take a moment...

Just wanted to share this with you after reading about it on my friend Diana's blog, thanks Diana!

A wonderful little film celebrating the beauty and symmetry of quilts.

I enjoyed taking a moment to enjoy the animation and images, I hope you will too...

Here's the link just in case it won't work in the post...

Quilt by Gayle Thomas

enjoy!

You Are the Sacral Chakra

You are open hearted and expressive. You let your feelings be known, without being too emotional about it. You are very sensual and comfortable with your own sexuality. You are passionate and alive. You feel inspired, happy, and creative. You are able to live the life you want without fear of judgement. You have a lot of respect for yourself and other people. You never violate others' boundaries or let them violate yours.

What Chakra Are You?

You Are a Morning Person

You're optimistic, alert, and full of energy to start the day. While you would love to party all night, you rather be up at the crack of dawn. You don't procrastinate or spend time worry about what to do next. You take life by the reigns, and you like to have an early start.

Are You a Morning Person or Night Person?

idea for the next quilt?

Your rainbow is strongly shaded white.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is says about you: You are a contemplative person. You appreciate quiet moments. People depend on you to make them feel secure.

Find the colors of your rainbow at spacefem.com.

Marni's Challenge

My dear friend Marni has challenged me, thrown down the gauntlet:

"Now Miss Heidi, we have a race- me across the US from San Diego to St. Augustine, and you to finish Anne. You have until May 1. at a stitch per mile that's only 3200 stitches give or take."

On your mark, get set, go.


Ok Marni, I accept the challenge!

The rest of you...wish me luck!!! ...and Marni too, with her race!

a favorite toy...

Remember this?  

I used to have one and my daughter had one - don't ask me where it is now, but it brings back lots of fun memories.  Fiddling with the knobs, trying to get smooth curves, and the sound of the sand when shook to start over again for the umpteenth time.  

Try your hand at this virtual version you can find here:

Virtual Etch-A-Sketch

In the meantime - I'm off to do some stitching and promise to post on my progress soon.

Wishing you all a good weekend,

while waiting...

I'm about to go and visit my friend Mieke and give her the two quilts for her birthday.  Another quilting friend An, is joining me, so while I was waiting, I decided to try something new and play a bit with a new program another friend in Paris told me about.  Fun, playing with my computer!  So much to learn!

This is a thank you to my friend Chantal who loves Darwin and took me and him to a new park this past weekend.  She took all the photos while we were there using my camera, so I made this as a "thank you".

It was really a great day - I just can't get enough of those beautiful Rembrandt clouds.....

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Edit: Just wanted to let you know that "Winter Garden", the baby-rib quilt and the Knuffel Quilt (cuddle quilt) are with their new owner who burst into tears when I gave them to her.  It feels really good that she's happy with them...

what is a Wang Chung?

Hi Ho,

I'm sitting here bopping on my chair listening to my iTunes blasting at annoy-the-neighbors-level while quilting and suddenly Wang Chung's Everybody have Fun Tonight comes on. Gosh! where did that come from? How did that tune sneak in? So, I'm singing along, flashed back to old school MTV and those "wonderful" neon fashions of the day, wondering what it means to Wang Chung tonight? Dance, Attitude, Fashion? All of it? It's one of those Things That Make You Go Hmmm....

Well, I think I Wang Chunged a bit too much in my chair so now I'm forced to interrupted my regularly scheduled program of quilting and take out some stitching that went Wang Chung.

Wait, this quilting and listening to music is perhaps not a good idea. How am I supposed to Vogue and keep my stitches straight? This is just not going to work!

Hold on - Vogueing - be right with you.....

Sorry about that, where was I?

Oh yes - iTunes is so totally sabotaging my efforts to quilt with any seriousness, so you know what they say: "If you can't beat 'em, join em!!" Come on iTunes, bring it on! I throw down my glove, I accept your challenge! let's groove!

Now playing: Sting feat. Cheb Mami - Desert Rose (Larkero'S Arabic Calderone Remix)
via FoxyTunes

it's my birthday!

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

-Abraham Lincoln

My first award...wow!

Back from holiday, a surprise awaited me. I got this award from Jurga ! It's my first nomination ever and am very honored. Thank you so much for nominating my blog. With pleasure I pass it further with the following rules:

1. Put the logo on your blog

2. Add a link to the person who awarded you

3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs

4. Add links to those blogs on yours
5. Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs

I pass this award to:

1. Heidi
2. Lucy
3. Edgar

4. Jude
5. Amanda Jean

6. Cassie & Lene

7. Kathie

I have admiration for these artists, their creativity, skill and the beauty they create.
Thank you for sharing and continuing to inspire with your craft!

Happy 4th!!!

Happy Birthday Darwin!!

Two years old today!
He used to be like this:




I didn't manage to get a proper photo of him today: Darwin did what he always loves to do most, lots of swimming and rolling in the mud!
Can't even imagine life without him! Our big bear....

Holland v. Russia 1-3

We're out!
That's Dutch coach Guus Hiddink on the Russian side celebrating his teams' win. Happy Clam!
Now there will be people rooting for Russia just because Guus is coach...hmmm....

All I know is that I'm still a EK-widow until sunday next....LOL!

just had to share the fun

Just do me a favor and check out this site:

Threadbare

I still have cramps from laughing -curious to hear what you thought!

happy sunday,
heidi

a little more pride...

Holland v. France 4-1

rooooaaaarrrrrr!

a little pride

Holland wins 3-0 against the current World Champions Italy




Hup Holland, Hup!

for the "nut" in you...

Have you ever had someone say to you "wow, I really like..." or "I have a thing for...", and once they said it, you consequently see "that" everywhere? (I have it for Noah's Ark - don't ask me why) Well, my new stitching friend and fellow namesake Heidi mentioned in the last post that she loves acorns. Now I see the little nuts everywhere!

So Heidi, this post is for you:

I just wanted to share the adorable little patterns I saw that showcase these favorites of squirrels everywhere...the acorn.

Acorn Ornament by Lakeside Linens

seen at: Shakespeare's Peddler

Oh Splendid Acorn by Homespun elegance
seen at: The Silver Needle

I came across these patterns while searching for Carriage House Samplings' patterns, The Village of Hawk Run Hollow and The Houses of Hawk Run Hollow. I'm considering making tackling one of these in the future, but don't know which one and want to know how much I need in my piggy-bank in order to buy one. Oh yes, yes I know - finish what I have first! By the time I complete one of my samplers (my own red & white sampler or the Ann Trump) I hope to have gathered the materials to get started on this Mammoth project...

Back to the European Championships Portugal v. Turkey... (read: time to stitch )

Have a great weekend all!

personal DNA?

while sipping the last of my tea before going off to bed...

Animated Creator

not feeling very animated nor creative - perhaps I should do this in the morning...mmm?

good night!

ya think?

You are The Sun

Happiness, Content, Joy.

The meanings for the Sun are fairly simple and consistent.

Young, healthy, new, fresh. The brain is working, things that were muddled come clear, everything falls into place, and everything seems to go your way.

The Sun is ruled by the Sun, of course. This is the light that comes after the long dark night, Apollo to the Moon's Diana. A positive card, it promises you your day in the sun. Glory, gain, triumph, pleasure, truth, success. As the moon symbolized inspiration from the unconscious, from dreams, this card symbolizes discoveries made fully consciousness and wide awake. You have an understanding and enjoyment of science and math, beautifully constructed music, carefully reasoned philosophy. It is a card of intellect, clarity of mind, and feelings of youthful energy.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.