tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37250244939355399552024-03-13T08:26:43.867-05:00Sorry, No Kid PhotosTruman Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05534623753453483065noreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725024493935539955.post-74049463456849409852012-01-23T18:24:00.002-06:002012-01-23T18:27:40.909-06:00Crystal's pregnant!!!I know we don't post on here very much but figure there are still some people that follow it...<div><br /></div><div>We found out today that its going to be a girl!</div><div><br /></div><div>So we've eliminated our top choices of Truman and Tebow. But Princess Beyonce White Ivy Jensen has moved to the top of the list. </div><div><br /></div><div>We'll post pictures once she's born. Due date is June 24th 2012. </div><div><br /></div><div>T.</div>Truman Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05534623753453483065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725024493935539955.post-5572195271635747862011-03-22T15:27:00.001-05:002011-03-22T15:28:31.486-05:00ChickenMe: "Did you have a good spring break"<div>A: "Yeah I guess. I had to kill 4 chickens."</div><div>Me: "Ok."</div><div>A: "And then feed their blood to my dogs. If you mix it with salt water it coagulates into a gelatinous substance."</div><div>Me: "Interesting."</div><div>A: "Yeah, any time my mom wants organic chicken she makes me kill them."</div>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968536629476299629noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725024493935539955.post-37864268172148797162011-03-15T13:36:00.001-05:002011-03-15T13:36:54.759-05:00Sorryfor the craft overload. I just dumped the card on my camera.Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968536629476299629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725024493935539955.post-36100598973228181002011-03-15T13:33:00.000-05:002011-03-15T13:33:47.259-05:00Mindy's<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">These are horrible pictures. I might go show up at Mindy's house and demand a re-shoot. That backgroud fabric is supposed to be white, not sickly yellow.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8hpkaDJnWuNnPpo-uc6MT69a05fb7FHp4PhCqMR473c3paJ95C4RBknbttPoJtftxOxC574P3C9vQorEZ_hqDQIjQlLPLGdh1bT_Y48XqOiH4KWbv3Pf83o1ws9zeyaM4Wbm7nG6Gknc/s1600/IMG_4213.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8hpkaDJnWuNnPpo-uc6MT69a05fb7FHp4PhCqMR473c3paJ95C4RBknbttPoJtftxOxC574P3C9vQorEZ_hqDQIjQlLPLGdh1bT_Y48XqOiH4KWbv3Pf83o1ws9zeyaM4Wbm7nG6Gknc/s400/IMG_4213.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Flowers are machine appliqued, then hand quilted around in brown thread. In between fabric flowers, other smaller flower motifs are hand quilted in white thread.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYFUEc8OpfIh8FYLKbLsOLKXhgs-4gYdMSQ_y6mBAiyrSKBfTZeGGHl6FXXtFBRVfeLtulg-KtSCruEhlfekrNPCyOG2uBtC-vzA3JsHoH4VtOIiRVxyYwErjtqYIwJCJXg_Be_WoRbU/s1600/IMG_4215.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYFUEc8OpfIh8FYLKbLsOLKXhgs-4gYdMSQ_y6mBAiyrSKBfTZeGGHl6FXXtFBRVfeLtulg-KtSCruEhlfekrNPCyOG2uBtC-vzA3JsHoH4VtOIiRVxyYwErjtqYIwJCJXg_Be_WoRbU/s400/IMG_4215.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Tried to get a good picture of the back to show the hand quilting, but apparently couldn't hold still. </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglcYtF_Q4dN_I0eIwkCvfg1XL2EjRTQ_TDw0RD_i7AQBP2qae4OLDIfQkg3qn8rpHpx-4CrHGmRxCzyobVOQMWYr3R1KQTzH50ZNusWcAFxB1A65CZViXpThAcTVjLaLrVp3naGHYz1lw/s1600/IMG_4218.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglcYtF_Q4dN_I0eIwkCvfg1XL2EjRTQ_TDw0RD_i7AQBP2qae4OLDIfQkg3qn8rpHpx-4CrHGmRxCzyobVOQMWYr3R1KQTzH50ZNusWcAFxB1A65CZViXpThAcTVjLaLrVp3naGHYz1lw/s400/IMG_4218.JPG" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968536629476299629noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725024493935539955.post-29180305905431031692011-03-15T13:29:00.000-05:002011-03-15T13:30:19.751-05:00Jill's<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">Custom order for a friend of a friend's sister's wedding. Finished at 4ft. by 5ft.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI7fMo1oe1ILSZGjY8yCBbZ-sRnvwvnWbjeB1lCForUoQxyLqm3hyR4CAbIVJtwjaPOXvH2fWiu_e-j3JDqbmydioaG4LVMXoN40uZVPB3cRaapViM86__51sFfvsLClgpeL06giZopFw/s1600/IMG_4220.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI7fMo1oe1ILSZGjY8yCBbZ-sRnvwvnWbjeB1lCForUoQxyLqm3hyR4CAbIVJtwjaPOXvH2fWiu_e-j3JDqbmydioaG4LVMXoN40uZVPB3cRaapViM86__51sFfvsLClgpeL06giZopFw/s400/IMG_4220.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiujvl5rvx3I3UZNKJFHFanu4sH1i7g5zRsHeT3aeWzP8GV_xMSBACSWuR8mdX_6BO0bHWpWrwJn0eIrJKIZSoNWtMl3k_69agaJRpdtXYh7Py6S3q3cy0fGIGxLHNcQaLA_TguaAy5GUI/s1600/IMG_4222.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiujvl5rvx3I3UZNKJFHFanu4sH1i7g5zRsHeT3aeWzP8GV_xMSBACSWuR8mdX_6BO0bHWpWrwJn0eIrJKIZSoNWtMl3k_69agaJRpdtXYh7Py6S3q3cy0fGIGxLHNcQaLA_TguaAy5GUI/s400/IMG_4222.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Cages are hand embroidered with floss. Birds are machine applique'd. Machine quilted with swirls all over, except I traced around each bird and around each cage. </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdxUkgBWK8_xPHURYkIi0yuX_AvGmxrVp9_qDzIRJjzIPGIDT2UJuNyFWKyVHiJPAFWPGA5QuaeG0MKSJVo18RHAQpYeDVbHnLNEnzP6STAh0uJzrecKf4RoZOOM5QKtzqh-zT5hwtVB8/s1600/IMG_4224.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdxUkgBWK8_xPHURYkIi0yuX_AvGmxrVp9_qDzIRJjzIPGIDT2UJuNyFWKyVHiJPAFWPGA5QuaeG0MKSJVo18RHAQpYeDVbHnLNEnzP6STAh0uJzrecKf4RoZOOM5QKtzqh-zT5hwtVB8/s400/IMG_4224.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Back looks lumpier in these pictures than it does in real life. </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGMJES1LGi2duQ4lWE8or9cRPvrnVkbc6Ue1c4Z6pXoEWQxbhLtNwxHeYNqYl3_FSif8alY2qJQVh37OMgxRZZ9L5KmhcopJouP9AtIa2710rdrKkXDYOdA1I54sqA2gSGhGbX4APJnto/s1600/IMG_4225.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGMJES1LGi2duQ4lWE8or9cRPvrnVkbc6Ue1c4Z6pXoEWQxbhLtNwxHeYNqYl3_FSif8alY2qJQVh37OMgxRZZ9L5KmhcopJouP9AtIa2710rdrKkXDYOdA1I54sqA2gSGhGbX4APJnto/s400/IMG_4225.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgObtJlelGkbOGPqhQQiRakXso_X7T43ZQ7sbRi2tz-yl5K0uMiPwUWaybSUU4lUrsrbcAoU77x9w2CdeqnQlCqpJe_vcWKcKkPoR1Iv8Z5AnbL70oaccRmqWzEQRKPbEHO4MxpUTDxEWg/s1600/IMG_4226.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgObtJlelGkbOGPqhQQiRakXso_X7T43ZQ7sbRi2tz-yl5K0uMiPwUWaybSUU4lUrsrbcAoU77x9w2CdeqnQlCqpJe_vcWKcKkPoR1Iv8Z5AnbL70oaccRmqWzEQRKPbEHO4MxpUTDxEWg/s400/IMG_4226.JPG" /></a><br /><br />I hope Julie and Aaron like it!<br /><br /></div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968536629476299629noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725024493935539955.post-59541751712165211342011-03-15T13:27:00.000-05:002011-03-15T13:27:42.931-05:00Marsie's<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">A Christmas present for my Sister-in-Law Marsie. I free motion quilted the peony onto the brown with pink and white thread, then sashed and stuffed.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkrlM7hXURJF9tjgY9hHZhZnljAt3Z9uwv2mcbrhrOJ4pF09rYnzuL9Bq9ssHjtCIwivb_WXbwttKE1sFIXSZl7XhzOC93g4spZ_f_bGCrrUwscDk70uzhI4B_w_jKVbsWMzDX407KPU8/s1600/IMG_4173.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkrlM7hXURJF9tjgY9hHZhZnljAt3Z9uwv2mcbrhrOJ4pF09rYnzuL9Bq9ssHjtCIwivb_WXbwttKE1sFIXSZl7XhzOC93g4spZ_f_bGCrrUwscDk70uzhI4B_w_jKVbsWMzDX407KPU8/s400/IMG_4173.JPG" /></a><br /><br /> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968536629476299629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725024493935539955.post-35169689443505972712011-03-15T13:26:00.000-05:002011-03-15T13:26:35.189-05:00Brandon's<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1G_9YcZwgmWszp-yEz-SpXfU04qxbQ1_9qxXk1cDz9a8a88jgGYGd9LwWZN6qcGkbpCaObDewoTDm3A-tYQnEyT57hPSM3GdMlbtzaKAx4nhCrvkOgj029FtOTiwTgkFyeYsuMqhTnxQ/s1600/IMG_4175.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1G_9YcZwgmWszp-yEz-SpXfU04qxbQ1_9qxXk1cDz9a8a88jgGYGd9LwWZN6qcGkbpCaObDewoTDm3A-tYQnEyT57hPSM3GdMlbtzaKAx4nhCrvkOgj029FtOTiwTgkFyeYsuMqhTnxQ/s400/IMG_4175.JPG" /></a><br /><br />For a fellow math teacher's new baby, Brandon. </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5klp2PIS0un4zYLANVxGusHtemrNQF0FNLQy36mD1MSnDgaPpOoqNCOfIoWnVQ1sUYo0S8CcRxTJjwcUmznYOZS_yACg7_LZZdiYk-6iCZGog-51uZtbHpxNqOcyPfN0AGWzMLqtNhXA/s1600/IMG_4176.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5klp2PIS0un4zYLANVxGusHtemrNQF0FNLQy36mD1MSnDgaPpOoqNCOfIoWnVQ1sUYo0S8CcRxTJjwcUmznYOZS_yACg7_LZZdiYk-6iCZGog-51uZtbHpxNqOcyPfN0AGWzMLqtNhXA/s400/IMG_4176.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgd7L93DXZBo1ykWwyxani3bp6yHkvTGvoHb-bEqQ-bWvFTNYxIE4U9-AL7i9BXku6bPzMQFJWUohoW91aTw19rqdV5YNndprXvuxM5DDM_iNrMxgeGS1R8ZTbJdDWJp6PH-quH2anRRY/s1600/IMG_4177.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgd7L93DXZBo1ykWwyxani3bp6yHkvTGvoHb-bEqQ-bWvFTNYxIE4U9-AL7i9BXku6bPzMQFJWUohoW91aTw19rqdV5YNndprXvuxM5DDM_iNrMxgeGS1R8ZTbJdDWJp6PH-quH2anRRY/s400/IMG_4177.JPG" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968536629476299629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725024493935539955.post-19611742714503359972011-03-15T13:25:00.000-05:002011-03-15T13:25:45.658-05:00Heathen Christmas Present<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjozrNdImg4J7mwU5nctx47CfEeRPa7aWtQ4sOS7hg7bG8kQQ8thBJp7rUpvMP_1J8q4DonEzquqn_MwElFCfcezVvSjHcymRYsThsbmbfM5YH43zqwTEvA3uF00Vl23xPiGVPoaTun5Zg/s1600/IMG_4178.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjozrNdImg4J7mwU5nctx47CfEeRPa7aWtQ4sOS7hg7bG8kQQ8thBJp7rUpvMP_1J8q4DonEzquqn_MwElFCfcezVvSjHcymRYsThsbmbfM5YH43zqwTEvA3uF00Vl23xPiGVPoaTun5Zg/s400/IMG_4178.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Coffee quilt for a work friend. Quilted with swirls.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOGG1h-ntXA87KrvAw9mm28xdkUPIlzw8vT0ihGMr1xSPhewhU5fblL0al4ASvCWPy1-tV8sj9uJRArb0XfYlBDkH_xSS0H8mIw5s3-IO5Vk4gcXagTdy0Ffv7VgF6F7V2fJC7lgz0mI/s1600/IMG_4180.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOGG1h-ntXA87KrvAw9mm28xdkUPIlzw8vT0ihGMr1xSPhewhU5fblL0al4ASvCWPy1-tV8sj9uJRArb0XfYlBDkH_xSS0H8mIw5s3-IO5Vk4gcXagTdy0Ffv7VgF6F7V2fJC7lgz0mI/s400/IMG_4180.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Pieced back. I like to piece the backs to use up the rest of the fabric.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHNmIcbJvQUMtv9WS7NEcpmQ7l22CwKt10uOxRxFh4ev0bJVpGPYpA3Fm0kfpUDYVhPL8KRl4wedAFz4scgq03CjxhnYi1QB52TMUZsA1FfWyO_wgnmOVk2ch8tD2RdO4GBIVeDf0zqxg/s1600/IMG_4182.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHNmIcbJvQUMtv9WS7NEcpmQ7l22CwKt10uOxRxFh4ev0bJVpGPYpA3Fm0kfpUDYVhPL8KRl4wedAFz4scgq03CjxhnYi1QB52TMUZsA1FfWyO_wgnmOVk2ch8tD2RdO4GBIVeDf0zqxg/s400/IMG_4182.JPG" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968536629476299629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725024493935539955.post-50148645729120573982011-03-15T13:22:00.000-05:002011-03-15T13:23:28.220-05:00More Pictures...<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">My photography skills need some serious help.<br /><br />Practicing another quilting pattern on a doll quilt.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUoUxYF2ujbL4HT7P0Qv2e14SNXhNQyroxHijOCUWUqhjsbvuUsuzYdArRKHvMFwW5f8JI09b2fO5xesF2POORYypPvGLZQvHyJGhltUQ6w6_PtJTSdulq1VJcYleAksL0KgJGe4PXXvI/s1600/IMG_4185.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUoUxYF2ujbL4HT7P0Qv2e14SNXhNQyroxHijOCUWUqhjsbvuUsuzYdArRKHvMFwW5f8JI09b2fO5xesF2POORYypPvGLZQvHyJGhltUQ6w6_PtJTSdulq1VJcYleAksL0KgJGe4PXXvI/s400/IMG_4185.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Front is randomly pieced.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFPun6GqtpJ2wMZFHLs7diBMfUNouznkYlwi19ZEYJXmm1QvAWhhHo6bLSdVJmCvtMbkyfArFbfIoiQdkO2vhJM7tY1mwcfLnhMzqnKBkGvIIvAnwI1N14FGwE9R5rqlgA0w9-MRiMQO8/s1600/IMG_4186.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFPun6GqtpJ2wMZFHLs7diBMfUNouznkYlwi19ZEYJXmm1QvAWhhHo6bLSdVJmCvtMbkyfArFbfIoiQdkO2vhJM7tY1mwcfLnhMzqnKBkGvIIvAnwI1N14FGwE9R5rqlgA0w9-MRiMQO8/s400/IMG_4186.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Practiced freezer paper pieceing this flower. Good method, but I this doll quilt is pretty ugly. And my photo assistant doesn't smooth things out well.<br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioHzgNrKZpGDX7aOUqPoruhbJQirsA_0_wpCrwiIW-OrNbIGwgVyT_a0-J0jHDzix0X0cSCfxYjtTxl90rqtd2i0UUlevsnpBiEviGLggKrNgWykv7qZqZwdnaJfLAfxcOM7i-1ZC2St0/s1600/IMG_4187.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioHzgNrKZpGDX7aOUqPoruhbJQirsA_0_wpCrwiIW-OrNbIGwgVyT_a0-J0jHDzix0X0cSCfxYjtTxl90rqtd2i0UUlevsnpBiEviGLggKrNgWykv7qZqZwdnaJfLAfxcOM7i-1ZC2St0/s400/IMG_4187.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Quilted with straight-ish line stippling. Not my best.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kNGyQ6YCkWlfOAkn5ijxt4M26hsmRrhyphenhyphen6IaE0VoiFN5T68gUBiLfjK96lWhIvZNqH9bqjuzsSYAkyOx5Ov3kYcB2hexrgUFSndNY9yG6W8hxjibssBGowGyZxu3pKXINL9dSfwQnppY/s1600/IMG_4188.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kNGyQ6YCkWlfOAkn5ijxt4M26hsmRrhyphenhyphen6IaE0VoiFN5T68gUBiLfjK96lWhIvZNqH9bqjuzsSYAkyOx5Ov3kYcB2hexrgUFSndNY9yG6W8hxjibssBGowGyZxu3pKXINL9dSfwQnppY/s400/IMG_4188.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJnfMHsf99hD3Ag98rOa1MqYAxqNz9tVTsJrLzKsNrdvnNPIsgcOPfc5SPaDtrkODKFgwOepX-l1crs7Q3navcPft16HdX57xrEtnXHbEbMPVgVey7pBxFXT2UJ6I2PkAVzuC1NBOfin4/s1600/IMG_4189.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJnfMHsf99hD3Ag98rOa1MqYAxqNz9tVTsJrLzKsNrdvnNPIsgcOPfc5SPaDtrkODKFgwOepX-l1crs7Q3navcPft16HdX57xrEtnXHbEbMPVgVey7pBxFXT2UJ6I2PkAVzuC1NBOfin4/s400/IMG_4189.JPG" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">Practiced echo quilting. Again with the smoothing!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk8YjVtZOnHO1j5l_f-OaOw0oh7fdKVvROki3lB7Yp8U6omhLs_Z24qnPbEAkolhVm62eC1a4TQR78ZcIjLjstvEvR-H1Jz7GHSkxSk4txnH6LWS45YlfGrw_u6Ngh99RDyX1FMTRVjcY/s1600/IMG_4190.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk8YjVtZOnHO1j5l_f-OaOw0oh7fdKVvROki3lB7Yp8U6omhLs_Z24qnPbEAkolhVm62eC1a4TQR78ZcIjLjstvEvR-H1Jz7GHSkxSk4txnH6LWS45YlfGrw_u6Ngh99RDyX1FMTRVjcY/s400/IMG_4190.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Front of echo quilting practice. </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3L8w2gYbVLaabpvOWx1S3pS1lIn96YrMhyHXz0GxL6QQwIBmfIabirvpe4F_tFReqSEiu88H0tNFfrcOH5tIC91STE_YQlqQB-cgKdrIL8hv1aWa-Aonw_rg11S8xQ-qmoFrM-6QiFo0/s1600/IMG_4191.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3L8w2gYbVLaabpvOWx1S3pS1lIn96YrMhyHXz0GxL6QQwIBmfIabirvpe4F_tFReqSEiu88H0tNFfrcOH5tIC91STE_YQlqQB-cgKdrIL8hv1aWa-Aonw_rg11S8xQ-qmoFrM-6QiFo0/s400/IMG_4191.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKXZ_clRqMWH2jhVTpNvM2LliJwrn4kGyIkxipl8KfpFwBg_auTe213DDFekLDY5N4l0WGy6QuLPy9xZXM0CtLg4mwTGPrv36EOrnjGy0KcIQ5DKRFxxYK6ktmpRGWUrf-22wvKP_dLQ/s1600/IMG_4192.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKXZ_clRqMWH2jhVTpNvM2LliJwrn4kGyIkxipl8KfpFwBg_auTe213DDFekLDY5N4l0WGy6QuLPy9xZXM0CtLg4mwTGPrv36EOrnjGy0KcIQ5DKRFxxYK6ktmpRGWUrf-22wvKP_dLQ/s400/IMG_4192.JPG" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968536629476299629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725024493935539955.post-1897834502559979262011-03-15T13:16:00.000-05:002011-03-15T13:16:48.681-05:00Hand Quilting<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">I decided I wanted to try hand quilting instead of doing it on the machine. Iappliqued the triangles to the white by machine, then sandwiched and hand quilted the grid pattern and around the triangles in white. I love it. Totally worth the time, in my opinion.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoEo_WeH2xoe1LKUVvq5Fw55IN83wn3bgvjELYS2Bbjw21qq8WBqJHD4-qlk0138I5yZgUcJVYyJ8doPkpsuzhsxL_CnyhtwQhffnzJzJMhmeDjAltCx4zTaY5pS4bV91HPy-czY1IQXo/s1600/IMG_4193.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoEo_WeH2xoe1LKUVvq5Fw55IN83wn3bgvjELYS2Bbjw21qq8WBqJHD4-qlk0138I5yZgUcJVYyJ8doPkpsuzhsxL_CnyhtwQhffnzJzJMhmeDjAltCx4zTaY5pS4bV91HPy-czY1IQXo/s400/IMG_4193.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL5Ze2GwmvHNOy5Sc7vNL44-kzXQe9RF2EExi-wJlMlNjmrrNI-7bxFshDzVC17ZFxEoBjMufeSDIzuiTn4g_hyphenhyphenkishRJmg43sS8OHdKE48jyZ9cfYi7HZsipOuZn6Zz9Dpfw-tXkwur4/s1600/IMG_4194.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL5Ze2GwmvHNOy5Sc7vNL44-kzXQe9RF2EExi-wJlMlNjmrrNI-7bxFshDzVC17ZFxEoBjMufeSDIzuiTn4g_hyphenhyphenkishRJmg43sS8OHdKE48jyZ9cfYi7HZsipOuZn6Zz9Dpfw-tXkwur4/s400/IMG_4194.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifPuGtir_9prg15ZDKp62GqY9AK56uXKWBSI4JGqMK1aWcPIRJhoeJIAoZDXBmCtBMNBgRaj-FbAdY1sjmaZ4pH3IqNwZH6IKykfznlN3PU9SoT2h637MmcueDFD6DHFQn2hzxqUOIVpg/s1600/IMG_4195.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifPuGtir_9prg15ZDKp62GqY9AK56uXKWBSI4JGqMK1aWcPIRJhoeJIAoZDXBmCtBMNBgRaj-FbAdY1sjmaZ4pH3IqNwZH6IKykfznlN3PU9SoT2h637MmcueDFD6DHFQn2hzxqUOIVpg/s400/IMG_4195.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQOTLsryCH-zYpN1fFqhNgn8Hv_ACpMEE4ZvqzDieiYXlb8k84-j5OnQRq_sn_NxFCLDaS3Ke7pZaxv1VT34DVBTOguMsMfPAfZMsZTnhBtcEfYn2dYFvvU04ZHy3v6SSynuiIXt7wSo/s1600/IMG_4197.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQOTLsryCH-zYpN1fFqhNgn8Hv_ACpMEE4ZvqzDieiYXlb8k84-j5OnQRq_sn_NxFCLDaS3Ke7pZaxv1VT34DVBTOguMsMfPAfZMsZTnhBtcEfYn2dYFvvU04ZHy3v6SSynuiIXt7wSo/s400/IMG_4197.JPG" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968536629476299629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725024493935539955.post-54416176981438525292011-03-15T13:14:00.000-05:002011-03-15T13:14:32.926-05:00Zachary's<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">For my new favorite fat nephew nuggett.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_r-Eh3V4J2789_fj28RNZ9v-v-Zr104TmOoa4y0J0QnpZl0gnfXOu6qJjzCQmGptjhcnXj4MgyUYC3eZi08A00KTTI2miZzDNqmMy9ii4vkOTiLJ2ToamNE-CLnKBZ7e52r_6V1DJEas/s1600/IMG_4202.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_r-Eh3V4J2789_fj28RNZ9v-v-Zr104TmOoa4y0J0QnpZl0gnfXOu6qJjzCQmGptjhcnXj4MgyUYC3eZi08A00KTTI2miZzDNqmMy9ii4vkOTiLJ2ToamNE-CLnKBZ7e52r_6V1DJEas/s400/IMG_4202.JPG" /></a><br /> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDdGyE7qJhfh9aEVRvKFq5En-figjwVBVK9EsnZcS3jKFY8T9NEGYK-i-wFBGepeSJ06MwUmph4NKJhC4zc80BX4YmG-CJgxOrwGClTn6UzIqZyptbF-7RaKpWlI88I342nGBz2vdnAz8/s1600/IMG_4204.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDdGyE7qJhfh9aEVRvKFq5En-figjwVBVK9EsnZcS3jKFY8T9NEGYK-i-wFBGepeSJ06MwUmph4NKJhC4zc80BX4YmG-CJgxOrwGClTn6UzIqZyptbF-7RaKpWlI88I342nGBz2vdnAz8/s400/IMG_4204.JPG" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968536629476299629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725024493935539955.post-9084317663844781182011-03-15T13:13:00.000-05:002011-03-15T13:13:05.000-05:00Sydney's<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinCh02wIGZBRe3bReqpakbJH_5dNpTKE44Z4XdBybqSeYHFQ_g-0LAik2XYhnTpwRScrgqeXn-NobEPDuTZfnovOIfXN93AaQPOda4c4vUOBrEiyxWUfMWTh6Q6DpWGYFpNi2sASdrzLw/s1600/IMG_3846.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinCh02wIGZBRe3bReqpakbJH_5dNpTKE44Z4XdBybqSeYHFQ_g-0LAik2XYhnTpwRScrgqeXn-NobEPDuTZfnovOIfXN93AaQPOda4c4vUOBrEiyxWUfMWTh6Q6DpWGYFpNi2sASdrzLw/s400/IMG_3846.JPG" /></a><br />Sister Sydney's Wedding Quilt being basted on the driveway. All the pictures of it finished are on my phone.</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968536629476299629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725024493935539955.post-54681872308125101692011-03-15T13:06:00.002-05:002011-03-15T13:11:16.861-05:00The Mania Started<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">When I decided to practice quilting on little quilts.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSlNFVbUPdSFUUQQlIHtGn76W-j7dLlm_Z-mdPhEA0Xd1CNnQTljWwLrfr-pefwqkNt227Q4Xvre88mS8JEEBgORX18ytw8h3K1MYQZB9zHOOyFPiZKfobEHhQ5-bVEVrrJxtIIHITWEI/s1600/youth+conf+004.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSlNFVbUPdSFUUQQlIHtGn76W-j7dLlm_Z-mdPhEA0Xd1CNnQTljWwLrfr-pefwqkNt227Q4Xvre88mS8JEEBgORX18ytw8h3K1MYQZB9zHOOyFPiZKfobEHhQ5-bVEVrrJxtIIHITWEI/s400/youth+conf+004.JPG" /></a></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSlNFVbUPdSFUUQQlIHtGn76W-j7dLlm_Z-mdPhEA0Xd1CNnQTljWwLrfr-pefwqkNt227Q4Xvre88mS8JEEBgORX18ytw8h3K1MYQZB9zHOOyFPiZKfobEHhQ5-bVEVrrJxtIIHITWEI/s1600/youth+conf+004.JPG"></a>Practice with pebble quilting</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsi13wWV6_C21fnwfjFv25qnIWfte7zLYOKK78bxcMPiaGY-Wh_u7PZ1nWW9yaQLrZqF7di9hgfFNdch2tFu5UToz3f8xsOczahYgfImHpZbqOGfH440bRm11krWaxMdgTAdsP1v_rzcY/s1600/youth+conf+006.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsi13wWV6_C21fnwfjFv25qnIWfte7zLYOKK78bxcMPiaGY-Wh_u7PZ1nWW9yaQLrZqF7di9hgfFNdch2tFu5UToz3f8xsOczahYgfImHpZbqOGfH440bRm11krWaxMdgTAdsP1v_rzcY/s400/youth+conf+006.JPG" /></a></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsi13wWV6_C21fnwfjFv25qnIWfte7zLYOKK78bxcMPiaGY-Wh_u7PZ1nWW9yaQLrZqF7di9hgfFNdch2tFu5UToz3f8xsOczahYgfImHpZbqOGfH440bRm11krWaxMdgTAdsP1v_rzcY/s1600/youth+conf+006.JPG"></a>For Liesel</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWFR86p8LsoKFkyQwUMfxlh1sOn6gizEPdsupNIWuGCaRF_C74s_TVtBPS4EER4hae6rBEOVpRjTsJnDyZQYxCMRDADu57v8UxKQ-Z2jLlNRrG2suCyHd8GmUH29tLpOZZvHDBlfsPzBU/s1600/youth+conf+009.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWFR86p8LsoKFkyQwUMfxlh1sOn6gizEPdsupNIWuGCaRF_C74s_TVtBPS4EER4hae6rBEOVpRjTsJnDyZQYxCMRDADu57v8UxKQ-Z2jLlNRrG2suCyHd8GmUH29tLpOZZvHDBlfsPzBU/s400/youth+conf+009.JPG" /></a></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWFR86p8LsoKFkyQwUMfxlh1sOn6gizEPdsupNIWuGCaRF_C74s_TVtBPS4EER4hae6rBEOVpRjTsJnDyZQYxCMRDADu57v8UxKQ-Z2jLlNRrG2suCyHd8GmUH29tLpOZZvHDBlfsPzBU/s1600/youth+conf+009.JPG"></a>Practice stippling for Elora (I can't find the close up of her name)</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwB0HKQgVtN66Cm2nqbkZef-Fo8DyTU4o7hsEBd_9QXjHNLJ49lOwaoYIdMLp8VvWnisP4ZC3bamA7SP-wAHpeRNcM5Brn0MAEDSfjccG-sVAXtQlpzeZ_cdMCKk7gFywxxewjh50Ajsc/s1600/youth+conf+011.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwB0HKQgVtN66Cm2nqbkZef-Fo8DyTU4o7hsEBd_9QXjHNLJ49lOwaoYIdMLp8VvWnisP4ZC3bamA7SP-wAHpeRNcM5Brn0MAEDSfjccG-sVAXtQlpzeZ_cdMCKk7gFywxxewjh50Ajsc/s400/youth+conf+011.JPG" /></a></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwB0HKQgVtN66Cm2nqbkZef-Fo8DyTU4o7hsEBd_9QXjHNLJ49lOwaoYIdMLp8VvWnisP4ZC3bamA7SP-wAHpeRNcM5Brn0MAEDSfjccG-sVAXtQlpzeZ_cdMCKk7gFywxxewjh50Ajsc/s1600/youth+conf+011.JPG"></a>Swirly for Annika</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq8CqyKpp_K4pwn4ZRoQc6GkzPoxY8FBLbjlkPZZazZxoSQcqLVSwV0GkbKR6svICDT4xJJygYA-c9ReSHJu67Kro0Mmg-TCO-Rob5k-bXECrGdM5_OIStEQUWO8gzCTDXB-BQeCDfxuE/s1600/youth+conf+013.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq8CqyKpp_K4pwn4ZRoQc6GkzPoxY8FBLbjlkPZZazZxoSQcqLVSwV0GkbKR6svICDT4xJJygYA-c9ReSHJu67Kro0Mmg-TCO-Rob5k-bXECrGdM5_OIStEQUWO8gzCTDXB-BQeCDfxuE/s400/youth+conf+013.jpg" /></a></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq8CqyKpp_K4pwn4ZRoQc6GkzPoxY8FBLbjlkPZZazZxoSQcqLVSwV0GkbKR6svICDT4xJJygYA-c9ReSHJu67Kro0Mmg-TCO-Rob5k-bXECrGdM5_OIStEQUWO8gzCTDXB-BQeCDfxuE/s1600/youth+conf+013.jpg"></a>Lesson on tension if you look closely at Annika's name</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieIaygvcwUhv1tE2I40OmJoLkyXXf3NiHvVL7oBgK91A-EG0p1LQtZSMQ5gT4mo3upjU_XGVgZxdRXvGeSJ1cP_6HAiphHtQASxRQWFFrQz5zv9A9jrs5jwR_hwd7r_elsmPIgMuikkr8/s1600/youth+conf+074.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieIaygvcwUhv1tE2I40OmJoLkyXXf3NiHvVL7oBgK91A-EG0p1LQtZSMQ5gT4mo3upjU_XGVgZxdRXvGeSJ1cP_6HAiphHtQASxRQWFFrQz5zv9A9jrs5jwR_hwd7r_elsmPIgMuikkr8/s400/youth+conf+074.JPG" /></a></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieIaygvcwUhv1tE2I40OmJoLkyXXf3NiHvVL7oBgK91A-EG0p1LQtZSMQ5gT4mo3upjU_XGVgZxdRXvGeSJ1cP_6HAiphHtQASxRQWFFrQz5zv9A9jrs5jwR_hwd7r_elsmPIgMuikkr8/s1600/youth+conf+074.JPG"></a>Straight, manly lines for Austin V</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwoAgd1D8BVhy8J-FU_bDMcsRDWBiSYte39k617FEs8b53rsBGnxKbXORJrTbxdfz3K0zghDmDcbLJb6EayLkbL2yWIx41ycuYQvL57op8V7soGWZZidQMvfXdRxe4WNWyo709ZZ_HwWI/s400/youth+conf+078.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584370478933337122" /><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Back of Austin's</div>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968536629476299629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725024493935539955.post-71469834947235925722011-01-17T21:30:00.002-06:002011-01-17T21:33:03.268-06:00Hmmm...Last week I had this conversation with my co-teacher (another adult in a co-teach class for special education students--the ones that get their tests read to them, get extra time on tests, have ADHD, are emotionally disturbed, have dyslexia, etc etc.)<div><br /></div><div><i>Him: </i>So, E is pregnant.</div><div><i>Me: </i>What?? I thought she was a lesbian.</div><div><i>Him</i>: Yeah, me too.</div><div><i>Me</i>: Like, hardcore lesbian. </div><div><i>Him</i>: I know! When she told me I said, "What the he**!" Maybe she's confused about her sexual orientation.</div><div><i>Me</i>: Maybe she didn't know what "lesbian" meant when she announced to the class that she was one.</div>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968536629476299629noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725024493935539955.post-60758834711102751142011-01-06T18:33:00.002-06:002011-01-06T18:37:15.944-06:00Theme songThe other day we were driving and listening to music when Rage's song "Killing in the Name" came on. Towards the end of the song Crystal looked at me and instead of asking to change the song stated "This could have been my childhood theme song" <br /><br />Unfortunately I think it extended past childhood.<br /><br />Operation train wife = fail.Truman Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05534623753453483065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725024493935539955.post-28791125227106783922010-11-08T19:19:00.002-06:002010-11-08T19:23:11.418-06:00Ahoy, Matey's!One of my students today was confused about a grade on and English paper. He made the mistake of letting a peer read the funny parts to the class:<div><br /><div>"When the character finally mated his adventure, he looked back on all he had done."</div><div><br /></div><div>"Being mated with the ordeal was a great feeling for the main character and his family."</div><div><br /></div><div>What a difficult way to find that "mate" doesn't mean "to finish" in quite the way he was thinking. </div></div>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968536629476299629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725024493935539955.post-1459417994780015632010-10-31T19:24:00.000-05:002010-10-31T19:24:52.502-05:00I'm happy<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><br />that my Dad got to do this for one of his daughters.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgolN2IPxmJ2zbXtUhFi8ozGfpExbR5DbNzExwM7ndpqzfbr79piICUaINwxKfSIoaWUe2F8s9hyfWcZs85uqOBaNlgGNyo4ALz3cZfzxSvHF65yPoQA86xbWH18IxByRV1DM-Qq9EKq6Y/s1600/SydWedding+148.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgolN2IPxmJ2zbXtUhFi8ozGfpExbR5DbNzExwM7ndpqzfbr79piICUaINwxKfSIoaWUe2F8s9hyfWcZs85uqOBaNlgGNyo4ALz3cZfzxSvHF65yPoQA86xbWH18IxByRV1DM-Qq9EKq6Y/s400/SydWedding+148.JPG" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968536629476299629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725024493935539955.post-20966565106889793782010-10-31T19:22:00.000-05:002010-10-31T19:22:21.939-05:00Not true!<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioR0hi10ZGOKk9d2gjop5ldudLKyT_7JW3DxEyid1ivVPRjABV-7pG1D6jI3F3dB-a-8-mmNVTkqsnEYabO82QVSWifRY5jBTX9FKqw8moPH-fbBV3ji0n6d0ide49ePkic8NpiuV8mSI/s1600/IMG_4142.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioR0hi10ZGOKk9d2gjop5ldudLKyT_7JW3DxEyid1ivVPRjABV-7pG1D6jI3F3dB-a-8-mmNVTkqsnEYabO82QVSWifRY5jBTX9FKqw8moPH-fbBV3ji0n6d0ide49ePkic8NpiuV8mSI/s400/IMG_4142.JPG" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968536629476299629noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725024493935539955.post-76422914865034496732010-10-04T20:05:00.002-05:002010-10-04T20:08:31.963-05:00True StoryC is a sophomore who still flirts like a 3rd grader--she pulls hair, punches, says rude things, and GIGGLES entirely too much.<div><br /></div><div>On several occasions I have said, "C--that's no way to get a boyfriend."</div><div><br /></div><div>Today, C was flirting with Z. She picked up his binder and threw it on the ground. She stole his pencil. She giggled when he got mad about the binder. She asked to go to the bathroom, and on the way out the door she pulled Z's hair.</div><div><br /></div><div>When she knocked to get back inside the classroom, Z didn't want to let her in. I told him to just tell her that he wasn't interested.</div><div><br /></div><div>She came back in the room, sat down, and squirted Z with a water bottle. Z yelled, quite loudly, "C! Stop it! I don't like you like that! Leave me alone!"</div><div><br /></div><div>So C got up, walked over, and pushed Z and his desk right over. </div>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968536629476299629noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725024493935539955.post-47247984328565003192010-09-09T19:11:00.001-05:002010-09-09T19:12:48.840-05:00Today in Class"Mrs. Jensen! You're almost as nice as my mom....and she's <i>really </i>mean."<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>And while grading papers: 21-1=2 </div><div>The 1 just falls off, people.</div>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968536629476299629noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725024493935539955.post-66355261483774724092010-07-09T09:23:00.003-05:002010-07-09T09:27:52.206-05:00Free to good home<div align="center">I wanted to try this technique, called cathedral windows, so I made this pillow.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm9AKKFF5vCi2q00FgN7yVA0DJml6gFxY_2eV3U3Hzo94HZbQQoYnZHKt8LIwN5Gkz2jKGp9mslmsKGtFEuP9xINOm3KSVlKGKQBmeC3KThLp8roTmClhLkfTocYLdo_fHjcqgtHdzU7s/s1600/IMG_3836.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491912825449886978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm9AKKFF5vCi2q00FgN7yVA0DJml6gFxY_2eV3U3Hzo94HZbQQoYnZHKt8LIwN5Gkz2jKGp9mslmsKGtFEuP9xINOm3KSVlKGKQBmeC3KThLp8roTmClhLkfTocYLdo_fHjcqgtHdzU7s/s400/IMG_3836.JPG" /></a><br /> It turned out slightly poopy, and doesn't match anything in my house. I covered the most poopy parts with buttons.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYWKWvRzPRVN-DbCAjP63zEERIzOxqbvDzUT6WV8M4A15yflVdEjYJ_MYUbKVRHQ1aOiz9Jyvx9SmJlmtsGvckewxKIFur1l_xBdRlQmJ8WB3tj9qOGmFsI7tFv2WbV2sesctQhe2ZGM/s1600/IMG_3841.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491912824023946338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYWKWvRzPRVN-DbCAjP63zEERIzOxqbvDzUT6WV8M4A15yflVdEjYJ_MYUbKVRHQ1aOiz9Jyvx9SmJlmtsGvckewxKIFur1l_xBdRlQmJ8WB3tj9qOGmFsI7tFv2WbV2sesctQhe2ZGM/s400/IMG_3841.JPG" /></a><br /><div> Anybody want it? You can have it for free! (Without the pillow form)</div><br /></div>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968536629476299629noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725024493935539955.post-55258930300860526942010-05-29T23:27:00.000-05:002010-05-29T23:27:37.749-05:00We went<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">to New York City. A long time ago. I put the rest of the pictures on my facebook because I'm too lazy to blog them.<br />It's the end of the school year, I'm tired.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqEpIphZFvo1VNTCs_ef4PBCGF79pbLhJsYBxFW-wH2LFH31PoNkFp7ZVer55U2YZV6BcfJ8tmUZECdGlIJ2ASRir4OKd9ImieeZxf3kUyRL5K40LIoAUI8_3PRX1VERfy6SCZC9mpIDg/s1600/New+York+125.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqEpIphZFvo1VNTCs_ef4PBCGF79pbLhJsYBxFW-wH2LFH31PoNkFp7ZVer55U2YZV6BcfJ8tmUZECdGlIJ2ASRir4OKd9ImieeZxf3kUyRL5K40LIoAUI8_3PRX1VERfy6SCZC9mpIDg/s320/New+York+125.JPG" /></a><br /><br /> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Truman Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05534623753453483065noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725024493935539955.post-60383299276306186662010-04-18T22:18:00.001-05:002010-04-18T22:20:00.252-05:00Special RequestI've had a call for more stories. Nothing exciting has happened the last couple of weeks--the kids and I are tolerating each other until TAKS review is over. So this is from last year.<div><br /></div><div>A, a male student, asks to go to bathroom.</div><div><br /></div><div>Me: Ok</div><div>A: Can G (another male) come with me?</div><div>Me: No</div><div>A: Why not?</div><div>Me: Because you're a big boy</div><div>A: MRS. JENSEN!! IT'S NOT GONNA SHAKE ITSELF!!</div>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968536629476299629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725024493935539955.post-47483116906187726492010-03-11T21:43:00.003-06:002010-03-11T21:52:26.531-06:00Torpedoes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.handlebarclock.com/catalog/images/TorpedoGallery.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.handlebarclock.com/catalog/images/TorpedoGallery.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.handlebarclock.com/catalog/images/TorpedoGallery.jpg"></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Last week, I had the pleasure of giving the TAKS test. During a break from my 6 HOURS of staring at children (that your tax dollars pay for, by the way. Thanks.) I went to Chipotle for some lunch. I saw a former student, who is currently taking calculus at the high school, at Chipotle <i>with his mother. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Me: Hey, P.</div><div style="text-align: center;">P: Hey, Mrs. J. This is my mom.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Me: Nice to meet you. So, P, how is calculus going?</div><div style="text-align: center;">P: Mr J. has torpedoes for nipples!! And he says a lot of things that can be taken sexually. Like one time, he told us we had to really straddle the problem and tweak it a little bit.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Me: <i>silence</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">P's mom: Well, it was certainly nice to meet you. P really enjoyed PreCal last year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968536629476299629noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725024493935539955.post-19701845911227587192010-02-14T18:20:00.000-06:002010-02-14T18:21:00.657-06:00Perceptions<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">I have an ESL Algebra I class, which means I teach math and try to improve English skills at the same time. Every day they get a warm-up to start with. Here's an example of one I gave:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG8tkw1EY1LK5yOMNM2EbP50qT1zi54HocukSbDAkNYWCgWYITPnl1BrAXLtMvz1UwEVvCKX_XOlhmCI02QzbHyQKqqQyd9GwrIN37c7PoQq7uH5kzMzojsRqlDs1CJyZMthDpEajufMU/s1600-h/Photo_091809_002.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG8tkw1EY1LK5yOMNM2EbP50qT1zi54HocukSbDAkNYWCgWYITPnl1BrAXLtMvz1UwEVvCKX_XOlhmCI02QzbHyQKqqQyd9GwrIN37c7PoQq7uH5kzMzojsRqlDs1CJyZMthDpEajufMU/s400/Photo_091809_002.jpg" /></a> </div> Remember, these kids don't know English. Don't judge.<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">Well, a student in PreCalculus came in and saw the warm up on the board, so he thought he would participate: </div><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi346pDxvI42beDwNA5ghpaFkS2QrE6h2ikZRTDSigUjNpHwX5piAI4B0F3PLptl5UvWjy31J4acdATjeZQOLZW9sl5CWg1kExZJPRHGRzogZhYagX4PUiOE_N2Q0M4XpXVNj2Nb9VmB0M/s1600-h/Photo_091809_001.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi346pDxvI42beDwNA5ghpaFkS2QrE6h2ikZRTDSigUjNpHwX5piAI4B0F3PLptl5UvWjy31J4acdATjeZQOLZW9sl5CWg1kExZJPRHGRzogZhYagX4PUiOE_N2Q0M4XpXVNj2Nb9VmB0M/s400/Photo_091809_001.jpg" /></a><br /><br /> Ah, the calculator watch makes another appearance...<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968536629476299629noreply@blogger.com1