paducah bound

well im off to paducah quilt show this my third year just a note tho thelma of cupcakes n daisies ill be looking for you since im outawork @####!#$$# anyway we are gonna leave early and i hope that on our return tomarrow evening that we are still able to get across the ferrythe river is at  at 36'now gonna get to 36.5 friday i estimate that just for reference the water is over the table top if you were sitting at on having a catfish fritter dinner maybe there is even a catfish sittin there now mocking

idecided to make my pillow into a table topper needed something bright

have a great weekend

diana!

THAT OLE MUDDY RIVER

intersection of highwaythese were taken at around 8 am today the water has risen since

 

< the resteraunt where i work sorry about the sun rising glad to see it tho!

the ramp getting on the ferry to cross the il. riverthat is basically turning in the parking lot>

tale of two rivers

so i life between the illinois river and the mississippi river out in the middle of nowhere in the country  and  thats  the way we like it yes its a pain when this happens and a pain when you need to got o the store 45 min away

 

 



when i got to work the bleachers were barely in the water now 2 pm



 



7 am



 

right now the resteraunt where i work is taking on water and everybody has to drive around and stare at averybodys misfortune why is that noone ever cares how high the water has been and now everybody wants to stare and they are just in the way of us poor people trying to make a living we will have a makeshift gravel walk so we can get in and out and its unbeleivable how many people will walk thro the water acrosss the gravel berm just so they can ask a million questions and never see them againthe phone will ring off the hook wanting to know if the ferry that is now basically turning around in our parking lot is still running ( HELLLLO PEOPLE THEY HAVE   A PHONE LOOK IT UP PLEASE) the three surrrounding towns are also flooded the have shut down the bridge to louisians mo

this was yest at 2 pm it has now completely surrounded the resteraunt and has begun to enter the front entrancewe will be removing the tables and chairs today and whatever is left they predict 3 -4 feet inside the building by mid week

then when it returnd to the banks we alljoin in the fun of clean up the muddy mess

repainting bleaching washing

then life as we know it on the quilt river side will return THATS MY RANT off to work i hope

huggs

diana

have a great day

 

fabric giveaway

theres a fabric giveaway over at www.maureencracknellhandmade.blogspot.com southern fabrics precut

little more progress

i have made a little more progress on this quilt i have to say its a no brainer and the fact that i had already cut it out well its just what i need to work on before i start on another dwr for my other neice i need to be peicing the backing for it and get it up to my longarmer i should be sewing the binding on the celebration quilt and get it on the rack for raffle tickets but im not
i think i have elves with scissors see how that black strip on the piece at the machine looks to short well it is i thought it was all cut perfect when i put it away  i dont know what happens to my cutting ability



and made a little more headway on the quilting of this about four more blocks then the border
still raining here i think its never gonna stop my husbands been sick since we go thome better today
have a great day
diana 



finish and a new start

well awile back i told you that i had several projects (quilts) startedthat i didnt even remember starting either i had the pattern and fabric together in a container some i had even cut out and put away like this one

a very easy pattern straight sewing on squares and rectangles and its been cut out i think 3 yrs !so i started it yesterday i need something simple after the dwr and before i start the other neices i also finished the las pillow front



forgot what i was doing and two of the sections a totally wrong oh well it was just practice anyway



 the back

front

oh and as if i have not seen enough circkes while it was raining yesterday i have had this thought i had 2 jelly rolls i got at joanns quilt a while back discovered after opening that there is only 4 fabrics i sewed then together used my accuquilt studio and made this unfortunatly i only had enough blue leftover for 3 sides illhave to slip something else in the other side

im seeing now that the sides are not perfect  i might need to adjust this

gotta go to work today all day yaa ! have a great day

diana

HOLA ! BACK FROM MEXICO

REALLY DONT HAVE A LOT TO SHOW MY PHONE CARRIER KEPT TELLING ME I WAS GOING TO INCRU A 3.99 A DAY CHARGE OR 99 CET A MIN AND STARTING SHUTTING MY PHONE OFF AFTER A COUPLE DAYS CANT FIGURE THAT OUT

SO I HAD TO USE CAMERA AND HAUL THE BIG COMPUTER UP TO THE LOBBY TO GET ENY DECENT WIFI

EVEN THO I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT GOOD IN THE ROOM  AND POOL AREA

DONT LET THEM FOOLYOU THEY ALWAYS SAY THAT



COCTAILS BEFORE DINNER





OUR  ROOM BEFORE WE TRASH  IT WITH A ALL OUR WET CLOTHES




LOBBY BAR




OUR BDRM AFTER MAKEOVER THE LIGHTING IS SO BAD
I WISH I HAD A BETTER PIC OF THE QUILT BEHIND THE BED I MADE IT UP WITH LEFTOVER JELLY ROLLS DRESDEN FLOWER  WINDOW WITH YOYO CENTER AND SEW ALL STRIPS TOGETHER INCLUDE A FEW WHITES AND JUST START ADDING TO TOP AND BOTTOM CT OFF AND BEGIN AGAIN TIL YOU ARE OUT OR IT IS AS BIG AS YOU WANT



THE KIDS WAITING UNPATIENTLY TO COME IN

YOU CANT BELIEVE HOW MUCH WE MISS THEM WHEN WE ARE GONE

OFF TO GET EVERYTHING PUT AWAY AND I HAVE TO WORKOUT TODAY

TALK LATER

DIANA