Latest block from Saturday Sampler

this is the latest block on our Saturday Sampler.  It came out ok but was not easy.  This entire quilt will all be a variety of baskets and some blocks have large ones and some are small.  To learn I use the fabric that comes with the blocks but when I do it for real, I will use my own fabrics and colors.  I will do an update soon and show you all the blocks we have done so far for this quilt sampler.

house and pet sitting

 This week I have been house and pet sitting for our Pastor and his wife.

This is Dottie(larger) and Skipper.
They are wired haired Jack Russells.
Full of energy and very lovable.

Dottie is the Boss!!! She live for playing ball and it is a tennis ball.
She will not touch Skips rubber toy and he does not touch her ball.

 She will hardly ever take the ball out of her mouth.  If it gets stuck under the furniture she will stare at it for hours untill you get it out. 

She wants to play some more!

this is what is looks like out the front door.

I am such a good boy except when I jump over the fence and visit all the neighboring dogs.

I just am quiet and sleep in the warm house.

I don't even know the cats name.
She was a little surprise. 
The animals are so much fun and it is always nice to get away where it is much quieter than where Mary and I live but It will be good to get home tonight.  Miss my pets.

making butter balms and lotions

/Rhonda teaching

Last Saturday we went to a class at our local green ecomart and learned to make lotion bars.  For Valentines we made them in the shape of hearts.  We added lots of vanilla fragrance and they turned out nice.

Here is the recipe:  1 part beeswax   1 part cocoa butter/shea or mango butter


1 part oil such as almond oil, olive oil, grapeseed oil or others you like.  Melt beeswax and butter seperately.  The more slowly the butter is melted, the less likely it is to be grainy in the final product.  When the butter is melted, mix with the melted beeswax, then pour the oil in slowly.  Heat on low in microwave just till the solid parts are mostly melted, then stir till mixture is smooth and ready to pour into any molds or cupcake foil tins or whatever your using.  Bars should be ready in 30 minutes to an hour.  The least amount of additives the better. use for moisturizing skin, can float a small piece in the tub water and use as a massage bar.  We did a mixture of grapeseed oil and almond oil with the beeswax and cocoa butter.  Great for calloused feet and elbows also.

nice butter balm

Klamath Falls Charming Chicks

Margie is teaching us all about gardening basics and later we all traded seed and plants.  What an informative class this was.



What a fun day hosted by our farmgirl sister Susan




Everyone was giving their full attention to our speaker, We had a birthday celebration also and brought books and brochures on seed catalogs and shared with eachother.  Susan is donating an area of land and we will have a community garden.



Handmade Quilt

This is all handmade and handquilted quilt these ladies are selling raffle tickets for that out Guild members made.  This is a very beautifull quilt and the hand quilting will not be around much longer as everyone is doing machine quilting.

kids that captured my heart


 The Klamath Falls Bull Sale, an annual event for 51 years but I couldn't keep from watching these adorable little ones.

 


I am just tooo cute



future cowgirls

 


Someday I will ride a horse and rope just like those big guys!!



Hi Gang, I'm Back!!!

Wow! Have I been busy the past month. Here are some great quilts from our Saturday Sampler club at Tater Patch Quilt in Merrill , Or.

 Pictures can't begin to capture how great these looked

Real works of art and some ladies are just so creative.  I have lots of pictures but not enough time to put them all on here.