Sunday, January 18, 2015

Teach Yourself Blocks from the Past QAL or #BFPTqal or #NMQGsampler Challenge

"Teach Yourself Blocks from the Past"

I'm excited to be able to get started on this fun sampler Quilt Along. 
I'm a little behind but I will post my progress. 

You can join me in this so please do. 
This is how.

First off, get a copy of the book, 
"Teach Yourself Blocks from the Past" 
by Marie Henry.  

It is available from many online stores and 
a picture and link are at the
right of this post. 

Now follow the schedule below.

Here is the fabric I am thinking of using because 
I want this quilt to be for my son Tim. 
So it has to be guyish. 

I'm all about stash busting right now and am using 
only fabrics from my stash.
Do you think this looks guyish?

I am still quilting the "Scrappy Mess" I am making for my son Todd 
and because I quilt on a Bernina 550 
I quilt small in each block. 
Uggggh.
"Scrappy Mess Quilt"

Here are the official Nebo Modern Quilt Guild Sampler Challenge Guidelines.

#1 Make a sampler quilt over the next six months (January-June).  It can be any size you like, with as many blocks as you like (at least more than one).
#2  Bring your blocks in to share with the guild each month.
#3  Be BRAVE and have FUN!!!



Week 1 Jan 5 Intro to QAL and Schedule (Marion) myquiltdiet.blogspot.com
Week 2 Jan 12 Fabric requirements (Natalie) natalie-ever-after.blogspot.com
Week 3 January 19 p, 8,9,60 (Natalie) natalie-ever-after.blogspot.com
Week 4 January 26 p.10, 11, 61 (Konda) moosequilts.com/blog
Week 5 February 2 p. 13,14,62 (Marion) myquiltdiet.blogspot.com
Week 6 Feb 9 p. 15,16,63 (Machelle) cherrytreecottagequilts.blogspot.com
Week 7 February 16 p. 17,18,65 (April) april-makingendsmeet.blogspot.com
Week 8 February 23 p. 19,20,66 (Terry) natalie-ever-after.blogspot.com
Week 9 March 2 p. 21,22,67 (Ginny) myquiltdiet.blogspot.com
Week 10 March 9 p. 23,24,68 (Maggie) shortcookie.blogspot.com
Week 11 March 16 p. 25,26,69 (Emily) Simplegirlsimplelife.com
Week 12 March 23 p. 27,28,70 (Barbie) thequiltingmill.blogspot.com
Week 13 March 30 p. 29,30,72 (Tiffany) Sewinsomethin.blogspot.com
Week 14 April 6 p. 33,34,74 (Maggie) shortcookie.blogspot.com
Week 15 April 13 p. 35,36,75 (Natalie) natalie-ever-after.blogspot.com
Week 16 April 20 p. 37,39,76 (Katie) ocouss.blogspot.com
Week 17 April 27 p. 40,41,77 (Marion) myquiltdiet.blogspot.com
Week 18 May 4 p. 42,43,78 (Barbie) thequiltingmill.blogspot.com
Week 19 May 11 p. 44,45,79 (Konda) moosequilts.com/blog
Week 20 May 18 p. 46,47,80 (Machelle)  cherrytreecottagequilts.blogspot.com
Week 21 May 25 p. 48,49,81 (Stacy) Sewnicetocreate.blogspot.com
Week 22 June 1 p. 50,51,82 (Barbie) thequiltingmill.blogspot.com
Week 23 June 8 p. 53, 83, 91(Natalie) natalie-ever-after.blogspot.com
Week 24 June 15 p. 55,84,92  (Tiffany) Sewinsomethin.blogspot.com
Week 25 June 22 p. 56, 86, 93 (Marion) myquiltdiet.blogspot.com
Week 26 June 29 p. 87,88,94 (Katie) ocouss.blogspot.com
Week 27 July 6 Sashing and setting (Natalie) natalie-ever-after.blogspot.com
Week 28 July 13  Wrap up (Marion) myquiltdiet.blogspot.com

We can't wait to see your progress.  Be sure to tag your progress on Instagram with #BFTPqal and #NMQGsamplerCHALLENGE.


Love,
Grammy T.

Friday, January 2, 2015

A Place For Everything And Everything In It's Place

Happy 2015

And yes it's time, time to;

Have a place for everything and put everything in it's place.

That was on of my daddy's favorite sayings. And the older I get, and I am getting really old, I realize the wisdom in this old saying. 


My dads garden shed was organized. Did he buy fancy things to organize it, no.

He used what he had like the jars in the picture screwed to the board above of the shelves he had built out of scraps. 



The saying appeared in a story published by the Religious Tract Society 
in 1799 - The Naughty Girl Won:
"Before, however, Lucy had been an hour in the house she had contrived a place for everything and put everything in its place."
So there you have it, naughty girl or not it is a great saying.

The phrase is typical of the uplifting homilies that were promoted 
during the Victorian era (beginning 1837), e.g. 
'cleanliness is next to godliness' 
(circa 1880s). 

And I loved this idea;

“First then, while you are little boys, let there be order in everything. Try and have a place for everything and everything in its place. If your father has things in that way, see that you place everything back after using it. Hours, days, yea, months and years, are wasted by too many in hunting tools and farming implements; time thus wasted is time needlessly lost, precious time that will never return…I mention this first because it is first in importance. It governs your every act through life. If you start life thus and have a place for everything, you cannot fail to make good farmers.” -Report of the Secretary of the Iowa State Agricultural Society, 1865

So if you want to be a good farmer or just an organized housewife 
and not a raving idiot just 
"Have a place for everything and put everything in it's place."

So this is the deal kids, if you keep things picked up and 
organized your house won't look dirty. 

It may be dirty but it won't look it. 

It will look nicer and then it is actually easy to 
clean houses that are organized. 

Here are a few more organizing ideas for the New Year that you can do without spending much money:





Let's check the $ Tree and see what they have to help:








And they have lots more 
just check.

Pick a room and do it.
Then do another room.

Then see how good you feel.

For the junk and clutter get four plastic bags.
One for trash
One for dirty clothes
One for things to organize
One for Salvation Army or DI

Take the bags out and put the things where they go.
Now doesn't your room or drawer or closet look nice.
Now you can clean it and it will be a cinch. 


You're welcome.

Love, Grammy T.

PS:

More on this in a few days.