Someone in Texas Loves You

First of all, I must say.....

Thank you  Erin and Madame Samm for this opportunity to share something all of us

  "Texans" are very proud of, our state flower, BLUEBONNETS ! 

(Yes, these beauty's are in my own back yard right now !)

April showers bring May flowers, but in Texas, March rain brings April bluebonnets !

  

Now the MUG Rug ....
 I knew right away what I wanted my mug rug to look like when I found this cup I had sent to my mother a long time ago. "Sew", I'm dedicating this day to her, Ms. Helen M. Smith -Turner.  

A sweet little lady who loves to garden, loves animals, flowers, TEXAS

 and Me, (there are 4 other kids, but I'm the baby, "sew" I'm special, wink.)

I paper pieced it, appliqued and quilted it.
 Notice the white fabric, it's a white on white barbed wire and the star is white on white stars.
I have a thing for stars you know !    

I love the coffee mug above, it was made in Marshall, Texas
Today's blog hop has many of my favorite things in it, rain showers, green stuff, Mom, grand-kids, dogs, flowers, The Lone Star State, fabric and something to put my coffee in and on!

Fonzie, the Ranch Rooster is crowing about this Moda fabric, and that grasshopper up there.
 He must be crowing that I should give away two  fat quarters.
Well alrighty then Fonzie, I'll just cock-a-doodle-do that !
How do you enter to win ?
Since today has been about using fabric with my state flower on it to make my mug rug,
 Tell me what your state flower is !
Anyone, anywhere can enter !
Winner will be announced Wednesday, April1 17th  

Here's the list of more wonderful, creative, crafty people to visit today !

Cathi @ Quilt Obsession

Jane @ Jane's Fabrics and Quilts

Heidi @ Nutz4Redwork

Cherry @ Cherry'sPrairiePrimatives

Christine @ Quilt Monster in my Closet

Vickie @ More Stars in Comanche----------------------------------->

Pauline @ Stekje

Jan @ Jan's Art Friendzy

Nissa @ Nissa Made Stuff

Robin @ As Sweet As Peaches

Lyndsey @ Sew Many Yarns

Eleni - Guest Poster at Sew at Home Mummy

Texas is a wonderful, diverse, state, with friendly people and lots of things to see and do.

It's like a WHOLE OTHER COUNTRY !

Y'all come see us !
Someone in Texas loves you Mama !
I always mail her a copy of my blog posts

 God bless Texas and God bless you.

Bumble Beans

Hello Sweet Peeps and Happy Friday !

Here's the little quilt I complained about in this post 

It is finished and on it's way to Bumble Beans BASICS

After it was washed, the quilting isn't half bad. I will definitely continue to practice echo quilting , 

now that I know washing hides mistakes makes it all better. 

 Wonky can be wonderful !

Way out there is oats that didn't get rain soon enough to grow like it was supposed to, 

but just look at how green they are now! 

I love this picture, a quilt on the clothesline and chickens in the background. 

Doesn't it remind you of the good old days ?

 Fonzie is busy watching his 2 honey chicks while they scratch him up some insects.

Ho hum, a woman's work is never done, just so he will crow about her. 

 Cork and Sis are taking a  much needed  break from ranch patrol. 

With the added duties of chicken sitting, there just isn't much time to play. 

Titus Tinkerham patrols the inside of the house.

 Here he's trying to inspect Ranch Man's lunch, just to make sure it looks as good as it smells. 

  

 Smokey Joe is resting up for tonight, "sew" he can find another rat to bring me.

Yes, I awoke to a rat on the doormat...again...Boy, that cat loves me !

Here's an updated list for Tuesday April 16th

Cathi @ Quilt Obsession
Jane @ Jane's Fabrics and Quilts
Heidi @ Nutz4Redwork
Cherry @ Cherry'sPrairiePrimatives
Christine @ Quilt Monster in my Closet
Vickie @ More Stars in Comanche
Pauline @ Stekje
Jan @ Jan's Art Friendzy
Nissa @ Nissa Made Stuff
Robin @ As Sweet As Peaches
Lyndsey @ Sew Many Yarns
Eleni - Guest Poster at Sew at Home Mummy

Have a great day and God bless You !    

In the Hay....Lot

I finally got down to the hay lot this afternoon to get pictures of the quilts I didn't have pictures of. While I'm writing this I'm thinking of several more I forgot about.

Comanche Stars 

Is finally finished ! I made the blocks early last year, then couldn't decide how I wanted to put them together so I put it away and thought about it.....for a long time.  I finally got it down the other day and and put the pedal to the metal ! 

Now I'll have to get it quilted.

 

   This quilt was a "card tricks" BOM . Every month I kept thinking about how much  I didn't like these fabrics, and wondered why I was even sewing it up. But, after the girls at the

 Quilter's Patch in Santa Anna,Texas got it quilted, it turned out to be one of my favorites.

 I'm calling it "Cuttin the Cards".

 HEHE  If you watched the movie Lonesome Dove, you'll know what I'm talkin about.

 This was a BOM also. Same thing, didn't like the fabrics. 
The blocks had been hanging in my sewing room over a year. I dreaded the thought of sewing it together, then I finally did a couple of weeks ago, and named it
Blueberry Cobbler. 
Guess what ? I like it too. I'm anxious to see it quilted.

Laying in the Furrows

When I was little I used to ride the tractor with my Daddy.

 If I fell asleep he would lay me in the furrows of the plowed field till I woke up.

 I took an Eleanor Burn's log cabin class and made this from the Bliss fabric line . 

Trip Around the World with Bobbye
My Scrappy Trip is finally put together, (addicting sewing). 

These are fabrics I've had forever and a day, some that came from my dear Mother-in-law.
"Sew" I named it in honor of her. 

 I'm naming this one in memory the Quilters Patch in Santa Anna,Texas, who sadly.... are shutting the doors in June of this year.  They are such personable women, always so willing to help and best of all, they offer up friendship. (It's kind of like going to the CHEERS bar, you wanna go where everybody knows your name.) 

Beth guided me to this fabric and pattern and then she and Shirley quilted it. 

 "Sew" here's to you three ladies,

Santa Anna's Star Cake

Beth, Rita and Shirley are going to be missed.

 Fanny's Flowers

I mentioned it during the Dare to Dresden blog hop. 

( This is the quilt one of the dogs peed on down at the barn,

By the way, still no confession. ) 

 Of course the trusty "Ranch Patrol" was there with me, on the lookout, while I took pictures. 

These two are so devoted to me it almost makes me cry. No matter what, they love me.

 Next to God, dogs truly are Man's Best Friend.

Have a good day and God bless You.

Saturday in Pictures

 Smokey Joe says, "I'm hiding in the Daffodils so I don't have to work calves."

Do your cats talk  too ?

 Believe me, I was lucky he let me take this picture while they were busy. 

This a Kiss calf. He looks like he's painted up like a member of Kiss.

 Ranch Man and Son

 This looks like a two headed calf.

She has to watch and learn today.   :(

 No, that's not a cow with horns on her butt, 

it's Waunita MY Watusi back there.

It's OK Mama, I learned alot today. 

 Daughter-in-law is going to feed this orphan baby. 

 The Ranch Patrol Foreman had fun today !

And now back to the two projects I have going on at the same time.

I hope you had a productive Saturday. 

God bless You.