Paper Roses

Already the end of January

Here we are just a few days away from February and I haven't posted anything since December.  Again I got sick, not as bad as in November, but just haven't been myself.  I went back to the doctor and he wants me to do all my breathing treatments for the next 3 months. :(  Guess it's going to take longer for my lungs to heal.  

It's a good thing that sewing doesn't take that much energy to do! :)  I've been working on many projects this month.  I've finished a few quilts, started some new ones and made progress on some UFO's.

A group of us started a UFO club.  For this we listed every. single. UFO. we have in our sewing rooms/closets/under beds.  You want to know how many I have?  Yeah, it's a crazy number!  I tied with another lady with 51 projects. Yup, fifty one!  Lol.  I have a long way to go.  And that does NOT include projects I want to start or have just patterns for.  Everything on this list is something that has been started somehow.  lol.  Some of the projects I started 10 years ago.  Some I started last month.  I have been able to cross off a few off my list so far.  I'll share those projects with you this weekend.

For today's eye candy I will share with you a pillow I made last month. I've really been enjoying doing redwork and I picked up this pattern at a quilt store in Boise last July.

Thanks for hanging in there with me.  I have it on my agenda to get this blog rolling again.  I miss doing my posts and sharing with you all my creations. :)  Don't lose faith!  I will continue to post! :)

It's been two months since my last update....I've done a few things, not as much as I'd like but that's ok. 

Things in bold are what was added to the list or what was worked on this month. The strike outs are what was finished completely.

All Done

1. Snowman Valentine pillow
2. Crazy Wedding wallhanging
3. Pink and Brown flower table runner
4. Farm Quilt
5. Jo Banner Day table runner
6. Patrotic Christmas Jo quilt
7. Flag Day table topper
8. Snowbound
9. Postcard Cuties
10. Oh, Americana
11. Courthouse steps (Jo Morton club 10 project)
12. Pumpkin Hill
13. Bug Jar
14. Berry Nice (Jo Morton club 10 project)
15. forgot the name of the quilt (july's project)(Jo Morton club 10 project)
16. Baskets from Blackbird designs
17. Vintage Christmas
18. Lining up the Stars
19. Little logs (did this in 2 days)
20. Henrietta Whiskars
21. Point of View (Jo club project)
22. Sunbonnet Witch (Jo club project)
23. Christmas Round Robin from Tuesday night

WIP (Work in Progress)

1. Rabbits prefer Chocolate (All the blocks are prepped to work on)
4. Polka dot Whimsical garden (moving this to the UFO's)
5. Americana Baltimore (Tuesday night class) (Have the 4th block done)
7. Snowmen photo booth (cross stitch piece)
8. Americana houses (fabric is all cut)
11. Farm Fresh (Prepped the first block and have done a bit of sewing on it)
13. Snowmen of the year bluework (November and December are done)
14. Hocus Pocus *haunted village blackwork* (Still stitching on the first house)

15. Strawberry Baskets (some is cut out)
16. Winter Wonderland (4 blocks done)

17. Blessings of Spring (finished the first block in 2 days)
18. Chocolate days of the week (another block is done only a few left to do)
19. Civil War Chronicals (1st block done)
20. General Wives (2nd block done)

UFO's

1. Queen and her court
2. Valentine heart
3. Mystery quilt 2009 from Tuesday night class
5. Raspberry block swap
6. Butterflies
7. Spring block swap
8. Summer Queen (cross stitch piece)
9. Polka dot whimsical garden

To be Quilted

3 It's a wrap
10. Batik calendar (My secret sister from 2010 sent me blocks all year long and they are all put together, just need to be sandwiched and quilted!)

13. Floral round robin quilt guild *need to name this one too*
15. Friends of Glory--Americana round robin online quilt
18. Folk Art (At my aunt's house getting quilted)
19. Memory quilt of Grandma (made by my friends)

HOPEFULS

2. Enchanted Autumn
3. Petal Pusher

5. Baltimore bunnies
6. Christmas Magic (doing this with my friend Renee)

Christmas JOY

It's Wednesday!  And over here it's the day my quilting girls get together and sew! :)  Since the boys are off of school, I'm hosting it at my house!  And what is even better....is that Mark is working at home for half the day and then he has the rest of the year off!!!!  :) :) :)  Yay!!!!

How about a couple of Christmas cards today??  :)

I have a couple of new Christmas stitcheries to share with you hopefully tomorrow. :)

Have a great day and be creative!

Can't think of title...

It's going to be a quick post today.  I am totally wiped out.  Yesterday Mark and James ventured off to the Niners/Steelers game with Mark's Dad and his sister, along with some friends.  They tailgated all together, then went inside to enjoy the Niners beat the tail off the Steelers (sorry Steelers fans! lol)  Well Andrew and I just watched movies and he had his choice of dinner (McD's).  I had no clue that the game was delayed not once but twice. So when I heard from Mark around 10pm, he said they were stuck literally in the parking lot and it would be awhile before they get home.  Around 1:20am they pulled into the driveway. And me being the worry wart, stayed up until they got home safely.

So this morning, I didn't get to sleep in too late, and poor Mark had maybe 4 hours of sleep before he had to leave for work.  I'm making fudge today (pumpkin, chocolate, and peanut butter) and I'm going to finally dig into the November Christmas card kit from CupCards {to go}. 

But today I'm sharing some more Christmas projects from the past....

Last week before Christmas...

Have you done all your shopping yet?  I am done!  With the help of my wonderful husband most of the shopping was done by him, so I'm a happy girl! All the presents are wrapped as well (that was done by me). :)

The boys are off of school for the next 2 weeks.  James needs to start his mission report project this week as it is due Jan. 5th.  He decided he wants to make a scrapbook.  At first he wanted me to make a quilt, then he said a scrapbook.  Of course I know he wants me to do most of the work.  Silly boy....little does he know that mama is going to give him all the supplies and let him go at it, while I supervise.  The mission he got was Soledad.  Someday we will take him there to visit it.

This last weekend was the quilter's blog hop and I have a winner for the charm pack!

Becky Greene!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will be sending you an email soon so be on the lookout!  Congrats Becky!

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For the next week until Christmas I'm going to share with you some Christmas projects that are new and old, paper and fabric, stitched and shared. :)

Quilter's Blog Hop Party!!!!

Happy Blog Hop party quilters!  :)   Are you ready for some wonderful eye candy around the net of all the 250+ quilter blogs out there this weekend?  I'm so glad that you stopped by my little blog here!  Welcome! 

Thanks to Michelle from Quilters Gallery for setting this up!  Make sure you go check out all the other blogs as well here. (I know I'm going to check them out as well!) ;) They will be all up on Saturday morning.

 

 

  Who doesn't love a giveaway!?  :)

Comment below with the name of the project you are currently working on!

I know we all have many UFO', and WIP's...but what this weekend are you currently working on? 

The Prize...

Here is what I will be giving away to one lucky person! One charm pack of Woodland Bloom from Moda. :)

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Now would you like to see some blocks and pincushion for your little bit of eye candy?

Here are two blocks that will be going into an Americana Baltimore quilt for my bed.

And here's a Christmas pin cushion I made for the Jo's club group exchange.  Our leader Mary Ann ended up with my little gingerbread man! :)  I know she will treasure it! :)  (Hi Mary Ann!)

Remember to leave a comment in order to be put into the giveaway contest!  Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you back here soon! :)

Happy stitching!

Wrapping up the end of the year

Oh, what 2011 has been. I'm sure ready for 2012!  It's been a hard year here in the Rose household.  From the pneumonia, to breaking my foot, to having foot surgery, to losing my dear Grandma, and  to losing my "job" with Boxer Scrapbook (oh, I forgot to tell you about that). I'm ready to close the chapter book of this year and move on to the next.  Of course we will have one good happy thing to celebrate at the end of the year, but can't say just yet. ;)

As for the "job" thing.  I'm very sad to say that Angie and Vicky have decided to close up Boxer Scrapbook.  I've been with them for 5 years and have enjoyed every minute of it.  I will miss working at the scrapbook expos, I'll miss all the cute designs and products that I got to have fun "working" and designing with and seeing my projects featuring their products in all the magazines!  (course this won't stop me from the publication world, I will still have many projects published as I move forward.  That is one thing I truly do enjoy.).  I will greatly miss seeing Angie and Vicky twice a year and talking quilting.  Guess one of these years, I will just have to drive or fly up to Oregon so we can do a quilt retreat.  Yeah, isn't it funny how they are actually quilters not scrapbookers. :) :)  I just love that!   I wish them nothing but the best and hope that retirement goes well for Vicky and that Angie enjoys being a new bride with her hubby! :)  Love you both!

Next year I am looking forward to spending more time with my hubby and boys. To quilting more with my girlfriends. To spend more time with family. To organize some things in the house. To finish painting the master bathroom.  To once again start paper crafting after quite a few months of a haitus.  And hopefully (cross your fingers) be able to find another paper manufacturer to work for.

I am still on the mend. And feel so much better than I did a month ago.  Again, thank you for the prayers and good thoughts.

I have a few blocks to share today. Some more of the bluework snowmen I have been working on.

 

 

A month ago....

It's been now a month.  A month ago I was in the hospital, in the ICU fighting for my life.  I had no clue really how sick I truly was.  Pneumonia is no laughing matter.  For almost 5 days I laid in bed, not eating, barely drinking water with a 102-104 degree temp.  And finally on the last day where I could not bare it anymore...I went to the ER.  Thank God I did. 

I was told later on, by many doctors and respiratory theripsts that if I waited even just one more day to go to the ER, that I would not have made it.  I was that close to death. :(  Makes me sad.  Makes me upset with myself that I let it go that long before getting myself the care.  Makes me ever so grateful to my heavenly Father for healing me and letting me know that it was not my time just yet.  Makes me appreciate my family and friends much more.  Makes me want to focus on life and what blessings I am given than the stresses of life. Makes me hugs my boys even more. Makes my heart sing each time I see my darling husband Mark. Makes me love more.

After 4 days in the ICU, I was moved upstairs to the hospital wing.  After 5 days of intense, and I mean intense therapy I was finally able to go home. From being on 9 liters of oxygen the first day and slowly going down on the liters, and having breathing treatments every 2 hours and then 3-4 times a day doing a "blow up therapy" (They put a vest on me that blew up and shook my lungs to release all the stuff inside).  Once I got home, I knew I needed to rest. And I was doing that. But only a week later, did I have a severe asthma attack and I had to be rushed back to the ER. I spent 2 more days in the hospital.  :( 

Now I've been home for 2 weeks.  I'm breathing well. All the pnuemonia is gone. I am getting stronger each day.  I still have to be very careful. I can't be around sick people, espcially kids, so I can't be at the boys school for a few months volunteering in the classrooms. :(  But right now I have to focus on getting myself better.  Cause if I learned one thing through all of this is that I have to take care of myself, because if I'm not here, who will take care of my boys and husband.

I do need to again thank everyone who prayed for me.  I honestly did feel all the prayers going around me and I felt the angels near me, protecting me.  I even saw my grandparents there in the hospital.  Makes me miss them so much, but I was so thrilled to know that even they are "gone", they really are still around. :) 

This year has really been a difficult year for me. It's been one thing after another and I hope and pray that 2012 will be better. I do hope to get this blog off the ground again.  I'm ready to start posting projects on here, both quilting and paper crafts.  I hope in the weeks to come that things will fall into place here and that you my readers will again enjoy coming to Paper Roses and seeing all the inspiration I have for you. :) 

2011 October sewing list

**Doesn't feel like I got much done in the month of October.... :(**

Things in bold are what was added to the list or what was worked on this month. The strike outs are what was finished completely.

All Done

1. Snowman Valentine pillow
2. Crazy Wedding wallhanging
3. Pink and Brown flower table runner
4. Farm Quilt
5. Jo Banner Day table runner
6. Patrotic Christmas Jo quilt
7. Flag Day table topper
8. Snowbound
9. Postcard Cuties
10. Oh, Americana
11. Courthouse steps (Jo Morton club 10 project)
12. Pumpkin Hill
13. Bug Jar
14. Berry Nice (Jo Morton club 10 project)
15. forgot the name of the quilt (july's project)(Jo Morton club 10 project)
16. Baskets from Blackbird designs
17. Vintage Christmas
18. Lining up the Stars
19. Little logs (did this in 2 days)
20. Henrietta Whiskars

WIP (Work in Progress)

1. Rabbits prefer Chocolate (All the blocks are prepped to work on)
4. Polka dot Whimsical garden (moving this to the UFO's)
5. Americana Baltimore (Tuesday night class) (Have the 4th block done)
7. Snowmen photo booth (cross stitch piece)
8. Americana houses (fabric is all cut)
11. Farm Fresh (Prepped the first block and have done a bit of sewing on it)
13. Snowmen of the year bluework (September and October is done)
14. Hocus Pocus *haunted village blackwork* (Still stitching on the first house)

15. Strawberry Baskets (some is cut out)
16. Winter Wonderland (4 blocks done)

17. Blessings of Spring (finished the first block in 2 days)
18. Chocolate days of the week
19. Civil War Chronicals (1st block done)
20. General Wives (1st block done)

UFO's

1. Queen and her court
2. Valentine heart
3. Mystery quilt 2009 from Tuesday night class
5. Raspberry block swap
6. Butterflies
7. Spring block swap
8. Summer Queen (cross stitch piece)
9. Polka dot whimsical garden

To be Quilted

3 It's a wrap
10. Batik calendar (My secret sister from 2010 sent me blocks all year long and they are all put together, just need to be sandwiched and quilted!)
12. Christmas round robin tuesday group *still need to name it*
13. Floral round robin quilt guild *need to name this one too*
15. Friends of Glory--Americana round robin online quilt
18. Folk Art
19. Memory quilt of Grandma (made by my friends)
20. point of view (Jo club quilt)
21. Sunbonnet witch (jo club quilt)

HOPEFULS

2. Enchanted Autumn
3. Petal Pusher

5. Baltimore bunnies
6. Christmas Magic (doing this with my friend Renee)

A summer of Jo's quilts

I've been slowly catching up on my Jo's projects for the Jo's little women club I belong to.  We meet the second Saturday of each month and show off the previous months quilt. Every quilt is made with 1800 reproduction fabrics (my fav!). 

At our last meeting in September I was able to share some quilts I've done.  I missed a few months in the summer due to an Idaho trip and working at the Scrapbook Expo.  But I did catch up on all but one quilt over the summer.

 Here is my Berry Nice....
 

Bittersweet and Harvest...

 

My take on the "rally around the flag"....