continuing our love songs for the month of February...
for love of people, critters, the earth and life... this song reminds those of us on the second half to love...
life
love never dies... it can change but if you ever loved, it's still there in your heart
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| "it's not tacky it's kitch" |
cows, flamingos, poodles and betty boop. This was made for a challenge to display your collectibles. I took photos of groups of things, and put them in the center, with fabric (yep I collect that too) and jewelry of things I collect too. But
for today's song of love... enjoy this
growing
up our family had a file projector and many home movies and a few
cartoons... those were good times... I started a love of betty boop
then...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSS5ZVk8W7I&list=TLPQMTQwMjIwMjIle566UuPhBQ&index=35
love takes many forms...
I heard a lecture on breathing therapy, where the speaker was asked for parting words... he said choose to love rather than to fear... a worthy goal if not simple to do...
I have always thought my friends are so beautiful... when I like someone they LOOK beautiful to me. Back in college girls would talk about good looking boys and I got it but when I liked someone, they were handsome to me and I didn't get why everyone couldn't see it.
I just sewed them together... and then decided to finish the edges, using piping and a turned seam. I had some red piping the right size in my scrap box, and glue basted it in place
trimmed, and sewed the backing to this using the zipper foot and going slowly. Leaving a small space to turn it inside out,
but then I talked to my friend Cindy and said shall I applique it onto a background?
I cut a piece of peltex to give it body, stuffed it in and quilted the whole thing with gold threads
chose some beads to use
I put gold and red bugle beads for X's or hugs, some gold balls and made fringe for the bottom
didn't use these... maybe next year
I made another quick heart quilt I'll share later for Table Scraps challenge... stay tuned and now
For the love songs I'm showcasing this month...
remember my friends I love you just the way you are....
and a special song for me...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id_UYLPSn6U
because I pretty much knew my husband when I saw his face the first time... as if I recognized him
has that happened to you?
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continuing the songs of love for the month of February, please enjoy this song
As a young woman, I dated a musician ... he played guitar in a band and sang beautifully.
I sat at the girlfriend's table as the band played. He also played music for me at home, wrote songs for me and eventually said he loved me.,.. then asked me to marry him.
we didn't match however and it taught me the lesson that love is not enough... it is all good, I still hold memories of my time with him and am grateful. I am not Jewish therefore his family would not accept me in any way. Heritage and expectations were in the way. I will always remember the time we shared and how I it felt to belong to the band group and how it felt to have a talented man write a song for me.
So many experiences in my life...
while I was in them I worried I'd never find true love but eventually music brought me together with my husband, at a contra dance. Ironically he now plays guitar, and I listen from the other room, and imagine he's playing for me since he finds songs to play he knows I love...happily, we do match.
have you learned any lessons from relationships?
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Nothing is sewn to the center, the rows are sewn together however, so I share lots of choices... and the block is an autograph block this time... I wanted to bring in tropical flowers...
I cut 5" squares with motif centered, and sewed triangles of palm trees on each corner
with all the autograph blocks sewn in a row, and a scrap with similar colors on one side, this is as it stands at the moment...
I sewed a lot with turquoise for the RSC color of the month scraps... I have to share those all later with you, one of them being a Valentine for this year. This was just a warm up to sew scraps....
and the lovely Nora Jones... ahhhhhhhhh "come away with me and I'll never stop loving you..."
have
you also loved from a distance, either unrequited or circumstantial.
Did it work out? Did you ever move for someone? Would you? I have...
as a young woman I thought this song was so romantic... longing to spend your life with someone and asking them to go through life with you....
linking to
design wall Mondays at smallquiltsanddollquilts
lovelaughquilt.mondays
my songs for today:
the more I see you...
to a bossa nova beat... I love how singers put their artistic spin on music!
I have a lovely memory of an evening spent watching an old movie on our big tv set... the parents were away and Tatee, my caretaker my safe and loving space, was dozing in a chair next to me. I sat enthralled as a young child, learning what romance was. The movie and title song stuck with me and I sang it often as if I was on broadway...
every experience shapes us.... the happy and the sad, the good and the bad... and I wonder how much we have in us by the end of life. So many experiences and missed experiences, and I find people fascinating. I want to hear your stories, the ones that shaped you... if only we all felt safe enough to share our real selves... right?
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| used to make this week's blocks on my round robin "glam-ingo" quilt |
there's something about old recipes... good luck reading the old paper!
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| plus some nice salsa |
we did a lot of cooking last weekend and have enjoyed our labors all week, including collard greens, zucchini casserole (with lots of parmesan), oatmeal/chocolate chip/pecan cookies, and pumpkin/almond butter doggie cookies made with oat flour not wheat. We're hoping it helps Milo's ears. Made more oat/banana blondies too.
I enjoyed talking to my buddies on the phone this week... you kept me going
it's been a difficult week, not many likes. I've been sharing a love song and questions to get to know you better every day this week. Today's song is silly, but from a woman I like a lot
funny how annoying things are okay when you love someone...
and for old times sake...
I'm enjoying Big Brother celebrity edition this season... wow these
celebrities act like winning s life and death for them though. Of course
I still watch the other shows I've mentioned before, and lots of
youtube videos like
Milo's Moment
when Milo was a baby, and we drove cross country to look at homes in Colorado we stayed inn some hotels... and Milo had a good time one night while we unloaded the car...
he had on the shoulder brace he had to wear after surgery (a dog jumped on him in play and tore ligaments) for 4-5 months.... poor baby.... he was so small!
Mommmmmmm don't show baby pictures!
please visit these folks to see their likes this week and let me know if you wrote an I Like post too
craftscaviescontrasrosie and the boys nature pics
