Saying for the Day

"Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better."
John Updike

New Red Delicious Block

I finished the block for last month of the Red Delicious BOM. The new one will be coming out in a few days. I fused the pieces together and used a new technique to sew the edges. I found this on Patsy Thompson's web site. She uses what she calls EKG embroidery. It is really free motion sewing around the edges with varying sizes of v's or EKGs as she calls them.
I don't know if I've done them right but thought I would try this tecnique for something new. This is the Peony flower in a vase. Now that I look at the finished block, I wish I had used some different thread colors on the vase. But it will have to do. Picking out those little stitches if almost impossible.
Here is a close up of the peony flower.

Saying for the Day

The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.".
Steve Martin

Mary Kay Cosmetics


I took the plunge and became a Mary Kay consultant. This is going to be a tuff thing for me to do. I really do like the products and have been using them for a long time. In fact my mother used to sell Mary Kay back in the late 1960s. She had me using the products. Mary Kay started in 1963. After I quit teaching school and was still living in California, mother came out from Bisbee and I took her to a Mary Kay seminar in Los Angeles. I remember driving her up a mountain to a plush resort in LA. I remember winning a prize which was a rare happening for me.
Now I need some faces to practice on. If you feel you could stand a newbie working on your face and telling you all about Mary Kay, I would appreciate a call. You wouldn't have to buy anything, just let me practice. Give me a call.