just stuffed the first one as the tutorial suggested, but put a zipper in the next two, so I can take out the inner pillow to wash the cover. Hope this will work out, and you might try doing it this way if you make one and think it will get a lot of loving, and need to be washed. I used the trimmings of poly batting from some of my quilts, now I am very glad I didn't throw this away, because I filled three pillows for free! Whooppee! Let's go have a pillow fight!sewwhat?http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061243446281501840.post-7733146132989370232012-03-22T15:24:00.006-07:002012-03-22T15:48:37.296-07:00How many Tutes does it take to make a bed?For those of us who log in to the Missouri Star Quilt Company forum on a daily (or hourly) basis, we know the value of tutorials that Jenny has presented to teach us quilting skills and simple projects that can turn out really great. I finished my Dogwood Trails bedding set and started counting up the tutorials or "tutes" that I used to complete this project--there are plenty of them.

Can you spot them?

In the quilt pattern and throw pillow--disappearing 9 patch blocks form the border around the large motif in the center of the quilt. The center heart is from a pattern in a book called "Super Simple Jelly Roll Quilts" by Alex Anderson and Liz Aneloski, published by C & T Publishing.

Latest tute--pleated pillow. Found a use for all those batting trimmings from my quilts that I didn't know what to do with, I stuffed the pillow with them. NOW I DO KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEM! Also in the pillows, heart block, tube pillowcases with borders, the borders are hard to see in this picture.

Binding by machine only, binding tool tutorial. I guess I did a good job with the binding tool (first time I had good luck!), because I can't even find where I joined the binding ends.

I do hate to hand stitch so in the entire bedding set, there is only 5" of hand stitching, that is to close the opening in the pleated pillow. Now, this is my kind of quilt making!

MSQC saved my project by having a small amount of the fabric line Dogwood Trail left in their stock. The most desired piece was the white background with white and pink dogwood flowers on it. This one was all sold out at the local quilt store where I got the rest of the fabric. MSQC also had a beautiful small multicolor flower fabric that I never saw at the LQS.

All this, plus encouragement from other forum members, FB friends, and some great books, and I think the Dogwood trail bedding is officially finished. Oh, I forgot, that last pillowcase in the back needs one more seam, then it is officially ready for my April bed!sewwhat?http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061243446281501840.post-90681491501458254252012-03-18T17:12:00.007-07:002012-03-18T17:45:40.498-07:008 year old wisdomThe photo in this picture was taken in 2003, about 3 years before Ed lost his battle with brain cancer. He was diagnosed in 2004, and passed away in 2006.

In 2010, on our anniversary, which was April 4, I designed this little vignette, with Ed's picture when he was a little boy, and our picture from 2003. I always loved that picture of him as a kid, because he is holding an airplane. When he grew up and chose a career, it was in the military aircraft industry. The picture looks like one of our grandsons (my son's oldest) at the same age!

Fast forward to 2012.

As I was making my Dogwood Trails quilt this week, I decided to do some machine embroidery to make it more personal. I was babysitting my two grandchildren (not the same one as mentioned above), and my big boy MAC, who will turn 8 next Saturday, was very curious as to what I was doing. He was interested to see a sewing machine that could run by itself, and he was watching what the words were spelling out.

When I told him my idea for the four blocks, he had a different idea.

 This one says our names.
 This is our wedding date.
This is a personal message to my late husband, and to all my family.

And this one is the one the 8 year old thought I should change. He said, "It should say--You are here with us" because he reasoned that if we were thinking of Grandpa Ed, then it was the same as if he were here with us, not gone.

Now, can you beat that wisdom?

So, I need to embroider one more block, probably to put on the back of the quilt, with those wise words on them. Yes, Ed is in all of our hearts. We will think of you when your birthday comes upnext week on March 27. The kids will probably gather over at my house, expecting beef stroganoff for dinner, which was your favorite birthday food. We will think of you again on our anniversary, April 4. And so many other things remind us of you. Your tools in the basement, your personal items stored in special places in our bedroom, remembering your funny sayings, and that precious picture from 2003.

This is a nostalgic time of year for me. The rest of the year, I just kind of float along living my life as a widow, a single person, trying to make the best of it, and trying not to dwell in the past. But for the next few weeks, I'm going to indulge in nostalgic thoughts of the years we had together, and how much I do miss you and the life we shared for 42 years, my darling Ed.sewwhat?http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061243446281501840.post-36104623971802065162012-03-18T10:08:00.004-07:002012-03-18T10:32:10.485-07:00Driven by LoveHave you ever started a project that you were driven to complete? I have, and this one really made me want to finish. It was driven by love--

 ---Love of quilting
 ---Love of fabric shopping
 ---Love of creating something beautiful out of raw materials
 ---Love of my dear late husband, who left us all and went to heaven about 6 years ago.

This is my Dogwood Trails quilt, created with love in my heart and remembrances of 42 years of married life to a man who loved nature, his job, working with wood, and his family. He also loved dogwood trees. So, as I said in an earlier post, when I saw this fabric, I just knew I needed to make something out of it.

It uses the heart block and Disappearing 9 patch patterns as borders for the main heart. I barely made it with the amount of backing I found, so perfect with rose petals with tiny sayings of love on them. I was short a bit, and had an uh-oh moment, one corner of the backing was too short, but I patched it and it is OK. This quilt isn't for a quilt show, it is for ME! And I don't care about that little mistake!

Mr. Kitty, Al, had to investigate the quilt, he did it within his usual 3 minute period of letting me take some pictures. He sniffed it and then jumped down, but I'll bet I catch him cat-napping on it more than once!

This is the pattern I used for the main heart in the center. I could have done 4 hearts, which was what the pattern suggested for a queen size quilt. But I wanted the heart to be in the center, and I wanted to use my charm packs for the D9P blocks, so I chose to do the single heart, with many borders around it.

I was driven by love to finish this quilt this weekend because this is the last day of my spring break, and I have lots of other things that need work in the sewing room in the next few weeks. I wanted to be able to use this quilt on my bed by April 4, which was our anniversary. I couldn't sleep much this week, I would drop into bed wearly from working on it late at night, then wake up uber early in the morning thinking about the next steps. Rather than fight to get back to sleep, I just went downstairs and worked on it. I started at 4:30 this morning, and finished it at 9, including pillowcses. I need some more fabric for some king size pillowcases for my real bed, this is the guest room bed, where all my quilts are previewed for size and shape.

I still need to clip some threads, but other than that and the big pillowcases, it is a done deal!

I do love this quilt, I love it so much that it might not just be the quilt of the month for April, but the quilt for all times! I am very happy with the results.

Some minor boo-boos, see if you quilters can find them. I'll reveal a major boo boo in another post!sewwhat?http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061243446281501840.post-81026207215110370972012-03-17T05:26:00.001-07:002012-03-17T05:28:15.015-07:00Shoud have had Sushi for dinner!I posted a couple of days ago about my wonderful purchase of "Sushi" batik rolls from Missouri Star Quilt Company.

Another story of a day late and a dollar short, only this one is a day too soon!

They have all those sushi rolls on sale at a greatly reduced price as their Quilter's Daily Deal, and not only one day, but three days in a row!

Darn, jumped the gun too soon!

Patience is a virtue, of which I seem to have very little of!sewwhat?http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061243446281501840.post-23585669780586381402012-03-17T04:26:00.011-07:002012-03-17T05:41:46.565-07:00Down the Dogwood Trail For years, our house was known as the "house with the trees". Dogwood trees were the reason why it was known that way.

It started in 1966, when we moved to St. Louis into a little rental house. My new hubby had just started a job as an engineer with McDonnell-Douglas, (now Boeing), we had a little kid and we had moved into a new part of St. Louis--the north part. Many of our relatives equated visiting us with a trip to the "North Pole", because there were no interstates across town to speak of in those days. We had grown up in south St. Louis, and very seldom traveled to the north part of our metro area. We were in NEW TERRITORY for sure!

Hubby took a shine to growing things, something his mother and father did in their tiny yard, which was always immaculate. Not a leaf or stray blade of grass would stay in that yard, they took meticulous care of it. So, in our rental home yard, hubs decided to start to grow some dogwood trees from seed. I still remember the little coffee cans on the side of the house with the little pencil thin sprouts coming up! When we decided to purchase a home of our own, and the little sticks came with us.

Our new house was across the street from the parish church and school. After the little sticks were planted, they were subject to a lot of traffic threatening their very existence, especially when the parish picnic took place directly across the street from our bedroom! So many neighborhood kids would gather on our lawn to watch as they put up the rides and booths! But somehow those little dogwood sticks survived!

The trees grew and grew. Every spring, about 2 weeks after our anniversary, which was April 4, the trees burst into glorious white and pink. They were amazing, because for a tree that likes to live in shade, these dogwoods lived in full sun, and they thrived! They grew so big that they touched each other's branches, even though they were planted about 25 feet apart.

Life moved on, and so did we, sad to leave our beautiful dogwoods behind. We moved to the country where the dogwoods naturally lived in the forest. We walked and drove down the dogwood trail all those years, because there were plenty of them on our 160 acre plot of paradise! We tried and tried to transplant some woodland trees into our yard, but they never made it.

We moved back to the city, and by this time, hubby was ill with terminal cancer, and after his death, the girls wanted to plant a dogwood tree in his memory. We are on our fourth try to get one to grow, we lost three big ones, and last summer planted a little pencil, hoping it would take root and grow. It is showing minimimal signs of life this spring, maybe about 7 leaf shoots, but I am hopeful.

In the meantime, I'm making a quilt in memory of my dear Edwin, lost to us in 2006 after a 22 month battle with brain cancer. When I saw the "Dogwood Trail" fabric, I fell in love with it. My local quilt shop had most of the fabrics in the line, but not the white with the dogwood blossoms. Luckily, Missouri Star Quilt Company had a small bit of it left, and I got the last of it.

My quilt has hearts as the main motif. It is a combination of three different quilt patterns, so I had to do a lot of improvising. I'm not quite finished with it yet, but I have the basic top done, sans borders. I hope to get further on the project by the end of today. When I'm done, I'll proudly display it on this blog.

Here are the raw materials for the quilt, basic "Dogwood Trail" fabrics and coordinates. I started with 2 charm square packs (the only ones left at the quilt store) about 3 yards of coordinates, then more from MSQC, and some pretty pink backing. I embroidered our names, anniversary date and remembrances on several of the blocks, to make it more personal. I'm going to love it, even if it looks like a patched up hot mess!

P.S. My best friend lives on Dogwood Lane, I would love to live on a street named after our favorite tree!sewwhat?http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061243446281501840.post-65828559672239717872012-03-16T04:52:00.007-07:002012-03-16T05:30:38.402-07:00I'm a woman, I can follow directions!Or maybe not! Classic FAIL because I couldn't follow directions!
 Not sure if even the dogs would want to sleep on this mess!
 Here's my problem, relying on my not so great memory to miter this corner, rather than reviewing from the many online tutorials as to how to do it correctly. It could be a mattress cover!

Now, here's the way it is supposed to look. Came from "self-binding baby quilt" of which there are several (if not dozens) of YouTube tutorials on how to do it correctly. When I made the second one, at least I reviewed the directions as to how to miter the corner a couple of times, so as NOT to make two dog blankets.

Here's the mitered corner, as it is supposed to look.

My 6 going on 16 year old granddaughter is in first grade, and her teacher just had a baby. She was interested in making a quilt for her teacher's baby, so I thought, why not try out the Self-binding baby blanket, and I let her help me pick out fabrics, measure, cut and press. I did the sewing. I finished it up while she skipped off in her capricious way to do something else, and was so embarassed by the disaster I created.

I want to pass on to my granddaughter the love for sewing. I think this creative endeavor skipped a generation in our family, because my own girls have their "own" creative expressions, but it isn't sewing. Monkeygirl, #1 daughter is a paper crafter extroidinaire, and Daughter #2, M & M's mom, is a wonderful and creative cake decorator. So, they have talents and use them. But the sewing machines I've given them are dusty, and in one case, given back to me because of lack of space for storing them. (She uses that as an excuse as to why she can't sew!)

So my hope is my grandchildren, which out of 6, I have one girl. Oh, and one darling great-granddaughter, who has many grandmas and great-grandmas, maybe one of us will teach her to sew someday!

My granddaughter has shown an interest in sewing, and we've purchased a succession of toy to real sewing machines for her to learn on. The first one was a disaster, because it was impossible to thread, it had a shield around the needle so the kid wouldn't get her fingers sewed. Great safety feature, but I could never rethread the thing. And of course, the first thing she wanted to do was change the thread color! That one entertained her when she was 4 because she liked to press the foot pedal and see the needle go up and down.

On to the next adventure. We went from a $25 toy to a $50 cheapie. It sewed exactly 4" and then would never sew another stitch. So back to the store it went.

Next, I found an inexpensive light, small Janome on sale at Hancock for about $80. I've used it and it sews fine. It has a nasty habit of unthreading the needle if you don't have a long trail of thread under the presser foot, which could be problematic for a youngster just learning. This little girl has a low threshhold for frustration, so I can see this being a problem.

But, Grandma had to take it one step further. Janome makes a "Hello Kitty" line of sewing machines. The price point starts around $100, and in the line of three different machines, each successive one is about $100 apart. I opted for the least expensive one.

To really begin motivating her, I found fabric from the Hello Kitty line to make her a comforter, and she spotted that in the UFO pile yesterday when I was babysitting her. What she didn't spot was the Hello Kitty sewing machine that had been delivered while she was at my house playing in the basement, and I managed to sneak it in the house and hide it. I want the comforter and the sewing machine to be a "grand opening" event! I don't know if I'll wait for her 7th birthday, which is this summer, but maybe I will. I ordered some more Hello Kitty fabric, maybe cutting that into charm squares and letting her sew them together for her own quilt will be an incentive to start to sew, just like Jenny Doan did with her 7 year old granddaughter.

By the way, I also realized after I ordered the Hello Kitty machine that it is the exact same machine as the cheap--NO, INEXPENSIVE Janome I already have! Oh well, Grandma and Granddaughter can sew side by side using the same machines! The extra cute blue paint on the Hello Kitty machine was an extra $30, but what the heck, what are grandmas for if not to indulge and spoil their grandkids?sewwhat?http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061243446281501840.post-83828874965289660982012-03-13T13:45:00.002-07:002012-03-17T05:24:49.158-07:00Hello kitty!Coming soon, to the SewWhat? blog, a story about "Hello Kitty" with pictures!sewwhat?http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061243446281501840.post-66423459137748216992012-03-13T12:49:00.007-07:002012-03-13T13:16:57.544-07:00For all you cat loving quilters out there
To quote Jenny Doan, our fearless leader--"How Cute Is this?"

I think I saw this on someone's album, so I know it isn't anything that hasn't been tried by this group, but I just found it again. I had seen it with the tails not quite so intertwined, or tessalated, as the mathematicians call it. Or, I've seen it with just two cats together, not four. In the original design, which is called "Kool Kats Kwilt" by Patti Carey for Northcott, she has about 30 cats intertwined on a lap quilt.

Like a cheap fool, I tried to figure out how to do this by looking at someone's picture and not buying a pattern. You think I would have learned my lesson after the "Stars Aligned" and realized that I would never be able to calculate those sizes by myself. I finally got the concept and had it drawn out correctly. But figuring out the size of each triangle and square was going to be my undoing. So--GOOGLE is our friend, and I looked for it on the internet and found it. In Patti's design, the groups of cats nestle in the corners where there is plain black on my picture. After my experience intertwining the stars on the last queen size quilt, believe me, if I continue this, I'll make a lap quilt. After all, it will be for the cat as he lounges in my lap for our afternoon naps! And the pattern is free!

What do you think--how cute is this?

I did a terrible job of measuring on my first try--my cats aren't as wide as they are supposed to be. Guess my eyes are wearing out from all the measuring and 1/4" seaming I've been doing the past 4 days. But the cats work and I can make them work if I want to carry on with this same theme and fabric..

The directions are in PDF format online, you can download them from her website...0sewwhat?http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061243446281501840.post-91735220464963948032012-03-12T16:05:00.005-07:002012-03-12T16:47:21.225-07:00And a Partridge in a Pear Tree!My shopping rounds today included my favorite fabric haunts, Hancock and Jo Anns, plus two others, Tuesday Morning and Hobby Lobby. My "plan" was to find fabric for the upcoming plays I'm costuming. I did do that, but.......

I was ba-a-a-a-a-d! But coupons made the pain on the credit card a little easier to bear.

Here's my pile of stuff!
12 fat quarters
10 patterns
6 1/4th yard pieces
5 fabric bundles
5 quilting stencils
4 yards of Kona Cotton
3 bolts of batiks (backing for my quilts)
3 jelly rolls
3 Panels and backing to practice my FMQ with
2 apron kits
2 yards of rainbow plaid
and a simple jelly roll quilt book!

You thought I'd sing, "...and a Partridge in a pear tree!" I guess that would have fit this list! It was fun, and my stash is now even bigger than before. I'd better do some cleaning out of non-essential stuff to make room for all this new stuff. I can hardly wait to dig into the new projects! This spring break isn't going to be near long enough!sewwhat?http://email@example.com


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text: I don't mind chains, girl. But I didn't want to be chained. I held onto that leather and I tried. I tightened the knots and I tried. But you needed more and I'm not condemning you for that. So don't condemn me if I don't want all that blood. I let it go, you know. I let so much go, and you still vilified me because I wanted something else. How much can we take? What about all that joy? Wasn't there joy? Or was it a knight rescuing the damsel? Did the knight know that the damsel jumped off of that high tower? Is that fair? Does it make me a monster if I temper my feelings into syntax? You said I was dead inside because I didn't argue. What's the point if it's one-sided? Why demand when I've already given everything? You've turned the gun on me, you fool, and who told you how to remove the safety? ME. Because I wanted to save you. It didn't occur to me that I was doing it at the expense of my own happiness. I hate that I'm angry with myself. I should've known that I wasn't helping. But things were easy until the sun came up and shed light on all the shadows. I had my own bag of skeletons. I wasn't immaculate. But we both had to try, and I couldn't push anymore. So stop pushing back.


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The former British Prime Minister who resigned as Prime Minister in the wake of the British exit from the European Union (EU) i.e. BREXIT, David Cameron, has announced he will stand down as a member of Parliament for his constituency of Witney immediately, triggering a by-election . . .
Cameron served in the British Parliament in London since 2001. He stepped down as Prime Minister in the aftermath of June's Brexit vote in which the UK decided to leave the European Union.
Cameron had previously said that he was "keen to continue" in Parliament as a backbench Member of Parliament (MP) after leaving from No 10 Downing Street but has since decided such a role is untenable.
Watch Aljazeera & BBC on David Cameron's resignation below:
UK's former PM David Cameron resigns from parliament Al Jazeera English
David Cameron to stand down as an MP – BBC News


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Divided, We Fall
Mark 3:25, 1 Cor 1:10
AUDIO: Listen to the audio version of this post HERE.
Mark 3:25 (NIV)
25 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
It saddens me deeply that today's church has been so infiltrated by political factions and divisions. Let me start off by saying that I will not use this blog as a platform for political discussion, debate or general rhetoric. However, I want to discuss what political divisions within the church are doing to the body and how this may be perceived by those watching.
1 Cor 1:10 (CEV)
10 My dear friends, as a follower of our Lord Jesus Christ, I beg you to get along with each other. Don't take sides. Always try to agree in what you think.
Notice the phrase, "as a follower of our Lord Jesus Christ". Before any political affiliation should come our affiliation with Christ. If we are to be His ambassadors of the Message of hope and deliverance from sin, we must stand together in unity. We CANNOT stand together if we are tearing ourselves apart through political bickering! Yes, we are certainly free to maintain our own identity and beliefs regarding the issues, but THIS HAS NO PLACE WITHIN THE CHURCH or within disputes among believers. The world is watching us. When it comes to the rulers and kingdoms of this world, they are all established but for a season. God's Kingdom will remain! If only we held such fervor for spreading Christ's Message.
Let us put aside our pride and earthly political affiliations
to focus on unifying all the peoples of the world in affiliation with Christ!
Also see Racial Deception and the Church by Kyle Fuller of NLI Ministries for further thought and review on a very parallel topic.
-Dan Rivera


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Skip to comments.U.S. Official: Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl Has Declined to Speak to His Family
Posted on 06/08/2014 11:15:42 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has declined to speak to his family after five years in harsh captivity that included being held in a cage after one attempted escape, according to a U.S. official familiar with the Army soldier's recovery.
Doctors treating Sgt. Bergdahl at a U.S. military hospital in Germany are moving slowly because of the swirling controversy over the soldier's release, the U.S. official said.
While he spent five years in captivity after being captured by Afghan insurgents in 2009, Sgt. Bergdahl doesn't yet want to talk to his family on the phone, the official said. Details of Sgt. Bergdahl's captivity were earlier reported over the weekend by the New York Times. NYT -0.13%
Sgt. Bergdahl has likely been shielded from most of the backlash his release has generated in the U.S. Some former platoon soldiers have accused him of deserting his post, and lawmakers from both parties have questioned the decision to trade America's lone prisoner of war in Afghanistan for five Taliban officials held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
Bergdahl ping.
Huh?? Bowe doesn't even want to talk to "Goatboy"??
I hope Snowden is working on this. The Gov said his parents were being watched.
Uh..."Some former platoon soldiers have accused... "???
I have yet to hear ONE who has not "accused him"
Let the spin begin
It is just "narrative". "They" (official u.s. officials speaking on the condition of anonymity from the lamestream) will polish their turd and make it look like he thinks daddy is too extreme, he's just a good soldier and cannot support his dad's views even in lieu of "what happened to him" (glossing over he CHOSE it). Later down the line, they will reunite at an obama beer summit or something to "cool things down" or something along those lines.
If he did call them, what language would he use, supposedly he forgot his english....bet it is hard to communicate in the hospital
He's being programmed and told what to say would be my guess.
If it was the other way around I could understand. . . .
Sign language?
This is pathetic.
The left is losing it.
What's next. He realized he/she was trangendered after the his/her valiant battle to save their platoon.
And he was abused as a child yet to be played. Tune in next week.
Quoted in the article, the mayor of his hometown uses the claimed death threat against Bergdahl to launch a political tirade against "hate" and "polarization."
It wouldn't surprise me in the least if the death threat is a hoax from the left for agitprop purposes.
even Bergdahl is embarrassed of these two dopes
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has declined to speak to his family after five years in harsh captivity
I'd have asked for my Mom first thing...
She would have been in Germany to meet me...
I'm sure our govt flew the parents there to where the hospital is...
His old man is crazier than he is.
You mean "Ole Bob"?
He can't speak to anyone until the writers finish the script.
This is pathetic.
His American Family or Jihadi Family?
I'm getting so confused by all this....
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SAN FRANCISCO – Mike Hampton feels like Met fans do about his performance thus far.
"I feel like everything that could go wrong is going wrong," Hampton said as he sat at a table in the middle of the visitors' clubhouse before the Mets' 7-2 loss to the Giants yesterday. "I'm not really catching a break and everything right now is going against me. I'm pretty close to the bottom, but once I start swimming toward the top, I feel I will help this team win."
On Wednesday, Hampton walked six and gave up five runs (four earned) in 51/3 innings and took a no-decision in the Mets' 11-inning, 8-5 loss to the Giants. He knows why GM Steve Phillips brought him to the Mets right before last Christmas.
"I feel like I'm here to help this team win a championship," Hampton said. "So far I haven't done my part of the bargain."
The 27-year-old Hampton actually had seven walks Wednesday. After the game, Hampton left the clubhouse and walked back to the Westin St. Francis Hotel. Hampton – who didn't talk to the media after the game – took the 25-minute stroll to clear his mind.
"Rather than saying something stupid that I would've regretted later, I just decided not to say anything," said Hampton, who walked the last three batters he faced on close calls by plate umpire Jim Reynolds. "I just thought that was the best way to handle the situation."
On the day after, Hampton declined to speak badly about Reynolds' work behind the plate.
"[The umpires] don't critique me and I'm not in a position to critique them," said Hampton, who in his previous start in Colorado took out a water cooler after a six-run third inning.
Hampton is 2-4 with a 6.52 ERA. Last year with the Astros, he led the National League in wins with 22 and finished second in the NL Cy Young voting. His ERA was 2.90. This year he leads the majors in walks with 36.
"I think most struggles are mental and most struggles are mechanical," said Phillips, who along with Hampton's agent, Mark Rodgers, won't say if the two sides have renewed contract negotiations.
Hampton doesn't think there is any problem with his mechanics. Earlier this season, he said he might have been putting too much pressure on himself because of all the expectations that have come with his arrival in New York, especially because he could become a free agent at the end of the season.
A lot of players talk about how they put higher expectations on themselves than anyone else does. It sounds good, so they say it. Hampton seems sincere.
"I'm a pretty intense person," said Hampton. "I'm not a person who likes to lose."
Manager Bobby Valentine, in an effort to show support for Hampton, decided to visit the mound Wednesday during the Giants' three-run sixth, a chore usually reserved for pitching coach Dave Wallace. When he went out to the mound, he advised Hampton to let the Giants hit the ball and allow his defense to make a play on it.
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First, we view Jesus' mock trial and witness his scourging and crucifixion through the eyes of Pilate's assessore, a legal advocate who assists the procurator. Next we follow Christian Judge Oliver Finney as he participates in a reality show on a desert island to determine what faith is true amongst its terminally ill contestants; a sort of "Survivor" of religions, with several somewhat complex characters. It is a mystery with great campy humor, pathos, friendship, cryptography and an interesting finish; the two volumes are cleverly linked…
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How Sweet the Sound by the late George Beverly Shea et al
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The Soul of C.S. Lewis by W. Martindale, J. Root and L. Washington
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- Whisk mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, sour cream, orange juice, curry powder, salt, and pepper together in a bowl until dressing is smooth; cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled, at least 30 minutes.
- Mix pineapple, chicken, celery, apple, grapes, and green onions together in a bowl. Stir orzo and dressing into pineapple mixture. Gently fold oranges into salad and top with pumpkin seeds.
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This Doctor Who story, written by Eric Saward, was first broadcast in two episodes in 1984. It was the last story to feature Tegan Jovanka as a companion.
It also features the first appearance of Terry Molloy as Davros.
A group of futuristic humanoids are running down Shad Thames in 1984. They are gunned down by two policemen led by Commander Lytton. Two of the humanoids, Galloway and Quartermaster Sergeant Stien, escape into the adjacent Butler's Wharf where a time corridor is situated, but Galloway is killed. Lytton transports back to his battle cruiser and prepares to attack a prison space station whose only prisoner is Davros, the creator of the Daleks.
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Christophe Honoré's love is not easy, nor is it conventional. It is dastardly difficult to capture, and even more so to released. In this way, it is refreshingly honest and understated. Les bien-aimés, like many of Honore's gems before it, stubbornly refuses to be categorised into a particular genre. It is a bit of melodramatic romance, a dash of tongue-in-cheek comedy, and his signature bittersweet melancholy.
The opening is an authentically charming homage to 1960s technicolour: Les Parapluies de Cherbourg and Les demoiselles de Rochefort, mixed with a bit of Funny Face. However, the pastel mis-en-scène fades quickly, and our first heroine Madeleine (played by the luminous Ludivine Sagnier) quickly becomes aware of the choices which she must make. These same choices are paralleled in her daughter Vera's life years later (a top-form Chiara Mastroianni), but with a heightened sense of realism. Both women in different eras find themselves burdened not only by love and its follies, but layered with a sense of alienation in a foreign land. In a particularly memorable sequence, Vera wanders a London night, her sentiments of estrangement and loss echoed by her ambiguous lover (in a brilliant turn by Paul Schneider).
Honoré's love triangles are not insipid or two-dimensional, but fall naturally into place as the characters act, for better or worse. Moreover, there is no judging eye cast upon their choices, and the songs act as extended soliloquies of the characters' inner ruminations. However, unlike Chansons d'amour, the music seems less centrifugal to the characters' inner dilemmas, and I daresay that some could have been omitted entirely. The other mistake occurs with pacing – Les bien-aimés seems less polished than Honoré's previous work. There is some meandering narrative, overambitious plot, and a questionable foray into sociopolitical themes that seem beyond Honoré's comfort sphere.
Nevertheless, the emotional weight of the film is satisfied in the denouement, and the contrast between it and the beginning are all to clear. Madeleine transitions from an idealistic young woman, to an older (but wiser?) woman faced with the brutal weight of a love both unattainable and found. It is about women loving and being loved, no matter how inconvenient – or what the cost.


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Filed: May 10, 2007
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The simple and bright kitchen designing trend will keep the functionality and stylish looking of your kitchen in a simple way. You can use different colors and materials in such a kitchen such as food wallpapers and wood or metal fixtures. The ergonomic contemporary trend uses space saving furniture and energy efficient faucets with eye comforting colors to give your kitchen a clean modern look. The most functional and space saving modern trend is the modular kitchen as it satisfiesyour different needs and lifestyles.This trend will enable you to replace the bulky furniture with smart designed small pieces that will organize your utensils and dry food in a genius way.
The Italian board kitchen will be a perfect practical and aesthetic addition to your home as it consists of two operating parts. The workspace is a foldable board that includes a sink, dining area, and chopping space with shelves to store the regularly used utensils. The second area is, certainly, the cooktop that can serve in parallel with the workspace. When the foldable workspace is close, you can use the same space as a living area or even a home office.
Affordable Ideas for Amazing Outdoor Kitchens. The first thing you will need when you design your outdoor kitchen is a countertop. When you choose your countertop go for the local countertops like, bluestone countertop. The bluestone countertops provide two important features, the durability and the good price. You have many other options to choose between like, concrete, marble, tiles and soap stone, but bluestone countertop would be the best, affordable option.
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Liam Hemsworth Dishes On Future With Miley Cyrus: 'It Will Feel Right' To Have Kids
With a big move to Australia and whispers of a secret wedding on the horizon, can it be? Are Liam Hemsworth and Miley Cyrus ready to settle down and start their family? Well, it's a good sign that Liam's willing to talk about it!
It's no secret that Liam Hemsworth, 26 and Miley Cyrus, 23 have had quite the tumultuous romance. On, off, on a break, engaged, estranged, the couple have definitely seen their fair share of titles. However, now these two are officially back on, is Mom and Dad next? Liam's addressing the possibility of starting a family with the edgy popstar — and all signs point to yes!
"I'm sure one day I will go down that road and it will feel right, yes," Liam explains to NW magazine via Daily Mail. Liam confirms that he's confident in a future with Miles. "For now, I still feel very young and there's a lot of things to do without kids weighing in on situations. I'll leave that until later on in life." Aw! Although the birth of what would probably be the most adorable babies in Australia is still TBD, the idea is nearly enough to get us excited. That and all of the wedding planning, of course!
Recent reports show that things have been heating up between the pair since their reunion back in April. From the now confirmed engagement rumors, to the photos of the two checking out wedding venues, (feat. the return of Miley's much missed top-knot!) it seems like talk of starting a family is the next step!
As of now, Liley are still going strong and plan to ditch LA and move to Liam's home country of Australia to live a more private life, out of the limelight. The two are determined to keep things on the down-low, even planning a private wedding at Liam's brother Chris Hemsworth's, 32, luxurious beach-side estate in Byron Bay. We anticipate the start of Miley and Liam's future and can't wait to see what's in store for the reunited couple!
So, HollywoodLifers, when do you think Miley and Liam will start their family?


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