Marla's Crochet Threads

I do these star every year for Christmas and give them away. The hardest part about the whole 3 dimensional star is finding the right type of paper and getting it cut into strips. I will try to post a picture of one. It seems that I always run to a challenge when posting pictures. I FOUND OUT WHERE TO GET THE PAPER!  I am so Happy!!!!  Here is the link :    

I just finish this and it is the most challenging dollies that I have ever done because the many part to the construction and the up and down serpentine like row was attached in a long rope like and I had to be very careful not to twist it. I like a challenge.        

Wow! I guess that I am not a great blogger. It has been a while so I had better post something to really say that I am alive. I have just finished the summer and school is back in session and I have time. My garden is winding down from the producing produce every day and the figs are slowing too. I just finished a very difficult dollie that I started at the begining of the year and just finished it with a lot of concentration so I think that I will now start with something simple. I have already started a pillowcase which is not much and I have to start a baby blanket for my daughter-in-laws babyshower in 2 weeks. So I had better go to it. Have a great day!

We did these Easter Egg for Easter.  You get Silk ties and tie them around the egg with a layer of white cotton then boil them in water and a little vinegar.    I saw it on Martha Stewart and went to the thrift store to find the ties. The ties that snag your fingers are usually silk. The greatest fun is unwrapping the eggs when they have cooled. You never want to eat them because they are so pretty. You can also buy silk ties cheep on line.  East is coming!!    

I received this quilt pattern yesterday at church from a lovely Sister that is in down from the north as snow birds. She also gave me the poem below so I just included them with the pattern. I can't wait to try the pattern it is easy and looks like a good one to use up scraps of material and when it is all done it looks like you went to a lot of work. It is a beautiful square that you then just bump up together and sew or zig zag together. The foot ball looking pattern in the center is the edging for the finished quilt and the blocks are made by folding down the circle sides over the square in the middle. Have fun and a great day. Marla