Another substitute to actual pictures

Yet another meme (I've always hated that word). This time I took it from my friend Ardent Peace. You're supposed to bold all the things you've done. I'm warning you in advance that I probably won't have done that much.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book - I haven't published, but I've been in a published book a few times
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day

Okay, it's now certifiable that I am boring.

One word

So, I've been sewing up a storm, but they're all x-mas presents! I've made one for K, one for P, one for A, one that's halfway done for S, one halfway done for B, and ideas and or fabric for M, C, R, C, mom, my grandparents, another one for K, and some others. I don't think I've gotten pictures of many of them, but that's okay cuz I can't post them yet anyways!

So I stole this from my friend: green is the new blue. My friend SewAmy also did it too. The deal is that you can only use one word in your answer.


Where is your mobile phone? here
Where is your significant other? couch
Your hair colour? brown
Your mother? asleep?
Your father? dunno
Your favourite thing? spring (at least right now)
Your dream last night? edgy
Your dream goal? designer
The room you're in? FREEZING
Your hobby? art
Your fear? lots
Where do you want to be in 6 years? fabric
Where were you last night? home
What you're not? quiet
One of your wish-list items? shoes
Where you grew up? here
The last thing you did? talk
What are you wearing? pjs!
Your TV? downstairs
Your pets? annoying
Your computer? new!!!!!!!
Your mood? COLD
Missing someone? Selina
Your car? cold
Something you're not wearing? earrings
Favourite shop? mine
Your summer? WARM!
Love someone? lots :)
Your favourite colour? green
When is the last time you laughed? earlier
When is the last time you cried? yesterday

Tada! Bet you're just so thrilled now. :D

Ahhhh!!!!!!!!

Brendan (and his parentals) bought me a computer!!!! It's an awesome laptop. Here's a picture:

It's got a 17 inch screen. It's also got a number pad which makes me uber happy! I've never seen a laptop like that. They got it with a lot of memory so that it can run my game, and it's also got enough stuff that it is capable of running Illustrator or Photoshop, which I will need if I want to design. It's just like the one in the picture, except where there is silver around the keyboard, mine is all black.

It was supposed to be a Christmas present, but they decided to give it to me early!!!!!!!!!!!

YAY!

Houston Market

Long time no see!! I thought I would do a quick post to show off some of the cool stuff that I bought at Market for myself along with other assorted things.
Yesterday I got to meet Jay McCarroll!!!! It was so freaking awesome! I also got a chance to chat with Melissa Averinos (we just got her first line, Sugar Snap, at the shop) again - she's so sweet! I also saw a presentation about designing your own fabric which gave me a lot of ideas. The woman who did it is the head of the graphic division (or whatever you call it) for one of the big fabric companies - she was very helpful. After all that stuff, I went to the Fabric 2.0 party which was hosted by Michael Miller Fabrics and J. Caroline Creative and some other great companies (which I can't remember :( ). I had so much fun! I also got a lot of opportunities to talk with people about this industry. I had a few wonderful conversations with Jane Sassaman, who is just the nicest person ever. Jay McCarroll was there, so I got an actual semi-introduction, so I didn't look like just a total groupie. I also talked with a bunch of great people who have their own businesses that are different from ours. Bari J. who does gorgeous handbags, Mary from Flourishes, Jonah of Maluhia Designs, and Myrinda of Fabric Hound. THEN, mom and I went to sample spree, which is always crazy!!! So here are some assorted pictures for the day:


Jay McCarroll and I.




Pictures of Jay's new fabric lines.


My friend Debi from Michael Miller Fabrics and Jane Sassaman.


Sunset from the top of the Hilton, where the party was.


My loot from Sample Spree!!! The leaves one is two one yard cuts of home dec weight that I loved!! The three little panels are batiked in Kenya; they are small, but intricate. The little bundle is soft small pink-y florals from Quilt Gate. The dots were a leftover sales card that Quilt Gate gave me when I bought the bundle. I'm so proud of myself for not going crazy this year - HOWEVER, when I look at this pile, so much of it is not my usual stuff, it's so weird.

If you want to see more of what I did, or here some of the tale in actual order, you can check out the really long blog post on the shop website. It has lots of pictures!!

Happy Birthday Max!

This is the most recent picture I have of my brother. It's me, our niece Alyssa, and Max. It was taken last summer in July. Today he turns 18. It's so incredible, because I still remember the night he was born. Hopefully, he will be allowed to call me today. I find it amazing that the only person he will get to talk to at all today will be me, his mean sister. :D He gets out of jail on November 1st, and we all have the hope that he will never have to go back and that something has really changed this time.

Ah well, on to something I've actually made.....



This is the class sample for my hand embroidery class that I'm teaching in October. I'm using 6 stitches - split, satin, back, stem, chain, and french knots. Obviously, I'm not quite done, but I'm running around with tons of school work. I've got variegated floss in her hair and for the pearl in her hand. It's the Sublime Stitching Mermaid Pattern. It's gonna be part of a pillow with the Mermaid fabric from the Mendocino line by Heather Ross for Free Spirit.




Isn't he the cutest? I didn't actually make him - I picked him up at the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival last year. He's about 1 1/2" - 2" tall and I think made from silk. I want to make a copy of him though! I saw him in a booth with all sorts of imported stuff from Japan - Kristal and I had a ball in that booth! I think this is the place:
http://maedaimporting.com/

Alrighty, I have to go to work. :(

it's the end of the world as we know it

I'm in the mood to make all my titles song lyrics. We'll see how long that lasts.
I've actually made some stuff, mostly just working on a class sample. However, no pictures. These last couple of weeks have been crazy/awful. My sister left for UVA, my great aunt died, I started school with an English teacher who thinks that hers is the only class I have(meanwhile I'm taking college math, a foreign language, AND history), I'm having crazy dreams about people including the end of the world, and yesterday Evan left for school, leaving my boyfriend in shambles. We all miss somebody. Enough depressing thoughts, I whipped out some coolo pictures from Philadelphia when we went a couple of weeks ago.


The Gallery train station in Philadelphia. The whole thing looks like this, it's so cool. My Uncle actually helped to do the lighting in here.


Independence hall. We didn't actually go in, but I've been there before. It's one of those cool historical places.


Queen Anne's Lace. It grows wildly across the street from my grandmother's house. It reminds me of good times.


Some weirdo flower growing in her garden - I love the different patterns it creates.


Phlox in my other grandmother's garden. I thought it was so gorgeous!


My grandfather's upside-down tomato plant. He absolutely loves this planter my cousin got for him a couple of years ago.


Sign for Obama in the Obama south Philadelphia headquarters. I don't know if anyone else saw his speech the other night - it was pretty awesome. Maybe not one of his best, but still wonderful.

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." -Mahatma Gandhi.

Even if you don't vote my way please make sure and VOTE.


Time for me to go do yoga and get ready for work.........

I love you, is that okay?

Art, or not.....

Baby boy!

Here's some pictures of my nephew, who has me totally enthralled...


Alyssa was helping to take this picture:


Here he is with his Grammy and his quilt:


Grampa, Alyssa, and Adam!

ATCs and stuff

I made some really cute ATCs for the swap we have at work. I took a FQ of the apple print from Farmer's Market by Sandi Henderson. They are all hand embroidered and made at the last minute of course. Here's some pictures:




The second one is the most true to color.
I've also been working on a quilt to hang in the shop. I designed the pattern so we could kit it up. It's made from Drawing Room by Anna Maria Horner. Here's half of it.

Baby blankets!

These actually turned out pretty well. They're cute, and easy. I'm hoping that some day soon we can post a tutorial on the shop website. Until then, it's pretty similar to the one on Purl Patchwork's blog.



Okay, so I just realized how awful the picture is. Oh well. They're about 28" square. There's actually two there, they both have a brown and pink Minkee fabric on the back, and two different Michael Miller prints on the front.

Yeah, yeah

I'm working on the updating thing. I need to take pictures of the cute baby blankets I made the other day. For now, here are two quiz-y things:

You Are a Chocolate Shake

You are a total hedonist. You are drawn to pleasure. You are an expressive, over the top person. You're naturally dramatic. You're the type of person who always chooses quality over quantity. Life's too short to not have optimal experiences. You're proud of being picky.

What Flavor Shake Are You?

Brendan says that is totally me. Yeah, well. Off to play World of Warcraft.

Do you notice anything different?

Look at my new awesome redesign!!! Yay! I love it. Now if I can just figure out how to turn those corners black.....hmmmm.

I saw this on Kristal's blog, and couldn't resist!!! While you're at it, check out all the other cool gadgets from the website that does the mosaic maker.


1. Phoebe Gardner & Francis G. Clowe, 2. I ate 6, 3. Hermitage High too far / 高過庵, 4. double and supernumerary rainbows, 5. Daniel Craig's looking at me, and I don't think he's happy, 6. Positano, 7. Oia - Santorini, 8. vanilla bake shop cupcakes, 9. one.dress.finished, 10. Best things in life are free, 11. Ci sei dentro, 12. Sunset dancer

a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd's mosaic maker).

1. What is your first name? Phoebe. All I got were strippers and animals, so I cheated and used the first letter of my last name. At least I got some gravestones!
2. What is your favorite food? Mexican. You should search for this. The first page is amazing!
3. What high school did you go to? Hermitage High School. For 5 months. Then I was home schooled. That's what I found for "Hermitage High." Nothing to do with the school. :)
4. What is your favorite color? Green!!!!!!!!! Nothing to do with green, but I saw and it made me think of my sister. We saw a rainbow just like that a couple of weeks ago, but one of the rainbows went from horizon to horizon.
5. Who is your celebrity crush? Daniel Craig. At least right now.
6. Favorite drink? Water.
7. Dream vacation? Santorini, Greece.
8. Favorite dessert? Mom's chocolate cake.
9. What you want to be when you grow up? Fabric designer. Honest to god, that was the first picture.
10. What do you love most in life? Life itself.
11. One Word to describe you: Loud
12. Your flickr name: dncergrl. I searched for dancer girl.

Flickr, schedule, Alyssa

So, I'm still trying to scramble to get things done for the Anniversary Celebration next Saturday. That also means that I really haven't finished anything. I've continued to work on my Spaceboy, but he's still not done. At least he has eyes and is stuffed! I obviously need to go buy myself a camera, because otherwise I'm never going to have pictures to upload. Urgh.
I decided to be good and start uploading things to my Flickr account. Of course, they are just pictures of my niece, Alyssa, so nothing uber exciting yet. We got to see her, and my sister and sister-in-law last weekend for Father's day. We went out on the boat, and I got REALLY SUNBURNED. I had fun though. I got to drive the boat, with Alyssa's help of course.

Me and Alyssa
Originally uploaded by dncergrl222

Right now I'm supposed to be writing the schedule for work, however, I got distracted by the awesome work of Tommy Kane. Oh, and I'm back to lusting after the Trash Ties from Heather Bailey.

HA!

Your Ice Cream Personality:

You are an incredibly modest person. You don't feel comfortable bragging about yourself... or even receiving complements. You are incredibly cautious. You rather miss out on something than make a mistake. No one would ever call you wild... but they would call you responsible. You are a somewhat open minded person, but deep down you're fairly conservative. You don't like trying new things very much. And if you do find something new you like, you stick with it. You tend to have a one track mind. You prefer not to multitask. You are a serious and contemplative person. You definitely do your own thing in life.

The Ice Cream Personality Test

I told you so Brendan!


In other news, I've actually been sewing. I'm working on tons of shop samples. When I'm not working my but off at work. So, I'm to lazy to go get the picture of my mom's computer of the cute sashiko bag I did, so you can see it here:
http://www.quiltingadventures.com/qablog/?p=565

That's all!

yay! actual pictures!

So, I took pictures of something! Mostly just works in progress, but it's something! So here's a stack of the fabric that I'm cutting up to make a quilt with. It's the Drawing Room fabric I think I mentioned in the last post:

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Here's a picture of the sketch for the quilt:



Here's the other WIP:




It's from the Robotboy pattern from WeeWonderfuls. It's a shop sample for work. He's turning out very cute! My friend Amy is working on the big footed bunny for a shop sample too.... you can see hers here.
We got some new thread in today - Razzle from Wonderfil threads. It's a heavyweight rayon thread. So I decided to make a sample using this sashiko pattern from Alder Spring Designs. It will probably end up being a shop sample too, as we've ordered a bunch of her patterns. It's turning out really well so far. I'm using a bright blue thread on lime green fairy frost, not quite your usual sashiko colors, but will be totally me.

well....

Okay, so I started this post on Sunday, and still haven't gotten any pictures.......so, I'm going to just write, and hope to have pictures soon.

I was gonna take a picture of the cool new apron I'm working on for work, but I forgot. So, I have nothing to show off, which is really disappointing because I've been sewing a lot recently. The apron is from this book: http://www.sewthankful.com/RetroApronsPatternBook.html It's the one out of the Halloween fabric, but mine is in batiks with no ric-rac. I'm also getting ready to make a skirt out of the new Anna Maria Horner fabric, drawing room. I just started work on a shop sample - Spaceboy from the Wee Wonderfuls pattern. I've also grabbed the pattern I Do by Cherry House Quilts to do as a sample (and a gift!). And I'm also designing my own pattern to make into a shop sample as well.
Some eye candy -
Cute stuffed animals!
These cute Luma guys from Mario in crochet!
Revoluzzza's cute everything!


Okay, so I'm going to wow you with some quiz result or another, I just have to find one after passing the "How well do you know the bible?" and the "what flavor of mountain dew are you?" (is there really more than one?) quizes.

Okay, so who is Dr Doom? I liked Mystique........

Your results:
You are Dr. Doom

Dr. Doom 65% The Joker 61% Lex Luthor 55% Green Goblin 55% Apocalypse 51% Riddler 51% Mr. Freeze 50% Magneto 50% Dark Phoenix 44% Two-Face 39% Catwoman 38% Mystique 35% Juggernaut 35% Poison Ivy 34% Venom 33% Kingpin 27%

Blessed with smarts and power but burdened by vanity.

Click here to take the Supervillain Personality Quiz

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So, I've been working my butt of at Quilt Market in Portland. Every chance I have to sit down is either spent shifting through paperwork or blogging on our store blog. However, I have 45 more mins before the show opens for the last day, so here we go. If you want to see what I've really been up to, go to my work blog (scroll down a little):
http://quiltingadventures.com/qablog/
Otherwise, here is a meme, which I think is a stupid word. I got it from DebR.

Five things on my to do list today:
1. Do a notions/book order from Brewer
2. Pack the box of fabric to ship home
3. Pack all my stuff
4. Make plans for New York
5. Work my butt of at market

Five snacks I enjoy:
1. Chocolate
2. Jalapeno chips
3. Smoothies-from Tropical Smoothie Cafe
4. Poppyseed Onion Bagels (especially when someone else makes them)
5. Granola Bars

Three of my bad habits:
1. Cursing
2. Biting my nails
3. Procrastinating

Five places I have lived:
1. Richmond, VA
2. Right outside Richmond, VA
3. An hour from Richmond, VA
4. More Richmond
5. And even more Richmond

Five jobs I’ve had:
1. Babysitter
2. Chiropractic Assistant
3. Stock girl for my mom's business, Quilting Adventures
4. Assistant Manager and Assistant Buyer for my mom's business, QA
5.Right hand man in my mom's business

Okay, so that turned out boring. I'm off to work now.

I'm working on it.....

Okay, so I suddenly decided I needed to change all the HTML in the title bar, and after working for an hour early in the morning decided I really didn't need to. So, it's staying like that until I can figure out the spacing issues. Sorry!
So I haven't been particularly crafty this week, I got to see my boyfriend though! And work a lot. Last night we got to celebrate his parent's 28th wedding anniversary. Yay! Today they leave for a week in Las Vegas, which is actually to celebrate my boyfriend and his twin brother's 21st birthday.
I'm going to see if I have any crafty type pictures to post, because otherwise there is no point to this post.....
Yay! I found something. This was my final project from my drawing class last semester. It's a self portrait.



Also, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!



My mom with my niece when she was just a few days old.

I'm back!

Okay, so it's really been awhile. Life has been totally crazy. But I was inspired to post, so here we go!
Lately my poor purse has been showing a little wear and tear, so I decided to make a new one. I used the bag pattern from the book Simple Sewing by Lotta Jansdotter. I had to adapt it a little bit, as I wanted to use quilting weight cotton, not home dec weight. I love the sideways pocket on the front, which is perfect for my sketchbooks, and it's even got a spot for my water bottle!

This weekend I'm going with my dad to the art teachers retreat in the middle of nowhere, VA. In other words, Middlesex county(no offense intended to anyone, I'm just used to people). I'm hoping to come back with a two new pairs of capris, two new skirts, a finished present for my sister, a skirt for my niece, and some work done on Kristal's housewarming gift. I know that probably won't all happen, but its worth hoping for. Over the next little while I'm going to try and update some of my links list. I've recently discovered google reader, which makes reading 85 blogs easier. So, I will pick a select few for your viewing pleasure.
I just finished the semester, so hopefully I will have more time to work on art and such, although I'm not sure that will happen.
To hold you over until next time, here is a picture of the quilt that some friends and I recently completed for another friend with cancer: