Ziggy Can't Drive

Weird name, I know. At church today, one of the snacks we had was Scrabble cheese crackers. Each cracker has a letter on it. So, some of us were making words with them. The first sentence we made was "Pigs can't dive", but it evolved into many different things, ending with "Toads drive cars". "Ziggy can't drive" was our favorite though! I wish I could have gotten a picture of it. Well, I really have nothing important to report, but I have nothing to do today, so I thought I might as well write something. Last Friday, I started the dissections for biology. We did an earth worm and a crayfish. My partner did the earth worm; I didn't like that one. It was brown and squishy and just looked gross. So, I did the crayfish. It was kind of weird when I took it out of the bag, and I had an irrational fear that it was going to jump at me. But once I started cutting the "shell", I was reassured that it was dead and I actually found it very fascinating. We even named it Sebastian! So next Friday we are doing a frog and a perch, and then I'll be done with biology! YAY!!!! In other news, I have finally figured out what to do with all my fabric scraps: make a Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt. I have a pattern for it in one of my books, and I tried it yesterday. It is kind of tedious, because it must be dome by hand, and you have to baste each individual piece before you sew them together. But the size of the hexagon is the perfect size to use up scraps. So I will be slowly working on one of those. I guess that's all!

More Random Things

     Well, in an attempt to write more frequently, I am now going to post some random pictures. So here we go. This is block number one of the mystery quilt that I mentioned a few posts ago.


     Here is a quilt I designed named Desert Waves, because in the Arizona desert, there was the orange/red land , blue sky, and puffs of green plants. It it made of Log Cabin blocks.

     This one is named Checkered Roses. Not much to say about it....


      These next two are of my adorable kitty, Woody. He always comes into my room and tries to walk around on my table. But when he does, he knocks things over, so I take him off and put him on my lap. The last few times he has just lounged on me, purring and relaxing!




     These are the flowers that we planted in the garden. My favorite is the tall purple on the top. It is called Meadow Sage.


      Finally, this is a drawing that I just completed today. It is called "Delectable Summer". I got the idea from a picnic I went to, and I figured since people paint fruit bowls all the time, I might as well doing something a little more exciting. After spending time working on it a few days ago, our dinner of pork-chops and scalloped potatoes seemed somewhat bland.


      I found a website a few days ago called LibriVox. It has tons of free MP3 audio books. They have mostly classics. So far I have listened to The Phantom of the Opera and Pride and Prejudice. I have read Pride and Prejudice many times, but it was the first time I had ever read (or rather listened to) The Phantom of the Opera. It was really good!
     Right, now I am working on a quilt for my mom. She had 17 old dresses in the back of my closest, most of which she made. She never wears them anymore, so she agreed to let me cut them up and make them into a quilt. It's going pretty well. I have 18 of 90 blocks finished.
      On June 13th, at 2:30, I have a dance recital. I'm so excited! We are dancing to a piano piece this year....it is a gorgeous song. I also might be going back to the friend's farm in June. It will be an interesting month.
      Well, that's all!

Commenting.....

Sorry to everyone who has tried to comment on my posts and not been able to. I think I found problem, and I am pretty sure I have fixed it. If you could try to post a comment to see if it works, that would be great! Thanks!

Some More....

Here are some drawings that I have done recently. I got some oil pastels, and so I have been practicing with them. This one is the first oil pastel drawing I did. Don't ask me what it is.....I don't know.

This is an oil pastel anime.....it was interesting.

This is a girl name Kama Hele. She is half-dwarf, and lives alone.


This is Kama Hele again.


This one is a named Jacek. I had a hard time drawing him.......when I started drawing it, it was a female, but that didn't work, so I turned it into a male. It still doesn't look the best.

Finally, this is a drawing named "Patchwork". I was really worried about it when I started, but it think it turned out well.


So those are my drawings.....

Please Accept My Humble Apologies!

I know, I know......it has been way too long since I posted something! And now it has been so long that I don't even know where to start. I don't have tons of time right now, so I'll just post a few pictures.
This one is fabric for a mystery quilt I am starting. It was so fun to be able to go to Jo Ann fabrics and buy fat quarters and real quilting calico! Yay for gift cards! Anyway, I am slightly nervous about this quilt, because I have no idea what it is going to look like. But, as my mom repeatedly tells me, "That's the point of a mystery quilt!"


This is an apron that I made from a charm pack I got for Christmas. I found a picture of it online, as well as the fabric requirements, and used those to figure out how to make it. I love wearing when I bake!

This is that backing fabric I was talking about in the last post. I love it so much.

And finally, this is the last quilt I made; it is a stash-buster quilt, and I named it "The Charm Of It All". I have yet to put a label on it though........
Well, there is a quick post. I'll try to do more tomorrow......
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