Happy Birthday TrishB !!! Have a Great Day

Happy September everyone. Hope all had a wonderful Labor Day weekend. Can we start putting up our Fall decorations yet? I've gotten quite a few Birthday envelopes #1 JENNR8R 8-23-18
#2 Gaijin 8-24-18
#3 givio 8-24-18
#4 HAV4Boys 8-24-18
#5 Trishb 8-24-18
#6 PatricksMOM 8-25-18
#7 Jane Quilter 8-25-18
#8 Texastam 8-25-18
#9 MizMelly 8-25-18
#10 jaba 8-27-18
#11 Faintly Artistic 8-27-18
#12 Onaemtnest 8-28-18
#13 bjsmith57 8-28-18
#14 lotttieparker 8-30-18
#15 crazyconnie 8-30-18
#16 Lstew2212 8-31-18
#17 JuanitaBeans 8-31-18
#18 WMUTeach 8-31-18
#19 Oldcatlady 8-31-18
#20 Sunrise450 9-1-18

Ode to My Wife the Quilter

She learned to quilt on Monday.
Her stitches all were fine.
She forgot to thaw out dinner,
so out we went to dine.

She quilted miniatures on Tuesday.
she says they are a must.
They really were quite lovely.
But she forgot to dust.

On Wednesday it was a sampler.
Stipling's so much fun.
What highlights! What Shadows!
But the laundry wasn't done.

Her patches were on Thursday -
Green, yellow, blue and red.
I guess she was just too busy;
She never made the bed.

It was wall hangings on Friday,
In colors she adores.
It never seemed to bothered her -
The crumbs upon the floors.

I found a maid on Saturday.
My week is now complete.
My wife can quilt the hours away;
The house will still be neat.

Well, it's already Sunday.
I think I'm about to wilt.
I cursed, I raved, I ranted,
The MAID has learned to QUILT

sent my other bday cards out over weekend
Happy Birthday Trish and enjoy the non calorie candies

Trishb Hope that you are having an awesome Birthday and that all your wishes are coming true.

My September 4, update on birthday packages. All of these little pieces are tempting me to open and peek before it is my birthday but I am holding strong. And Patty Jo .... get out those fall decorations! I put some of mine out last week just before the holiday. More fall leaves are to come in the next few days and the pumpkin and spicy candles are waiting for the flick of a match.

Anoka Quilter
bjsmith57
BN2
Crispy-Frog
FaintlyArtistic
Gaijin
Givio
Happylab
Hav4Boys
Jaba
JaneQuilter
JunitaBeans
JENNR8R
lStew2212
LUM
Miz Melly
Oldcatlady
Onaemtnest
Patrick's Mom
pinkflowers
Rosemary Attaway
Sunrise450
TexasTam
TravelingGramma
Trishb

Thank you all ever so much.

Happy Birthday Trish B so happy to see you received my package!

Hope your day is filled with rainbows and cupcakes! or fabric and candy squares :thumbup:

Barb

WMUTeach....not to sure who BN2 is????

Travelinngramma...Love the poem! And it is so true!<3

WMUTeach.......Looking forward to seeing your 2 mysteries quilted.

Hope Trish B has a Very full mailbox today!

She is waiting on 9 birthday packages!:shock:

Trish B I want to add my September birthday wishes too. Oh, I hope your day has been filled with all of the treats any birthday can hold, sweets and treats and lots of little squares of fun.

Barb, BN2 is Juanita Bean.

I am so full of Cake and Ice Cream that I need a whole month of calorie free candies. And this is the right month, Thanks for all the warm wishes.

Today in the mail box,
#28 Anoka Quilter
#29 Crispy-Frog
#30 Army lady 2012
#31 aborning

It is no wonder with the Labor day holiday, that the mail is a little slow. Have a fun week.

Traveling Grandma, That is a nice and fun Poem.

Happy Birthday trish b. I hope you had a great day! 😁

WMUT, CrazyConnie, and PattyJo--- I will be mailing your packages this week. My daughter's wedding was Saturday so my life can get back to normal now!

Happy birthday trish b. Hope your birthday is every thing you wanted it to be. That cake and ice cream sounds so good!

Happy birthday Trish!

#14. My sweet hubby mailed this for me. I just got home and had time to see if you'd received it. My prep work last January/February really paid off. All he had to do was grab, stuff a card and candy pack and address an envelope!

Happy birthday....yesterday. :D

Trishb, I was not on the computer much yesterday, so checking in on this thread today and wish you a belated birthday. I hope your day was a fun one!

So hot day after day. I'm looking forward to fall this year.

Sorry BN2 is not Juanita Bean. Juanita Bean (BN is JuanitaBean)

Happy Birthday Trish!!!! Enjoy your day.

Hello everyone

Crazy Connie has a hard time getting on the quilting board for some reason. (password problems???) anyway I told her that I would post the list of received packages.

Here goes:
Armylady2012
BarbaraKibler23
Crispy_Frog
Faintly Artistic
Givio
Gaijin
Happylab
Hav4boys
Jaba
Jane Quilter
JENNR8R
JuanitaBean
Lottieparker
Lstew2212
Lum
MizMelly
Oldcatlady
Onaemtnest
Patrick’s Mom
PattyJo
RosemaryAttaway
Sunrise450
Texastam
Travelinggramma
Trish b
WMUTeach

CrazyConnie is having fun with the swap. Not so much with the computer part.:shock:


Barb

Aborning...congrats on your daughter's wedding. It is a fun, exhausting, expensive, and emotional time. Enjoy the peace!

Barb

Happy belated Birthday Trish B.

Does anyone else have a Time getting back into the swing of life after a stint away from home? I'm mailing out the other three birthday cards today. I hope WMUTeach gets hers on time!12 days until her birthday, fingers crossed. 13 days to CrazyConnie's and 14 days to PattyJo's. Toes crossed too!! :D

I mailed all (4) four August Birthday on the same day from the same location; I see (3) three have been received.

Crazy Connie, I do not see my name on your list below; did you receive the package...you would have received mine pretty early...as I mailed early...

Thank you,
bjsmith57

Correction...I mailed all the September birthday candies at the same time:o

Bjsmith....crazyConnie told me that she DID receive your package. Thanks.

Thanks for the update.

I received 1 more birthday package today, from Lottie Parker. Thank You very much.

I spent the day sorting by color. And in all that so far not one duplicate from different members. I am pleased and amazed with the beautiful colors. You all have made my birthday month so delightful.

I understand. Quilting may be important to us, but you family is more important that any of our birthdays, 2.5 candies or trips to the mailbox. WEnjoy your normal. As you well know it will only last a few days. :)

I just came in from the mailbox and decided that it is time for an candies update as of today, August 8.

Again, I get itchy fingers every now and then but will resist until THE day. Thanks all. I am humming a Carly Simon song, "Anticipation".:o:o

Anoka Quilter
Army Lady2012
Barbarakibler 23
bjsmith57
Crazy Connie
Crispy-Frog
FaintlyArtistic
Gaijin
Givio
Happylab
Hav4Boys
Jaba
JaneQuilter
Janice McC
JunitaBeans
JENNR8R
lStew2212
LottieParker
LUM
Miz Melly
Oldcatlady
Onaemtnest
Patrick's Mom
Pattie Jo
pinkflowers
Rosemary Attaway
Sunrise450
TexasTam
TravelingGramma
Trishb

Jarine, I received your candies on 8-28, sorry I missed giving you credit until today. Total received 33. Thanks!

TrishB-isn’t it so much fun sorting through those candies? I had so much fun sorting mine.

Hope everyone had a nice weekend. Here in Michigan we went from high 80's to 60's in a matter of days. Bring on fall! My favorite time of the year!

I have been volunteered to make a T-shirt quilt by my mother-in-law.:shock: I have avoided them like the plague. I have never done one before and was hoping to be able to write that on my tombstone. My niece lost her father a couple of years ago and sent me a box of t-shirts and said "grandma said you would make me a quilt...thanks Aunt Barb!" :shock:. Of course dear MIL said I would have it ready for Christmas. I told my hubby that she would have to pay for the quilting. words of encouragement are welcome!

I have 4 projects that need to be finished before Christmas this year and that is approaching quickly. I will use this as a good excuse to get out of housework. after all it is my hubby's side of the family that needs this t-shirt quilt. I should tell hubby I need a new sewing machine to make this kind of quilt. hmmmmm

Other projects are two more stockings (wedding gift)
quilt for my sister (large lap)
quilt for my daughter (large lap) she would be sad to see she is on the bottom of the list (sorry Kelly )

Gotta go Pizza's here.....cooked again!

Talk to you all soon,

Barb

Oh Barb - I like how you make such wonderful meals!! My kind of cooking!
My DD has tried volunteering me for many a thing and I have told her no no no. She can ask, and I have said yes, but I do not like being commissioned to so. I did enjoy doing the tshirt quilts - I didn't like to to use the stabilizers and fusible since it would be a small fortune, so I just tacky sprayed them onto old sheets. Worked great!
Enjoy

I like the tacky spray onto old sheets. This is a great idea. I have made one T-shirt quilt for my self. I am collecting my musical theater shirts to make me another one.

I use the lightweight iron on stabilizer on my tshirt quilts, it works great, and if you hit Joann's for the After Thanksgiving blitz, they usually have the lightweight fuseable stabilizer in the 10 yard bundles for cheap. Otherwise, I use a 50-60% off coupon or a 40% and hit it on Senior discount day. So the cost isn't that high.
I made many tshirt quilts on commission at one time, but the bottom fell out of that enterprise when people felt that I was charging too much. (I wasn't charging enough!!). I had to sub-contract to have them machine quilted, but paying for the materials and batting isn't cheap either!!
I haven't made one in a few years now, and unless I am properly compensated for my work, I won't be making any more! Guess I'm getting to be a cranky quilter.

Cranky 'ole Quilter would be a good screen name! You may be "cranky" but you know your worth and value your time. Quilt on MizMelly. Wave that banner high! Love the quote in your signature line. It is one of my favorites. I had it on a bookmark for a long time.