one last assembage

I have brought all my 2011 BJP's together.
you can see them here
as this was my first year in the BJP i am rather proud of myself for having finished all 12 pieces.
thank you all for the encouragement over the last year.

Flora Goodson

AKA: Mommabear

this is my last piece for this years BJP A tree called life.
as you can see it's not finished yet it was supposed to be for august but I got so dreadfully behind on it I had to push it back until now.

it's also been the most technically challenging for me and so i keep putting it down in frustration!
on top of that it still doesn't look right to me, and I can't figure out how to "fix" it.
oh well, this was supposed to stretch my abilities and it has!

November done!

Did I even do October? it's been so long I don't remember!

oops! No I didn't, OK so here is Octobers!)

"I call it "a mind can hide"

this one? not much! there are more detail pictures and you can see them here

september done

yeah I know I skipped august and I'm going to go right on skipping it for a little while longer. I did however finish september and you can see the whole process on my blog  here

June whatever a moon has meant

I have put up the BJP for june here on my blog.
hope you enjoy

May

Done and mounted!
whew I thought I'd never get that one done!
now I'm glad I did some of my projects ahead of time It gives me a little breathing room for life and other stuff! ;)
not that that is going to last very long!
july is the last of my work aheads
so i will have to be extra vigilant not to get behind!
there's more of an explanation on my blog here.

BJP so far

just to re-cap, I thought you all would like to see pictures of my project so far. as together they start to make more sense with the theme of the year


Januaries "I carry your heart"



Februaries "Wherever you go"


March's "Whatever is done"

                and Aprils "I fear no fate"

april Bjp blog entry

the line of poetry for april's piece is, "I fear no fate for you are my fate my sweet" 
again this one stumped me for a while but I figured it out!)
I t was among the first three I finished in january when the initial inspiration hit me for this project.
I have most of the idea's mapped out (sort of!) and I am a month or so ahead but that may change at any time.
I'm not usually this organized, at this stage in the game I am usually scrambling to make the deadline and midway through loose interest or am so far behind I get discouraged, so this is a good sign!

and you can find it here 

another paisley in progress on the may project and you can see it here.

Getting ahead

i'm starting on may's project now so hopefully I will finish before the end of the month. you can see that here.

I'm still looking for the blog with the paisleys in the header so if you know who please let me know.

march BJP done!

I have, after an extensive course change in concept, finished my march project.
and you can see it here

march BJP started

I have finnally started on the "whatever is done" phrase for march! whoopie!
and you can see it here so here's to inspiration!

oh BTW still looking for that blog with the paislies in the header,
if anyone has a clue where to go I'd be much obliged!
thanks!)

Question

I found an intriguing blog the header had beaded black paisleys in it and now I can't find it again.
can anyone help me out?

I carry your heart

Well folks Februaries BJP is done, you can see it here.
I'm a little disappointed with it, it's pretty but not what I wanted.
I wanted stunning and it's kind of plain.
maybe next month.

i chose the E.E. Cummings poem; i carry your heart with me, as a thread to hang my project on. the poem has been one of my favorites and it really does tie together my life for the last year.

January is done and you can see it here,

the poem starts off with,
I carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart)
I am never with out it

I am excited to be a part of this years BJP and hope you all will be just as excited with my little offering

Flora Goodson
A.K.A. mommabear
http://florasbeecrazyquilter.blogspot.com/

I am new to the BJP project, I have been following it for about two years though through Susan Elliott's blog. so i am familiar with what goes on here.
I am primarily a crazy quilter but I tend to gather hobbies the way some people gather friends on facebook!
anyway I am excited to be here amongst such a talented group of people and I hope I can keep up.

i chose the E.E. Cummings poem; i carry your heart with me, as a thread to hang my project on. the poem has been one of my favorites and it really does tie together my life for the last year.

I carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart)
I am never with out it
(wherever you go, I go, my dear and whatever is done by only me, is your doing, my darling)
I fear no fate( for you are my fate, my sweet)
I want no world ( for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has meant
and whatever a sun will allways sing is you.
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root
and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life.
which grows higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and it is the wonder that is holding the stars apart.
I carry your heart
( i carry it in my heart)