Back into the Swing of Things – Write it Wednesday

We have been traveling a bit and it’s funny to me how we can’t wait to leave home and then we can’t wait to get home. It’s probably a good thing, but we did have a good time and I had a great birthday. I added 3 more days to my vacation, or I WAS home….which I have to say is self-care on my part. Self-care has so many definitions in my dictionary these days.

The coming back to reality is always a bit of a struggle for me. I’m a parent again to my 90-year-old mother and it’s crazy that not ONE problem when I’m gone BUT when she knows I’m home, problems.

But…as usual, she had the last word. I arrived to see her on Monday, I signed in at 2:10, found her leaving the MLK Celebration, she wanted to go to her room.

As we rolled her through the dining room she saw an aide she likes and Mom said, “I want my shower. “

The aide looked at me and said, “But your family is here?”

My Mom said, “I don’t care, I want my shower.”

The aide said, “When?” Mom, “3:00”

So all those important things I had to come to do…..which I don’t have a clue about what they are… just not as important. It was her self-care time??? Seems that Apple didn’t fall far from the tree, HA

AND YES ! this is how lazy I have become! DELIVERED to my DOOR!

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My State of Oregon Quilt Pattern Block – The Quilt Ladies

My State of Oregon Quilt Pattern Block. The quilt block has a finished size of fourteen inches by fourteen inches.

Oregon State Quilt Block Pattern NOW available

Fourth 10 State Quilt Block Patterns

New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina
ALL AVAILABLE NOW

Beth Ann

How to Survive Retirement my new book

on Kindle and NOW in Print

The Quilt Ladies ONLY on Kindle and NOOK

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Today is My Birthday

I’m writing this a few days before my 61st Birthday, as I hope to be sitting on a beach, in the sun, with a drink!

Photo by Beth Ann Strub

Having a great 60th year has just set me up for more and more, better and better. I’m diving into a new art medium, taking more pictures, trying to get my quilt patterns into printed books, writing a list book and outlined my first novel (which will probably be years in the making, but what fun.)

Good Morning from the beach in Florida — Endless Ways to Go Today

So here goes another year in a life, MINE

Beth

How to Survive Retirement my new book

on Kindle and NOW in Print

The Quilt Ladies ONLY on Kindle and NOOK

The Quilt Ladies Quilt Pattern Etsy Shop HERE for YOU

The State of Idaho Quilt Pattern of the Week – The Quilt Ladies

The State of Idaho is this weeks quilt pattern block for you to make. Finished size is fourteen inches by fourteen inches.

This quilt block is my twist on a log cabin block, have fun and play with color. NOW available HERE

Second 10 State Quilt Block Patterns
Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland

Beth Ann

How to Survive Retirement my new book on KINDLE

How to Survive Retirement my new book in PRINT

The Quilt Ladies ONLY on Kindle and NOOK

The Quilt Ladies Quilt Pattern Etsy Shop HERE for YOU

Red and White Table Topper for You to Make from The Quilt Ladies

4-Patch Table Topper Pattern for YOU just in time for Valentine’s Day. Simple four-patches and FUN fabric.

Table Topper finished size 29″ x 34″

Cut 80 – 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ squares

How I make my quilt block squares

Piece together to form a 4-patch blockYou will have 40 – 2-patch blocks

Open up the 2-patch blocks, press the seam to the

dark fabric side

and add another 2-patch

How to make a Four-patch quilt block free pattern

Matching up the seams, open to check and

make sure before sewing

You will have 20 – 4-Patch blocks

After the 20 – 4-patch blocks are finished,

lay them out as you would like them

5 down and 4 across

This is the sashing and border fabric I thought !

But, I didn’t like it. I wanted something for our dining room to use all year long.

So, I pulled out fabric until I found what I liked,

This is the one ! (for me) do what YOU like

Cut 49 – 4 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ sashing

Cut 30 1 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ corner blocks

Stack your rows up and move to sewing table, I don’t have a felt wall, so I use my dining

room table to lay things out.

Sew a 4 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ strip to each end and in between

each in the row

Sew 6 rows as shown above, 4- 4 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ strips and 5- 1 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ squares.

Sew the rows together

Four-patch quilt block free pattern for a table topper

table topper made of four patch quilt blocks

Cut 2 Sashing color – 26 1/2″ x 4 1/2″

Sew to the left and right sides

Make the corners

Cut 4 Dark Color – 4 1/2″ x 2 1/2″

Cut 4 Dark Color – 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″

Cut 4 Red – 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″

sew together 1 dark and 1 red,

sew dark 4 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ on

Cut 2 Sashing Color – 21 1/2″ x 4 1/2″

Sew to the top and bottom of the table topper

Finished size is

34″ x 29″

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Houseplant Appreciation Day – The Quilt Ladies

I have a friend who says, I live in a fantasy world of quilts, art and plants. Today is Houseplant Appreciation Day. This is my little corner of the world. Plants play a huge part of it.

How to Survive Retirement

The Quilt Ladies Quilt Pattern Etsy Shop HERE for YOU

Everything is blooming right now in Florida.

This is the three time the violets have bloomed this year. I’ve learned to just water and leave them alone !

Start of my Gerber Daisies, I purchased them last year and they are re-flowering, this is just two days open.

Beth

How to Survive Retirement my new book

on Kindle and NOW in Print

The Quilt Ladies ONLY on Kindle and NOOK

The Quilt Ladies Quilt Pattern Etsy Shop HERE for YOU

Looking back in 2018 Myself-Care

Last week I started my annual writing out of my goals for the new year. I took a bit of time doing them and even looking back into 2018. What a year it was for me, 2018. I had never really done anything that was closely related to self-care.

Self-care can also be known as, “I’m putting myself first.”

Those around you, don’t really get it and will act and balk a bit, but that’s alright. I surprised myself a lot and walked away, turned quite or just said, “I can’t do this with you anymore.” I have heard from only one, “You don’t care,” I do, but it’s about me first now. I cannot be everything is everyone anymore. I have to come first. Funny what you learn at 60…..

I love the process of writing out goals, my ideas, sketches for quilt patterns and art projects. Loving a good list and marking off what I have finished from it makes me happy!

A huge goal checked off my list, my New book and it’s here for you! It’s priced for all, with many ideas to make YOUR next 20-30 years of retirement great on a daily and emotional level.

So here I go into 2019, goals, ideas and a huge plan for travel, quilts, drawing, and photography. Plus a few more home decorating projects.

How to Survive Retirement my new book on KINDLE

The writing of goals makes them real, “A goal not written is just a dream.”

Quilt Pattern Block of the Week – My State of IOWA

I don’t know why it’s taken me so long to share my home State of Iowa. I was born, raised, went to school, married and had our babies here. I love it…in the summer. The state gave me a lot, from a wonderful childhood to schools, to an understanding of family and time. But, home in Florida now.

The finished quilt block is fourteen inches by fourteen inches and
NOW here for YOU

Second 10 State Quilt Block Patterns

Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland

How to Survive Retirement my new book

The Quilt Ladies ONLY on Kindle and NOOK

The Quilt Ladies Quilt Pattern Etsy Shop HERE for YOU

This post may contain affiliate links. I will receive a few cents if you click to their site and purchase

National Bird Day TODAY ! !

It’s National Bird Day today and I have to share some 0f my Pictures ! I shoot birds as they are and try very hard not to photoshop them. Like us, they are what they are, perfect. I just sit on the beach and wait, they always seem to arrive !

Balance is Everything photo by Beth Ann Strub — Balance is Everything Beth Ann Strub

Beth

How to Survive Retirement my new book

The Quilt Ladies ONLY on Kindle and NOOK

The Quilt Ladies Quilt Pattern Etsy Shop HERE for YOU

This post may contain affiliate links. I will receive a few cents if you click to their site and purchase

Arkansas State Quilt Block Pattern

The State of Arkansas is this week’s quilt pattern. I used just two colors in the quilt block, but play around with color and see what you can come up with. The finished quilt block measures fourteen inches by fourteen inches.

First 10 State Quilt Block Patterns

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia

Second 10 State Quilt Block Patterns

Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland

Third 10 State Quilt Block Patterns

Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi,
Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada,
New Hampshire, New Jersey

Fourth 10 State Quilt Block Patterns

New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota,
Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina

Fifth 10 State Quilt Block Patterns

South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont,
Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Beth Ann

SEE Beth Ann’s BOOKS on Amazon and
PDF download quilt patterns on Etsy

Read about All of Beth Ann’s Books

The coming back to reality is always a bit of a struggle for me. I’m a parent again to my 90-year-old mother and it’s crazy that not ONE problem when I’m gone BUT when she knows I’m home, problems.

But…as usual, she had the last word. I arrived to see her on Monday, I signed in at 2:10, found her leaving the MLK Celebration, she wanted to go to her room.

So all those important things I had to come to do…..which I don’t have a clue about what they are… just not as important. It was her self-care time??? Seems that Apple didn’t fall far from the tree, HA

AND YES ! this is how lazy I have become! DELIVERED to my DOOR!

My State of Oregon Quilt Pattern Block. The quilt block has a finished size of fourteen inches by fourteen inches.

Beth Ann

I’m writing this a few days before my 61st Birthday, as I hope to be sitting on a beach, in the sun, with a drink!

So here goes another year in a life, MINE

Beth

The State of Idaho is this weeks quilt pattern block for you to make. Finished size is fourteen inches by fourteen inches.

This quilt block is my twist on a log cabin block, have fun and play with color. NOW available HERE

Second 10 State Quilt Block Patterns Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland

Beth Ann

4-Patch Table Topper Pattern for YOU just in time for Valentine’s Day. Simple four-patches and FUN fabric.

I have a friend who says, I live in a fantasy world of quilts, art and plants. Today is Houseplant Appreciation Day. This is my little corner of the world. Plants play a huge part of it.

Everything is blooming right now in Florida.

This is the three time the violets have bloomed this year. I’ve learned to just water and leave them alone !

Start of my Gerber Daisies, I purchased them last year and they are re-flowering, this is just two days open.

Beth

Last week I started my annual writing out of my goals for the new year. I took a bit of time doing them and even looking back into 2018. What a year it was for me, 2018. I had never really done anything that was closely related to self-care.

Self-care can also be known as, “I’m putting myself first.”

I love the process of writing out goals, my ideas, sketches for quilt patterns and art projects. Loving a good list and marking off what I have finished from it makes me happy!

A huge goal checked off my list, my New book and it’s here for you! It’s priced for all, with many ideas to make YOUR next 20-30 years of retirement great on a daily and emotional level.

So here I go into 2019, goals, ideas and a huge plan for travel, quilts, drawing, and photography. Plus a few more home decorating projects.

How to Survive Retirement my new book on KINDLE

The writing of goals makes them real, “A goal not written is just a dream.”

Second 10 State Quilt Block Patterns Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland

It’s National Bird Day today and I have to share some 0f my Pictures ! I shoot birds as they are and try very hard not to photoshop them. Like us, they are what they are, perfect. I just sit on the beach and wait, they always seem to arrive !

Beth

The State of Arkansas is this week’s quilt pattern. I used just two colors in the quilt block, but play around with color and see what you can come up with. The finished quilt block measures fourteen inches by fourteen inches.

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia

Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland

Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey

New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina

South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Beth Ann

Second 10 State Quilt Block Patterns
Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland

Second 10 State Quilt Block Patterns

Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia

Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland

Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi,
Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada,
New Hampshire, New Jersey

New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota,
Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina

South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont,
Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming