Hola a tod@s, Hello to all of you, tengo una confesión que hacer... he sido una mala bloguera, y me he ganado un premio por eso, I have a confession to say I have been a bad blogger and I got a prize for it, no he escrito nada desde hace meses, me tomé un descanso, pero nunca pensé que me tomaría tanto tiempo el regresar. I haven't write anything since a long time ago, and I'm still amazed it took me a long while to come back. He estado muy ocupada aquí y allá, pero ya estoy de vuelta finalmente!!!I have been really busy, here and there, but I'm back finally !!!Por favor acepten mis disculpas, y muchísimas gracias para tod@s los que me han mandado lindos mensajes (ustedes saben quienes son:)) y los que están en mi lista de seguidores. Please accept my apologies, thank you SO much for all my friends who sent me emails (YOU know who you are :)), and the ones who are in my followers list.

Tengo un montón de cosas que contarles y enseñarles, estoy trabajando con un montón de proyectos, I have alot of things to tell and show you, I'm working in alot of projects, my head's full with them, and I'm almost getting insane, lol pero iré poco a poco, mientras vuelvo a tomarle el hilo al blog, ya les mostraré
Para que vean uno de mis avances, éste es un edredón el cual estoy acolchando, me ha gustado mucho como ha quedado, lo tedioso, es precisamente hacerle el acolchado, le estoy haciendo el quilt in the ditch, This is one of my projects, I've shown you the block I made, now I'm working with the quilt, defitinely one of thing I love more (NOT), lol I love to stitch in the ditch, and I'm making that

(Edited: Thank you so much Barbara!!!!!!, it's a great quality picture, better than mine, lol!!!!)

Tengan tod@s una linda semana, Have a happy week everyone!!!

ps: espero que los ojitos de alguien hagan "chiribitas", jajajajaja, besos!

Por favor lean mi post anterior y voten por mi quilt. Please read my previous post and vote for my quilt, estoy en un concurso y necesito votos. I'm in a contest and I need votes!, muchas gracias, thank you so much!!!

Por favor, necesito de su ayuda. Please, I need your help!!!., continuen leyendo. Keep reading!!!!
Laura del blog Todos mis bordados hizo un reto para su nuevo blog Tiernas Puntadas, ella quería que hiciéramos una labor referente a dulces y golosinas, desde hace muchos meses yo tenía en mente hacer unos "quequitos" (así le decimos aquí a los pastelitos) en un quilt, no sé porque los quería hacer, ya tenía las telas listas, entonces leí acerca de su reto que ella nos propuso y ése fue el empujón que necesitaba y éste es el resultado, te gustan?, entonces por favor vayan a su blog Tiernas Puntadas busquen dónde dice Votos trabajos Reto Dulces y busquen el "Trabajo 22" (está del lado derecho del blog) y estén seguras de votar por el Trabajo 22 que es mi quilt!!!!.
Laura from the blog Todos mis bordados made a challenge for her new blog Tiernas Puntadas, she asked us to make a project about candies, since some months ago I had in my mind to make a cupcake quilt, I don't really know why, I had the fabrics ready, just waiting for the right time to make, then I read about the challenge she asked us to do, it was a big push for me to make it!!!!, do you like my quilt?, if you do, then please go to the blog Tiernas Puntadas and check on Votos trabajos Reto Dulces and look for "Trabajo 22" (it's in the right side of the blog) and be sure to vote for the Trabajo 22, that's my quilt!!!!.

I'm so excited my quilting classes are already here, my teacher's a sweetheart, we're going to make a quilt for the bed (it's going to be the major quilt), then we're going to make some some experienced medium size quilts, I'm in the second level so we're going to make some "puzzles" I call that way the non easy easy steps to make a quilt!.
I'll show you the blocks I made already for the quilt bed size. I'm done with all of them, I'm working in the sashing and then the borders, I'll delight to have a long arm quilter close to me *sigh*, lol, I'm so glad the way they're turning, btw!




The mail has been "good" with me, :) I got some pretty nice beautiful things :), I need to show them, the pics are still in my cell phone, need to be downloaded, hope the kind ladies who send me the goodies don't mind I haven't blogged about it yet.

I'm back from a long break, I'm so sorry it took too long. I was busy and life got really trouble maker..., everything's getting to normal once again. I have been a busy bee with quilting, my curse already started and I'm all excited because our first project to do is a big quilt with blocks for my bed,I'll show you the pics tomorrow, I love the way they're turning!!!. My class is Quilting II.
The purpose of today post is: I'll show you some gifties I won over the past weeks, I'm showing them and let you know how kind that people are!!!, I like to do that because seems unfair to me, all the effort they made for send the stuff and not have pics displayed.
I got this beautiful angel thanks to Sweet Jeannette, her name's "Hope", I love the way she was made, Jeannette used tea for dying the cloth and laces, I have her hanging in one of the walls of my home, she looks so cute there. I'm an angel collector, I'm delighted with her because I didn't have a handmade angel yet!!!!, isn't she cute?
I have been guilty and I played along in One World, One Heart Giveaways. I have been lucky enough to win 4 of them, I already have 2 of the goodies I won, I'm avid expecting to get the other ones (from Deedra and Wendy), also I won in the past and I'm waiting to get some magazines from Hazel and other one from Rae Ann. I love to wear jewerelly, I wear mostly silver, but I love everything with stones on it. This bracelet has rose quartz and jasper, and was made for Quiltmom, I love the colors she used, did I say I love brown shades, she included a lovely card!, I know the pics aren't posted in the right way, I'll fix it later on, blogger's giving me a hard time!


Ms Kitty was made for Carrie, isn't she so cute?, it's made on paper clay, she's in a special spot in my home, she loves to live here, although we're having high temperatures and heat waves, but she doesn't complain at all. She's so damn cute, believe me, colors don't make justice with her!!!
Well last but no least, I got this big box from Jennifer from Feathers in the Nest, she's a really talented lady who loves to cross stitch, she's really fast working on it. Take a look at her blog and you'll see her work. She's the mommy of Ren and Abbie, 2 cute chihuahuas, I'm thinking to post a pic of them, but you'll have to see them by yourselves, ahhhh, she's hosting a giveaway right now, now you must have to see her blog!!!. I won the cute frame with the cardinal and the "Welcome" chart and charms, then she told me she was going to include another surprise, to be honest I was expecting only the frame and I got tons of stuff to smell yummy!!!!, I love all of it, I love all the smells, ahhhhh...., just for the record, she sent me a chocolate box, and they're already gone, scrumptions!

I haven't blogged in a while, my apologies, I have been around, but no posts from me to you to share, thank you so much for your lovely comments about my grandma, she's doing great, and the health of my dad, he's out of the hospital, and he's totally recovered now!




While I was away, of blogland, I got some prizes I've won. Wendy sent me a bunch of fat quarters, aren't they adorable?, there's a fruit fabric there, hmmmm, the colors are breath taking...., they look better in person, the colors are brighter, I'm looking forward to use them, I love them!!!!


I got the purse I won over Mary Anne Ciccotelli, (check her blog, she's making a 3D quilt right now), she made a contest for a chance to win such a cutie, what can I say?, I'm thrilled, I love the color, the big buttons, the size!, it's perfect for me!!!, I'm not a tall person, that's why!, lol. I don't know why the pic came out "yellow", I'm going to take a better pic later.

I can't believe we're already in the second month of the year... where did january go?, I'm in holidays from my quilting school, so I'm having a rest, I'm working in my PIF gifts, hope to finish them soon and mail them out, my school's going to start in the middle of february, I can't wait!!!!, our first thing to do, it's kind of "mistery quilt", my teacher just asked us for the fabrics, I have the fabrics ready, she told us, it's going to be a big quilt!. I miss my quilting classes, and my partners, and making projects there as well, we're almost in the beggining of a new year of productive quilting!, yay!

I have been MIA for a while, been real busy and as a plus my dad's at the hospital, and I stay with him 16/7, he's recovering and he's going to be out of it real soon, hopefully. He's sick, thanks to the weather we're having!. Thank you so much for your emails, they mean the world to me!, and I'm still alive!. Other than that, I'm in holidays from my quilting lessons, I'll come back to my school in february, gosh!, we're almost there!...

Some news about me: finally my grandma reached her 101 years old!!!, my dad was expecting to go to her bday party, but he missed it, because he was at the hospital that day, he asked my mom and me to go to the party, it wasn't exactly a "big party", just a small one with almost all the family.
My aunt from Nicaragua came by, my other uncles (one in Nicaragua and the other in the US), didn't came, they gave her a call.
She's with a good health, her vision's perfect, she walks if you help her, she almost doesn't get sick, she only complains a little bit about the food, well she'd like only eat junk food, all day lol.

She was licking her fingers with her cake, lol!
My mom and my grandma!.

Next pics are from the sky one of this pasts days when I went out early in the morning, can you see how funny and cute the clouds look like?, we use to say here, if you see that in the sky it's a signal an earthquake's going to hit, it doesn't have a scientistic point of view, but believe it or not, it happens!!!, we had an earthquake early in the morning the next day.

Don't laugh at me, I tested and it works!, lol.

Now, in other notes, I'm still shocked with the earthquake in Haiti, I can't believe the Nature made that to them, some of you aren't going to feel an earthquake, but it's one of the worst things to happen and feel!, we use to have them, I heard in the news the power of the quake that hit Haiti was the same as the atomic bomb, my heart goes out to the people involved in the Haiti
earthquake. So much loss and suffering, I wish I was there to help.
We all can make a difference, I've read some bloggers are trying to help, Kelly from I have a Notion, there's an etsy shop here, I'm going to posts the links here, if I find another one, if you can't buy anything, go to the local Red Cross or The Salvation Army then, or wherever you want to go and donate, we have to help them, they REALLY need us!

Debbie from the blog Jerusalem Notes's having a nice give away, check her out and find out what's she giving away. I won't tell, because I like it for me!

Wish everyone a Happy New Year , plenty of Happiness, Health, Love and Peace..., and I hope all your wishes for 2010 will happen!!!

Les deseo a tod@s un Feliz Año Nuevo, lleno de Felicidad, Salud, Amor y Paz..., y que todos los sueños que tienen para el 2010 se vuelvan realidad!!!

When I think in my favorite Christmas memories, my sweet grandpa is always there. He always made for his grandkids a homemade gift for each one. We always got some of this: wooden cars ( I know I’m a girl, but he or my parents didn’t matter, and me either), dolls (you can’t imagine how they were), wooden boxes, puzzles, chairs, puppets, etc, he used to put our names and the year he made the craft, none of us "grandkids" have anything from him, but me!. One christmas he changed his mind and he gave to his sons and daughters a cute drawer, (8 total) he painted all of them, then when I saw how cute they were, I asked him to give one to me, I was ready to get a no for response, instead I saw a bright smile in his face and he said sure!, I was really happy, but I'm not afraid to say when he gave the drawer to me, his smile was brighter!, he was really proud of himself, because he made that to me!. I also have a letter from him, and he called me there "daughter", dang!, I don't want to cry, but I'm tearing, lol. Just after that christmas he started to feel really tired and then he got ill.



He was 93 years old, when he passed away, my grandma’s (his widow) with us!, she’s going to turn 101 years old next January!!!. I miss him, terribly, but I’m surely know he’s in the best place right now. He was the best and sweet grandpa I could have!, he'll live forever in my heart. Every christmas I remember him because it was his fave holiday, he used to play and have fun with us, and since he left us I put a candle in his honour, same as the light he put in my life, also I'd like to be busy this holidays working on quilts, I'm sure if he was able to be here, he'll enjoying to make them, with me same as I do enjoy to make them!.


Edit: Sorry for the blurry pic, I'm going to post some pictures later on, in that time we didn't have digital cameras, just paper pictures, lol

I'm working in an apliqued christmas quilt, I need to rush to finish it for christmas, I know I can do it!. I already did the "worst" part:-the applique-, lol. It consists in 9 christmas blocks, it's all decorated with ribbons, buttons, bells, etc. I'll take a closer shoot when's finished.
Christmas' my fave time of the year, we don't have a "white christmas" as many as you do. Ours, is sunny and windy, not too hot or too cold, the weather's just nice, really nice...
We use to eat tamales, it's the typical food for christmas, but you can eat them all year long, the dessert is Queque de Navidad (Christmas Cake), it's a kind of fruitcake, with dehidrated fruits, raisins and rum (you can skip it), it's scrumptious!, hmmmmm.
Have you heard about the Virtual Christmas Quilt Show?, Sew Cal Gal's hosting a parade christmas quilting and having a giveaway, isn't it a great idea?, take a look at her blog, join in, it's worth it!

I got two things on the mail, at the same time!, I'm guessing I'll have to buy lotto!, one was from Marj, her blog's Eclectic Quilter (I posted about it), in the p.o. box I found a paper I needed to go to the main post office and something was waiting for me there... I was waiting for it, to be honest, I was getting worried, but I had no idea, the paper was this, I was wondering who was and when I found out what was it, I almost jump in the post office, lol.
Can you guess what's in the box?, it isn't a contest, lol, my dad was holding it for the picture.
My prize from the Blog Hop finally arrived!, Santa came early to my way!!!!, I'm going to show you the prizes I got. The box was a bit damaged, (hope everything's there!), because the box was too heavy!!!, about 5.1 lbs of quilting supplies, can you believe it?, Still I can't, lol!, please someone pinch me!.




I decided to put the prizes in order, not all together, Gudrun sent me the package, and I asked her to sign the books she was going to send, and she did it!, isn't it cool from her? :), I'm going to have a forever memory from the Blog Hop!


Here's the fabrics, a kit, schnibbles, a cutter, threads, fat quarters, Heat n Bond...

Some of the fabulous patterns all of them have designed!!!!.

I can't explain how I'm feeling, I still can't believe it, there's a lot of things to see and I'm thrilled!!!, thanks to Gudrun and the gang...