Monday, March 23, 2020

Quilt Qwazy Queens Making Us Laugh



Hooray!  It’s my day to share my Making Us Laugh project. The theme for this blog hop is the brain child of Joan of Moosestash Quilting.  Thank you, Joan, for hosting this hilarious hop. I have laughed and giggled so much my sides ache. There are some really “Qwazy” quilters out there!

When Joan invited me to join the hop I jumped at the chance.  Making people laugh is right up my alley!  But what to do?  I had a few ideas, but when I tried putting them together they just did not grab me.

Time was getting short and I still had nothing on the drawing board but a couple of sad attempts. Throwing my hands in the air, I said to myself, “If you can’t find something soon, you will just have to make something pedestrian and not funny.”

“Never!” I told myself.  (Yes, it’s true.  I answer myself.)  “I won’t give up until pink pigs fly!”

Oh.

Problem solved.

So here to amuse you is my project. Six fat, pink pigs flying in the sky.  Six black crows are looking bewildered at who is sharing the sky with them.






What could those crows be thinking?   Maybe they’re grateful cows don’t fly.

But wait!  The biggest laugh is on me!  Only two of those pigs are made right.  The other four will have to be fixed.  Guess I just have to laugh at myself!  Can you find my big mistake?

I hope this has made you smile today.  If you have the time, please leave me a comment below.  I love hearing from you all. Be sure to visit the quilters in the list below who have made creations designed to make you laugh.

Tuesday March 24

Have Faith in God and Seek Him

If ever I have needed my faith in God, it is now.  These are scary times.  I believe we are put on this Earth to tell others of His coming and to seek Him.  

I am a member of the Church of Christ.  With love, I wanted to share with you my belief and what I have been taught we need to do to become children of God.  This may not be what you believe, but for me, this is my path.

1.  Hear the word of God

John 5:24-25

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgement, but hath passed out of death into life."


2.  Have faith and believe 

Romans 10:17 says,

"Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God."


3.  Confess that you believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God

Romans 10:8-10 says,

"But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."


4.  Repent of your sins

Luke 13:3

"Unless ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish."

Acts 3:19 

"Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;"


5.  Be baptized for the remission of your sins

Acts 2:36-39

"Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.  Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call."


May God bless and keep you safe.  

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Boy's Quilt

When boys reach a certain age, they begin to not want moms and grandmothers to make them cutesy stuff.  Throw out the bears and bunnies and bring on the cars and monsters.  They prefer simple to flowery.  I get it, but what kinds of quilts do we make the future Nascar drivers and sports addicts of the world? 

The boy's quilt I chose to make uses the fabric line Elementary by Sweetwater for Moda.  It would be a great quilt for a girl, too, but because there is nothing "cutesy," I thought it worked well for a young man.



I alternated blocks of rail fence, four-patch, and 8" squares.  You can't get much simpler than that, but the blocks together make a nice quilt design.  I did some stitching in the ditch for the quilting, and this little quilt was done and ready to dragged around the house.