The Adventures of Garrett Squared: Quilts...Thursday's Things In A Row...

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Quilts...Thursday's Things In A Row...

Joining Pat a A View From The Edge for Thursday's Things in A Row...

My Mom's Floor...

No, I didn't just bring this to the party.

Last October, our cousins from PA came to visit my parents.

This is Carl, My Mom, Hilda and My Dad.

Hilda likes to quilt and always has one with her. She quilts by hand. I don't know many people who actually sew the quilt together and quilt it all by hand anymore, but she loves it.

As she was sitting in mom and dad's house quilting, she kept looking at the floor and said that the floor just looked like a quilt block. Here take a closer look...

So, Carl got down on the floor and made a copy of the square on the floor and then at Christmas these came in the mail...

A row of mom's floor! Isn't it pretty????

And there was this row for spring...

And this one for summer...

And this one for Autumn...

Cool huh? Which one is your favorite????

Thanks for stopping by for Thursday's Things In A Row. Now head over to Pat's for more rows...

10 comments:

Kathy GJanuary 19, 2012 at 4:42 PM
Wow! You really CAN find things in a row everywhere. I like them all, but I think the summer's the best.
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PatJanuary 19, 2012 at 7:53 PM
Wow! I am REALLY impressed! She was able to make a quilt block just from seeing the tiled floor? Now THAT is talent right there! All of them are so beautiful! I love all of them! Blue IS my favorite color, but the other ones are so nice too!
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SquirrelQueenJanuary 20, 2012 at 12:12 AM
That is very impressive, she just looked at the tile and created those gorgeous quilt squares. I love it in every season. You have some great things in a row!
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Pioneer Woman at HeartJanuary 20, 2012 at 6:13 AM
My favorite one is the spring colored one. Very nice!
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Tina´s PicStoryJanuary 20, 2012 at 6:54 AM
i like most the blue and the next one with roses! ☺
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DesertHenJanuary 22, 2012 at 12:09 PM
Great rows! I love anything quilted! I think they are all so pretty!
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Kim @ Savvy Southern StyleJanuary 25, 2012 at 10:32 AM
Thanks for the two comments left recently at my blog. You said you can't wait to see the powder room reveal. For some reason you are commenting on older posts and the powder room was revealed a few days ago.

thanks
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Nezzy (Cow Patty Surprise)January 26, 2012 at 10:15 AM
I am very taken with the Spring quilts. 'Just happens to match the colors in the Master Bedroom. 'Just sayin'....

I adore your cousins all in a row, sweet picture!!!

How cool is it that your Mama's floor designed got quilted. I think it's great!

God bless ya and have yourself an extraordinary day sweetie!!!
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thistlewoodfarmJanuary 29, 2012 at 9:43 AM
I love your quilt rows! That blue is so pretty! Thanks so much for the sweet comment on my blog! It truly made my day!
blessings,
karianne
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labbie1February 1, 2012 at 8:00 AM
Thank you to everyone and your wonderful comments! We sure have some great talent in the family! :)

Thank you for dropping in!

Nezzy--if the spring runner disappears, we will know where to look--just sayin' LOL
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The Mockingjay

It is with great sadness that I say goodbye to the characters of this Trilogy.

This 3rd and last book in The Hunger Games Trilogy was not remotely what I thought it would be. While the first two books were books about horrific competition and massive loss it was also about the indomitable will to live and thrive of the human spirit.

I thought that this book would be much as the other two. Our heros are tested and then survive to live happily ever after.

But, this book is much deeper and probably much more realistic than that. The thin skinned President Snowden in his extreme anger makes it clear that Katniss, her family and even her village are not going to be allowed to live in the peace that we anticipated after the first two books. To the end that President Snowden wants to see Katniss and everyone who follows her and her courage destroyed, we are drawn deeply into a story of battle both internal and external, love and loss and the dramatic results of a long lived, hard fought war while unsure of who is friend and who is foe.

The end of this book was a loss in many respects. The loss of a group of people to whom I was drawn and the loss of a way of life for those characters. While the war was won, the battles took their toll on all of the characters that we have come to know and love and their lives are forever changed by the end of this book and trilogy.

Catching Fire

This 2nd book in The Hunger Games Trilogy was even better than number one!

I read it in about a day and a half.

I simply could NOT put it down!

The main thrust of this book is the Quell games. Every 25 years the districts must take part in not one but two games to celebrate the domination of the Capitol.

If I go further than that with explanation, I will probably ruin #1 for you, so let's just say that the Mockingjay has a part in this and that the families of Peeta and Katniss as well as Gale are well represented.

The ending leaves us hungry for more at the edge of an abiss...

Now, on to book 3.

PS--Don't start this series without purchasing all three books because you will surely kick yourself if you can't go right to the next book!

The Hunger Games

Book 1 of the Trilogy:
GREAT READ! This was recommended to me by my hair stylist while I was in Missouri. I purchased it for my Kindle, but subsequently passed it up for other reads. My mistake! What an engaging book! Following Katniss and Peeta as well as the other characters in a richly written narrative of the Hunger Games which are a fight to the death each year of children chosen from each of the 12 poor downtrodden districts of the country of Penam for the enjoyment of the spoiled, protected class of people in the "Capital". Gripping and twisting right to the end! I liked it so much that the second I finished I felt like I couldn't let go of the characters and zipped right on to the second volume of the trilogy! RECOMMEND HIGHLY!

Pumpkin Roll

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The neighbor is rumored to be a witch and with several other colorful characters of dubious nature, we have a fun Halloween culinary novel.

The nice twist at the end of the story gives an interesting wrap-up to make this book a good light read.

In addition, the recipes sounded so good that I had to copy some of them down and try them--including the Pumpkin Roll of the book title. A good read and good recipes! What's better than that?

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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Quilts...Thursday's Things In A Row...

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