Oh How I love Fabric..(fabric sales)
June 15th, 2010
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Chicago's Quilt Festival 2010
April 28th, 2010
I shot pictures of several quilts last weekend at Quilt Festival in Chicago, but I’ve yet to sort through the photos and match them up with the names. I’ll try to post them this weekend. I did, however, shoot some pictures of the fabrics I found for my stash (as if I needed more, right?).
Most of the fabric sold at quilt shows is precut–either fat quarters, half-yards, or bundles of some type. Some shops bring bolts of fabric, but in the past many years, I’ve been more likely to buy fat quarters than yardage. I’ll need to be making some scrappier designs, since fat quarters are great for scrappy designs. And they’re gonna be some very colorful scrappy quilts because I have a definite preference for brighter colors. And, of course, farm prints. This isn’t everything–some of it wasn’t all that interesting–but I thought I’d share some of the fun stuff!
Of course, there’s always a little farm fabric that I need to bring home. On the left is a farm panel–it was just too fun to pass up. On the right are some fat quarters, a half-yard, and another very cute farm print from a newer line. I’m not sure what I’ll do with it, but that’s okay.
Feathers are up next. The one on the left was just too interesting in colors to pass up. The one on the right will match the fabrics in the Storm At Sea quilt I’m planning. The blues and purples will be perfect and add a lot of texture to the quilt.The village print on the right was an interesting find. What I’ll do with it–don’t know. It would make a cool center for a quilt with several borders (plain and/or pieced) along the edges. I love that it has a New England village field to it. As for the rest of the fabrics, I loved the light lime batik, the dots were a fun color combination, and the ladies are already, I believe, part of the stash I have set aside for the someday decorating of the sewing room. My Mom uses double-sided, pre-quilted fabric to make a thing called a potato bag–used to microwave baked potatoes to perfection. When I saw the parrot and tropical print, I knew it was the potato-bag fabric for me! The mushy print on the left just called to me, as did the farm-y one on the right. But the parrots….
And finally. There was a booth selling fat quarters for VERY good prices. It was jam packed in there, but people were being very generous by passing things back to others who had their eyes on something. Great source for stash-building, a little bit of everything, and I bought duplicates of the ones I was particularly fond of–like the soft green and pink on at the bottom. I don’t know what I’ll do with it exactly, but I am looking forward to having the chance.
What I don’t have in my hands right now are the baby flannels I bought for me (that I offered to share with Rich’s niece) and the fabrics I picked up for my Mom for a special project she’s working on. So when I get the flannels back, I’ll share them. I won’t get all of the others back–I guess I did a pretty good job of choosing fabrics for Mom because she kept several of them. More to come on the display quilts soon!
How Colon Cleansing Can Help With Weight Loss
April 25th, 2010
Do you want to know how to burn off that fat and lose weight? Colon cleansing provides energy and makes your metabolism work better. It is very effective in weight loss. Colon cleansing is a safer weight loss alternative than some of the other unnatural weight loss products.
When we eat too much of the wrong food, we build mucus in our colon. This mucus gathers around our colon walls. Colon cleansing flushes this mucus out of our colon. Some people claim to have lost 10 to 15 pounds after a colon cleansing procedure. This procedure cleans out the excess mucus and fat that is stuck to the walls of the colon. It is then sucked out during the procedure. This mucus and fat is caused by eating fatty foods like French fries and any other deep fried foods, etc. When this is cleansed from your body it makes your stomach flatter.
The colon is extremely important in making your digestive system work correctly. When your colon is stuffed with waste material, mucus, and fat, then your diet won’t work correctly. This makes burning fat and weight loss harder. Your body becomes tired more quickly. This makes your body not have enough energy to do the right weight loss activities. Colon cleansing helps to give your body the nutrients that your body needs for energy to burn fat and perform weight loss activities.
There are many colon cleansing procedures available today. There is colon irrigation and natural colon cleansing for weight loss. In the natural colon cleansing procedure, natural supplements are used. These are usually taken orally or as an enema. These supplements will force out the mucus, fat, toxins, and waste from our body. The colon irrigation procedure is used for severe clogging of the colon. It is administered by a therapist in the form of an enema. It will flush out the colon by pumping water through a tube through your rectum. They then use another tube to flush this water out of your body.
Most people use natural colon cleansing recipes. Her are a few of the most common and popular natural colon cleansing recipes used today.
Honey Apple Cider Vinegar Drink:
Mix one teaspoon of honey with one tablespoon fresh squeezed lemon juice Then mix in one tablespoon of apple cider vinegar. Add the mix to a cup of boiling water. Lemon juice and honey will cleanse your colon. The apple cider vinegar aids in the digestion process.
Lemon Ginger Cleanse:
Mix one quarter of a cup of fresh squeezed lemon juice with one teaspoon of fresh grated ginger. Add to a boiling cup of water. Lemon and ginger will cleanse your colon.
Lemon Cayenne Pepper Drink:
Mix 2 tablespoons of fresh squeezed lemon juice with 2 tablespoons of organic maple syrup and one tenth of a teaspoon of cayenne pepper into three quarters of a cup of water. Mix together well.