Day 12 of NaBloPoMo challenge!

Happy Sunday!

Nice quiet day today. A visit to church always makes my day seem easier. 

Yesterday I managed to get some more towels ready for my craft fair. The one that we were suppose to do was cancelled due to rain. It is rescheduled for the 19th. I sure hope that it doesn't continue to rain all week. 

Plans for the rest of this week are for both myself and my husband to go get our flu shots. I started getting them in 2009 after Carl had his heart surgery. I sure didn't want to bring home anything to make him sick. Then I need to get some more items done for the craft fairs this fall. I have a quilt top on the design wall that I would love to get finished. It was one that I started while I was in Arizona. Of course getting caught up on the wash after being way for a week is in the works too.

Until next time,

Happy Quilting, Sharon Permanent "Quilting the Kaye Wood Way" Certified Instructor since 2013

Day 10 of NaBloPoMo challenge!

I have to dedicate today's blog post to a "Happy Birthday, Grandma Garrett". She would be well over 100 as she was born in the late 1800's. Some time ago my husband and I were talking that we know people that lived in 3 centuries. Both of us have family that were born in the 1800's, we were born in the 1900's and grandkids that were born in both the 1900 and 2000's. I wonder what my great-great grandkids will think when they are living in the 2100's. I often wonder what I will be remembered for. I remember Grandma Garrett was a little woman with white hair braided and wrapped around her head, loved gardening and had beautiful flowers, lived in a huge old house with an outhouse not a bathroom, and a round kitchen table that always had a sugar bowl in the center. We use to visit on Sunday's and my mother use to take some of her flowers for her flowerbeds. We had some nice flowers around our house when I was growing up. 

What are your memories with your family that was born 2 centuries ago?

Until next time,
Happy Quilting, Sharon 
Permanent "Quilting the Kaye Wood Way" Certified Instructor since 2013

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Day 9 of NaBloPoMo challenge!

I am soooo behind.......

Day 3 was spent driving 15 hours to visit family and keeping my daughter company.
Day 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 was spent visiting with my sister for the forth time this year. That is a record since the last time we visited 5 years ago. With this visit and problems with internet connections meant I was MIA the past 6 days. 
Day 9 was driving home and getting a year older.

I have a craft fair to go to this Saturday and I sure hope that it doesn't rain. I really hate it when it rains and I am outside trying to sell my quilts and such. One of the items that sells great for me is my hanging kitchen towels. 

My sister that I just visited have been making these towels for years and when we get together we shop for 'towels' and joke that there is a 'towel shortage' at 'home' because we always find 'towels' that we just have to bring home. It makes it so that we always have towels that need to have the crochet tops done. Of course this trip was like all the rest of our visits and I came home with more towels and yarn. 

All of my bags are unpacked and tomorrow I think I will just sit around and get more towels ready for my craft fair. If anybody is in the Hendersonville, TN area and like craft fairs come on out to the Annual Pumpkin Patch Festival at the Streets of Indian Lake. It is a great place to see several vendors and get some unusual and one of a kind items for your Christmas gifts. See you then!

Until next time, 

Happy Quilting, Sharon 
Permanent "Quilting the Kaye Wood Way" 
Certified Instructor since 2013

Day 2 of NaBloPoMo challenge!

I have to start this post with, "Happy Birthday, Norm!!" Norm (or as we in the family have called him for the past 52 years, Normie :)), has been a thorn in my side all these years.... Nahhh, he is a good 'kid' LOL! He is also one of the most amazing dads I have seen. I see his posts on Facebook and am just amazed! Norm is my oldest brother's first child and my mother's second grandchild. Of course I was the babysitter during family get togethers so of course I always thought he was a brat just like all the rest of my nieces and nephews! His birthday is also the first to kick off the multiple birthdays of the month. I think most of my family was born in October......

Must get busy and clean the house! It is not one of my favorite things to do, but I must clean up the mess I create when I sew and quilt.... That is the down side of my creative side.

Until next time,

Happy Quilting, Sharon 
Permanent "Quilting the Kaye Wood Way" Certified Instructor since 2013

NaBloPoMo challenge!

Last week as I was reading my favorite group of blogs on BlogHer I noticed a challenge to post every day in October. Of course I had to sign up so that I could get my blogging back up to speed. The icon for you to sign up is in the right sidebar. It seems that the computer work always manages to be done last when in fact I needs it to be first. I have the bad habit of spending HOURS on the computer when I finally start working it. Just a simple blog post can take several hours because I go over it so many times before I hit the publish button. I get really discouraged with bad spelling and grammar in any post that I read and I have to do everything in my power to fix any of mine. I am not saying that there are some things that I go back and read on my blog that I don't say 'WHAT?!?!' to, but overall I am happy with every post I put on here. The other thing is, I like photos in posts. Not that every post I do has photos. That is usually because they are either 1) in the phone and I haven't transferred them yet or 2) I haven't gotten around to 'fix' them. As with most of my pictures posted here I try to put my watermark on them and of course you need to re-size and crop them. All of that takes time and when you just want to do a quick post it doesn't get done. 

For those that have not visited me I will give an overview of my blog. I started tabs so those that only wanted information on certain parts of my life would be able to go right to that part instead of scanning every post. 

'Life' is the first tab. This is the tab that opens when you click into Coyote Quilts on blogspot. This is where I post all of my everyday things such as kids, grandkids, birthdays, and general happenings in my 'life'.

'Quilting the Kaye Wood Way' classes tab has all my information on the quilting classes that I am certified to instruct from Kaye Wood. I have taken classes from Kaye since 2009 and this year I earned the 'Permanent Certified' certificate to teach each and every one of Kaye's patterns and rulers. I listed and linked all of Kaye's patterns for easy viewing with pictures of the quilts I completed and remembered to take pictures of. I would love to schedule a class with your group just contact me to discuss dates and times. 

'Quilting World' is where I try to post all of my quilting projects. Some of the posts and pictures are of quilt shows I have attended some are my projects for sale others are quilts I have made for family and friends. 

'My Spiritual Side' is all things related to my Christian beliefs as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. With the announcement that a temple was going to be built in North Phoenix, AZ and groundbreaking starting in 2011 I wanted to show the progress being made each week. Well, the weekly pictures soon went to monthly then not at all. I found it was very hard to make the time to go to the site each week and get my pictures especially after the outside was done and you couldn't see any changes other than equipment.  We moved from the Phoenix area last April and I have no pictures of the finished temple, but you can see it here. For those that always wondered what those 'Mormons' did in their temples and are in the Phoenix, AZ area now is your chance to visit one. There is an open house for general public to view this beautiful temple from October 10, 2014 through November 1, 2014. The tour is not limited to those that make an appointment. If you happen to be in the area of 51sth Ave and Pinnacle Peak and want a tour please stop. You can't believe how beautiful and peaceful this House of the Lord can be until you experience it yourself.

'Donations' is next in line. This is mostly for myself to know what and where I have donated. I would love to donate more, but as with everything else time just marches right on by. I have 2 places that I donate, the first is my time and talents to my church and the second is to hospice when I make quilts for the clients. 

'Tutorials' is up next even though there is only 1 tute there. When I did this tute I realized that there was a lot more work getting a tute together than I ever realized. I get so into my work that I forget to stop and take pictures each and every step then I end up having to make ANOTHER item....

'"Challenge"' was started to get my juices flowing to get projects done in a timely manner. I have a problem with procrastination and needed a little incentive. I at least got some stuff done that I wouldn't otherwise have accomplished that year. I need to do another one this year just to stay on track. 

'Vacations!' are up next. Yeah, this is where I try to post all of our vacations, even the little day trips we sometimes take. We have had some amazing discoveries with our little day trips. Here is one fun day that I really enjoyed. 

'Coyote Quilts on ArtFire' is a link to my ArtFire site. While I have been doing this post I have checked to make sure all my links are working correctly. When I first started writing this post the link was looking weird, but it has changed again in the last 15 minute, I didn't realize that it was going to be a complete overhaul of ArtFire (I know I received an e-mail about it a bit ago) and as with everything new I will have to get use to it. One thing that is really nice is that the pictures are HUGE now. You can see items a lot better without clicking through to the next page. The other changes are going to take time getting use to.

'Coyote Quilts on Facebook' is my link to my Facebook business page. Usually I manage to post more over there because I can just snap a pic on my phone and post. Only downfall with that is that I don't have my watermark on all of those pictures. If you are a Facebook fan click on over and 'Like' me!

In the right sidebar is multiple different icons  some with links embedded and others are just interesting information about me and my blog. So grab a cuppa' and check out my 'Life' and let me know what you think in a comment! 

To keep up to date with me fill in your email address in 'follow by email' box.

Thanks for visiting!

Until tomorrow,
Happy Quilting, Sharon 

Permanent "Quilting the Kaye Wood Way" 
Certified Instructor since 2013

Welcome to my portion of Around the World Blog Hop!

Holly invited me to be part of the 'Around the World Blog Hop' a week or so ago. I have been swapping pieces of fabric and blocks with Holly for several years. It is so fun to have friends all over the world that have the same passion as I do. Check out Holly's blog, FabricMom! 

1. What am I working on?

      Crocheting tops on kitchen towels, quilting quilt tops that I made and didn't finish, designing a quilt for a grandson in EQ6, making purse/pocketbooks, down sizing and making the 9-Patch pattern for baby doll quilts and spending time with my grand-daughters.

9-Patch baby quilt

Hanging Kitchen Towel

Outside of purse

Inside and pockets

Baby Doll blanket

2. How does my work differ from others of its genre?

     I get the most pleasure working with traditional blocks. I am also a Permanent Certified 'Quilting the Kaye Wood Way' instructor so I use her techniques in my quilt construction. I also have stopped buying patterns and books except Kaye's. There are very few blocks I can't figure out how to construct.

 3. Why do I write/create what I do?

     I have been a crafter for years and always loved quilts. It wasn't until the rotary cutter was invented that I started quilting. I knew I would never finish a quilt if I had to cut all of those squares and triangles with scissors. 

     As far as writing goes I love sharing my tricks with others so they can complete their projects easily.

 4. How does my writing/creating process work?
      I always have a quilt idea in my mind and love to get ideas from things around me. The floors in different buildings and the designs along the roadways are both great places for me to find inspiration. I started my blog to share what is going on in my life with my family and friends.

I invited 2 bloggers to join us, but only one responded. Alina is another block swapper from the time I was swapping fabric and blocks ALL the time. Not only is she a great swapper, but she is a home schooling mom and professional quilter. You can find quilt patterns she has designed at Monkey See... Monkey Do. If you are interested in her quilting services check out Polta Dot Creations.

A couple blog sites I frequent are Smockity Frocks. This blog is about another home schooling mom and her life. I have been following her for years and love her wit and humor about life and having a large family. The other site I visit is BlogHer and if you go there you will find every type of blog that you can imagine.

Until next time,
Happy Quilting, Sharon Permanent "Quilting the Kaye Wood Way" Certified Instructor since 2013

September already!

Can you believe that it is September already? There is less than 4 months till the end of the year. What are your plans for the last few months of 2014? My plans are to get some of the quilt tops I have done put into usable quilts. I'll let you know how well I do!

Until next time, 

Happy Quilting, Sharon 
Permanent "Quilting the Kaye Wood Way" Certified Instructor since 2013