Grandmama's Stories

Thursday, February 21, 2013

MY NEW GALFRIENDS

BABE

I GOT YOU BABE

WELCOME TO GRANDMAMA'S STORIES

MEET MY NEW *GAL* PALS!

Everything here has a *STORY*

Buffalo Babe is a Huge fan of the Thundering Herd

from

MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

My Alma Mater

WE ARE...MARSHALL

is the cheer heard in the 2006 Movie by the same name.

Starring Matthew McConaughey, the movie tells the true story of the rebuilding of the football team after a tragic plane crash in Nov. 1970 that killed the entire team, boosters, and crew on a rainy West Virginia night. My husband was one of the REAL football players recruited to rebuild the team. We got to be consultants on the movie, be in crowd scenes, and attend movie premier.

Picture on right above the shaker shows my husband (far rt)., 2 friends, and Matthew McConaughey

1971 Young Thundering Herd team (Husband is #67, 3rd row back, white jersey on the end)

2007 Team Reunion on right

Buffalo Babe 2013

BAMA BELLE

ROLL TIDE BABE

University of Alabama

BAMA BELLE sure was fun to hang around with these past few weeks.

Thanks to the Two COOLEST BABES I know, Madame Samm and Marlene for a very FUN Blog Hop.

Thanks to Head Babe Designer, Amy Bradley

Please check ALL the BABES today:

Friday, February 22

A Little Bit of Lorene
Life In The Scrapatch
Boston Bits
I Love Wool
Patchouli Moon Studio
As Sweet As Peaches
Just Quilt It
Grandmama's Stories
The Slow Quilter
Robin at That Other Blog
Scrapbook-ChickADoodle

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

NEED A LAUGH????

NEED A LAUGH???

OH MY WORD, THIS HAS TO BE SOME OF THE FUNNIEST CREATIONS IN THE QUILTING WORLD TO DATE

THANKS TO AMY BRADLEY DESIGNS

CHECK OUT THE "GALS" CREATED BY THESE *GALS*

Wednesday, February 20

Buzzing and Bumbling

Cherries Prairie Primitives

Kwilty Pleasures

Sew On And So Forth

Sew. Darn. Quilt.

A Stitch In Time

Doodling In My Mind

Moosestash Quilting

Susie's World

Sunday, February 17, 2013

NEW THINGS

NEW THINGS

NEW BABIES,

NEW BLOG HOP,

NEW OPPORTUNITIES,

Baby in a Cup

Meet Baby Bella who is not only a friend's baby girl and currently about 3 yrs. old but one of my absolute Favorite photos taken by my Professional Photographer Daughter Mary Ellen... LightHouse Photography. Little "Bella in a Cup" has graced the front of magazines and won several photography awards. Baby Bella represents just ONE of the "New Opportunities" gracing my family...see below

Just for fun, I thought I would share a few Personal tid-bits happening here on The Farm.

NEW BABIES...

Meet * SI * our 7 wk. old Border Collie.

Having Si is like having a new baby in the house, round the clock feedings, playtime, naptime, discipline, chewing, chewing and MORE chewing..., crying, but most of all LOTS and LOTS of cuddles, licks, and puppy kisses. Si came to live here at 4 wks. so he needed feeding every 4-5 hrs. and getting up Early for Potty time. He is named after Uncle Si from the very funny show, Duck Dynasty (a family favorite here at the Farmhouse).

Look at that face!...Bestill my heart!

Meet Little Willie

Willie is less than 24 hrs. old in this picture. He was born, Jan. 27th

New Opportunities...

Lighthouse Photography's

New Studio...go take a peek

Located in the eclectic part of town, coffee houses, antique stores, boutiques, etc...

Downstairs..Emma's Tea Room

Upstairs...Lighthouse Photography

Together...A Great Partnership!

and

NEW PROJECTS...NEW FRIENDS

SASSY SEWERS

My NEW quilt/sewing group!!

We meet the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month from 10-2 at a local community building. We have a huge room, great light, lots of tables and outlets, and full size kitchen! We grow each time we meet and we usually have 8-10 ladies each time with a total of 12-13 on roll. Perfect Size!

If you can't find a sewing group start your own...I Did!

NEW BLOG HOP

TRUST ME, YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS BLOG HOP AND the VARIETY OF CREATIvity. I'VE LAUGHED SO HARD WHILE MAKING MY *LADY*.

Even #1 Husband has gotten into the "spirit" of my Ladies and wants a daily update of the gals.

You'll understand why I use the word "spirit" once you see my new girlfriends.

My Day...Friday, Feb. 22nd...

Oh you just wait...I made TWO GIRLFRIENDS are a sight to behold! They give a whole new meaning to FAN....FAN??? You'll see...just you wait.

Blessings

Monday, February 4, 2013

Valentine's Day Memories

HUGS AND KISSES

LOVE IS IN THE AIR

I am not a participant in this Blog Hop but lots of my creative Quilting friends are and I don't want you to miss out on all the Valentine fun. Please take the time to visit each one, leave a brief comment if possible, and get some great inspiration for projects of your own! That's How I get my ideas!

Vintage Children's Classroom Valentines Day Card

What is one of your childhood memories of Valentine's Day?

I remember quite vividly the Holiday each year in elementary school (Grades 1-6 for me) when we would decorate some type of *Mailbox* for the class to "Deliver" our Valentine cards.

Some years the teacher had us decorate a brown or white paper bag and tape it to the Chalkboard Holder in front of the room. MY favorite mailbox was the SHOEBOX decorated with a slit cut in the top for cards to slip through. I got pretty fancy with mine, 3D elements, glitter, crayons (no markers back in the 50's), etc...Oh it was a Grand Creation to behold!!

The MOST fun however was sitting at my kitchen table while Mama washed dishes and I agonized over every Valentine card and WHO I should give it to. After-all, such sentimental words could NOT be tossed about lightly. Heaven forbid, if you gave the wrong boy the wrong card!! You would be teased unmercifully till at least St. Patrick's Day. I was sure that a *certain* Kenny had chosen that special Valentine I received in 5th grade. It wasn't till I was grown that I learned his mother had chosen, signed, and sealed Kenny's Valentines and because my mother and Kenny's mother were good friends, she chose me for that SPECIAL Valentine's card. The whole card couldn't have been bigger than a 2" x 4" piece of cardboard but to me it was grander than a diamond ring from Kay Jewelers. I was the center of attention during recess which made the whole event an "Affair to Remember". The fact that Kenny never said a word to me the entire year mattered little...I had my Valentine to remember the day for a lifetime!

Jane + Kenny

Kenny is a wonderful husband and father to Karen, still lives in my hometown, and very active in his church and community. We saw each other in 2011 at our 40th reunion, shared grandchildren pictures and recalled fun times. Nope, he STILL does not know the Valentine story...he & Karen would get a huge laugh. I'll leave it for another day.

Blessings

Have Fun, Go Hopping!!!

Monday February 11th

Jane's Fabrics and Quilts

Sowing Stitches

The Fuzzy Hat Quilter

Quilts and Dogs

Ninis Patchwork

Mrs. Pickles Garden

Patchouli Moon Studio

Life in the Scrapatch

Meadowbrook

Tuesday February 12th

Just Let Me Quilt

Quilt Monster in my Closet

Nati's Little Things

Kwilty Pleasures

Cherry's Prairie Primitives

Freemotion by the River

Marjorie's Busy Corner

Wednesday February 13th

Cherry Blossoms Quilting Studio

The Distracted Domestic

Selina Quilts

Terry's Quilting Time

Rosemary B @ that other blog

as sweet as peaches

Karma Willow Designs

Thursday February 14th

Dachsies with Moxie

From This to That

Sew at Home Mummy

Everyone Deserves a Quilt

A Geeky Crafty Life

Charlottes Creations

The German Mom

Debby Kratovil Quilts

NorthHills Quilter

Friday February 15th

Why Knot Kwilt

NitaDances

Sew Darn Quilt

Quilt-N-Queen

Fiddlesticks and Humility

Thursday, January 31, 2013

DRESDEN GIVE=AWAY WINNER

AND THE WINNER IS...............

LISA

IN THE BOON DOCKS

#181 COMMENT LISA SAID,

"Hi, I am a follower! I love your dresden! What a life achievement not many can claim 40 years of marriage, you are truly blessed! Congratulations to you and your wonderful (must be) husband! Go Marshall and WV were I live "In The Boon Docks". Many blessing in the years to come!"

AN EMAIL HAS BEEN SENT...WAITING A REPLY SO I CAN MAIL LISA MY GIVE-AWAY plus some extra surprises since she is a fellow West Virginian, the state I was born and raised in till age 26.

COME BACK Saturday and meet our newest "family member"

Si, our 5 week old Border Collie! Si, is named after Uncle Si from the show Duck Dynasty. Oh he is soooo cute, looks like a little Panda Bear, very smart, and has stolen our hearts. If you will remember, Hank, our 19 yr. old Border Collie, died back in October. I have lots of *Si* pictures to share. I'm making Si his own Kennel Quilt.

Thursday, January 24, 2013

DARE ME TO DRESDEN..MONDAY ANNIVERSARY UPDATE

DARE ME...

Ok, I'm BLOWN away by all your super kind comments!! Whoo Hoo!! I didn't want to change my post too much since the Blog Hop is still going on and my Give-Away isn't till the 31st. So you still have a chance to leave a comment/become a follower to enter the Give-Away and I'll update the day's blogs to visit.
I'LL ANNOUNCE A WINNER FEB. 1ST

HOW WE MET
Would you Believe #1 Husband and I, Gmama, celebrated our 40th anniversary on Jan. 27th, Sunday?? Yep, we were but babes when we married and grew up together. I was 19, he was 20, both sophomores in college, in love, and couldn't wait for graduation so we found an apartment while helping our best friends hunt for an apartment. Jeanie and Allen had just gotten married 2 weeks prior and our planned wedding date of May 10th, 1975 seemed eons away.

AAAH, the ignorance of youth. In a matter of 24 hrs. we decided to get married and take the little apartment right above our best friends. I think back now and wonder why our parents didn't just kill us right on the spot. But they didn't, and on January 27th,1973, Jane Ellen Shrewsbury married Roger Holman Hillis on a snowy West Virginia afternoon at the Campus Christian Center on the campus of Marshall University. The wedding was planned and put together on a budget of $300 with the help of all the girls on the 6th floor of Twin Towers. I was going to wear a suit to save money but my parents wanted me to at least have a wedding dress. I went home the week-end before our wedding(4 hrs. away) and my mother took me shopping for a wedding dress....Cost?? $68!! Size 8 and LOTS of lace!!

All this transpired from July, 1971 when during freshmen orientation at Marshall University, Huntington WV, a group of silly teen-age girls right out of High School, were sitting around in the girls' dorm lounge when this good-looking, 6'4", sandy haired young man ,with a killer southern accent and muscles of an obvious athlete came up to us and asked to borrow a dime to call his girlfriend back in Alabama. Every girl there that day nearly killed herself to be the first one to find a dime to give to this really really cute boy (the term Hottie had not been invented)....I WON!!! Psst...I made it my mission to make that young man forget all about that Alabama girlfriend...

Fast Forward, 42 yrs, 3 children, and 5 grandchildren later, that sandy haired boy football player with the killer southern drawl is still married to that 18 yr. old WV girl who loaned him a dime. Guess what?...He forgot ALL about that Alabama girlfriend by October of that 71-72 school year.

Here's to 40 Happy Ever After Years

To Be Continued..........

TEA TIME

TEA TIME WALL HANGING

Tea Time is embroidered but it needs to be darker.

This is the top to my new chair cushion.
The ruffle will be sewn from the center polka dot.

GIVE AWAY

TEA TIME WALL HANGING (NEEDS BINDING)
TIES THAT BIND, BY MARIE BOSTWICK
DRESDEN PLATE QUILT STENCIL
(Plus some quilting surprises I like to put in my packages)

1. LEAVE A COMMENT &TELL ME YOU'RE A FOLLOWER
2. WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN JAN. 31ST

BIG HUGS AND THANK YOU TO MADAME SAMM, CHEERLEADER SPONSOR
AND CHRISTINE, HEAD CHEERLEADER

Please Hop On Over to see More:

January 28^th, 2013

A Reformed Heath'n

Meadowbrook

Rosemary B @ “that Other Blog”

Stitch Duchess' Crazy & Sane Quilting World

Blooming Where I am Planted

Quilting Lodge

The Tilted Quilt

Life in the Scrapatch

Pretty Bobbins
In The Boon Docks

Sew Much and More

Threading My Way
Pink Ribbon Quilts

Thimble Mouse & Spouse

BLESSINGS

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

DARE TO DRESDEN BLOG HOP SCHEDULE

I'VE TAKEN THE DARE

JANUARY 25TH, 2013

I've pulled out almost my whole fabric stash to make Dresden Plate Pillow Tops! Dresden Plate is a very versatile quilt pattern and allows me to do something I call "Coloring With Fabric". Remember getting a new Crayola Crayon Box with all those cool names for colors? OOH, I was in crayon heaven. Well, I'm all grown up and quilting is like opening up my crayon box, picking colors for a brand new page in my new coloring book, except it's a new quilt pattern and the colors come from my fabrics.

So come by on Friday to see what I *COLORED*.

Blessings

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY'S SCHEDULE:

January 24^th, 2013

Thimble Mouse & Spouse

Debby Kratovil Quilts

Apple Avenue Quilts

The TreeHouse

Sew Mollie Sue, Quilt Much

Quilts My Way

Buzzing and Bumbling

Marjorie's Busy Corner