My Sweet Valentine

A little fun I'm working on tonight. . . .



Happy Quilting,
Pokey

Illene's Quilt

Could you find time to sew a 9-patch, or two? Go see Lyn's blog at Bluebird Quilts. She's asking for a little help for a friend in need, and Lyn has a giveaway attached.


Lyn also posted these colors for the squares:

Join in, if you can.

Happy Quilting,
Pokey

Sandy's Giveaway!

Sandy has reached her one year blogoversary!


She's wanting to share her joy, so go see Sandy in Stitches!

Kitties and Yo-Yos

These are the weeks of report cards, grading stacks of student's work that seemed to be laid aside for a better time . . . WHAT was I THINKING?!? Where is my magic easy button? Oh, well, I'm plowing through. You know, I earned my name "Pokey"-!

Lydia's MIL-to-be loves cats, I think they currently are owned by 4 . . . .


Mrs. Wise's birthday was last week, so this charm tote was a joint venture by Lydia and I. She did all the collecting, cutting and piecing, and most of the quilting. I was involved in the final construction.


Lydia even made the neat zipper tote to match!




With my work (and actually we've had some fairly serious 'illness' in the family) I have sure missed the sewing machine.

My friend Leanna has been yo-yo busy. I was hoping to show a few things that she literally made into two yo-yo project kits for me, I'll show eventually.

But, she brought in this table runner today, and I'm so excited to share it with you!



She does such beautiful stitches, . . .



I cannot believe how tiny these are!



That's our U.S. quarter, so these finish at about 1 inch . . . .

I have my quilting class tomorrow, I'm helping my friend Ginny with her first quilt! Maybe soon, I'll be back to sewing! I hope, . . . .

Happy Quilting, Pokey

God's Promise

It has been raining in California. Three days in the classroom with 26 kids, MAN! We have done every creative thing I can come up with.




After school, this was the view outside my classroom around 4:30 pm, too late to show it to my kids. That would've been neat to enjoy their enthusiasm! Or to share mine with them-!



My Larry said this looked like God used the palm trees for a paintbrush....

Genesis 9:13

"I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth."

A rainbow is God's promise!
Pokey

Suzanne's Giveaway

Have you ever visited Suzanne's? Well, here's a GREAT reason to go:

Suzanne’s Great Big Giveaway (and sale)

What’s the occasion?

She's celebrating 1000+ blog posts, and starting a clearance sale to reduce the inventory in her small retail shop.

You ought to go see this one for yourself....

Happy Quilting, Pokey

We Have a Winner!

Hi! Every day this week, I've come home and written down names on slips of paper for the Patchwork Posse giveaway. I have had fun receiving emails, and visiting blogs.
Thank you to the followers that started with me, and to the new folks, welcome!
We'll try to "encourage one another to love and good works".
Today, Lydia helped me with drawing a name from the hat.

Congratulations to:
Alice Grace from Thoughts of Home!

Alice has a sweet blog, she is currently hosting a contest for when her amaryllis will bloom. That makes me smile!
Thank all of you again for your participation. If you are still interested in the Patchwork Posse, remember to purchase your membership before February, as the price will go up.

Happy Quilting!
Pokey

Plaid Ticker Tape

For Amy's Sew and Tell Friday, I wanted to share the plaid table runner that was made before Christmas.

It was sewn on the frame at the same time the Christmas ticker tape was made. I'm still learning how to run the machine, just look at this sad mistake:


This, my friends, is what happens when you forget to put the foot tension down- argh!
So, a few tender moments later (an hour watching The Mentalist), it is ripped out, and re-stitched on the Bernina. Hooray!


The back was actually leftovers from a little boy's baby quilt, patched and pieced, and the binding was done the same.



I enjoy the country goodness of plaid, and so this one is on my own table, for now anyway....
Thanks for peeking in today. Go see the other quilty creations being shared at Amy's.

Happy Friday! Tomorrow is the drawing for the Patchwork Posse giveaway, I'll probably post the winner on Sunday.

Happy Quilting,
Pokey

Patchwork Posse

Here's what Becky, the host of Patchwork Posse has to say,
Patchwork Posse .....anystitch, anytime, anywhere.

Patchwork Posse is an online sewing group with monthly 'meetings'. It is full of great sewing projects for every ability! Perfect to come and do as you can, when you can, and where you can! 2010 will be loaded with a bunch of sewing fun, projects, friendship and more than 15 exclusive patterns- and you won’t want to miss out!
In the upcoming 12 months there will be 14 teachers. They will be tutoring us in different sewing techniques and will provide us with some fabulous new projects. Many of our guest designers have already published patterns and fabric lines!
Regular price of the membership is $50.00/year. Right now there is a discounted rate of $40.00, available until February 1st! The membership is a one time fee for the whole year. That works out to less than $5.00 month and you will receive more than 14 NEW patterns. These patterns will include: quilts, bags, pincushions, stitching and embroidery. All of these one of a kind projects are designed exclusively for Patchwork Posse and are provided to us by the designers months before they are publicly available!

This is one of Becky's recent quilts posted on her blog, go check it out and see if Patchwork Posse isn't a perfect fit for you.


Sign up for a free membership being given away in my previous post, good luck to all!

Happy Quilting, Pokey