The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

The Good:

The past couple of days I got lots of visitors to my blog. How fun! Holly Holderman included me in the Blog-able Feast. Yum. Yum. Make sure you check back at her blog on Wed. 9/26 to participate in a contest and give-away! The past 12 days have been so much fun. She has featured many talented bloggers who have shared delicious desserts and shared with us what they are working on. Elizabeth, Brenda, Anna, and Pam...just to name a few! (Believe me, I was honored that Holly invited me to participate!)

I also got a lot of visitors from Gina Halladay's QuiltersBuzz column. I was a guest writer (is that like a ghost writer?) for her and wrote about an awesome quilter named Ronda K. Beyer. Go check it out when you get a chance. And check Gina's column often. She posts lots of interesting news happening in the quilting world.

Also Anna Maria Horner posted a picture recently on her blog of the quilt I quilted for her earlier this year featuring her darling Chocolate Lollipop fabric. It's cute! You should go take a look. (BTW, I just made a cute baby quilt featuring that same fabric and I'll post a picture of the finished quilt soon!...finally got the binding done...my least-favorite part of the process...no time to just sit!)

The Bad:

I'm still feeling the *%@?! effects of Lyme Disease which I contracted from a tick bite last summer on a camping trip. The doc is still trying to find the right meds. He tells me in his 15 years of practice, I'm only the second patient he's had who tested positive for Lyme Disease. Does that mean he's just guessing on what to prescribe? My kids ask me if I got it from eating too many limes! Ha Ha, not funny.

The Ugly:

Ok, maybe Ugly is a little harsh...just in case Justine Bateman reads this blog. But if anyone knows her, please put her in touch with me and I would be happy to make another patchwork dress for her. (Remember her from Family Ties?) Poor choice of fabrics, not very flattering at all. Have her give me a call!

(Justine Bateman)

Audition the Actor or Audition the Fabric?

Audition the Actor or Audition the Fabric...

The other day while quilting with my friends, (I call them "The Master Quilters"--I am such a rookie around them!) one of them pulled out some fabric to check and see if it would look good as a border on the quilt they were currently working on. She said, "I'm just auditioning the fabric."

Auditioning? ...how that reminded me of Daughter #2, who is getting married in Dec. She is a super talented actor and screenwriter who has had her 'foot in the door' in Hollywood for quite a few years now. I used to drive her around to auditions and acting jobs before she was 18. Then they considered her and 'adult' and said mom couldn't hang out with her on the sets. I miss those days. Such adventures we had! Such great food on all the movie sets, too!

Here's a story about my daughter I thought you might enjoy:

A few years ago her agency called and told her she had been picked to work on "24" to portray a 'Dead CTU.' She answered "Yes, of course." But then she asks me "Mom, what's a Dead CTU?"

Yes, I will admit, we are one of the only families in America who never watches "24." I got on the Internet and had to do a GoogleSearch to figure out what a CTU was. I'm sure you all know it stands for Counter Terrorist Unit. Apparently the scene they were shooting would show these CTU's all gassed and laying dead on the floor. She looked like one of the actresses who's character was going to die. You see, a higher paid actress doesn't have to lay on the floor 'dead' all day as they film. Their doubles do it. And here's some Hollywood magic for you... to make them look like they've been gassed the actors have Alka-Seltzer with a little food coloring in the their mouths. Foams up quite well! Yuck!

So there was my daughter laying there all day with no clue about the show. But she did her job well and she did her best to look dead. If you blinked, you missed seeing her on that episode. She's on for just a split second but I thought she looked the most dead of all the Dead CTU's. Of course, I am her biggest fan!

Pictured right: Keifer Sutherland with a "Dead CTU"...sorry this was not my daughter, but it was the same scene. She was dead somewhere else in the room.

And I am sorry to report that we are still one of the only families in America who doesn't watch "24"...although we did watch the episode my daughter was in a few seasons or "Days" ago...isn't that what they call it on that show?

And by the way...

Here is a quilt I'm working on where I auditioned the fabric...

My latest project is a baby quilt for a young mom at my church. It's a random collection of some of Anna Maria Horner's Chocolate Lollipop fabrics. I was trying to decide which fabric to use for the border.

Fabric #1 was too bright.

Fabric #2 was too dull.

Fabric #3 got the part!

A Love for Chocolate

...Chocolate Lollipop fabric, that is!

Gina Halladay at Threaded Pear Studio allowed me to quilt a lovely quilt for fabric designer Anna Maria Horner recently. So much fun. The fabrics were yummy! It was an absolute joy to do. I just looked at the fabrics and quilted away. It's all freemotion and when I got to the end of the quilt, I was a little sad. Some quilts are like that for me. They are so much fun to do that I wish they just kept going and going. Check out the pictures she posted on her site too!

Go to http://annamariahorner.blogspot.com/

and visit Gina Halladay at http://www.quiltersbuzz.com/.