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After a nice Tuesday, storms started in the evening and raged across north Alabama. We were without power or phone service/signal for about 18 hours. We had no idea what was going on other than a few text messages from my sister that I did manage to get, and then- just the tornado warning sirens going off from time to time. Not a great way to spend the night. This was a blockage on one end of our road- tree after tree on the road, and downed power lines in the ditches! I think we had to back up for 1/2 a mile! I had been terrified earlier, but for Ken having to back down the steep road in the dark- well, thank goodness for his patience and the modern technology of the backup camera!
Inspired by these blocks: www.flickr.com/photos/tweedledeedesigns/4055006088/in/fav...
It took me forever to piece and appliqué these little hexagons but I couldn't be happier with how they turned out. Now to make a little project for me :-)
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One thats been done a lot and been on my radar for a good while.
La Crypte, a catacomb of underground graves in Belgium. A stealth approach if you want to visit these with no interruptions.
The impromptu 2 day tour with camerashy and host to France and Belgium, with some new places, a lot of travel with minimal sleep and some goals being accomplished by getting to a certain school.
Full set here:
www.flickr.com/photos/timster1973/sets/72157633897345028/
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Block Island is part of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It is located in the Atlantic Ocean about 13 miles (21 km) south of the coast of Rhode Island, 14 miles (23 km) east of Montauk Point on Long Island, and is separated from the Rhode Island mainland by Block Island Sound. The United States Census Bureau defines Block Island as Census Tract 415 of Washington County, Rhode Island. As of the 2010 census the population of 1,051 lived on a land area of 9.734 square miles (25.211 km2).[1] The island is part of the Outer Lands region, a coastal archipelago made by the recessional and terminal moraine that resulted from the Wisconsonian Laurentide glacier retreat, about 22,000 years ago.[citation needed]
The Nature Conservancy added Block Island to its list of "The Last Great Places"; the list consists of twelve sites in the Western Hemisphere. About 40 percent of the island is set aside for conservation.[2] Presidents Bill Clinton,[3][4] Dwight D. Eisenhower,[5] Franklin Delano Roosevelt,[6] and Ulysses S. Grant[7][8] have visited Block Island. Other famous visitors include Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh, who each made separate trips to the island in 1929.[9]
Block Island is coextensive with the town of New Shoreham. The island is a popular summer tourist destination and is known for its bicycling, hiking, sailing, fishing, and beaches. The island hosts two historic lighthouses: Block Island North Light, on the northern tip of the island, and Block Island Southeast Light, on the southeastern side. Much of the northwestern tip of the island is an undeveloped natural area and resting stop for birds along the Atlantic Flyway.[citation needed]
Every summer the island hosts Block Island Race Week, a competitive, week-long sailboat race. On odd years, the event is held by the Storm Trysail Club, and on even years by the Block Island Race Week. Yachts compete in various classes, sailing courses in Block Island Sound and circumnavigating the island.[citation needed]
Other popular events include the annual Fourth of July Parade and celebration. During these times the island's population can triple over the normal summer vacation crowd.
Riain -- I hope you don't mind the "rainbow" feel of this block. I actually really like it so I hope you do to. :)
September Blocks for the Joy Circle of do. Good Stitches. We used Little Miss Shabby's Hugs & Kisses tutorial but upsized them a bit.
Blogged: miss-print.blogspot.ca/2012/10/a-man-is-not-old-until-reg...
12x17. Typeset drawer with mini-collages of printed and found papers, watercolor, embroidery thread.
Taken with a Praktina IIA camera in week 346 of my 52 film cameras in 52 weeks project:
www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/collections/72157623113584240
Agfa Vista 200 film from Poundland, developed in the Rollei C41 kit.
Here are some antique Lego building blocks from the 1940s. These were made before Lego started making plastic toys. Pretty nifty, eh?
from the Kansas City Star
Pattern and tutorial to paper piece the block here:
charisecreates.blogspot.com/2013/01/beggar-block-vintage-...
Please see my blog for more details: cards-by-the-sea.blogspot.com/2013/07/three-cards-for-wed...
A Blog Named Hero Playing Favorites: ablognamedhero.blogspot.com/2013/07/challenge-27-fave-sta...
Hero Arts One Layer Challenge
Chinese censors blocked access to Twitter and other popular online services today , two days before the 20th anniversary of the crackdown on democracy protests in Tiananmen Square.
The move came amid increasing pressure on dissidents, in a reflection of the authorities' anxiety ahead of the sensitive date. Hundreds died as the army forced its way through Beijing to clear away demonstrators from the capital's political heart in June 1989, but the issue is taboo on the mainland.
The photo-sharing site Flickr, email service Hotmail and other services were also unavailable this evening.
Stargazing quilt block from the Modern Blocks Book, found on pages 178-179. This block is my pick for the month of August in the Modern Blocks Bee. The floral background is Swanky by Chez Moi for Moda and the turquoise stripe stars are Denyse Schmidt for JoAnn Fabrics.
Blogged - www.marcigirldesigns.com/1/post/2012/08/july-bee-blocks.html
21 storeys, built in 2010. Architect: Sjögren Arkitekter.
www.sjogrenarkitekter.se (website in Swedish)
Block Island is part of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It is located in the Atlantic Ocean about 13 miles (21 km) south of the coast of Rhode Island, 14 miles (23 km) east of Montauk Point on Long Island, and is separated from the Rhode Island mainland by Block Island Sound. The United States Census Bureau defines Block Island as Census Tract 415 of Washington County, Rhode Island. As of the 2010 census the population of 1,051 lived on a land area of 9.734 square miles (25.211 km2).[1] The island is part of the Outer Lands region, a coastal archipelago made by the recessional and terminal moraine that resulted from the Wisconsonian Laurentide glacier retreat, about 22,000 years ago.[citation needed]
The Nature Conservancy added Block Island to its list of "The Last Great Places"; the list consists of twelve sites in the Western Hemisphere. About 40 percent of the island is set aside for conservation.[2] Presidents Bill Clinton,[3][4] Dwight D. Eisenhower,[5] Franklin Delano Roosevelt,[6] and Ulysses S. Grant[7][8] have visited Block Island. Other famous visitors include Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh, who each made separate trips to the island in 1929.[9]
Block Island is coextensive with the town of New Shoreham. The island is a popular summer tourist destination and is known for its bicycling, hiking, sailing, fishing, and beaches. The island hosts two historic lighthouses: Block Island North Light, on the northern tip of the island, and Block Island Southeast Light, on the southeastern side. Much of the northwestern tip of the island is an undeveloped natural area and resting stop for birds along the Atlantic Flyway.[citation needed]
Every summer the island hosts Block Island Race Week, a competitive, week-long sailboat race. On odd years, the event is held by the Storm Trysail Club, and on even years by the Block Island Race Week. Yachts compete in various classes, sailing courses in Block Island Sound and circumnavigating the island.[citation needed]
Other popular events include the annual Fourth of July Parade and celebration. During these times the island's population can triple over the normal summer vacation crowd.
I received the coloured fabrics and added the Kona Snow fabric.
As paper piecing obviously uses more fabric than normal piecing, I had to become creative to have enough fabric for this block, thus the white in the coloured blocks and the use of the selvedge :)
This is the only block I have ever made that has no seam embellishment, apart from the couching.
I have taken lots of photos of this to get the correct colours but this is as close as I can get.
The orange flowers are an intense orange.
The block will be mailed to HeartsandHands for Sendai
no bricklink, no pick-a-brick. 90 percent was from the vacation getaway set. slightly inspired by the friends series beach house and popstar house, minus the pool :)
Third floor contains the Friends apartments, squeezed a bit. A strange combination with one shared bathroom, big living rooms with kitchens, but they have to sleep on the sofas...
For this quarter of the 3x6 bee sewcraftyjess asked for a block using gray, green and yellow. She specified lime green and any shades of yellow. I definitely am lacking gray in my stash -- the one print I found was from Anna Maria Horner's Good Folks line (one of my favourite prints!) I really like adding solids to blocks so this ended up working out well with a couple of gray solids as well.
The block is based on the technique in Oh Fransson's Mod Mosaic Floor Pillow.