QUILT BOOK: "KALEIDOSTARS" BY TOBY LISCHKO

If you are looking for something to lift your spirits, something to inspire you to be more creative, I have the solution.  My Friend Toby Lischko has published her new book.   The book contains new piecing techniques with accurate descriptions.  You will be excited when you see how she manipulates fabric    She has had the honor to be chosen as a finalist for the National Quilt Museum's New Quilts from Old Favorites contest in Paducah, Kentucky.  Her Quilt placed 5th.   If you are attending this year's AQS show in Paducah she has several classes she will be teaching.    The following is the newsletter published by Toby to announce her new book. Toby also has a blog site to visit: http://gatewayquiltsnstuff.blogspot.com/

Workshops I will be teaching 5 workshops this year at the AQS show in Paducah, KY. Two of them are already sold out. It's a great show and shouldn't be missed. I still have openings in myMardi Gras class. Learn how to make a Lone Star, "y" seams without marking, and how to fussy-cut sections for a unique look. http://www.quiltweek.com/workshops/47525-mardi-gras/ Milan Ambrosia.Learn how to use border stripes to create interesting designs in your quilts. http://www.quiltweek.com/workshops/47504-milan-ambrosia-using-border-stripes/ Northern Lights.Make one of the quilts in my new book Kaleidostars. Learn how to use mirrors to find interesting designs in your fabrics and how to cut perfect repeats every time. This star has no "y" seams and is a breeze to piece. http://www.quiltweek.com/workshops/47104-northern-lights/ Update Subscription Preferences Unsubscribe Now NEW BOOK IN!!! My book Kaleidostars is finally available! I will be having some special giveaways on my blog for anyone participating. (Click on the image to take you to the book.) Check out my blog on Valentines Day, February 14. I will also show off some of the quilts and the fabrics I used to create them. http://gatewayquiltsnstuff.blogspot.com/. The first 25 to purchase my book will receive a special gift. Go to my gallery to see all of the wonderful quilts in the book. http://www.gatewayquiltsnstuff.com/gallery.aspx?pagecount=1&pagestyle=normal&thecategory=Kaleidostars+book New fabric collections Paula Nadelstern's newest fabric collection ChromaZone is finally available! As usual she doesn't disappoint. Isn't this just amazing! This one is called Magmatude. You can find the whole collection here: http://www.gatewayquiltsnstuff.com/scripts/quiltshop.asp?category=Fabric&FabricCategory=reproductions&FabricSubcategory=Symmetrical eQuilter Collaboration My free eQuilter.com pattern this month is Bejeweled. It was created on Electric Quilt 7 with one of Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry collections called Waves for Benartex. You can get the pattern here along with fabrics to make the quilt. http://www.equilter.com/pattern/672/bejeweled It is a great pattern that you can use my Cutting Corners templates to save from having to mark diagonal lines on the backs of squares. You can see it here: http://www.gatewayquiltsnstuff.com/scripts/buyall.asp?thepi=285&tofrombuy=Templates||||1&p=9 National Quilt Museum New Quilts from Old Favorites contest One of my quilts had the honor of being chosen as a finalist for the National Quilt Museum's New Quilts from Old Favorites contest in Paducah, Kentucky. I had dreamed of having a quilt in the museum and it came true! My quilt came in fifth place and will be featured in the AQS book with the same title. You will be able to see it at the museum in a special display from March until June (I think) and then it will travel with the AQS shows. The theme block was New York Beauty which happens to be my favorite block. My husband called it Ocean Blue. You can see the top five winners here: http://quiltmuseum.org/education/contests/new-quilts-old-favorites/ Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward this to a Friend Copyright © 2016 Gateway Quilts & Stuff, Inc. All rights reserved. Thank you for being on my newsletter list. If, at anytime, you no longer wish to be on the list, just click on "unsubscribe". Gateway Quilts & Stuff, Inc. 212 Fox Meadow Lane Beaufort, MO 63013 USA

Other blog sites by me:

http://pitbulladog.blogspot.com/

Chronicling our adventures with a dumped Pit Bull Pup 

who has become a hidden treasure (and his little sister)

http://gloriouscreations.blogspot.com

A blog mostly about quilting,
cooking, poetry, prose and a little gardening,
 Tutorial on how to make 5 panel Boxer Shorts.
 Check out "A MYSTERY IN THE MAKING"
A mystery quilt designed with the novice in mind. 

 http://gloriouscreations.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-mystery-in-making.html

http://organicinstlouis.blogspot.com/

blogs about the wildflowers on our farm

Organic methods we use, some cooking and some poetry,

blogs about Seed sprouting, insects, and garden pictures

http://bakingatbabas.blogspot.com/

an intro to baking for kids.

All recipes, pictures, and writings are my own.

I give credit for items which belong to other people in my blogs .

Please do not copy without permission

A BIRTHDAY CARD TO OUR SON

Today's the day we say thanks,

Even after all your pranks,

Watching you grow from a boy,

To a good man, has been a joy.

The weather, the day you were born,

Missouri was unseasonably warm,

I'd bought a lovely satin snow suit,

Just the right size, you were so cute.

I bundled you up, carried you in my arms,

You slept quietly, hiding all your charms,

We worked hard to assure this day of your birth,

We knew we had the smartest kid on earth.

You proved it as you grew, 

Good grades were easy for you,

At your Bar Mitzvah you did shine,

Hebrew scriptures executed very fine.

In a navy, pin striped suit, a mensch you were,

You didn't act like it was jeans you'd prefer,

Dad and I were so proud,

We wanted to shout out loud.

Growing up, an accountant you wanted to be,

All day long a briefcase was hauled around by thee,

When asked where you were going and why,

"To count peoples money", was your reply.

We had the first apple computer on the block,

You wanted to control it, you liked it a lot,

Our saving grace, was no internet then,

Glad with that obstacle, we didn't have to contend.

You surprised us on your graduation,

You had signed up to defend our nation,

A scholarship to Mizzo's accounting school,

We thought that would, your life rule.

Instinctively, you made the best choice for you,

Seeing the world, new sites was a big ta do,

Growing literally, another 3 inches, as a man you became,

Making us proud with each promotion you were named.

This month, almost thirty years you've been away,

When you visit home it is only a short stay,

You are never out of our thoughts,

We're glad on this day, to us you were brought.

We love you and want you to know the pride we have in you 

and your choice to be a Navy Man. 

Happy 48th Birthday

Mom and Dad

Other blog sites by me:

http://pitbulladog.blogspot.com/

Chronicling our adventures with a dumped Pit Bull Pup 

who has become a hidden treasure (and his little sister)

http://gloriouscreations.blogspot.com

A blog mostly about quilting,
cooking, poetry, prose and a little gardening,
 Tutorial on how to make 5 panel Boxer Shorts.
 Check out "A MYSTERY IN THE MAKING"
A mystery quilt designed with the novice in mind. 

 http://gloriouscreations.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-mystery-in-making.html

http://organicinstlouis.blogspot.com/

blogs about the wildflowers on our farm

Organic methods we use, some cooking and some poetry,

blogs about Seed sprouting, insects, and garden pictures

All recipes, pictures, and writings are my own.

I give credit for items which belong to other people in my blogs .

Please do not copy without permission

SEVENTY, NOT SENILE

My temples are gray around the ears,

But I look younger than my years,

I 'm fortunate with the genes I was given,

From my dad and my mom in heaven.

Today a lesson I was given,

When to the ER, I, by myself was driven.

Not once, but three times I was,

Offended by what someone does,

I was spoken to like I was ten,

Over and over and over again.

First they acted like I couldn't hear,

Then insulted me by calling me dear,

 They spoke to me in a Baby voice ,

Telling me I had no choice.

If it was medicine I wanted, 

With an ex-ray I was taunted,

It was a soft tissue injury,

Could be seen if you didn't hurry,

The diagnosis would confirm,

But they made me wiggle like a worm,

It was how the institution C Y A's,

Another way they make medicare pay.

I went in for a strained bicep muscle...I knew it wasn't broken because I had used it for two days while it was only a minor pain.  I knew there was no pain in the shoulder or the elbow and the only pain I had was in the outer muscle on the arm. Heat and cold packs hadn't helped the inflammation.  My Tens unit did not help intercept the pain.  Aspirin and Advil did not even take the edge off the pain.  I went to bed on the 2nd day thinking to myself that the third day is always the worst.  When I woke up it started yelling at me big time and through the day became worse.

It was nightmare on Elm Street. The pain was excruciating when I used the muscle.  If I held it close to me and did not stretch it out it got better but didn't go away.   I only wanted a small prescript for a couple of nights pain pills so I could sleep.  I knew the arm would be well within the next week if I was careful with it.  Instead I was made to jump through hoops and get an ex-ray I didn't need and put the radiation in my body I didn't need. BTW.....October 27 I was in the same place having 5 ex-rays I didn't need..I should have been sent for an MRI for them to see what they needed to see.

When I asked why I wasn't sent for the MRI first,  I was told they had to make sure there wasn't something else causing the condition.  It seems to me the hospitals are milking the system to get as much as they can at the patients expense.  There is a saying, "Buyer Beware".   Aren't we all buyers when we are seeking health care?  We are at the "Mercy" of  providers.  How come there is never a list of prices for us to see up front?  We never find that out until the insurance bill comes. 

It would be nice to know what they are charging the insurance for the services they render us before they do the procedure.  I shop department store ads for things I need.  Shouldn't I be allowed to shop Doctors for the services I need and then present my card for them to recoup the charges...isn't it like a charge card which has money stored to use for their particular services.   

I really wish they would realize I am an adult who just happens to be 70, I am not senile.

HANUKKAH, Eight Nights

The Dinner table with good china was set,

It was the eighth night of Hanukkah, the candles lit,

There were glasses for water and wine,

Setting the scene for a good time.

It was a gathering of the two of us,

Hunny wondered why make the fuss,

It's not like it's the Sabbath, which we keep,

No Hanukkah celebration, he won't loose sleep.

I went ahead doing my thing,

Dinner to the table I did bring,

A Broccoli dish for a little green,

Roasted vegetables on a plate was seen.

A Challah, still warm inside,

On the table did not long reside,

Hunny slathered it with lots of butter,

Which we used to get from a Cow's udder. 

(Yes, we used to milk our own cows and Goats).

The Chicken was one I didn't make,

Hunny, from the rotisserie did take,

Saving me time and energy,

Showing how much, he does love me.

The last night, alone we were,

That situation did not deter,

The happiness we felt on the occasion,

Remembering past Hanukkahs with elation. 

I hope every one was able to make latkes during the holiday.  If not here is an easy recipe to fix anytime not just for Hanukkah.

Latkes, Glo's Quick Way

(when I don't have time to grate onions and peel potatoes)

Yes we had them on the last night, they just wouldn't write into the poem.

1 package "Simply Potatoes",  "Shredded Hash browns") in the refrigerated section of the store. (Our store has them in the deli)  It is Not a freezer product, If they are frozen don't buy them.  My Daughter told me about using this product for Latkes.  After using them I will never go back to grating my own unless they are not available.

mix together:

1/4 cup flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 2-3 teaspoons onion powder (make sure it is combined real well.)  BTW, I grabbed the garlic powder by accident last night.  How were they?  They were good, but not what we expect in our latkes.

Use a large bowl and a fork, toss the shredded potatoes with the above  dry ingredients.  Make sure it is evenly mixed.

Scramble thoroughly 2 eggs and 1 teaspoon water in a cup.  Then use your fork and toss the eggs into the potato mixture.

Have a large skillet with an 1/8-1/4 inch of oil heating on the stove.  When a couple of drops of water sizzle when dropped into the pan it is hot enough to fry latkes.  (you don't want your pan scorching hot.  You want it about the hot you fry bacon or chicken on.)

Use your fork to pick up about a heafty tablespoon of potatoes and place in the skillet.  Smoosh it down flat so it is thin.  Fry till golden on one side then flip and fry on the other side.  Sometimes you have to flip them twice to get the color you want.  These will be lacy crispy latkes.

When done, take out, drain on paper towels and sprinkle lightly with salt...eat right away.  These don't like to be kept warm in the oven....Hunny will gobble them up as soon as they hit the paper towel.  BTW, you can't eat just one!

http://glosgarden.blogspot.com/2015/01/latkes-only-one-way-to-eat-them.html

Other blog sites by me:

http://pitbulladog.blogspot.com/

Chronicling our adventures with a dumped Pit Bull Pup 

who has become a hidden treasure (and his little sister)

http://gloriouscreations.blogspot.com

A blog mostly about quilting,
cooking, poetry, prose and a little gardening,
 Tutorial on how to make 5 panel Boxer Shorts.
 Check out "A MYSTERY IN THE MAKING"
A mystery quilt designed with the novice in mind. 

 http://gloriouscreations.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-mystery-in-making.html

http://organicinstlouis.blogspot.com/

blogs about the wildflowers on our farm

Organic methods we use, some cooking and some poetry,

blogs about Seed sprouting, insects, and garden pictures

All recipes, pictures, and writings are my own.

I give credit for items which belong to other people in my blogs .

Please do not copy without permission