I'm leaving

Just a quick note to those who visit my blog.  My Gramps has taken a turn for the worst.  I'll be leaving this evening to help care for him in his final days.  Due to the fact that he lives in such a remote area, my phone and internet will not work.  I'll be at the mercy of land lines and no cable tv! Yikes! I'm taking my computer so I can still design quilts in EQ during my downtime.  And of course I'll have a hand stitching project to help pass the time if needed.    Thank you to all of you that have supported me during this process.  I'll see in a few days, hopefully this will be a quick process.

Lea Anne

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I'm Back

No quilty news to report.  I've spent the last 4 days teaching my aunt to care for my Gramps.  I took "My Tweets" applique project along with me to work on in down time.  NO DOWN TIME!  Our days were nonstop from 5 am to 1 am, yes that's not a typo, average sleep a day was 4 hrs.  

I did manage to get a few snapshots of the mules and horses in Gramps pasture.

 

 This ole mule would come up to the fence everyday and wait for dinner table scraps.   

Back in the studio I've stood and stared at the design wall, drawing a blank.  Let me tell ya, Stella has lost her groove.  However the yellow border strip isn't making a big impression on me at this time.  Well neither is the pink.  

I'm off to get my groove back by surfing the web and opening up the stash cabinets.  

Lea Anne

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Confession to make

Most of you know me as Lea.  Well that is my name, part of it anyway.  Friends and family  call by my full name which is Lea Anne.  I only use Lea for more formal situations.  Today I'll start signing my post and e-mails as Lea Anne.  OK so it's not the kind of confession that needs a priest.  You all thought you were going to get some real dirt on me didn't you!  Of course not, I'm an angel....now I do need a priest for that big lie!  My about me thing over there to the right has change a little also to reflect my "new" name.  

Back in the Studio things are still the same.  Designing(scribbling) a couple new quilts.  Not quite ready to cut and stitch just yet.  So I've bagged them up till the time is right.

 Here's just a little snippet of 2 new designs

                                          

Lea Anne

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Truly Scrumptious

It was a quilty mail day yesterday.  Who doesn't love quilty mail!  The best package was this lovely little package from Corrie at Quilt Taffy!  Their Etsy shop is full of delicious fabrics and patterns.  Isn't funny how you get so excited to tear open a package even when you know whats in it!  But what makes it even more exciting is I won it on the Quilt Taffy Blog!  (SQUEEAL!)  Thank you so much to Corrie and Des, you have TRULY made this a SCRUMPTIOUS Day!

 And this was also in the mail, an added bonus of eye candy that I wasn't expecting. Does anyone else keep these just to look through for inspiration?  I've about 2 years worth that I occasionally flip through.  Yep its an addiction!  How do I know, because my heart races when I flip through the pages, and if I can't look at something quilty everyday I start getting anxious and need a fix.  Sad, but healthier than ingesting harmful toxins. 

Oh so now you want to know what was in the package....LOL!   I just had to leave you hanging, just to see if you had the addiction too!  

TADA!  SCRUMPTIOUS!  SCRUMP-DIDDLY-UMP-SHUSH!  I've loved and wanted this fabric from the moment that they announced it, before it was even printed my saliva glands went all haywire and drooled on my keyboard.  But being that I'm on a fabric diet...You know how it is only buy what you need to finish a project.   But if your not buying its all fair game!

Well it took about .05 seconds for me to rip that cement bound package open.  And within minutes the designing juices started flowing.  I had to lay them out and add some of my leftover Marmalade to the mix.  Notice how they are in stacks of three?  Oh these little juicy morsels are being prepared for cutting.  My pattern needed 6 more charms, and the Marmalade worked in just fine. 

Now I told you earlier how when this package came I squealed like a little girl. But what I didn't mention is that I started singing.  Yep right there in the driveway, package in hand, whirling and twirling.  Its a good thing I live in the country, because city folks might have called 911 about the crazy lady dancing in the driveway.    Since the day I saw this fabric I've been singing this song every time I see it.  "Truly Scrumptious"  from the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.  I've loved the movie since a child and my children were totally sick of watching it by the time they left home.  And to this day if its on TV I'm watching it! (I have it on VHS but don't own a VCR, need to update the movies to DVD)  Well if you have no idea what I'm talking about here's a little clip from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Enjoy!

Lea

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