I looked and found a skein of "bikini" yarn in Wally World today. Have no idea what I'll do with it, but maybe a pair of crocheted slippers like my mom used to make. I made a bazillion pairs of them for family after she passed on, then got too busy with raising a family. I think I can remember how to do it, though. Who needs a pattern when you've made a bazillion pairs! Good times! <trying hard not to panic>

Speaking of colors, I was searching the net and found the new colors of Tootsie pops, and also found a package at Wally World, since I had to go there anyway, though why I bought them I don't know. I'm not much of a candy-eating person.

The New Colors of Tootsie Pops:
(credits: Tootsie Product Information Page):

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Today was a really good day with the tootsie pop quilt. It's 7 across and 8 down at this point. There are only 8 squares left to sew, and it will done!

Here are parts of horizontal squares that haven't been added to the larger (and growing) main body:

Scan 1, turquoise and a royal blue square

Scan 2, some lime and yellows

Scan 3, the lone purple square that represents grape Tootsie pops

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Wow that is absolutely stunning!

I'm working on my little projects...mom loved her little fabric birds. I made my granddaughter a sock monkey last Friday...I'd never made one before, and she LOVES it!! I have dug out an old "project" which is a needlework ornament kit that I picked up at Goodwill months and months ago and haven't started on yet. Everything is there, I'm going to work on them during my daughter's play practices this winter/spring, I think. I should be able to get them done and have them for next Christmas.

I'm making a concerted effort to plug away on my projects, none of which are as detailed or vast as Becki's quilts. My objective is to have a stash of hand-made gifts on hand at all times, so I can always pull something out when the kids have a birthday or I want to give a hostess gift, and so I have some things I can give out at Christmastime. I am absolutely committed to working on something a little each day and keeping it going through the year.

I was going to make some more sock monkeys on Monday, but as it turns out the socks I had on hand for the job were just a little TOO worn, they wouldn't work. But it's a great project and the kids can help; we're going to make some for the bassinet at church, I think (we always have a bassinet that we fill with baby stuff...when it's full it goes to the local pregnancy crisis center and we start a new one...and then they give that stuff out to families they counsel).

I'll get a picture of my sock monkey! He didn't have the red heel, but he looks cute anyway. And I haven't finished his little hat...the dog keeps stealing it and I haven't run across my red yarn for the pom pom it needs before I affix it to the little guy....

Love you guys.

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Sock monkey time!

First, socks..yes, for those sock monkey makers who are rolling in dough, you MAY opt to use the cool, brand new, red-heeled, red-toed work socks...but for the rest of us peons, any old socks will do...



And here's the precious darling granddaughter doing her bit to stuff that fella:



Halfway there:



Sheesh this was the hardest part:



Poor blind, deaf, and featureless little guy:



With the princess:



Hanging on his own between shifts:

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"Crimes against humanity: murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, and other inhumane acts committed against civilian populations, before or during the war; or persecutions on political, racial or religious grounds in execution of or in connection with any crime within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal, whether or not in violation of the domestic law of the country where perpetrated."
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Someone asked me..."why blue eyes".

My witty response:

"Because I had blue buttons."

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Koshergrl, that's just a riot. What a beautiful granddaughter, too!

Call this subjective, but I see red white and blue all over that cute sock monkey!

You deserve two reps today, but I'm not a mod.

I was so lazy today. I walked back and forth from front to back along the fence of our farm, for the first time since my antibiotic therapy started a few days ago, which induced a sleep-all-afternoon nap. So the quilt got set aside for another day (again.)

Oh, well, it's great to see the sock monkey. My grandmother made me one, but our family moved once a year every year, so he must've gotten lost or left behind somewhere.

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Haha I think he's a patriotic fellow...

I actually have some over the top patriotic print material that I'll have to use to make him some dungarees and a vest, lol...

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Way too cute 'twill be...

.... Stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni...
Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy
Mind your music and your step, and will the girls be handy!

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Awesome......looking forward to pictures!!!!!

Well, I have to find where I put the size G crochet hook first. That could take some time...and I've already looked in all the old familiar places.

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She's done!

There are 70 squares, a white border and a blue Forget-me-nots border.
the small quilt measures 43x57". there are 630 logs. The 280 logs of color are each a different fabric. That's what ate time, when you're picky, picky, picky, picky, picky.

Some shots of the border:

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Couldn't find one even remotely like this one. Guess I MUST learn to use a camera. I'm afraid to open the box, though.

Here's a masterpiece quilt a lady named Lolo made that rocks with optical illusions:


And below, a copy of a corner with the tag on it to give to charity bees so they will know what size backing to use. It's 43x57".

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This quilt went together exactly as below (some of the squares above are turned sideways, etc. to get the best scan), except as you can see from the above, the actual colors are much brighter. I love this quilt. It took a lot of time to cut a strip for each colored piece, then lay the entire strip aside. There are probably enough cuttings for 4 or 5 more quilts like this one if I could get a couple of yards of white here and there for the same look. The next one is not going to take weeks! (famous last words...)

The schema, completed today, sans border:

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That is so very beautiful. I would want to hang it on the wall of a log home.

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Isn't she amazing, Delia!

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