Thoughts about Terry

I,m taking a break right now from trying to arrange a few things ,yes again in my sewing room, my daughter Michelle brought home some items from a garage sale yesterday,these have from 12 to9 drawers in them, four of them, so I thought well maybe I,ll try already cut fabric by the season in each drawer, save one for printed out pattern charts from embroidery sites ,good thing I made room a few months ago, or else Id have to double stack them up , which would not work to well, I,m only 5-2,Loretta, Gary and I are the shorter ones in the family, Keith,Ken, Terry were the tall ones,I think Mom was 5-3,Terry was one of the leaner ones, rest of us were on the chunky side ,I guess I better just speak for myself, Loretta has lost about50 pounds. with her MS that must of been a real challenge,Terry was always working out, or trying to figure something to help him workout different routeins, he even tried a kung-Fu type gym, for about a year ,then he would check himself out to see if he could to something better to get different results,he was never happy with something,but weather he was working in the woods or just at home, he was always busy with that on his mind.He really competed with himself,well time to stop my break,Laurel

Inside and out

Inside and out, this quilt I started thursday night,24 of Feb, and finished last night the 27, thought that I needed it for a birthday gift for Kevins girlfriend Kim, but because of the weather it may have to be delayied till next week, this is a large log cabin design, only took 12 blocks to get the size I wanted for a throw quilt,about 60x 45, a little bigger then I usually make, and the other picture of foot prints in the snow was made by one of my little dogs, lady, she goes in circles to go outside and then goes in more circles to go, she was a rescured dog,,not knowing nothing about her I,m guessing on her at about 7 or 8 ,just by the way she acts, so she really leaves a foot print from her past, I do know she hates to go to bed, just the word she starts to shake, so we don,t say that word very often,she,ll bark a few times before she settles down for the night,hope next week is warmer then this one, Laurel

Snow days

snow days,I know growing up we sure liked to have those days, remember before Terry was born, we lived in White Center, low income housing area in Seattle, it was so cold that our shoes were frozen to the floor, we didn,t have much heat, the oldest brother Gary would go out and look for coal for the family for heat, never did know if mom asked him to or if he went out on hisown, I ,ll try to remember and sak him that when I see him this summer, also we still lived there when Terry would go outside with me to play, on Wednesday afternoon right at 12 sharp they would have a air raid sound alarm practice , terry was afraide of that noise all the time, as long as we were there.Grandma May Ferris stayed with us for a little bit there, i think she was going to a hospital for tests,I think we were in the 3rd grade when she passed away,well need to get to lunch Laurel

sewn items

Not much new here today, Have been busy trying to work on new quilt patten, if it turns out will post a picture, i remember one year I made Terry a sheet set, pillow cases and a quilt, mostly eagles, wonder what happen to that set, Dee may have tossed them after Terry passed away, also mom had made him a really nice indian blanket coat, he wouldn,t even let her see it on him, never did know what happen to that also, and why he would not put it on for anyone to see, i know when it came to 2nd hand items he would not even look at, but on the other hand when he liked a pair of shoes he would buy 4 or 5 pairs of them at once, he said he always wanted his shoes to look nice, now when it came to Keith or Ken, you did not touch their hair, keith did not like grey hair ,Ken it didn,t matter to him.Well back to sewing ,Laurel

Banners

Yes we do like banners, looking at a picture of Terry and I reminded me of our banners, the flag one i recieved from Kens memorial, the others came from garage sales, love to go to those, it all depends on how Dwayne is doing that day weather we can go to one or not, or if i say that its one mainly for ladies stuff, such as sewing items ,I just about have all the holiday covered, wow, It would cost a pretty penny to buy them new, only if I really wanted it, but not yet, Terry really liked to put different items in his yard, don,t know if I have any pictures of them, the more goofy the better, sometimes it was hard to read into what he was doing, we.d talk about how detailed some of his items he was working on for an hour or so on the phone, he,d get really charged up for Halloween or Christmas , living in such small towns you didn,t get to see very large displays, nothing compared to N.Y or the big cities.well I,m starting on a new pattern for a quilt, better hit the books, Laurel.

Terry again

Well its getting close to dinner, try not to fix dinner to late for Dwayne, somedays he,s ready for bed about 7-8pm, so try not to eat no later then 6pm,Terry really liked to cook whenever we went to visit, seldom did we eat out with them, he even planned dessert, he loved blackberries and dumplins , but most of the time when we were in the area Mom wound end up fixing dinner,and other times Gary and Martha would have us stay with them.Terry learned to cook early, Once all we had left home, he had to learn to cook when Mom didn,t, i know that Loretta and I cooked alot,when we were growing up.I cooked for many years when the family would gather here, don,t know if I can still for 40 or more people.Terry and mom moved alot, she marreied 8times I think it was,needless to say we all were in alot of different schools growing up,. I know how hard it was on Terry, never really had a chance to make friends. Keith and Ken lived with Dad, Karl, in the summer they would stay with us,Mom,.Don,t remember if I said anything about our real Dad, Mom and Bill were married till we were about 3 or 4, divorced then several years later Bill married my Aunt Myrle, moms sister, meanwhile Karl had adopted the three of us, Loretta,Gary and me. So my Aunt you could say was my stepmom, and also my dad , Bill could be my Uncle, wonder why our generation did so many different things,I tried to get close to Bill when they moved back up in this area, but by then his health was was not very good, and Aunt myrtle would only want me to see her when she needed help with something.When Dwayne and I starting going together, Dwayne would come over to see me, and Terry was always trying to sit in between us, I would get made at Terry and Dwayne would just laugh about it,I remember one night we thought that Terry ran away, no one could find him, he fell asleep in one of the closets reading something that a boy should not be reading, boy did mom get really mad at him,well better go for now, Laurel

Terry and I, Laurel

Well this was taken around dessert storm, can,t think of the year, everybody was putting a flag on display, in yard ,on buildings and cars and trucks,this was Terry and Dees drivway, went over for a visit to see him and Mom, in Clallam Bay, well mom was in Clallam Bay, this was in Forks,,must of been close to a weekend, I worked then during the week.Hard to believe he was my baby brother, or younger brother, he always laughted when I called him that , he didn,t mind,and he still had some hair, I remember there for a few years he shaved his head , he was so upset for loosing his hair at such a young age. So he said that I might as well be bald.Since he was born I had to help and take care of him, About that time Loretta was starting to get sick, she was then getting a form of MS> so Mom was not at home much, Loretta was at the hospital and doctors alot then, so even when Terry was about 4 or 5 , he always wanted to tag along with me and my friends outside , I d get so mad at him, ,so we were closer then other brothers ,and Loretts was just to sick to be around him then and when he was older Loretta and her husband Dale weren,t around the family much, Dale didn,t want to be aroun d the family,well this is getting a little long for now ,will need to get for now, Laurel

towel gifts, some days I wonder why the mail is soooooo slowwwww, I know it took three weeks one year for a gift to get to Vegas from Washington state, I do know that snow and ice gets in the way, so the next question is why over a week to get from Washinton to Virginia State, and we wonder why it coasts so much to mail items, well off to the drawing boards ,trying to figure out a new pattern, thanks for letting me vent, has a new friend says, Laurel. note my table is clear,working on bible study.

a few summer flowers 2010

This is set b of gifts for Valentines,Laurel

Made a set of pillow cases for my daughter,also another set.Laurel

Here we are at our daughters first wedding,She has been married now to James for 10 years, they got married Valentines day,2000, just two days after my mom passed away, needless to say we didn,t get to go to their wedding in Vegas, needed to go to Clallam Bay to help with moms stuff, since then Dwaynes health has declined, almost lost him twice, several problems with his heart, very bad lungs, worked in factorys most of his working life, with all the meds he has to take he has lung and liver,kiddney problems that they need to keep an eye on, and Dementia also,and some days just a mean attitued, have had to call police on him several times, and we need to keep a eye on him, he has walked away before, so i have lots of prayers with the ladies bible study group,I can,t leave home much, depends on what kind of day is havine, we will try to go see my family this summer. haven,t seen them for a few years now, hope this was not to much info ,so my crafts are also helpful to relieve stress Laurel

This is a quilt i did a few years ago,I did make two of them, 836 pieces, about queen size, Laurel

Here is a leather purse I made for Daughter-in-Law Teri, for her last birthday,brown leather, fabric inside and a Koi fish embroidered on white leather for front to cover main pocket,Laurel

These are Dinner Napkins with same design I did on towels,Laurel

these are Northwest Coast Indian design I did,Laurel

Here are a few birds and flowers,wreaths and assorted towels the larger white ones are crean egyptian towels,

Here are a few towels that I spend weeks working on for last fall craft fair, there are more on the table also,will get to that picture also,Laurel

Doily quilt

Good evening, will be adding more pictures of item made for craft fairs and gifts,one is a quilt I did for a friend, a doily quilt, had to cut old doilies in half and add to the basket pattern, you don,t think I was nervous for doing that, but it worked out real good.