tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39653798818186751892024-03-12T16:16:17.203-07:00An Appointed Time for Quilting~ Random Thoughts about Quilts, Life, Good Friends, and Family ~Paula Z in AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04501954984932936552noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965379881818675189.post-72788556652101554312012-10-17T22:19:00.000-07:002012-10-17T22:19:40.549-07:00<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Why is it just when I think things are going to settle down, they don't? My father's GF (who is 20 yrs younger and was with him for 11 yrs) decided to call her son and asked to move back to Illinois, without mentioning this to my father, he was devastated! She tried to deny it; however, her son had called while I was at my father's house and I answered the phone and he told me. When I inquired about she told me I was lying and asked "who said that", when I told her "your son" she immediately became quiet as a church-mouse .. my response was "Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive" (Sir Walter Scott). I could believe it and my father cried, my question was "why didn't you say something" no response.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since then I've been busy, she left. I had to place my father in a care home, am in the process of cleaning the house to sell, and to top it off my BFFL (50 yrs) and "almost-sister" was diagnosed with CANCER. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's how I feel right now, as expressed to my dear sweet friend, Susan N.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think that is why I appreciate Susan N so much! She and i have been through thick and thin (both for over a decade) with our parents. I just wish I understood why when things get tough people 'go away' ~ when I know people are going through difficult times I'm always right there (*whether you want me or not) no matter what. Why is that? Are they that afraid (in the back of my mind I think they are), but why? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I lost my husband 16 years ago and that same year experienced the deaths of 4 other family members and 2 friends. Since then I've been to hospice another 6 times (12 in 16 yrs), with the last being 2 years ago when my Beloved Sister "Yvonne Mae" passed away at 72 years of age, Lord, I miss her so!<br /><br />God does put me through his paces and as one woman I know said to me recently "it's a lot but you seem to be able to handle it well". IN reality, I don't want to be able to handle it!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Reminds me of the old song<span style="color: red;"><i> "Tracks of my Tears" </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>People say I'm the life of the party,</i></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>'Cause I tell a joke or two.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Although I may be laughing loud and hearty</i></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Deep inside I'm blue.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>So take a good look at my face</i></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>You see my smile looks out of place</i></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>If you look closer it's easy to trace</i></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The tracks of my tears.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Why do people not see the tears that my friend Susan and I cry?</span><br />
Paula Z in AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04501954984932936552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965379881818675189.post-26892235527307323712012-03-20T10:39:00.000-07:002012-03-20T10:39:58.314-07:00<span style="font-size: large;">Bonnie Hunter's giving away two copies of Quilts from Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks. Please have a look! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Leave her a comment and you might just win one of two copies Bonnie is giving away, but hurry you only have until March 26th.</span><br />
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</div>Paula Z in AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04501954984932936552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965379881818675189.post-21067640028745593932012-03-20T10:35:00.000-07:002012-03-20T10:35:07.256-07:00Bonnie Hunter and Quiltmaker's 100 Block {{Give-Away}}<h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}" style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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</div></span></h6>Paula Z in AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04501954984932936552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965379881818675189.post-78239926837943236072012-03-04T10:32:00.000-07:002012-03-04T10:32:36.672-07:00Have you Seen these MISSING QUILTS and/or QUILT BLOCKS???Please help Patsy find her quilts. They were stolen from her car while traveling. This is so heartbreaking!<br />
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Here's Patsy's story: <a href="http://www.patsythompsondesigns.com/blog/index.php/archives/3505">http://www.patsythompsondesigns.com/blog/index.php/archives/3505</a><br />
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Also, check out <a href="http://lostquilt.com/" target="_blank">MISSING QUILTS</a> ... to see other's who have lost and/or had their quilts stolen.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Today is my grandson, Anthony's 9th Birthday :D</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Where does the time go, just yesterday he was a baby? </span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now, he's big ... Anthony being his normal goffy self, hahaha </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">I've been working on a cuddle quilt for him and finished it this morning...well just about finished I need to hand sew the opening closed then it's done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It looks a bit wavey and wonky hanging up, but the 'ocean' fabric gives the appearance of wrinkles, and there are none honestly!!! All-in-all grandma's happy with it !!!</span><br />
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</div>Paula Z in AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04501954984932936552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965379881818675189.post-27274582724594308212012-01-25T14:35:00.003-07:002012-01-27T07:58:21.775-07:00Fabric Organization - DONE!<div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I finished organizing the fabrics by Color...phew that was a bigger job than I initially thought it would be. Where'd all that fabric come from???? HaHaHaHaHa</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The odd thing is I'm not really a "blue" person, yet it seems I've amased a mass of 'blues' so much so there are two bins overflowing, and honestly I need to put the overflow into a third bin...gads!! Turbo, my fabric inspector, was even intrigued by the 'blue stack'...and it kept growing, LoL</span><br />
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</span></div>Paula Z in AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04501954984932936552noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965379881818675189.post-32788986460971634792012-01-09T13:50:00.001-07:002012-01-09T13:53:06.437-07:00New Year Arranging<span style="font-size: large;">Since it is the new year and I've not arranged my fabrics since I moved into my quilting studio last summer, guess it's time to "just do it"!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are my cabinets closed and open. See all those bins? They are loaded with fabrics admixed and must be separated by color. After that I should (notice the key word 'should') measure and catalog all the material; however, I believe it would be easier to sort it by color first and then measure at leisure HAHAHA</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So without further ado here are the fabrics....LOL </span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have one more cabinet full, just can't get a pic right now...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A girl can never have too much fabric ... LOL </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana;">All I have left is sewing the binding to the back, by hand, and it's done.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana;">I finished the back with fast corner triangles ~ they are wonderful and so easy to make!!! The triangles are used to place a dowel to hang the quilt and putting another dowel at the bottom makes the quilt lay flat. This particular quilt can be used as either a wall hanging or a table topper. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana;">My 1st UFO for 2012 ... I'm not telling how many more I have to do though :)</span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: red;">CHEERS!</span></em></strong><br />
<img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85779/mielnina/3fa5ceada63a73d5e70855ee47e3acf3.png" style="border: 0px currentColor !important;" />Paula Z in AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04501954984932936552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965379881818675189.post-8874065198545756892012-01-06T10:20:00.001-07:002012-01-09T12:26:10.028-07:00Pink-All-Around The Disaster<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have been working on my PP Pink-All-Around that I started in 2007! How do I know that? The instructions were in the container with the fabrics. I put all my material, thread, embellishments and patterns or instructions for each 'project' (started or not) in Sterilite containers...I'm a bit OCD or CDO (because the letters are in order!).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well anyway, it went from bad to worse ...</span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1. I miscut a piece so it wasn't large enough to cover the paper. Easy enough I matched up the polka-dots (what very little I had, it was excess on another piece) and sewed that together, looks pretty good and one can hardly see it (you can see it on left side of block edge).</span><br />
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</div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">2. While trimming up the blocks I (again) miscut (the same block mind you!) and made it too short! Okay, so I added a piece of the sashing to give it the proper length, about 1/8" was added and when I added the rest of the properly cut sashing it showed a bit more than I wanted, but 'oh-well'.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">3. Finally, I pieced together the four PP twist blocks...yea progress!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ejJHR_HFc6Q/TwcqQRK9PuI/AAAAAAAADwY/UTG7VuoWsz4/s1600/audition+fabrics.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ejJHR_HFc6Q/TwcqQRK9PuI/AAAAAAAADwY/UTG7VuoWsz4/s320/audition+fabrics.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">4. I cut the binding and guess what ... I should have made the binding 2" and not 1-3/8" as the instructions stated .... grrrrrrrrrr So they are tight but doable :D </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #351c75;">5. Onward and upward ... </span><b><span style="color: red;"><i>this quilt top or wall hanging isn't going to get the best of me</i></span></b><span style="color: #351c75;">, not yet!!!!!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">6. I sewed the binding on and whilst "trimming" back for my mitered corners ... you guessed it - I miscut and cut one corner off !!!!!!!!!!!! </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When this is finished, I'm going to change the name to</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><i>"Pink <u>Humble</u> Pie"</i></b></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85779/mielnina/3fa5ceada63a73d5e70855ee47e3acf3.png" style="border: 0px currentColor !important;" /></a> </span><br />
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</span>Paula Z in AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04501954984932936552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965379881818675189.post-10607109081439424322011-12-20T18:30:00.001-07:002011-12-20T20:28:28.856-07:00New Year 2012 New Ideas<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've finally gotten back into quilting. I started making a lap quilt for my father which grew beyond my poor old sewing machine's capability so, of course, I needed a new sewing machine. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For (an early) Christmas my DH got me a Laura Ashley NX-2000 Innovis by Brother, it's a dream....</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I found a super soft minkie for the backing, which will be good for Dad - after all he is 95-years old :D</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I made a dish mat for my DD which was so much fun and so easy to make - visit my friend Connie's blog <a href="http://conniekresin.blogspot.com/">Quilting by the River</a> for a quick tutorial :) </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've got a couple more to make for myself, yea!! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">~ CHEERS! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85779/mielnina/36a454690e6696cae2e76a3eb3968414.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a></span></div></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Paula Z in AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04501954984932936552noreply@blogger.com2Tucson, AZ, USA32.2217429 -110.9264789999999732.0574869 -111.10207999999997 32.385998900000004 -110.75087799999997tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965379881818675189.post-75637129973653648542010-12-08T07:06:00.001-07:002010-12-08T07:09:46.024-07:0012-Step Program for Fabricaholics Anonymous<div align="left"><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Found this on Fabricaholics Anonymous blog and thought it was too cute not to share... </b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<center><span style="color: purple; font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><b></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></center><center><span style="color: purple; font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><b></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></center><center><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-size: large;"><b>12 Step Program</b> <div>Step one...find a pattern</div><div>Step two....buy the pattern</div><div>Step three...take it home with you</div><div>Step four...open up and read the pattern</div><div>Step five....find fabric in house that </div><div>makes your heart go pitty pat</div><div>Step six....make sure you have enough for the pattern</div><div>Step seven....cut out the required blocks bits and bobs</div><div>Step eight.....lay out the pattern and</div><div>then cut out blocks, sew the blocks</div><div>Step nine.....find a backing and batting</div><div>Step ten.....quilt as desired</div><div>Step eleven.....put on the binding</div><div>Step twelve.....enjoy your work.<span></span></div><div><span style="color: #073763; font-size: small;">By FA member Sherri </span></div></span></em></span></span></center><center><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></center><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JBWqe-vTqOA/TP-QrL6TanI/AAAAAAAADpU/KhKVkDaOZcE/s1600/happyholidaysbannerblack.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="38" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JBWqe-vTqOA/TP-QrL6TanI/AAAAAAAADpU/KhKVkDaOZcE/s320/happyholidaysbannerblack.gif" width="320" /></span></a></div><div align="left"></div>Paula Z in AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04501954984932936552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965379881818675189.post-2850677085741421042010-12-06T16:53:00.000-07:002010-12-06T16:53:42.826-07:00Carry You Home<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've not been quilting since my sister passed but I have been very busy remodeling my house, as per my sister's instructions to me. I'll be back after the new year with my new quilt studio! I took over the 2-car garage and it's truly going to be wonderful once it's finished...one more set of cabinets then to move in the machines and start anew!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana;">I was listening to a song by James Blunt and although the entire song isn't relative to my sister there are two verses which are. The song is from the movie "My Sister's Keeper" entitled *<em>Carry You Home* </em>and I wanted to share those:</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;"><em>As strong as you were, tender you go.<br />
I'm watching you breathing for the last time.</em></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;"><em>A song for your heart, but when it is quiet,</em></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;"><em>I know what it means and I'll carry you home.</em></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;"><em>I'll carry you home.</em></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;"><em>If she had wings she would fly away,</em></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;"><em>And another day God will give her some.</em></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;"><em>As strong as you were, tender you go.<br />
I'm watching you breathing for the last time.</em></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;"><em>A song for your heart, but when it is quiet,</em></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;"><em>I know what it means and I'll carry you home.</em></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;"><em>I'll carry you home.</em></span><br />
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That is exactly what I did, I carried my sister home holding her as she took her last breath; to catch that last breath is beautifully sad.<br />
</span>Paula Z in AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04501954984932936552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965379881818675189.post-19989344529019006152010-05-30T18:58:00.001-07:002010-05-30T19:01:47.450-07:00Quilt of Many Holes<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My beautiful sister, Yvonne, lost her battle with lung cancer and passed away on March 6, 2010. I was Blessed to be holding her when she left her wordly body and joined the ranks of Angels. She is free of pain and her long-suffering and for that I am grateful but I'm so lonely without her. I know the sadness will pass but the longing never will.</span><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br />
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</span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana;">I saved this poem, many years ago, and it reminded me of her life.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before each of us laid our lives like the squares of a quilt in many piles; an angel sat before each of us sewing our quilt squares together into a tapestry that is our life.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But as my angel took each piece of cloth off the pile, I noticed how ragged and empty each of my squares was. They were filled with giant holes. Each square was labeled with a part of my life that had been difficult, the challenges and temptations I was faced with in every day life. I saw hardships that I endured, which were the largest holes of all.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I glanced around me. Nobody else had such squares. Other than a tiny hole here and there, the other tapestries were filled with rich color and the bright hues of worldly fortune. I gazed upon my own life and was disheartened.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My angel was sewing the ragged pieces of cloth together, threadbare, and empty, like binding air.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally the time came when each life was to be displayed, held up to the light, the scrutiny of truth. The others rose; each in turn, holding up their tapestries. So filled their lives had been My angel looked upon me, and nodded for me to rise.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My gaze dropped to the ground in shame. I hadn't had all the earthly fortunes. I had love in my life, and laughter. But there had also been trials of illness, and wealth, and false accusations that took from me my world, as I knew it. I had to start over many times. I often struggled with the temptation to quit, only to somehow muster the strength to pick up and begin again. I spent many nights on my knees in prayer, asking for help and guidance in my life. I had often been held up to ridicule, which I endured painfully, each time offering it up to the Father in hopes that I would not melt within my skin beneath the judgmental gaze of those who unfairly judged me.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And now, I had to face the truth. My life was what it was, and I had to accept it for what it was. I rose and slowly lifted the combined squares of my life to the light. An awe-filled gasp filled the air. I gazed around at the others who stared at me with wide eyes.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then, I looked upon the tapestry before me. Light flooded the many holes, creating an image, the face of Christ. Then our Lord stood before me, with warmth and love in His eyes. He said, 'Every time you gave over your life to Me, it became My life, My hardships, and My struggles.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each point of light in your life is when you stepped aside and let Me shine through, until there was more of Me than there was of you.'</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">May all our quilts be threadbare and worn, allowing Christ to shine through!</span><br />
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<em><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thought of you with love today, but that's nothing new.</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought about you yesterday, and days before that too.</span></em><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>I think of you in silence,</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>I often speak your name.</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>All I have are memories and a picture in a frame.</em></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Your memory is a keepsake, with which I'll never part.</em></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>God has you in His keeping, I have you in my ♥ - </em></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Repost if you have a loved one in Heaven.</em></span>Paula Z in AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04501954984932936552noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965379881818675189.post-27654052613374938902010-02-26T07:59:00.000-07:002010-02-26T07:59:11.461-07:00Life Is Difficult ...<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hello,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">My sister was admitted to TMC Wednesday afternoon (2-24).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Abdominal CT shows a large necrotic abdominal mass, grapefruit-size. It's a long story but they put in a gastric tube and are pumped her stomach contents which was full of blood and other really gross crap... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">She hasn't eaten since last Thursday (best we can tell, it could be longer), she is slowly losing her mind said really bizarre things totally out of context but that could well be a side effect of starvation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">When we were in the ER (I called 911 to pick her up, she had rubber legs and couldn't remember how to work her portable oxygen tank) she was hallucinating said there were bugs on my shirt collar and cuffs...it's bad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">She can't go back home. I asked her today if she thought she could take care of herself alone and she said 'no'. I called Hospice and they are going to do an assessment today. I'm also going to check into Group Care Facilities, as well as Handmaker's nursing home and some others.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've gathered all the bills which she stopped paying in January. I have to file a tax extension. Her toilet is leaking, the garbage disposal isn't working...it goes on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I took the dog to the vet; he's 18. She wasn't feeding herself and the dog was half-starved. He's blind, deaf and old - Bruno is too playful and I have the pool - blind dog & pool without a fence don't mix. When I took Buddy to the vet her suggestion was euthanize, which I did with an extremely broken heart, but I can't tell my sister right now - it would be too much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Her cancer is 'gone' per Dr. Ketchel (Oncology)... I have the pathology reports it spread a bit (but 'a bit' as far as cancer goes might as well be 'a lot'). But the surgeon, Dr. Lowell, was clear, in October '09, when he said "I got all the cancer in the area I was in". I knew then it had spread.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">The hospitalist, came in to see me (I have POA) yesterday morning and when I said I didn't believe we should go through surgery she agreed. The hospitalist said "her cancer has spread to the point where doing surgery on the (large grapefruit-size) mass would be futile." I really like the Hospitalist she doesn't beat around the bush and definitely tells it like it is --> she's the first in the past year!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">She has a bled and Dr. Peterson (GI) is going to run a scope today to see where it's coming from.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Your prayers would be appreciated. I knew this would come and even if one is prepared it's just hard. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">The hardest part was telling our father....no one should ever have to bury a child (he'll be 94 in June and my sister is 71) and honestly it broke my heart. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm sure I rambled a bit and I apologize. Your prayers would be appreciated.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Earlier this morning I was cleaning my butcher block off and sat the empty bread basket down on the table. When I went to grab it a little while later the cat had taken domain...see what I mean? He was telling me the basket has definitely been taken over and he had no intentions of moving out soon...LOL</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our animals bring us smiles and ask little in return but Love, they are so huggable and loveable who can resist?</span><br />
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Next on my list is to take the garage over Again! I don't remember why I moved out of that 800 sq foot room into this tiny thing...must have been a Middleheimer's moment..LoL</div><br />
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Essentially, in my book, I got a lot done. I wasn't feeling particularly well and didn't think sewing was in my best interest.<br />
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I have more room now between the sewing table and the ironing board, which now doesn't have to go in the dining room. <br />
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<span style="color: purple;"></span>Paula Z in AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04501954984932936552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965379881818675189.post-9817210171262428132010-01-19T15:49:00.002-07:002010-01-19T21:20:47.812-07:00Arizona 2 Star Quilt Block - Finished<em><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I just finished the block for an on-line quilting group. We aren't swapping blocks rather each group member makes a block using the pattern for that month. This month I picked a star pattern as I've never made one, love them to "pieces" (pun intended) and wanted a bit of a challenge for myself.</span></em><br />
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