2009 February — Patchwork Times by Judy Laquidara

Stash Project Choices

February 28, 2009 · by JudyL

Many of you have posted your fabrics on your blogs but two I want to point out. My stash almost entirely consists of tone on tone fabrics. Seeing my fabric choices might make it harder for some who are struggling to choose their fabrics. Mine appear to be all matchy . . no florals, no plaids, no paisleys, no kid prints . . I don’t possess those

Vickie posted her choices and it’s a great example of what I’m hoping to see. Some of her darks could be considered on the lighter side of dark; some of her lights could be on the darker side of light but when darker lights are paired with very dark darks and when lighter darks are paried with very light lights . . it works! Vickie’s choices are also lots of different prints . . the kinds of fabric I would struggle to put together but that’s what you need to do . . not struggle . . put fabrics together that you wouldn’t normally put together.

As I told my other Vicky friend, and she so boldly put on her blog . . thank you very much Vicky!

“You can do it. You may not like it but it’s time to . . you know what . . or get off the pot! Either use the stash or stop adding to it. You have to decide . . did I buy this fabric to collect or did I buy it to use on a rainy day. USE THE STASH!!!”

Now if you go to Vicky’s picture, she has totally different fabrics from Vickie but they’re going to work and they’re going to be beautiful and it’s going to be a great quilt!

I’m so happy to see the fabrics you’ve all pulled from your stashes and I do hope that once we do a few of these stash projects, you’ll be much better able to use the fabric in the stash. It’s time to . . you know what . . or . . oh, I’m not saying it again!

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Still Snowing

February 28, 2009 · by JudyL

It’s really coming down. I think this is the most snow we’ve had all winter. Chad just came home for lunch and he said we’ve had between 6 and 7 inches so far. I don’t even know how much we’re supposed to get. Last night Vince and I both wanted to watch the weather and then we were talking and missed it!

The concrete and asphalt was warm from the past few days we’ve had so the snow is melting on the roads and sidewalks but I guess it will all re-freeze tonight and make for some nasty driving conditions.

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Helpful Husband

February 28, 2009 · by JudyL

Can you read this? Besides the fact that my inbox has over 29,000 emails . . I really should do some cleaning there . . Vince is finding recipes on the internet for me. I’m thinking I should draw a map from the recliner to the kitchen! Think that be nice? No! He told me he found some interesting recipes and I asked him to send me the link.

Always nice to have a good helper, huh?

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Payback

February 28, 2009 · by JudyL

So, late last night I was yearning for spring and posted the pictures from Louisiana. Mother Nature heard my plea and said NOT JUST YET!

Isn’t it beautiful? So much prettier than brown, dead grass/weeds! We truly live in one of the best places. We have summer, but not nearly as long as the summers in Louisiana. And, we have fall with the brilliant colors; we have winter with just enough snow to be beautiful; sometimes we have ice but let’s just throw that in with the tornadoes and not talk about them. By the time winter is coming to an end, we’re so thrilled about spring with its new beginning!

For now, we still have winter, and Mother Nature will bring spring to Missouri when she is good and ready so . . I’ll just wait patiently! Not much choice, right?