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This is our class quilt for this year..started in January. so far i have managed to keep up with the homework and have all the blocks finished that we have been given. here is what we have so far.
Alabama
Applique with cotton boll and tobacco leaves..there are 4 of these that go in the middle
These are the corners for the inside border
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Texas
Virginia
And these are the setting triangles...there are lots of them.LOL
It's going to be a cool quilt....as always.
There will be more blocks to come....
Later
My son and DIL's place in Texas is called LAS Farm....they raise puppies. Great Danes and Dashchunds. what a combination...right? And they have a horse, a mule and a parrot. it's pretty much like a zoo. there is no lack of puppy love. when you sit down....you have a puppy (or 2) jump in the chair with you for some puppy love. they are all so cute.
While we were visiting there were 4 new puppies...about 5 weeks old. so adorable. Here is momma and one of the puppies...you can see a brown one inside the kennel. they were having a good time rolling around with each other and playing.
And, wouldn't you know it....about 3 hours AFTER we left....another momma had 4 more puppies. i was so hoping she would have them while we were there. i believe there are 9 females and 5 male dashchunds for breeding. they are all treated like kids....they have their own room and play outside in their pens. there is no sneaking up on the property....someone is going to see you and start the barking.
There are also 4 outside dogs...Sheena, Shyla, Sherman (my son calls him Sherm the Worm), and Shasta Cola. I love Shasta...she is a bassett hound and calahoula (sp?)...cow dog. she is about 4 months old and her ears about drag the ground. she is at the tripping over her own feet stage....her only drawback is she likes to jump on you. but she is adorable.
The one that my sister loved and spent a lot of time holding and petting was Queenie. she is special. she doesn't have back legs...but it doesn't seem to slow her down AT ALL. she is friends with Crazy Shirley (the dashchund that started it all) and they wrestle and play a lot. my son build her a little contraption with wheels that they strap her into and she gets around well.
The big guys are Shazbot and Shamus. my sister has a puppy from them. this is shazbot
this is shamus. when both of them are on the couch (their couch..LOL)....you just go find another place to sit.
The little guy on the left is Treasure. she is a scardy cat and just barks at you and runs.
Larry turned the spare bedroom into the puppy room. i think he did a terrific job.
I love that he used the corrugated tin for the bottom of the walls. i want to do that at the duck in the laundry room. i was admiring his work and he said it was in self defense that he did it.....he got tired of replacing drywall with the danes would eat a chunk out of it. LOL
Andi is a great cook and fed us well. she spends her day chasing after puppies, feeding horses, cleaning and cooking. a wonderful woman who i love dearly.
Most all of their animals have names that start with SH or S.
The horse is Shocker; don't remember the mule.
The parrot is Spinner
I can't remember all the dachshund names....after a while they all seem the same. LOL they love to burrow under blankets. all the chairs and couches have several blankets on them. before sitting you always have to check for puppies.
But you can't forget Shirley.....Crazy Shirley.....my son swears he did not name her after me.....yeah, right!. i have never seen a dog like that one....she is so hyper. running over couches and chairs and over you if you are sitting on the couch or chair. she brings you a toy, drops it at your feet and barks at you until you throw it for her.....over and over again. i never saw her sleep. she is one busy, nosy dog.
We had such a good time it was hard to leave. we all need to live closer together so we can visit more often. now i have to get back into the Missouri routine think about the next Texas trip.
Well, we finally made it back home again. from my house to my sons is only a bit over 700 miles but it might as well be the moon. it seems like such a looong way to drive. we left here to clouds and got some sunshine along the way....but as luck would have it....it rained when we got there and rained that whole first day.
But my sis and I are slow travelers. we made many stops along the way to amuse ourselves. in Sleeper, MO there is a lady who has a jigsaw puzzle store. she has 3100 different puzzles. and we are both puzzle makers so we spent a bit of time there and each bought a puzzle. she had puzzles with pieces up to 20,000 pieces. there was one with 8000 pieces that i really liked but don't have a table large enough to set it out. plus it was like $150. it's a great place.
And we stopped for lunch, potty breaks, gas breaks and such. by 6pm we found ourselves in McAlester, OK and decided to spend the night there. the EconoLodge was very nice...looked like they might have just remodeled. frig and microwave and large tv...what else do you need.
The next day it took us another 6 hours to get to Granbury....there were a few stops involved. LOL
But i had loads of fun. the main purpose of the trip was to teach my DIL to sew. someone had given her an old Kenmore machine from the 60s....in a nice cabinet. but there wasn't a manual but we kind of got it to work. but it had several issues....backstitch, tension, and such. i decided that for a beginner sewer that she didn't have to deal with those issues AND learn how to sew.
So, the next day we went shopping and brought home a Brother CQ9000. (maybe QC...one of those LOL) but Andi was thrilled and we sewed for 3 straight days. doesn't she look so serious? ...but we did a lot of laughing.
I showed her how to cut out the pattern to make doggie coats. she did a great job.
Andi liked all the fancy stitches and we spent a little time playing with the stitches. in 3 days we made 3 coats and a couple leashes.
I can't believe i don't have a picture of the third one. it was a different pattern...a bit longer...and it had a collar. we tried them out on the dogs...and they all looked so cute. they raise and sell dachshund puppies....so i told andi to outfit all the dogs when someone comes to get a puppy and they will see how cute they are and buy a coat, too. LOL
They have turned their spare bedroom into a doggie room so i spent the nights at Andi's mom's. Bridgette has a house 'up the hill' as she calls it from Andi and Larry....on their property. so i got to visit with Bridgette some, too. both she and Larry were at work mainly during the time we were there....but that is ok.....andi and i had time to sew.
Here is Andi and Bridgette. andi might not be too happy with me showing her in her jammies....sorry Andi. LOL
Tomorrow i will show you their puppies....there are lots of them.
Break is over....back to work.
