pheasant hunting....

 My brother-in-law was down from Duluth to do some pheasant hunting. He took several photos and sent them to me. First up is tractor joe's nephews. They were hunting out by the farm and these guys love to hunt too.
This is the second time he has sent the photos. The first group was wiped out of the computer when it was getting "fixed"....that is the way my middle son cleans a slow computer that is acting up. He just wipes it clean and TA-DA it is like a new computer.....and I have to start all over...grrrrrrr......anyway......

 This is Cliff and Daisy. They came down from Duluth too! The love to run around the fields and help the guys hunt. They get so pooped out.
Hunting wasn't very good this year. They never did bring home a bird.

 I am not sure where they were when these photos were taken.

I was surprised to see this old log cabin. I might have to go with them next time they hunt so I can see this in person. It looks so cool.

The weather was gorgeous, for the most part, this fall. Dry and warm for weeks and weeks. That has changed now.
It is feeling like winter now.
Cold and snowy.

more postcards

I got a new camera! (a COOLPIX L22)... I have taken lots of pictures. But right now I trying to learn how to make it all work...like getting them from the camera to my computer....and that would include making the photos smaller for the blog. This is one of the many experiments to see if I can do it.
I am making a bunch of Santa postcards.
I am still attending physical therapy. They want me 3 times a week. My shoulder is slightly more mobile now. I am still trying to finish my online bus class. Each chapter takes about an hour. There are 16 chapters.
The worst one so far was bus inspection....check this do-hinky and that do-hinky for this and that.....and it all became blah blah blah. But I did get 90% on that test!
And then there is work.
No wonder I am having trouble getting much fun stuff done. I guess I am pretty busy.

happy thanksgiving....

Last week (or more)... I was visiting this blog....Draw Doodle and Decorate....she had drawn this bird, but before she colored it, she said we could play along and color one for ourselves.
I was home sick today. I have cold symptoms and last night I was sick to my stomach....I think it was my lunch that came back up last night.
Anyway, by this afternoon I was feeling better and painted the drawing. It was fun.
I am also working on some Christmas postcards. I am lovin' them so far. No pics yet.

So...HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! I may not be back here before then. My track record for blogging has been dismal lately.

beautiful day in paradise....

Early in the week the forecast was for snow on Saturday,

then they took the snow out,

then they put it back in the forecast.....

 Today we are in a snow storm warning.

The fronts of the turkey postcards are done.

The backs still need to be signed. They measure slightly larger than 4x6 inches.

My supplies used for this.....

I don't remember when I printed the pattern for the turkey, it has been a while. I went to look for it again online, and couldn't find it. It was at the Quiltmakers magazine site.

For the words and swirly decorations....I mixed the copper paint with yellow to get the goldish color and the dark brown is the copper mixed with black paint. I drew the legs and colored in the beak with markers.

The eyes are made with a white-out pen and then another dot with the brown marker.  I quilted them on to batting with no backing fabric.

I used the mod podge to glue them to card stock.

They dried over night. This morning I trimmed them all up nice and square. The zig zag went on easily. My best effort yet! I think this is the way to do it from now on.

With the lovely weather outside, I think I am in the mood to create some Christmas postcards today...this means sitting on the couch under a quilt, looking at various books and magazined for ideas. Then.... maybe, getting out some fabric and actually sewing.

oh oh....

Sometime last summer, I noticed that when I lifted something up, my shoulder would ache. As time went on, and I would lift or move my arm toward the back it was pure pain shooting through my arm. So I wouldn't lift....and as time went on it got worse.
Less and less mobility.
oh oh....
It just kept getting worse and worse, not better.....
dang it....
It was time to go to the doctor.
She examined me and took an x-ray.

My diagnosis is adhesive capsulitis, or frozen shoulder.
The treatment right now.....going to a physical therapist. I start next Wednesday.
YIKES
I have never had pain while sewing...so that should continue as normal!

little turkeys and changing the quilt.....

Over the weekend I started paper piecing some turkeys. It seemed like a good idea at the time. I have a love/hate relationship with this process. The mess drives me crazy as it piles up and it can be so confusing...laying fabric down then turning it all over and sewing.

 

I did figure out a system that seemed to work and have six of them. They still need their beaks and feet, plus some sort of embellishment. It may be paint or stitching or....something.....

They are all in the postcard size...for sure I need 2 of them.  Most likely they will all end up as postcards.

Then I looked at my fridge this morning. Halloween was still up there.

Time to change that.....

It is time for this one to hang out in the kitchen.

I absolutely love coffee (with cream) in the morning!

2 quilts......

Believe it or not!!....I have some quilts to show.....
I finished the embroidered quilt...I don't have any details on it, like who made it, where did it come form....it has been so long since my friend gave it to me, that I don't remember now. 

This is all machine stitching....even though the rows are about an inch apart, it is still very soft.
I was amazed how the stitching hit the angels face just right....I could not have planned this if I tried!!

It is so pastel colored, it was hard to get a decent picture. I tried several locations....sun, shade, house, but they all turned out about the same.

The next top that is done...

The summer quilt-along. I love the pattern....I don't love the fabrics so much.  It looks light and airy...maybe it is the darker fabrics that are bothering me. Karen is having the same thoughts about hers....our brains are NOT yelling I love you when we look at own quits...but I do love the way hers looks.   I bought some printed black and white fabric to use in the borders. So unlike me to pick a print.

Not sure where this will end up....there are other tops I want quilted first, so this will have to wait a bit.