tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22061402339619869852024-02-20T17:36:41.759-07:00 AnnieOfBlueGablesLife is Fragile, handle with Prayer.Annieofbluegableshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17106750987640776507noreply@blogger.comBlogger431125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206140233961986985.post-75473132605018612482023-03-06T00:00:00.007-07:002023-03-06T00:00:51.825-07:00Christ knocking and Christ and the Little Children These are my last two designs. “Christ and the Little Children” “ Christ Knocking” My good friend, Peggy Aare of Wisconsin paper piecing, httpsAnnieofbluegableshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17106750987640776507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206140233961986985.post-92083433378431163312022-09-27T23:17:00.000-06:002022-09-27T23:17:43.490-06:00Dearest Calvin,
Welcome newest darling grandson! You have joined an awesome family. Your siblings are going to love welcoming you to their new Little House in the Big Woods.
I'm so very glad you live close to me.
Annieofbluegableshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17106750987640776507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206140233961986985.post-2443714211437811892021-10-01T09:49:00.001-06:002021-10-07T11:01:22.231-06:00Imported post: Facebook Post: 2021-10-01T08:49:26Today Doug Kailey sent me this photo. He thought I’d like it. Spot on. Quilting and birds. The textile artist, Karin Franzen is from Alaska, and has produced many beautiful quilts.
Then FaceBook showed me this memory. I had to share.
ABOUT CROWS
by John Ciardi
The old crow is getting slow;
the young crow is not.
Of what the young crow does not know,
the old crow knows a lot.
At knowing Annieofbluegableshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17106750987640776507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206140233961986985.post-56535364450122103302021-10-01T09:28:00.003-06:002023-11-15T18:06:44.116-07:00Imported post: Facebook Post: 2021-10-01T08:28:09My friend Kevin Boyle challenged me to share my favorite thing God created for us.
His favorite thing is the family, and I have to agree with him. My favorite of God’s creations would also be the family.
He expressed the value, protection, and power that comes from our families.
I pictured my own children and the joy that comes from this sweet family that blessed our lives.
But I don’t want Annieofbluegableshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17106750987640776507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206140233961986985.post-22173685305427401482020-06-10T19:36:00.002-06:002020-06-10T19:36:48.866-06:00
Just downloading some of my photos of some of my quilts.Annieofbluegableshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17106750987640776507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206140233961986985.post-7013627927218076562017-03-06T09:59:00.002-07:002023-11-15T18:07:53.456-07:00what have you started, but never finished, why?I started a hook rug of a lion that matched the children's drapes.
Because we were dirt poor, I used a gunny sack. The kind the cow feed
came in. I washed it and drew the design on the back.
We moved to a tiny trailer shortly after that. Dave got a job in Hayden
Colorado. So we shut the Delta CO house up and brought only a tiny
television, a vacuum, sleeping bags, pots and pans and table Annieofbluegableshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17106750987640776507noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206140233961986985.post-32787946841725033862016-07-25T13:49:00.001-06:002016-08-09T19:36:53.761-06:00SaddnessI'm in mourning.
In all my self-absorbed quilting, I've not kept up on some of my most favorite bloggers.
I just learned that Carol Turznik from Mamacjt has passed away in May of this year, and I'm so very sad. She was my hero in so many ways.
I loved her colorful imagination so much, I created her own board on Pinterest. I started following her sometime in the last 10-15 years, I'm Annieofbluegableshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17106750987640776507noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206140233961986985.post-19767080444196617112016-07-08T17:27:00.001-06:002016-07-08T17:36:59.822-06:00Christ is Watching Over You
This is one I made in 2015. My friend, Peggy, at Wisconson Quilting designed the Christ panel for me and we printed it on Kona Cotton at Spoonflower.
I pieced the background trying to get a space-type background. I used many prints of stars, then I appliqued the planets and Christ onto the background.
Some of these starry fabrics glow in the dark, which makes it even more fun.
Annieofbluegableshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17106750987640776507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206140233961986985.post-47479926252593979162016-06-30T14:49:00.000-06:002016-06-30T14:49:28.894-06:00Latest Quilt
My Latest Quilt for Leila is another from the BeAttitudes pattern by Nancy Halvorsen.
When I made the first one, I cut out all the little pieces for six future quilts and put them in envelopes. Then sewed the quilt.
I had to redesign some of the blocks because the original pattern was for only six BE's in President Hinckley's talk.
Later he published a book Annieofbluegableshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17106750987640776507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206140233961986985.post-51131100083717954522016-02-15T17:56:00.004-07:002016-02-15T17:56:42.926-07:00Continuous bias bindingEvery time I want to make my own bias tape, I have to look this up, so here is a LinkAnnieofbluegableshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17106750987640776507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206140233961986985.post-7903991633428250822016-01-12T11:55:00.000-07:002016-01-12T11:55:33.935-07:00Frustrating dreamWhat a frustrating dream.
I was traveling, I think with my choir. My sister J was with me. Her husband S was driving. We got to the hotel, S dropped us off at the front door, and drove off to park. We decided with all the stuff we were carrying to leave the luggage in the car and come back for it later. I had a couple of decorated cakes I was carrying plus some other stuff, coats, and for some Annieofbluegableshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17106750987640776507noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206140233961986985.post-90782285569902647222014-08-09T23:26:00.000-06:002014-08-09T23:29:48.900-06:00Saving a Marriage
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Annieofbluegableshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17106750987640776507noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206140233961986985.post-81236909684727972412014-07-25T13:54:00.000-06:002016-07-25T13:58:51.436-06:00Jeans hem tutorial
When shortening jeans into shorts, it is not possible to keep the original hem. I needed to create a new hem that looked like the original one, but because of the narrow hems on the skinny jeans, I couldn't use them in the thigh area where I was cutting the shorts. But, I made a genius discovery.
One friend mentioned when she top-stitched her blouse, she used two threads in the same Annieofbluegableshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17106750987640776507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206140233961986985.post-65002968621115205192013-12-19T17:32:00.001-07:002013-12-19T18:13:47.203-07:00Jessica's Wedding Dress
Such a beautiful gown. It was found by googling "Irish Wedding Dress" but it can no longer be found. Wondering if I can make this pattern for my sweet friend who is getting married in 2015. I think I will try out a scale model for one of my dolls.
updates to follow. I just wanted to save this photo so I wouldn't lose it.
Annieofbluegableshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17106750987640776507noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206140233961986985.post-63320678964738016112013-11-20T12:02:00.000-07:002013-11-20T12:02:35.270-07:0010 random things you may or may not know about meThis is a meme going around Facebook that I participated in. Since it includes a bit of my own personal history, I thought I'd include it here on my blog.
1.
I grew up in the country and remember the outhouse. It always creeped
me out because there were spiders. Also going out there in the dark was
scary because it was far from the house. I had nightmares about that
place, the earth Annieofbluegableshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17106750987640776507noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206140233961986985.post-68721392746007897162013-07-24T17:42:00.002-06:002013-07-24T17:42:53.714-06:00Grandma Hahn's Bread and Butter Pickles
25-30 medium cucumbers
8 large white onions
2 large sweet peppers
1/2 cup salt
5 cups vinegar
5 cups sugar
2 Tablespoons mustard seed
1 teaspoon tumeric
1/2 teaspoon cloves
Wash
cucumbers and slice as thin as possible. Chop onions and peppers.
Combine with cucumbers and salt. Let stand three hours; drain. Combine
vinegar, sugar and spices in a large preserving kettle, bring to a boil.
Add
Annieofbluegableshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17106750987640776507noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206140233961986985.post-70893981168101498112013-07-24T17:39:00.002-06:002013-07-24T17:39:37.950-06:00Pickle Recipe to end all Pickle Recipes by Susan Woolsey
2 cups vinegar
2 cups water
1 Tablespoon salt
1 Tablespoon sugar
1 spear of dill
1/3 clove of garlic
onions (optional)
Mix first four ingredients together until sugar is dissolved.
Pack dill, cucumbers, onion (optional) and garlic into jar. Pour solution over cucumbers, add hot lid and process 20 minutes.Annieofbluegableshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17106750987640776507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206140233961986985.post-89781728847394803012013-05-10T16:05:00.000-06:002015-02-13T14:17:16.539-07:00Quilters Favorites
Recently I stumbled upon an amazing quilt made by Geta Grama and was immediately smitten. I began reading her blog and decided to participate in her link party of quilter's favorites.
She asked us to write about as many subjects as we wished from her list of questions. So here is my take.
I am answering three of the questions posted by Geta:
If you enjoy other quilt techniques than Annieofbluegableshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17106750987640776507noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206140233961986985.post-67815782169185990082013-04-03T16:47:00.000-06:002013-05-10T22:16:08.611-06:00The Newest Flower in our Bouquet
We have a new addition to our family. My youngest son and his beautiful wife
just added a fourth child to their family.This makes two girls and two boys in their cute family. This baby is named after a flower (a little bit different spelling, but that's OK) and her maternal grandmother, but coincidentally the spelling of her middle name is also the same as her paternal aunt, my second oldest Annieofbluegableshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17106750987640776507noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206140233961986985.post-57240095280350433642012-11-14T09:27:00.001-07:002012-11-14T09:27:23.794-07:00UR Priceless Give-Away WinnerAnd the winner of the drawing for a coin purse frame is
her comment was: LJ
Sounds like life just gets in the way at your house like it sometimes
does at mine. Lost things can be irritating! But...your coin purse
turned out so cute and I love the fabric - I can imagine the
heavy-weight of it was a real challenge.
Please send me your mailing information so I can send you the frame. Thanks Annieofbluegableshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17106750987640776507noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206140233961986985.post-55294198083602620692012-11-11T16:31:00.000-07:002012-11-11T16:36:47.896-07:00Newest Addition
Welcome little guy. You are the newest little guy to join our family. Your wonderful parents are such sweet, hard-working and faithful people. I am very proud of them. You make number six in your family and number nineteen in our sweet little army of Saturday's Warriors Grandchildren.
You look a lot like your dad and two of your brothers. You join three other brothers and two sisters, and I Annieofbluegableshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17106750987640776507noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206140233961986985.post-56837926289515866692012-11-05T01:30:00.000-07:002012-11-05T12:47:51.121-07:00U R Priceless Coin Purse Blog Hop
This is so exciting to be a part of a Blog Hop. I've never been a part of a blog hop before.
Sew here goes.
My first thought when I first saw this blog hop on Madam Samm's blog was,
"Sign me up!"
I had purchased several coin purse frames quite some time ago, and wanted to make
some. I had also found some patterns online and had printed them. . .
. . . but Annieofbluegableshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17106750987640776507noreply@blogger.com78tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206140233961986985.post-72627121730607959662012-09-30T18:03:00.003-06:002013-12-19T18:20:58.399-07:00falling snowI'm having such a hard time. I messed up my blog by trying something else. Now I have lost my falling snow and it is gone. I can't figure out how to put it back on. I have been to numerous blogs teaching you how to put it in the "add a Gadget" on HTML, and some teach you how to go into the real GUTS of the HTML. I have done both. I had a snowstorm going, but the stupid snow followed my mouse Annieofbluegableshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17106750987640776507noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206140233961986985.post-85893277414389795472012-08-16T20:28:00.001-06:002012-08-16T20:28:34.267-06:00Welcome little oneOur latest grandson, Teo, just made his entrance to the world. Welcome Teo. We have been waiting for your entrance for a LONG time. How grateful we are for modern medicine.
You are such a sweet spirit, and your parents are so special. Your mom is such a special loved daughter, and she married a very sweet man, who you get as your dad.
Welcome to our family. You have been born to a very lovingAnnieofbluegableshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17106750987640776507noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206140233961986985.post-36923738555609226052012-08-15T21:50:00.001-06:002012-08-16T20:43:16.706-06:00My latest quilt
My latest quilt is one made for Seth, who just got baptized in July. I am trying to make quilts for every grandchild who gets baptized at the age of 8. I have 18 grandchildren right now. I wanted these quilts to remind my sweet grandchildren how important the Gospel is and how important their choice is to enter into baptism. The words on the quilt say: "I'm trying to be like Jesus. Read Annieofbluegableshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17106750987640776507noreply@blogger.com4