Wednesday, September 17, 2008

New Hats...Old Friends Pillow

New Hats...Old Friends!


One day it dawned on Opal...She was no longer a B-Cup. Change, Change is good. (Yep, that's what someone said).

Pillow back with yo-yo
Pillow side detail with handmade yo-yo's

This is my attempt at sewing, beginning with pillows. My inspiration in detail is Kathy Rydman; an exceptional seamstress! These pillows have sparked interest in women who are members in the Red Hat Society and they are all about friends and growing old and the humor we can find in the process of aging...if we choose to!

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My Favorites...

  • Ernie
  • Fishing
  • Dumpster Diving
  • Vacationing
  • Learning
  • Community involvement
  • Entertaining with friends
  • Hobbies; knitting, crocheting, glasswork, decoupage, metalwork, pottery, gardening, rusty old stuff and cooking
  • Places
  • Food
  • Humor
  • Friends
  • Sayings & Quotes
  • "Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aging, tolerant of the weak- and sympathetic with the striving. Because some time in your life, you will have been all of these." Leo Buscaglia
  • Authors
  • Movies
  • Books

My Garden- My Passion

My Garden- My Passion
"Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds."

Art That Inspires Me

Art That Inspires Me
Title: Shopping Friends Artist: Robert Shields

Love and Family

  • I love my family - simply stated, but I absolutely love my family! My immediate family consists of David Kevin Willey or Kevin; the hard-working, talented, kind, generous, caring and loving man that I married...what was he thinking? Did I mention that I love this man? Yes, coveralls and all, it's all good! Randi Lee Willey, my oldest daughter is soon to be 28. Randi is beautiful, loving, caring, compasionate, generous, incredibly creative and great friend and daughter. Cory Lynn Willey is 25 and beautiful, loving, caring, compassionate, generous and creative, with a great sense of humor and a great friend and daughter. And then, there's Ernie. Ernie is soon to be seven years old, is spoiled rotten (no other way to be) and Ernie rules the roost. Ernie loves our family, or at least whomever he is with and trying to protect at the time. My family of origin is The Martinez Clan, which currently consists of 10; Mom, Kathryn M. Perez-Martinez age 80 and sisters and brothers ranging in ages from 59 to 45, some of us who are not quite a year apart from each other...what the hell were they thinking? They are from oldest to youngest: Eleanor Martinez, Sylvia Tuft, Linda Petersen, myself (Pat Willey), Frank Martinez, Jr., Alex Martinez, Alice Brandon, Felix Martinez and Rick Martinez (Father, Frank J. Martinez, deceased in 1999 at age 78 and Robert K. Martinez deceased in 1991 at age 34), making for quite an interesting life, to say the least, but I love them all and wouldn't trade any of it!