I just read your last post.........and went WHAT ????? did i miss something. Whew.......glad you corrected that

I would like lemons the kind that are on trees :) just lemons I want to do a if life gives you lemons wall hanging for the kitchen :)

First names, then pick fabrics that work with your partners desired summer theme and then show some fabrics and then sneak peaks... and then your partner gets to show the TADA pictures. off to clinic enjoy your happy weekend sewing. I am envious!

I am open to either one summer or patroitic........i even like the idea of having a reverseable runner/mat. I love bright and cheery. I am ready to get started on this.

Darn it. I have this yellow fabric with a little black & white on it that is screaming "I'm a mug rug! I'm a runner! Just make me!" so I was hoping you meant the color, lol.

I doubt I'll get any sewing in today. I'm going to work on one of my side jobs. He needs his quarterly payroll tax forms done by the end of the month, plus I'm hoping he got me a couple missing bank statements. Then I get home & we have to go to one of my boyfriend's colleague's homes for dinner tonight. He's got family visiting from out of town, so we've been invited over for some authentic Indian food. MMM! They're the most Americanized Indian family I've ever seen, but they still eat according to their heritage, and boy am I glad. We have a few friends who are Indian, and it's a big treat when we're invited to their house to eat!

Tomorrow has been dedicated as my sewing day, and next Sunday too! One of the ladies that works for my boyfriend has requested an "arts & crafts day" with me, since I quilt and crochet. It sounded like she was hoping to get some lessons in both. So I sent her a message last night & she may be coming tomorrow to play after she finishes her chores!

I'm in...pm sent. exciting!!!!!

Well it took me forever to catch up! you ladies are real chatter boxes! I am excited about making a table topper for summer fun. I think I want to make one that would work good on a picnic table. As a center piece. I actually have something in mind, but will be good and wait for my partners name!

We are dealing with my Mom and her wandering off from her home. She has now done it twice! She get her little walker and just walks right out the front door, headed to God only knows where! The first time she called me from her Cell phone about a mile and half from the home. She was at least 2.5 miles from my house still. She said she was headed over for a cup of coffee!@@ URG... The second time the facility called me and said she left again! So I wandered around looking for her, she had walked about a mile to a park and was just sitting on the bench watching the kids.

So tell me what do I do about it? They tested her and she has nothing "wrong" at first they thought Alzheimer's, but yesterday that was ruled out! What to do what to do... Any way don't mean to rag here but thought you wonderful ladies would have some insight as to what we could do? I already go over to visit about every other day and My sister goes on the days I don't, we are so afraid she is going to get hurt! And as much as we would like them to not allow her to leave it is against the law to force someone to stay!

It is like dealing with a 3 year old sometimes.

I know there are devices that can locate people much like the find my iphone app. I would look into that and make it a necklace or bracelet or the like so you can find her. My mother passed in 2006 from Alzheimer's disease. She was bedridden before she came to the point of walking away. I do not wish the disease on anyone. Dementia can cause much of the same type problems and as with my mother...the wrong diagnosis can be given.

My best to you and your family.

Can you get a power of attorney? What about those alarms that attach to clothes, they go off when you get out of range I believe. I have seen them of TV, someone used them for their autistic son who liked to wander at night. A different facility where you have to be buzzed out or a pass code. Wandering can be a sign of TIAs (mini strokes), dementia and ALZ. I would see about getting her into see a neurologist, gerantologist, or geriatric psychologist, something is going on to cause her wandering; the first two would be the best bet. I will keep you in my prayers!!!

I agree! The buzzer in & out of the facility is very important if you have a senior who wanders. Where my dad's mom lived, they had someone stationed at a desk in the main sitting room at the front door. They had to buzz you in & out. Where mom's mom was, there was no danger of her wandering off, so that wasn't an issue. Where my boyfriend's grandmother was, until she died at 103, you could get in, but you had to be buzzed out.

Does anyone ever watch Raising Hope? I told my kid and grandkids that I'm going to end up just like MawMaw and they'll have to chase me around for a change.

Looking at this from a different point of view, maybe she's just bored and needs something to do that sparks her interest.

Wedding photo with my sister in law. Was stressful and now to get home to my sewing buddie.

The visual of you getting chased around the kitchen by the scorpion just made me laugh...thanks for the story!

Lovely photo, Beth how happy you two are!

Marybeth its only so long before they figure out wht it is but that buzzer sounds like a great solution interum.. if she wont wear it put it on her walker tattle without her knowing :)

Runners runners runners.. KEEP signing up ladies there are never enough partners!!!

I unfortunately need real lemons Dustysmomma! I am unsure what I would do with modern yellow and dots.. you stumped me there lol.. I am so not too modern.. a bit of a wild streak and I go right back to cozy? in my world thats old colors old style just lean back and curl up I get near modern and I panic!

RED ALERT (ok BRAT ALERT)
Dustysmomma is doing a survey on theme for her next swap. You dont have to join this swap to vote. I am asking all loyal brat'iacs to pop on over there and vote for seasonal/holiday or batiks so I can join again!!!! (any of you not agreeing with this shush now I am talking first!).. please? por favor? I would hate to have to do a sewing theme or like airplanes or flying machines or something.. so whip on over and raise those numbers. The silly woman has ok'd this AND she wont let me vote 50 times like American Idol does. Or I would :)

The very first swap I participated in was a Santa block swap. All the blocks had to have Santa on them. Some were pieced Santa faces, and some of blocks were using Santa fabrics. The blocks made a cute quilt. Got me hooked for sure. I voted seasonal.

So where do we pop over to to vote on the theme??? I went and looked and can't find anything.

HOME DECOR SWAP by dustysmomma (it just closed recently)

oh oh a santa swap? IN! lol guess that wont be for a bit but now is a good idea, do it in the summer swap is finished come sept then there is actually time to sew them together. what great placemats that would make! all different but how can they not be coordinated! oh I vote for Santa's lol..

I read this and started laughing my butt off thinking about my husband. About 3 years ago, he got food poisoning something fierce - his electrolytes were way off and he stared having arrhythmia because of it. The docs in the ER couldn't figure out why things were so screwed up so they put him in overnight for observation. Now, prior to them realizing something was really, really wrong, he got up to the bathroom and passed out inside. This big old 300# doctor tries to get in the bathroom and lift Doogie (my husband who is 240# and 6'4") up all by himself. It worked until Doogie passed out again ON the Dr, they both fell backwards and the Dr ended up ripping the "oh sh!t" handle off the wall with his back.

SO, when they decided to keep him overnight, they put him on a geriatric floor (nurses who can lift) and put a bed alarm under him so the alarms would go off if he got up again.

Talking about being buzzed in & out of facilities made me think of being buzzed in and out of your own bed to pee.

:D That's hilarious! They did that to my ex-husband because he wouldn't stay in bed after he had his stomach removed. He was too worried about going downstairs to smoke...on a smoke-free campus! So, here he goes in his hospital gown, with his IV pump, 3 antibiotics, and a PCA (DIY pain meds on a lock-out timer) pump, sneaking out and going out to stand on the sidewalk in front of the CVS across the street from the hospital so he could smoke! They caught him coming back & put him on a bed alarm too! They told him if he was going to smoke, they had to take down his PCA pump before he could leave the floor. Something to do with what he was on I think. Thing was, what he didn't think about was what a pain it was to get them to come back & hook it back up while he was laying there in misery from going walkabout!

They ended up letting him go early, too early in my opinion, because he wouldn't behave and pitched such a fit about it all.

Ok here I am about to do a shameless plug for the swap here:

Sign ups last week to sign up!! This is a fun swap, lots of lively chat with wonderful quilters! Creative ideas all over the place, funny chatter about everything and most anything, good advice.. beautiful end results ..

JOIN! We would love to have you!! the theme is Summer Fun! which could mean a Patriotic runner or a Picnic Runner, or Summer Flowers! or whatever you think you would like to receive or send just drop your hat in with the rest of us and see how much fun summer can be!!!

SEND A PM to me and I will gladly sign you in with the rest of the team :)

I'm so bummed! I got up this morning and thought April 29. Just two more days and we get our partner's name. Then I read Brat's original post and now I have to wait till May 5.

Unhappy and HOT in Arizona,

KAT

Hey Brat! How many swappers do you have????

um 35 I think :) but still we could do much more than that. I am thinking if you toss in the dog you can be my partner tlambing. give it up you know you want to...(ok you know I want you to).

I met a new quilter when at MIL's the first of the month. She's just joined qb. I'll email and pm her and ask her if she's interested.

BTW Frankie is not a bargaining chip Brat ;)

Sounds like a lot of fun. Just sent my PM to Brat! Thanks tlambing for sending me the info :thumbup:

Ooh, a picnic runner. One of these days, I'm going to get out the table that's on the boat & make a set of little mats that fit on it. Well, we actually have 2 the same size, but they're little & I want to say they're odd shapes. I should find some fabric with little ants on it for that, lol.

Speaking of shameless plugs, you should make one for this swap over on the home decor swap too!

OMG!!! I'm so happy you decided to join us!!! (happy dance)
Now I better bring my A game, I know you'll be watching :cool:

[QUOTE=DustysMomma;6034616]Ooh, a picnic runner. One of these days, I'm going to get out the table that's on the boat & make a set of little mats that fit on it. Well, we actually have 2 the same size, but they're little & I want to say they're odd shapes. I should find some fabric with little ants on it for that, lol.


Your post made me think of the PARTY ANTS. Not into bugs, but love these bugs.

Oh Dustysmomma I think all your players are here too!

Ants picnic ants about 15 yrs ago I had this great red/white check that had ants (cute ants) walking off with food on the border it was so fun I made a quilt for my nephew with it :) that is one bug fabric I wouldnt mind owning again. I want to say Alexander Henry or Michael ... design. shoot. memory blank! but cute.

I am so happy to have my two new sign ups.. newbies to the quilting board but if they come visit here often they will be old pals in now time at all. This swap is almost near the end for sign ups! which means you get your partners names soon!!! I say our next swap should be ornaments.. get a head start this summer on Christmas presents.. or maybe aprons.. anyone think an apron swap would be a good idea? I use mine ALL the time, messy messy girl here. or placemats! sets of 4.. great gifts also.. hum.. hum.. Placemats are just bigger mug rugs lol so not much to them and less artsy and more color placement I think.. oh ok finish one thing before you flip to the next one.

Hoping everyone has a great day, go poke in your fabrics.. think about all the marvelous combinations you can whip together with what you have in stock.. doesnt take much but it sure is fun :)

Ok Quiet Quilters! There are only four more days for sign ups! Check us out, its a fun swap and I hope you join. Anastasia's table runner swap was the former name. She is taking a break for school and work right now so I am taking the swap at the moment. I was thinking of summer colors the other day as I entered my quilt shop. Oh MY! they had purples and lime green and whites! they had fruits an blenders! they had batiks oh they had batiks.. and I needed all of it. I was thinking aqua and lemon and then oh oh how about that hot coral with a tropical fern.. and I think you know what I am saying. You walk in for ONE thing... and how easily your eyes get distracted by designs and colors.

I hope you walk into your own stash and have the same experience. And say hey this would be perfect for this swap!

come on ladies Sign on up!!! and to those who have signed up how about a sneak peak of possible fabric choices? get everyone excited???

I am anxious for the partner assigning day to arrive, too. I have two more UFO's to finish and then I start in on my DGD's graduation quilt. Have to have it finished by next May but will be my own design so is going to be a challenge. I may start a new post when I get it started. My idea is based on a coffee cup I received as a gift over 20 years ago.
Before I start in on it, I am going to unload the closet and all the shelves in my sewing room and sort fabric. That way, I will see what I have and do not have in order to make it. I am hoping I will have a nice stash shopping experience. LOL! May take a pic if I can muster the courage. Will have time to make a nice table topper for my yet unknown partner though and will enjoy taking a break to do that! Skiff of snow on ground here this morning. Boo!

Fabric selections? Let's see. I love the party ants. They make me smile. I've shared those.
There's berries. What else would you expect from berryberry.
Here's some wine motif fabric, too. Who else has some favorites to share/ entice with.

oooohhh I am all about those berries Berry berry!

I just went over the sign up list we have officially 34 people registered for the swap. On Friday I will post the list I have and hope everyone peeks to see iftheir name is on it and if not please let me know so when I assign partners I dont skip anyone!

getting closer and closer...I am so ready to do either a patriotic or a tropical runner.. oh oh I have flowers too and batiks so I guess I am ready :)

I can't wait! So many ideas swirling around. I sure hope my partner approves :)

They had fruits in the blender? Where's this shop at? They would get lots of my quilty money, lol!

I approve!! lol I love runners. they make my livingroom.. happier. New colors new designs. Its sort of like a painting you hang on the wall.. leave it in one spot for a long time and you stop seeing it. Move it every six months and suddenly its new again. So put a runner on the table enjoy it then TADA change it out and its all new again even if you have seen that runner before. That is why I love them. I am the same with my dinner table and my side board. Variety!!

Well we are rapidly approaching the end of sign ups. I have made a list already of who has what (pets) who cant have smoke/pets etc and well the list is going to challenge even me. So I will hope I get it all right. I can't guarantee you wont end up with a partner you have had before (I am clueless of who you have had!). I can say you will get a partner!! I hope we get a few more last minute sign ups what the heck come on over!! Sign on up! We have room!! Yahooo!!

So...BRAT!!! Do we get our names on Monday if sign-up closes Sunday??? Hmmm...guess that would be a lot of work unless you are already pairing us up!!! Oh, I can't wait!!!

So excited! I am going thru my stash this weekend to pick out fabrics!

Those are beautiful berry fabrics!!!! They look real!!
I would love to be partnered with you if you are using one of those fabrics!! Yum!!!
I just got caught up on all the gabbing on the thread! This is a lively bunch!
I wish I could talk more but I am swamped at work right now! Not that I am complaining, since I was laid off for February and March!!
I have not had time to dig thru my stash yet but I have some fun fabrics done there!!
Looking forward to getting my partners name!!!

How does everyone feel about red, white, and blue bandana print? That is what is stuck in my head right now! I am thinking dresden plates connecting somehow.