Piecemaker Quilt Pattern-every quilters nightmare challenge

Piecemakers Quilt Calendar is a quilter's challenge. You can get a pattern book if you like and maybe it's laid out a little better, but, the blocks are large and the pattern pieces have to be joined together by flipping through pages and finding the connecting pieces. Piecemakers is an organization of sorts that supports various causes and is a quilt shop as well.

I'm working on the 2003 quilt calendar and have completed several blocks. I've actually put it down for years and am now picking it back up again as I have felt the need to finish some of those pesky UFOs.

On my design wall are a few of the blocks for my calendar quilt, which is a 12 block pattern with a medallion center all trees and crazy quilt designs. Next to a couple of those blocks is a block of the month from one of my favorite LQS's. It's a Christmas quilt using strip it material. This is a striped fabric that makes making half square triangles a cinch as you are cutting into the printed strips of fabric and basically sewing squares together, instead of piecing the triangles.

Veredicto del pulpo Paul España.flv

America went a little further this time

What do we have to do to win a World Cup? Maybe play teams that don't dive...a little too much of that. Don't they want the HUGE American audience in the soccer/football world? I think if they cleaned up the cheating, that USA would be totally behind our boys and the money would flow. Soccer players should get the respect they deserve, because it is SO HARD TO SCORE that when it finally happens it is the best. So, if you are caught diving, it's an instant red card-meaning you are out of the game.

Why don't they use technology when playing or allow an instant replay dispute? It is time to integrate it into the game. This would make the scores higher, because the offsides penalties would be better observed and the diving would be caught and punished.

But, as it was the brave 11 or so fought the valiant fight, sort of. I have to say that it seemed the spark was more in the Ghana team this time. Heavy legs from the emotional draining of the previous match a few days before. I was worn out watching it, it was so good. The Heartbreak Kids came through for us in the last 2 minutes of stoppage time.

Could it have been the fact that Ghana were the last to remain of the home country teams that spurred them to greatness? Is everyone gunning for the Americans? Was all the fake time delaying in the overtime play really necessary? Are we paying the referees too much for sorry officiating?

Now the grudge of all grudges is on the books. Ghana denied America in the 2006 WC so, look out next time.

Third time is a...

THE YANKS ARE IN!!!

THE YANKS ARE IN THE FINAL 16!!!

Who would have thought, we are something at last!!!

Clint Dempsy is the man to be denied but, how much he did give down to the last attempt. The Algerians had it in for him, bruised and bloodied he left everything he had on the pitch.

But, the GREAT LANDON DONAVON, calm cool and collected tapped in for the Americans to LEAD THE GROUP!!

HA!

The Answer to all our BP Woes

We should live like the Amish. They get around just fine. They cook just fine. All without power. Who can argue with that!

They also make very good gliders and quilts.

If you drive to Liberty, Kentucky, all these places are worth a visit and all are within a 6mile radius:

1. King's Department Store

2. The Bread of Life

3. Lavenders Fabric

4. Sunny Valley Amish Grocery

5. Misty Mountain Dry Goods

#4 and #5 you will need to get directions from Mr Lavender's. The other 3 you should be able to Google.

Project Runway Withdrawals?

For those of you that have been watching Project Runway and you know Seth won, you might be interested in how the old world of the Haute Couture houses work. Complete with seamstresses in white coats, like doctors, the hand sewn gowns designed by Valentino are beautiful. If you have Netflix, you can watch it instantly on your computer.

The movie is Valentino, the Last Emperor.

Fun Day Trip in Louisville

The heavens held closed, mostly and we went to town for a very nice day in Louisville. Our day trip began with a stop for lunch at Queen of Sheba. It's an Ethiopian restaurant. We always get the vegetarian combination for 2.

Next we headed to the Louisville Zoo and saw the new baby giraffe. I have another pattern by the woman that designed the horse quilt pattern, which is a giraffe. It's all about the neck and eyelashes with a giraffe. So cute! That might be my next quilt in the cue.

After walking for about an hour, we next went to the Louisville Science Center to see the IMAX film Hubble. What it is capable boggles the mind. What it can see is amazing.