My work on Faye's block in the FFT #7 Round Robin on CQI

This is the altered altoid tin I made for a swap on the CQI site. It went to Shari in Colorado. I hope she likes it.

Beaded butterfly I made. I was going to use it on a round robin block, but the block was more pastel than this, so it is just waiting for a place to land.

My lovely stepdaughter Chelsa, left, and her best friend, Heather, came for a visit.

My mom and her friend Mary came down for a day to pick fresh figs. Mom made 6 pints and 11 half pints of preserves. Can't wait to try them.

LINES TO MAKE YOU SMILE

1.. My husband and I divorced over religious differences. He thought he was God and I didn't.
2.. I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it.
3.. Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them.
4.. I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.
5.. Don't take life too seriously; no one gets out alive.
6.. You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me.
7.. Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
8.. Earth is the insane asylum for the universe.
9.. I'm not a complete idiot -- Some parts are just missing.
10.. Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.
11.. God must love stupid people; He made so many.
12.. The gene pool could use a little chlorine.
13.. Consciousness: That annoying time between naps.
14.. Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
15.. Being 'over the hill' is much better than being under it!
16.. Wrinkled Was Not One of the Things I Wanted to Be When I Grew up.
17.. Procrastinate Now!
18.. A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
19.. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.
20.. Stupidity is not a handicap. Park elsewhere!
21..They call it PMS because Mad Cow Disease was already taken.
22.. He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless DEAD.
23.. A picture is worth a thousand words, but it uses up three thousand times the memory.
24.. The trouble with life is there's no background music.
25.. I smile because I don't know what the hell is going on.

Appreciate every single thing you have, especially your friends! Life is too short and friends are too few.

Are you listening to me, mama?














Ok, here's the deal, Lady, we can be friends as long as you don't eat me.

But, Zax, you look so tasty.

Thank you; but I'd just be a hairball. Why don't we just pretend you ate me and leave it at that?

Hhmm, ok.








Don't step on me, Ladybug.

I won't, I'm just following you.

Why?

Cause you are so small and cute.

Aaww, I like you too, Ladybug.

Sissy, if I can handle Gramma's Ladybug, I can handle you with one paw tied behind my back.

OOOOhhh, I'm soooo scared.

Mama, Daddy is ignoring me.

Christmas Wreath I am working on

Purse I made for the CQI purse contest

The front is silk and satin while the rest is brocade. I'm actually keeping this one.

On January 1st I started a project that stretched my comfort zone. I wanted to make a free standing "doll". I used some wire that Tommy bought me and wrapped it with quilt batting. I used yarn to tie the batting on.

I know, the first pic is upside down, but I took it that way trying to get a good view of the limbs.

I used batik fabric as the covering. I love batiks. I tied the strips on the trunk. I cut the leaves from the same fabric; used fabric paint to make the veins. I then tied all the leaves onto the branches.....all 10 of them.

I used glitter gel pens to draw the face on unbleached muslin.

She still needs some embellishing but everyone who has seen her likes her.

This is my FFT's RR block for CQI after Diane in Canada has worked her magic. I love the chain stitch aqueduct (did I mention my hubby is a structural engineer who used to build bridges and loves the ancient Roman aqueducts).

This is my work on Nicki's block for the CQI FFT RR #7. I sure hope she likes it. I had fun doing it. I tried out a new stitch. It is the blue perle fiber stitch over the fish. I found it on Sharon B's blog PinTangle. She calls it a pagoda chevron. The fish motif is one of the first things I ever dyed. I did it while we were still in New Orleans.

I changed the name of my blog (not the web address, just the name). Southern Breeze was the name I used when I first started trying to find a craft that I was good enough at to do craft shows, etc. Ya know, make a little money for the family, for spending, etc. I started making bath and body products. We were living in Williamsburg, VA at the time. I wanted a name that showed my Southern heritage. No matter where I ever live, I am a southern girl. I came up with Southern Breeze. It seemed like a good name for bath and body products.

When I started my blog, the only name I could think of to call it was Southern Breeze. For the last few weeks I have been thinking of a new name for my blog, something that has meaning to my life and what I do now. Why the word frenzied came into play I have no clue, but I like it. Of course pretty much everything I do has to do with fibers, so that word was a given. Frenzied Fibers? Fiber Frenzy? How about Frenzied over Fibers? That works...at least for now....lol.

As of yesterday it's been 6 years....6 years of laughing, loving, crying, moving, arguing, making up, late night meals at Waffle House, road trips....6 years of being married to the most wonderful, thoughtful, kind, sexy man in the world. I thank God for each and every day with him and pray for another 160 years.........lol.

This is a prim doll I made for the Making Dollz group. It went to Rosa.

While we were living at the Hotel Acadiana, I was asked to make some homemade gifts for the employee party. I made some stockings, crackers, and angels. I also made a larger stocking for a door prize.