The other Twilight Quilters

Be sure to tell 'em Shannon sent you.....or not!

Twilight Quilters

or you can wait for me and friends

OR NOT

since I'm not totally reliable in finishing quilts (just ask Elizabeth).

I am a third of the way there, though.

Questioning Ever Decision

I have way too many options as far as these blocks are concerned and it's creating havoc in my life.

RE:  College and envelope idea

I remembered now why I may not want to do it this way.  I was going to do an envelope for the Wedding Invitation and Edward's note to Jacob.  I don't know if I want to make this block an envelope, too.

Birds and Bees

Maybe I don't want to use charms?  I thought it would be cool to do something different, but maybe I want to just applique?  I also have a cool pp pattern for a bee with organza wings.

Send a Virtual Slap my way, will ya?

Birds and the Bees and Other Nonsense

I lifted this from a Facebook friend today:

No need to explain yourself -- your friends don't need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

A block preview:

unstitched, the bird will get an eye, and I have some bee charms on order or I'll look for some more realistic looking buttons.  (Eclipse Quilt, of course!)  I used a McKenna Ryan pattern for the flower and made the bird by tracing a bird from some fabric I had.

Still struggling over the damn College block!!!!!!!!!!!!  I even bought felt in case I went back to the pennant idea.  M wants me to do a fabric envelope with real acceptance letter.  gah  I've created a monster.

The bracelet block that I needed was released for the Twilight BOM that Cat designed.  I'll be damned if I'll use it even if I really, really want to.  I have a wolf and heart charm on order.  I should be able to work something out in EQ because, after all, all the bracelet is is an elliptical shape.  It would be so much easier to just use the stupid pattern.

Court update:  $75 court costs, $150.00 fine (deferred judgment along with fine after one year if she doesn't have any more issues.)  Two hours at courthouse.  Came home to a report in the mail of straight As which was her saving grace.

Blinking

It pains me to say it and I never thought I would say it, but I'm blinking first.

I'm not the only one with the problem.

I'm tired of the fight.  I REALLY AM!  I'm tired of the constant stress.  I just want to have fun.  I want to quilt.  I just want to do my own thing.  I want to be left alone. 
There's room in this world.

I WILL NOT BE CHASED AWAY, though.

One Little Block

How can one little block cause so much trouble?

Since we didn't use UAS and Dartmouth pennants in the Penguins. Lovely block as it had already been taken, we've been trying to figure out a way to depict Bella's college choices in a quilt block.

First we thought we'd do two pennants in one block, but that idea was discarded.

Next the idea was to do have and envelope with the UAS logo with a Dartmouth application.

I'm graphically challenged so I can't put the logos I want on this picture:

The gold between the two white fabrics is supposed to be a manila envelope (needed a color break to separate the two whites.)

This is the UAS logo:

We need help!  Ideas?  We don't really want to print everything on photo fabric.

Off to See the Wizard

C's court date for her curfew violation is today.

I'm hoping, of course, that she'll get off with a warning.  Then, WE can dole out the big punishment....

Never Far Away

My anxiety is never far away.  I'm having rough time of it today.

The toughest thing for me in trying to get better, move on, cope.... is to figure out my triggers.  I'm still struggling with that.

What's strange is that I thought I was doing a lot better.  I've found a project to work on.  I moved forward with plans for my group.  We had a nice weekend.  I shouldn't have much to be anxious about.

It's days like this that I feel the most hopeless.