A Stash Request

Many of you know that I am an educator. Actually my role at this point in my career is as an educational consultant working with administrators and teachers across South Dakota who are trying to improve the education and achievement of students. This week I am staying in Valentine Nebraska and traveling about 30 miles west and north to the Rosebud Indian Reservation to the St Francis Indian School. For a year now, my staff and I have been coaching teachers and I have gotten to know a beautiful Lakota woman who teaches in the school. Marion teaches beading, quilting, cooking, and it is evident she cares deeply for the students. She needs an iron and I plan to bring her one of mine from when we had two households. There are many warehouses that send their ends to schools like this but we all know what that fabric might be like. I don't have to reiterate the poverty found in this part of our country either. Sew in order for Marion to encourage her students and provide materials appealing to their eyes, I would like to request your help. She will use the fabric when school starts in the fall and having some projects and fabric to show students will help up recruit students to take the classes. What I would like to ask is for each of you to select a couple of fat quarters cluttering your stash (you don't have a real need for them now) and mail them to Marion. Let's call it "Fabrics For Fall". Please send this stash request on to others in blog land and who knows what they can do.
Mail your Fabrics For Fall to:
Marion Running Horse
PO Box 379
St Francis, South Dakota 57572-0379

If you pass this clip art on, then we can make big things happen!

Added color

Yesterday after the Saturday Sampler at the Pin Cushion, we celebrated Pam's birthday at the wonderful coffee shop down the block. Quilting friends are the very best. Of course some of us couldn't resist going back to the Pin Cusion to add to our fabric collection. I selected a dark brown to add as a border on the Kaffe Fassett quilt in the last post. I plan to quilt it with varigated thread and lay it upon a white coverlet on our bed. I think it will be quite stunning.
I also finished a wallhanging for the Minnesota boys with fish on it. I will take a picture when I return home with the binding hand stitched while I am away.
I also have almost finished a shrug made of alpaca yarn. I am planning to make some as Christmas gifts. They are absolutely gorgeous!
Meanwhile, I am having fun reading blogs.

This is UFO Monday for me

I purchased this fabric when I was in Chanhassen a few weeks ago. I just fell in love with the colors. Used a quick quilt pattern for a start and then added my own borders and white to strike up the band. This plays "WOW".

The ABCs of Me

Polly over at Aunt Polly's Porch had this entry on her blog and I thought it was a nifty way to get to know my cyber friend better. Enjoy this from me.
A- Age: 63 and loving life


B- Bed size: Queen, and I really love to get home and sleep in it


C- Chore you hate: washing windows but I love sparkling glass


D- Dog's name: Abbey (she is an English Cocker Spaniel, get it?)


E- Essential food/item: chocolate, prefer Snickers


F- Favorite color: periwinkle blue


G- Gold or silver: with bling bling it doesn't matter


H- Height: 5'1"


I- I am: not a morning person


J- Job: education change agent


K- Kids: son and daughter


L- Living arrangements: home was built in 1923 near the world's only Corn Palace


M-Mom's name: Carol


N- Nickname: DocSly (the baseball players from DWU gave me that)


O- Overnight hospital stay: too many to list


P- Pet peeve: people who can't make decisions


Q- Quote from a movie: "You had me at "hello"


R- Right or left handed: write right, pitch left


S- Siblings: 1 brother who is 9 years younger and very special to me

T- Time you wake up: up by the clock, wake about 10 am

U- Unique thing about your car: a Toyota with no runaway problem


V- Vegetable you hate: turnips, rutabaga, carrots, celery


W- Ways you run late: can't find my phones

X- X-rays you've had: again too many to list


Y- Yummy food you make: bean soup, pecan pie


Z- Zoo favorite: I don't like zoos!!!




That's ME- A to Z!! Your turn!!

Remember the Strings Challenge?

I have started another project with my scraps. I just loved the way these turned out. I just stitch them onto some muslin. I will be making wall hanging for the quilt room I think or maybe I will put them on the ceiling (LOL). I have two blocks done so far.

Winter Mini Swap

I found this wonderful batik fabric and decided it was just what I wanted for a focal piece in the mini swap quilt I was making for Megan. I used batiks for this and then added a beautiful varigated blue thread for the "Tracks in the Snow". I love the way it turned out and I hope she likes it.

These Boots Were Made for Warmth

I am so proud of my sister-in-law. She is just a quilting queen! She has completed her third king size quilt in one year. This one is various beautiful fabrics in squares that are boots. 11 piece boot square, by the way. We created a boot border complete with a bull dogger heel for the borders. The lasso design was created for the strips between the blocks. She quilted on my machine the last weekend of February when they came to visit. I just love it. Be certain to click and take a close look at the variety of prints she used.