ramblings

I don't always blog as often as I should, mostly because I think I ramble about stuff that doesn't matter much..but I guess its good that I can get it out of my system.  I'm a rambler, what can I say?

I went to a quilting class today. This one was on the lone star quilt. I think its going to be really pretty once I get it done. I picked all pinks, not because I like a lot of pink, but mostly because of the fact that they were the color of the month fabrics at the quilt shop, and were 25% off. Its all different shades and prints, so I think it will turn out kind of neat. The neat part about this class, is its beyond my skill level, so I'm really stepping out there with this, and trying something new. Its nice to have something challenging I would say.

I'm still working on my crochet book of dolls I'm writing. Its a slow process, but I think it will be worth it, knowing that I put all of that hard work into it, even if it doesn't get published. But I'm going to try as hard as I can to find somebody to publish it.

So now you may ask, why am I taking quilting classes, while writing a crochet book??? Well, because in all honesty, sometimes I just need to clear my brain, because it gets too muddled. Once I get my brain all cleaned up from the tangles of the pattern writing process, I can step back into it, with a fresh mind, and have better results.

With spring coming around the corner, I've had thoughts of gardening. I'm going to have to thin out some of my bulbs. They are over grown in some spots, and aren't blooming out the way I know they can. SO my plan is this. I have this area of rocks in the yard, that is over grown with berry briers that I am so going to get cleaned out of there. I started planting flowers in it a few years ago, some peach colored Iris, and they are beautiful, BUT unfortunately my husband decided to let the briers grow up because he wanted the berries off of them. Well they look like crap, and I want my flowers to be able to keep growing. So I'm going to have to get some good leather gloves, and get in there and pull all of those things out of there. My plan is to spread out different bulbs in there so that it has a bunch of different flowers growing up at different times.  Then we have this one hill that I cant keep up with, when it comes to the grass and weeds, so I'm going to move some of my tiger Lilly's there and just let them take over...and they will!!! I think it will look a whole lot better. Those things multiply like fire!!! So I guess my head is wrapped in spring flowers.


So that's me, a quilter, crocheting, flower minded woman this month.

Pattern Frustration...so...so...so frustrated!!!

So, I've been working on a new crochet pattern, or at least trying to start a new crochet pattern. I've been working on a crochet princess doll...OMG!!! I'm having the darnedest time with this poor princess....I can't seem to get her started. I figure I'll just stop for the night, and let it linger. Maybe start on a diff doll pattern, and work the details out in my head a little more....gah..its so weird to have crochet creation block!!!

that time of the year

Well, its that time of the year!!! Frank and I went out last night to Harrisonburg and had dinner, and did a little bit of shopping. We picked up the stuff to start our seeds for our garden. We are hoping that by starting our tomatoes this early, that maybe we will be able to get some early tomatoes. We are hoping to be able to get more canned this year than we did last year. Of course we are also hoping for a bit more rain this summer for the garden as well.  No, were not trying to be survivalists or anything like that, it just tastes better, saves money, and will get us through most of the winter.

I've been back in design mode for my crochet patterns. I'm finishing up a pattern now for my craftsy shop. Its a ballerina. She is so adorable!!! I'm about to start the step by step process where I take pictures to go with the pattern. It will be the third one I've made!!! I hope that this one does just as good, if not better than the Amish couple pattern I wrote.

I did get the quilt topper finished for last month. I just didn't finish making the quilt itself. I need to put it with batting and backing, and get it quilted. The next quilt I'm going to be working on is going to be a two month quilt. It has a lot of pieces to it. I knew from the beginning that there would possibly be a two month quilt topper to make. This one has over a thousand pieces.

My worm farms are going quite well!!! I'm seeing lots of babies in all totes, which is what we want. The other day I got in there and did the big turn. It was a little gross, but it had to be done. For the love of those worms and what they represent...it had to be done!!! LOL

Well that's about all from here for today!!! time to get back to Etsy shop work, and then onto that pattern for craftsy, and then to start planning out the next pattern I'm going to write for my shop.

Ta ta!