Goals for Week 1:
Pictures into guild for show
Carolina Crossroads - Kim cut - clue 1
Carolina Crossroads - mine cut - clue 1
Anything else I want!!!
I've decided to continue my whatever-I-want phase through the next week. Since I figured out the crayon quilt, watch that be the big thing I haul ass on all week! I'm just excited to have it figured out in my mind's eye.
Friday, December 28, 2007
week 52
Well nothing really happened here in week 52, except that I did get my Dad's quilt done.
I did also finish the top on the Peter/Hunter/generic boy quilt.
And then I promptly have done nothing.
Although I did take out the completed crayons for the crayon quilt and laid them out. I was able to see that the flaw that I thought was there in every crayon indeed is there in every crayon. I have made a design change, which requires doing some ripping, snorting and repiecing with Y seams on each crayon. On a few crayons, they will need more strips, as somehow they are not long enough. I also determined that the quilt will have to hang upside down in the show (the crayon points hanging down), as I have no idea how else to get a sleeve on the thing!
So not a lot of quilting after the holiday, but a real revelation in what to do with this quilt. So now it's just a matter of getting to it.
I did also finish the top on the Peter/Hunter/generic boy quilt.
And then I promptly have done nothing.
Although I did take out the completed crayons for the crayon quilt and laid them out. I was able to see that the flaw that I thought was there in every crayon indeed is there in every crayon. I have made a design change, which requires doing some ripping, snorting and repiecing with Y seams on each crayon. On a few crayons, they will need more strips, as somehow they are not long enough. I also determined that the quilt will have to hang upside down in the show (the crayon points hanging down), as I have no idea how else to get a sleeve on the thing!
So not a lot of quilting after the holiday, but a real revelation in what to do with this quilt. So now it's just a matter of getting to it.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
nothing new
Nothing much. Last night DH and I watched a lot of Babylon 5 and tonight we plan more of the same. Sewing may just be on holiday right now.
Actually, I did clear off the extra table in our room so that I can put my old Kenmore on it. I want to quil the crayon quilt using that machine, so I have to set it up somewhere.
Actually, I did clear off the extra table in our room so that I can put my old Kenmore on it. I want to quil the crayon quilt using that machine, so I have to set it up somewhere.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Carolina Crossroads Update
OK, OK, I missed Sunday to update. Sorry. Shoot me – I was a quilter on a mission to finish a gift. Gift accomplished and given. Dad loves it and is amazed that BOTH of his daughters made it.
I did ask my sister what other colors besides purple that she would want. She started with teal and then I explained I had no teal in my stash and she had to work within what I have. I suggested green, and even after explaining that not every green may go with every purple, she was game. So the conversion chart is:
Bonnie’s red = Kim’s purple = my pink
Bonnie’s blue = Kim’s green = my brown
Bonnie’s tan = Kim’s cream = my cream
I may need to buy a bit of fabric here and there to round out both the cream selection and the brown selection, but we shall see.
My sister does not handle angles well, so clue 4 is going to require some serious coaching on my part. Thank God she’s not doing the cutting. That would escape her altogether.
The goal is to cut on New Year’s Day during the various aspects of the Rose Bowl.
I did ask my sister what other colors besides purple that she would want. She started with teal and then I explained I had no teal in my stash and she had to work within what I have. I suggested green, and even after explaining that not every green may go with every purple, she was game. So the conversion chart is:
Bonnie’s red = Kim’s purple = my pink
Bonnie’s blue = Kim’s green = my brown
Bonnie’s tan = Kim’s cream = my cream
I may need to buy a bit of fabric here and there to round out both the cream selection and the brown selection, but we shall see.
My sister does not handle angles well, so clue 4 is going to require some serious coaching on my part. Thank God she’s not doing the cutting. That would escape her altogether.
The goal is to cut on New Year’s Day during the various aspects of the Rose Bowl.
quickly checking in
Friday, Saturday and Sunday – I did get the Dad quilt 100% done (and the first 3 movies of Star Wars watched). I also got the borders on the Peter/Hunter/generic boy quilt on and started the process to piece the back for it.
Monday and Tuesday brought no quilting due to the holiday. I did do some gaming with my DH, which made his day.
Monday and Tuesday brought no quilting due to the holiday. I did do some gaming with my DH, which made his day.
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Dad quilt - quilting update
20% quilted. And that took an hour. WE should make it without issues.
I hate borders and sandwiching. My sister even asked me if I was OK with doing this, as I didn't sound very happy. I told her I'm equal opportunity hate with part of the process.
I hate borders and sandwiching. My sister even asked me if I was OK with doing this, as I didn't sound very happy. I told her I'm equal opportunity hate with part of the process.
Friday, December 21, 2007
Week 52 goals
Goals for Week 52:
Dad quilt done
Pictures into guild for show - meeting with them on the 28th anyway
Anything else I want!!!
I decided earlier in the week when I was taking a long look at what I need to finish by the guild show in March and what I want to finish by that point that between now and the new year, I get to sew on whatever I want. There are only 3 rules:
1. Dad quilt must be done
2. Don't start anything new until New Year's Day (come on Carolina Crossroads!!!)
3. The Dorothy Young Christmas mystery is 'legal'
At some point, I just need to move where the mojo takes me. This will all be in the land of UFO's. I may make some doll clothes for the new American Girl doll making her way to our house this Christmastime.
What I hope for is that a lot of quilts that have blocks done will make it into tops and get all the way through the process except for hand stitiching down the binding. Then having a ton of hand work next to every TV is a good thing and a great way to bust a lot of tivo.
Dad quilt done
Pictures into guild for show - meeting with them on the 28th anyway
Anything else I want!!!
I decided earlier in the week when I was taking a long look at what I need to finish by the guild show in March and what I want to finish by that point that between now and the new year, I get to sew on whatever I want. There are only 3 rules:
1. Dad quilt must be done
2. Don't start anything new until New Year's Day (come on Carolina Crossroads!!!)
3. The Dorothy Young Christmas mystery is 'legal'
At some point, I just need to move where the mojo takes me. This will all be in the land of UFO's. I may make some doll clothes for the new American Girl doll making her way to our house this Christmastime.
What I hope for is that a lot of quilts that have blocks done will make it into tops and get all the way through the process except for hand stitiching down the binding. Then having a ton of hand work next to every TV is a good thing and a great way to bust a lot of tivo.
Week 51
Goals for Week 51:
Peter/Hunter quilt – progress of some sort
Trifecta – quilted (or at least started…)
Crayon – red crayon done
Giftie – progress
Coasters giftie – done
Dad – progress
Tumbleweeds – find!!!
Pictures into guild for show
(Please note that this is nearly the same dang list!!!)
What I got done:
Friday – All Dad b locks done, giftie for SS all assembled. Giftie coaster also done.
Saturday – Completed hand sewing down the binding on the giftie.
Sunday – none – Schwitzner Sibling Christmas.
Monday – nothing.
Tuesday – nothing.
Wednesday – nothing.
Thursday – I got the Dad quilt going! Blocks are all set and the side borders are on. I will make it!!!
Peter/Hunter quilt – progress of some sort
Trifecta – quilted (or at least started…)
Crayon – red crayon done
Giftie – progress
Coasters giftie – done
Dad – progress
Tumbleweeds – find!!!
Pictures into guild for show
(Please note that this is nearly the same dang list!!!)
What I got done:
Friday – All Dad b locks done, giftie for SS all assembled. Giftie coaster also done.
Saturday – Completed hand sewing down the binding on the giftie.
Sunday – none – Schwitzner Sibling Christmas.
Monday – nothing.
Tuesday – nothing.
Wednesday – nothing.
Thursday – I got the Dad quilt going! Blocks are all set and the side borders are on. I will make it!!!
Thursday, December 20, 2007
well, at least the cards are done....
Nothing happened on the sewing front, but the Christmas cards (all 107 of them!) are done. So I consider that a victory.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
gift completed
Again, no progress. But there was sorta progress, really.
I did finish my organizer roll up thingy and filled it will all good quilty things and have it all ready to go to KS. And promptly left it at home this morning. So I will take it to mail this evening. the cover of the organizer is 3 stars made with Judy's tri-recs lessons. The inside has 5 zippered pouches and I will never sew with vinyl again after this disaster.
The pouches contained quilty goodness. 6 FQs - 3 pink, 3 brown (her colors), a box of flower head pins, a folding seam ripper, an add-a-quarter, a lint brush for the machine, a 1 x 6 mini omnigrid ruler and one of those little cut on one side, press on the other side thingys (I bought one for me too!). So that's a lot of quilty goodness. Plus the sewing Hallmark ornament for this year. I hope she likes her gift.
And that was the extent of the sewing yesterday. My next really big deadline is the Christmas itself. I need to finish the Dad quilt, which is at the completed blocks stage. Time to power-sew.
I did finish my organizer roll up thingy and filled it will all good quilty things and have it all ready to go to KS. And promptly left it at home this morning. So I will take it to mail this evening. the cover of the organizer is 3 stars made with Judy's tri-recs lessons. The inside has 5 zippered pouches and I will never sew with vinyl again after this disaster.
The pouches contained quilty goodness. 6 FQs - 3 pink, 3 brown (her colors), a box of flower head pins, a folding seam ripper, an add-a-quarter, a lint brush for the machine, a 1 x 6 mini omnigrid ruler and one of those little cut on one side, press on the other side thingys (I bought one for me too!). So that's a lot of quilty goodness. Plus the sewing Hallmark ornament for this year. I hope she likes her gift.
And that was the extent of the sewing yesterday. My next really big deadline is the Christmas itself. I need to finish the Dad quilt, which is at the completed blocks stage. Time to power-sew.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
No progress, but no backsliding either
Monday was the lost day. I didn’t get any sewing done, and I attempted to make fudge. Now, I really can make fudge, but this is a new range, so there are always adjustments to be made. This batch ended up too thin and it spilled on my hand as I was trying to pour it. OW OW OW!!!
Plus DD and I ate all the other fudge in the house that I made over the weekend. So at some point, I was a lump, trying to fight off the sugar crash. That I finished that one batch of fudge and made sense of the addresses for the Christmas cards is a minor miracle.
So no steps forward, sewing-wise, but none back either.
Plus DD and I ate all the other fudge in the house that I made over the weekend. So at some point, I was a lump, trying to fight off the sugar crash. That I finished that one batch of fudge and made sense of the addresses for the Christmas cards is a minor miracle.
So no steps forward, sewing-wise, but none back either.
Monday, December 17, 2007
Snowy Update
Just a quick update.
We got a fair amount of snow and it blew and drifted everywhere, so it’s hard to measure exactly how much. I vote for 3 to 4 inches. DD was in her glory. Ted was exhausted from shoveling.
Friday saw the most sewing of the weekend. After I got DD through her second flu shot (evidently when you’re a kid and it’s your first flu shot ever, you need a booster) with a Happy Meal from the Golden Arches, we came home and I finished all the Dad blocks. I am now the proud owner of 72 Backroads to OK blocks. And with a week to spare!!!! I also worked on my Secret Santa gift, which is an organizer roll up thing. Man, I hate sewing vinyl. Grrrr. I got that all the way done except for handstitching the binding.
Based on our familial schedule for the weekend, I did not hold out illusions of grandeur about sewing lots. I did make 3 batches of fudge, 1 batch (2 loaves) of pumpkin bread and a batch of oatmeal cinnamon chip cookies. I also tidying the kitchen as I went and also went through some paperwork. I did squeeze in a 2 hour nap and I did finish the hand sewing on the coaster and the organizer thingy. I got done nearly everything I wanted to and at a reasonable pace. And DD made it through the eye doctor.
Sunday was the Schwitzner Sibling Christmas. My FIL has children from 2 different wives, so his children get together to celebrate. My FIL called in from FL to chat with them all. My SIL had the event, as she has the biggest home. She really wanted me to do it, because I had moved and it would be a great reason to visit, but we all got somewhere between 3 and 6 inches of snow. So it was better for only our family to be on the road than their 2 families. We brought all the desserts, which explains my baking.
So now all of my Christmas shopping is done. DH needs a Secret Santa gift for work in the $10 range. I need some wrapping paper and I need to do 2 more rounds of baking, but the only things left are to pack my SS box and mail it and to finish the Dad quilt. YIPPEE!!!
We got a fair amount of snow and it blew and drifted everywhere, so it’s hard to measure exactly how much. I vote for 3 to 4 inches. DD was in her glory. Ted was exhausted from shoveling.
Friday saw the most sewing of the weekend. After I got DD through her second flu shot (evidently when you’re a kid and it’s your first flu shot ever, you need a booster) with a Happy Meal from the Golden Arches, we came home and I finished all the Dad blocks. I am now the proud owner of 72 Backroads to OK blocks. And with a week to spare!!!! I also worked on my Secret Santa gift, which is an organizer roll up thing. Man, I hate sewing vinyl. Grrrr. I got that all the way done except for handstitching the binding.
Based on our familial schedule for the weekend, I did not hold out illusions of grandeur about sewing lots. I did make 3 batches of fudge, 1 batch (2 loaves) of pumpkin bread and a batch of oatmeal cinnamon chip cookies. I also tidying the kitchen as I went and also went through some paperwork. I did squeeze in a 2 hour nap and I did finish the hand sewing on the coaster and the organizer thingy. I got done nearly everything I wanted to and at a reasonable pace. And DD made it through the eye doctor.
Sunday was the Schwitzner Sibling Christmas. My FIL has children from 2 different wives, so his children get together to celebrate. My FIL called in from FL to chat with them all. My SIL had the event, as she has the biggest home. She really wanted me to do it, because I had moved and it would be a great reason to visit, but we all got somewhere between 3 and 6 inches of snow. So it was better for only our family to be on the road than their 2 families. We brought all the desserts, which explains my baking.
So now all of my Christmas shopping is done. DH needs a Secret Santa gift for work in the $10 range. I need some wrapping paper and I need to do 2 more rounds of baking, but the only things left are to pack my SS box and mail it and to finish the Dad quilt. YIPPEE!!!
Sunday, December 16, 2007
CC update
As requested, this is my Carolina Crossroads weekly check in. I am still trying to figure out my 3 colors for my sister and then I decided (oh, hell's bells) that I'd do one too.
My goal is to send my sister each clue all prepared and cut and all she has to do is sew it. She has no stash and I have way too much. She is game. All I know for sure is that her accent color (Bonnie's red) will be purple.
My quilt is another story. I want to do pinks, browns and creams. But I do not know if I have enough of all 3 of those colors.
Stay tuned.
My goal is to send my sister each clue all prepared and cut and all she has to do is sew it. She has no stash and I have way too much. She is game. All I know for sure is that her accent color (Bonnie's red) will be purple.
My quilt is another story. I want to do pinks, browns and creams. But I do not know if I have enough of all 3 of those colors.
Stay tuned.
Friday, December 14, 2007
Week 51 goals
Goals for Week 51:
Peter/Hunter quilt – progress of some sort
Trifecta – quilted (or at least started…)
Crayon – red crayon done
Giftie – progress
Coasters giftie – done
Dad – progress
Tumbleweeds – find!!!
Pictures into guild for show
(Please note that this is nearly the same dang list!!!)
Peter/Hunter quilt – progress of some sort
Trifecta – quilted (or at least started…)
Crayon – red crayon done
Giftie – progress
Coasters giftie – done
Dad – progress
Tumbleweeds – find!!!
Pictures into guild for show
(Please note that this is nearly the same dang list!!!)
Week 50
Goals for Week 50:
Peter/Hunter quilt – progress of some sort
Trifecta – quilted (or at least started…)
Crayon – red crayon done
Giftie – progress
Coasters giftie – done
Dad – progress
Tumbleweeds – find!!!
Pictures into guild for show
LCRR – final strips for final block set
(Please note that this is the same dang list!!!)
Oh, and a gaudy sweatshirt for Chad at work. Oh boy!!!
What I got done:
Friday night – I started after the eye appointment debacle. I got started on the LCRR blocks and kept plugging away on the Dad quilt blocks. I also started 4 broken dishes blocks. What I did notice was that the safety on my rotary cutter kept giving out, thus making it unsafe to sew with. And so I had to run out on Saturday for a new one.
Saturday – What a day to sew! When we got home after the ice storm started, I was off to the sewing room. I was able to finish 4 more broken dishes blocks and 2 dozen of the Dad quilt blocks. Before we went out, I did finish the LCRR blocks. So once all of these things were done, I decided we needed a tree skirt. So I took out my blue and white snowflake fabric scrap stash and cut strips ranging from 1” to 3” (1/2” intervals) and did the stitch and flip method of QAYG. The skirt finished at 40” round. The new rotary cutter is fantastic!
Sunday – While watching 4 hours of Project Runway on the tivo, I got the entire tree skirt bound. It is beautiful and set up under our new 4 foot pre-lit tree. Of course, 5 hours later, I found my tub of Christmas fabrics intermixed with the Christmas décor boxes. While I didn’t sew any more on Sunday after 12 noon, I did indeed find the Xmas fabs and put them where they belonged, and went through and donated/threw out 2 footlockers and 1 more box full of fabrics. So while not a lot of sewing per se, I busted a ton of junk, which feels far better. Very little went down into the sewing room.
And the Chad sweatshirt is designed.
Monday – Let’s see. I sewed for a while on the Dad quilt, but didn’t get too far. I cleaned up some of the sewing space, which was required. I also started 2 more broken dishes blocks. I know I sewed for like 1.5 hours, but it doesn’t feel like I got a lot done. Hmmm…..
Tuesday – Got all 4 fussy cut items on the Chad sweatshirt and also sewed 20 more Dad blocks. The remaining 28 are at the point where construction will be easy.
Wednesday – Only fabric painting on the Chad sweatshirt.
Thursday – The Chad sweatshirt is done, bows and all.
Peter/Hunter quilt – progress of some sort
Trifecta – quilted (or at least started…)
Crayon – red crayon done
Giftie – progress
Coasters giftie – done
Dad – progress
Tumbleweeds – find!!!
Pictures into guild for show
LCRR – final strips for final block set
(Please note that this is the same dang list!!!)
Oh, and a gaudy sweatshirt for Chad at work. Oh boy!!!
What I got done:
Friday night – I started after the eye appointment debacle. I got started on the LCRR blocks and kept plugging away on the Dad quilt blocks. I also started 4 broken dishes blocks. What I did notice was that the safety on my rotary cutter kept giving out, thus making it unsafe to sew with. And so I had to run out on Saturday for a new one.
Saturday – What a day to sew! When we got home after the ice storm started, I was off to the sewing room. I was able to finish 4 more broken dishes blocks and 2 dozen of the Dad quilt blocks. Before we went out, I did finish the LCRR blocks. So once all of these things were done, I decided we needed a tree skirt. So I took out my blue and white snowflake fabric scrap stash and cut strips ranging from 1” to 3” (1/2” intervals) and did the stitch and flip method of QAYG. The skirt finished at 40” round. The new rotary cutter is fantastic!
Sunday – While watching 4 hours of Project Runway on the tivo, I got the entire tree skirt bound. It is beautiful and set up under our new 4 foot pre-lit tree. Of course, 5 hours later, I found my tub of Christmas fabrics intermixed with the Christmas décor boxes. While I didn’t sew any more on Sunday after 12 noon, I did indeed find the Xmas fabs and put them where they belonged, and went through and donated/threw out 2 footlockers and 1 more box full of fabrics. So while not a lot of sewing per se, I busted a ton of junk, which feels far better. Very little went down into the sewing room.
And the Chad sweatshirt is designed.
Monday – Let’s see. I sewed for a while on the Dad quilt, but didn’t get too far. I cleaned up some of the sewing space, which was required. I also started 2 more broken dishes blocks. I know I sewed for like 1.5 hours, but it doesn’t feel like I got a lot done. Hmmm…..
Tuesday – Got all 4 fussy cut items on the Chad sweatshirt and also sewed 20 more Dad blocks. The remaining 28 are at the point where construction will be easy.
Wednesday – Only fabric painting on the Chad sweatshirt.
Thursday – The Chad sweatshirt is done, bows and all.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Painting a plenty...
Last night proved to be an opportune time to run to the paint your pottery place and get DD to make her present for her dad. I made a tray to hold my sewing things by my nightstand and also on retreat. We also had a nice dinner together and overall it was a good evening.
Sewing-wise, I did outline the big Christmas tree on the back of the Chad sweatshirt and then wrote “I (heart) Christmas” inside the tree. That was a request from the person who started this. After 2 hours of fine painting at the pottery place, my hands were steady enough to handle the writing.
Tonight I have to finish the Chad sweatshirt. And hopefully do some more sewing, but my house needs some attention, as does my errand list for Friday.
Sewing-wise, I did outline the big Christmas tree on the back of the Chad sweatshirt and then wrote “I (heart) Christmas” inside the tree. That was a request from the person who started this. After 2 hours of fine painting at the pottery place, my hands were steady enough to handle the writing.
Tonight I have to finish the Chad sweatshirt. And hopefully do some more sewing, but my house needs some attention, as does my errand list for Friday.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Brick Free!!!!
The Chad sweatshirt is turning out really cutesy, which is just sick and wrong and wonderful. It’s now making the rounds of the floor about this event. People are bringing in cameras.
I did get more done on the Dad blocks. All the uphill and downhill units are done; I’m brick free! So whatever I need to steal from the extra units stacks to finish this quilt, I will. It’s going to be about 3 dozen units of each type. That will still leave me like 150 units total for the King quilt, so hey, it’s still a good deal in my book.
I did also watch the 2 part episode of Grey’s Anatomy and the other one on the tivo was a rerun, so I busted 3 hours of tivo stash, which also a good thing.
Tonight I hope to handle some Xmas errands with DD for DH while he is working reference (it’s finals week – all hands on deck!), so the sewing portion will most likely just be the Chad sweatshirt and a coaster for DH’s secret santa at work.
I was going to run up to guild tomorrow night, but going 120 miles in this weather, abated as it is, still doesn’t strike me as fun. It has to be a really compelling reason to go, and the meeting is not compelling enough.
I did get more done on the Dad blocks. All the uphill and downhill units are done; I’m brick free! So whatever I need to steal from the extra units stacks to finish this quilt, I will. It’s going to be about 3 dozen units of each type. That will still leave me like 150 units total for the King quilt, so hey, it’s still a good deal in my book.
I did also watch the 2 part episode of Grey’s Anatomy and the other one on the tivo was a rerun, so I busted 3 hours of tivo stash, which also a good thing.
Tonight I hope to handle some Xmas errands with DD for DH while he is working reference (it’s finals week – all hands on deck!), so the sewing portion will most likely just be the Chad sweatshirt and a coaster for DH’s secret santa at work.
I was going to run up to guild tomorrow night, but going 120 miles in this weather, abated as it is, still doesn’t strike me as fun. It has to be a really compelling reason to go, and the meeting is not compelling enough.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Tuesday Musings (or is that Monday Musings?)
As I mentioned yesterday, I went through 2 footlockers and 2 bins/boxes of fabrics. It was FANTASTIC to get rid of so much stuff. I kept only quilty fabric (except from the from-Scotland Tartan plaid) and flung the rest. However, whatever I did keep and whatever I plan on donating made its way into the basement.
So now I am starting to dig out the sewing area once again. This seems to be a fortnightly event. However, this does mean that more things are being unearthed, more is being flung and I am able to assess the true size of my stash and my UFOs. Hopefully tonight I will be able to take one of the empty large banker’s boxes and go through the charity box and repack it neatly into the banker’s box. My guild does want me to cull out anything that they may enjoy. I really don’t think that there will be that much, but I will go through it and see.
I also need to do the Chad sweatshirt. I need to do one side tonight so the fabric paint can dry and then the other side tomorrow night. He will wear it on Friday, so I need to get it done. This will be a hoot.
I did make some progress on the Dad quilt, but I realized that I am nearly out of bricks. I decided to make half of the bricks uphill units and the other half downhill units (well, duh), but since each fabric usually had a pair of bricks, I put one brick in the Dad quilt pile and the other brick in the King scrappy quilt pile. So I have been double sewing, but I’m glad that I did. I will be able to just use some bricks from the King pile to finish off the Dad quilt. The amount of bricks that I have left to sew is small (maybe 36) and they will all be uphill units. And to top it off, I am double sewing each unit to get the bonus HSTs as well. So lots and lots of sewing to get these dang units!
Christmas is 2 weeks from today. I will make it with the Dad quilt, no problem. I have to finish 2 coasters, 1 roll up thing and 2 ornaments by Friday, plus the Chad sweatshirt by Friday. That is the more critical deadline at this point.
So now I am starting to dig out the sewing area once again. This seems to be a fortnightly event. However, this does mean that more things are being unearthed, more is being flung and I am able to assess the true size of my stash and my UFOs. Hopefully tonight I will be able to take one of the empty large banker’s boxes and go through the charity box and repack it neatly into the banker’s box. My guild does want me to cull out anything that they may enjoy. I really don’t think that there will be that much, but I will go through it and see.
I also need to do the Chad sweatshirt. I need to do one side tonight so the fabric paint can dry and then the other side tomorrow night. He will wear it on Friday, so I need to get it done. This will be a hoot.
I did make some progress on the Dad quilt, but I realized that I am nearly out of bricks. I decided to make half of the bricks uphill units and the other half downhill units (well, duh), but since each fabric usually had a pair of bricks, I put one brick in the Dad quilt pile and the other brick in the King scrappy quilt pile. So I have been double sewing, but I’m glad that I did. I will be able to just use some bricks from the King pile to finish off the Dad quilt. The amount of bricks that I have left to sew is small (maybe 36) and they will all be uphill units. And to top it off, I am double sewing each unit to get the bonus HSTs as well. So lots and lots of sewing to get these dang units!
Christmas is 2 weeks from today. I will make it with the Dad quilt, no problem. I have to finish 2 coasters, 1 roll up thing and 2 ornaments by Friday, plus the Chad sweatshirt by Friday. That is the more critical deadline at this point.
Monday, December 10, 2007
Weekend Update - I'm Chevy Chase...and you're not.
Friday night – I started after the eye appointment debacle. I got started on the LCRR blocks and kept plugging away on the Dad quilt blocks. I also started 4 broken dishes blocks. What I did notice was that the safety on my rotary cutter kept giving out, thus making it unsafe to sew with. And so I had to run out on Saturday for a new one.
Saturday – What a day to sew! When we got home after the ice storm started, I was off to the sewing room. I was able to finish 4 more broken dishes blocks and 2 dozen of the Dad quilt blocks. Before we went out, I did finish the LCRR blocks. So once all of these things were done, I decided we needed a tree skirt. So I took out my blue and white snowflake fabric scrap stash and cut strips ranging from 1” to 3” (1/2” intervals) and did the stitch and flip method of QAYG. The skirt finished at 40” round. The new rotary cutter is fantastic!
Sunday – While watching 4 hours of Project Runway on the tivo, I got the entire tree skirt bound. It is beautiful and set up under our new 4 foot pre-lit tree. Of course, 5 hours later, I found my tub of Christmas fabrics intermixed with the Christmas décor boxes. While I didn’t sew any more on Sunday after 12 noon, I did indeed find the Xmas fabs and put them where they belonged, and went through and donated/threw out 2 footlockers and 1 more box full of fabrics. So while not a lot of sewing per se, I busted a ton of junk, which feels far better. Very little went down into the sewing room.
And the Chad sweatshirt is designed.
Saturday – What a day to sew! When we got home after the ice storm started, I was off to the sewing room. I was able to finish 4 more broken dishes blocks and 2 dozen of the Dad quilt blocks. Before we went out, I did finish the LCRR blocks. So once all of these things were done, I decided we needed a tree skirt. So I took out my blue and white snowflake fabric scrap stash and cut strips ranging from 1” to 3” (1/2” intervals) and did the stitch and flip method of QAYG. The skirt finished at 40” round. The new rotary cutter is fantastic!
Sunday – While watching 4 hours of Project Runway on the tivo, I got the entire tree skirt bound. It is beautiful and set up under our new 4 foot pre-lit tree. Of course, 5 hours later, I found my tub of Christmas fabrics intermixed with the Christmas décor boxes. While I didn’t sew any more on Sunday after 12 noon, I did indeed find the Xmas fabs and put them where they belonged, and went through and donated/threw out 2 footlockers and 1 more box full of fabrics. So while not a lot of sewing per se, I busted a ton of junk, which feels far better. Very little went down into the sewing room.
And the Chad sweatshirt is designed.
Friday, December 07, 2007
Week 50 goals
Goals for Week 50:
Peter/Hunter quilt – progress of some sort
Trifecta – quilted (or at least started…)
Crayon – red crayon done
Giftie – progress
Coasters giftie – done
Dad – progress
Tumbleweeds – find!!!
Pictures into guild for show
LCRR – final strips for final block set
(Please note that this is the same dang list!!!)
Oh, and a gaudy sweatshirt for Chad at work. Oh boy!!!
Peter/Hunter quilt – progress of some sort
Trifecta – quilted (or at least started…)
Crayon – red crayon done
Giftie – progress
Coasters giftie – done
Dad – progress
Tumbleweeds – find!!!
Pictures into guild for show
LCRR – final strips for final block set
(Please note that this is the same dang list!!!)
Oh, and a gaudy sweatshirt for Chad at work. Oh boy!!!
Week 49
Goals for Week 49:
Peter/Hunter quilt – progress of some sort
Trifecta – quilted (or at least started…)
Crayon – red crayon done
Giftie – progress
Coasters giftie – done
Dad – progress
Tumbleweeds – find!!!
Pictures into guild for show
LCRR – final strips for final block set
What I got done:
Friday – 11/30/07 - I bought fabric for the last LCRR I ever plan on doing in my life and also thread to quilt the snow coasters and the Trifecta quilt. I also bought a SideWinder, which I didn’t think I needed and then my bobbin winder broke.
Saturday and Sunday – Kim and I really made some serious headway into the Dad quilt. She made the 72 center 4 patches and also started to attach white squares to downhill HST bricks. That was a huge help. I started making the uphill bricks and worked on the LCRR.
Monday – I crashed, man. Sleep. Zzzzzzzz…..
Tuesday – No quilting here because DD had her little winter program at school. It was so cute to see 200 kindergarteners and first graders singing their little hearts out!
Wednesday – I decided to move my insurance exam by one month and I am so relieved! However, still no sewing last night, as I made cookies instead, plus did some laundry, helped DD with homework and those types of things. Plus volunteering at the school. Thursday’s goal is 4 inches of snow and a lot of piecing!
Thursday – I finally made it down to the sewing room! I got lots of progress made on probably all the wrong things! I worked on more coasters. I really just need one for the giftie, but I want all of those bonus HST’s sewn up and handled. I was able to get all of them pressed and sorted into stacks, so I have 15 more coasters to go. I am making little broken dishes blocks. I’ve decided (because I am BRILLANT!!!!) to use 18 of them as the squares in the January Quilted Table runner of the month. I have some bright blue snowflake fabric I can use for the rectangles and one or two white snowflake FQ’s (or maybe some scraps) for the stars. Yay!
And then I kept on sewing on the Dad quilt. Kim got the 4 patches done, so I started adding a side pice to a bunch of them. I also kept making uphill units and working on sewing the corner squares to the top and bottom row units, which use the downhill units I already have made.
No LCRR progress. Must finish tonight and mail tomorrow before the bad weather comes.
Snow clocked in at about 2 inches.
Peter/Hunter quilt – progress of some sort
Trifecta – quilted (or at least started…)
Crayon – red crayon done
Giftie – progress
Coasters giftie – done
Dad – progress
Tumbleweeds – find!!!
Pictures into guild for show
LCRR – final strips for final block set
What I got done:
Friday – 11/30/07 - I bought fabric for the last LCRR I ever plan on doing in my life and also thread to quilt the snow coasters and the Trifecta quilt. I also bought a SideWinder, which I didn’t think I needed and then my bobbin winder broke.
Saturday and Sunday – Kim and I really made some serious headway into the Dad quilt. She made the 72 center 4 patches and also started to attach white squares to downhill HST bricks. That was a huge help. I started making the uphill bricks and worked on the LCRR.
Monday – I crashed, man. Sleep. Zzzzzzzz…..
Tuesday – No quilting here because DD had her little winter program at school. It was so cute to see 200 kindergarteners and first graders singing their little hearts out!
Wednesday – I decided to move my insurance exam by one month and I am so relieved! However, still no sewing last night, as I made cookies instead, plus did some laundry, helped DD with homework and those types of things. Plus volunteering at the school. Thursday’s goal is 4 inches of snow and a lot of piecing!
Thursday – I finally made it down to the sewing room! I got lots of progress made on probably all the wrong things! I worked on more coasters. I really just need one for the giftie, but I want all of those bonus HST’s sewn up and handled. I was able to get all of them pressed and sorted into stacks, so I have 15 more coasters to go. I am making little broken dishes blocks. I’ve decided (because I am BRILLANT!!!!) to use 18 of them as the squares in the January Quilted Table runner of the month. I have some bright blue snowflake fabric I can use for the rectangles and one or two white snowflake FQ’s (or maybe some scraps) for the stars. Yay!
And then I kept on sewing on the Dad quilt. Kim got the 4 patches done, so I started adding a side pice to a bunch of them. I also kept making uphill units and working on sewing the corner squares to the top and bottom row units, which use the downhill units I already have made.
No LCRR progress. Must finish tonight and mail tomorrow before the bad weather comes.
Snow clocked in at about 2 inches.
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Wednesday - not quilting better, but mental health better!
I decided to move my insurance exam by one month and I am so relieved! However, still no sewing last night, as I made cookies instead, plus did some laundry, helped DD with homework and those types of things. Plus volunteering at the school. Thursday’s goal is 4 inches of snow and a lot of piecing!
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Tuesday
No quilting here because DD had her little winter program at school. It was so cute to see 200 kindergarteners and first graders singing their little hearts out!
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Monday, December 03, 2007
I'm back
I'm back. I beat the storm to Chicago and also came home after all the ice had melted and eerything had passed. The Bears lost, but the rain stopped as the game started and the wind wasn't that bad. I had a good time, personally.
Kim and I really got far on the Dad quilt. She made the 4 patch centers and I worked on the uphill and downhill units. Then I had her start assembled the parts to make the top row of each block and she flew on that. The more we get done now, the more time I have to study.
Kim and I really got far on the Dad quilt. She made the 4 patch centers and I worked on the uphill and downhill units. Then I had her start assembled the parts to make the top row of each block and she flew on that. The more we get done now, the more time I have to study.
Saturday, December 01, 2007
Travelling
I have Bears tickets for Sunday in Chicago, so I am leaving within the hour to get there. Check weather.com for 61761 where I live and you can see all about the evil ice storm coming. Ted ran to Meijer to get a campstove in case the power goes out. Then he can at least cook for himself and DD. I will have to stop in Morris for my machine and that is an hour detour, but well worth it. I should be in Brookfield by 11, which is when it's due to hit up there. The goal is to just outrun the storm.
Peace out. Pray for my safety and for all traveling today.
Peace out. Pray for my safety and for all traveling today.
Friday, November 30, 2007
Brilliant!!!
I am just brilliant! Yes, really, I am!
Tomorrow the weather from central IL to Chicago is supposed to be downright nasty as the day goes on. We are projected to get freezing rain, sleet, ice and other bundles of joy. I need to be in Chicago by 3:15 on Sunday for the Bears game, for which I have a ticket. So what to do?
I have decided to go up early (like as early as I leave for work) tomorrow. Stop on Morris at the dealer to pick up the Janome. Then head into Brookfield and spend 2 nights with my sister (her 2 boys and our Dad, making it a 3 generational house of nuttiness, but that is another story for another day) (and let’s not forget the 2 cats and one dog).
As previously mentioned, I am making a quilt for my Dad for Xmas. So since I will have the Janome in tow, Kim and I will set up shop in her upstairs bedroom suite, and power sew the top. If I can leave early on Monday morning with the top all done (and studied through Chapter 6, another goal), it will have been a fantastic weekend!
Tomorrow the weather from central IL to Chicago is supposed to be downright nasty as the day goes on. We are projected to get freezing rain, sleet, ice and other bundles of joy. I need to be in Chicago by 3:15 on Sunday for the Bears game, for which I have a ticket. So what to do?
I have decided to go up early (like as early as I leave for work) tomorrow. Stop on Morris at the dealer to pick up the Janome. Then head into Brookfield and spend 2 nights with my sister (her 2 boys and our Dad, making it a 3 generational house of nuttiness, but that is another story for another day) (and let’s not forget the 2 cats and one dog).
As previously mentioned, I am making a quilt for my Dad for Xmas. So since I will have the Janome in tow, Kim and I will set up shop in her upstairs bedroom suite, and power sew the top. If I can leave early on Monday morning with the top all done (and studied through Chapter 6, another goal), it will have been a fantastic weekend!
Week 49 goals
Goals for Week 49:
Peter/Hunter quilt – progress of some sort
Trifecta – quilted (or at least started…)
Crayon – red crayon done
Giftie – progress
Coasters giftie – done
Dad – progress
Tumbleweeds – find!!!
Pictures into guild for show
LCRR – final strips for final block set
I must study, and that takes precedence over all!
Peter/Hunter quilt – progress of some sort
Trifecta – quilted (or at least started…)
Crayon – red crayon done
Giftie – progress
Coasters giftie – done
Dad – progress
Tumbleweeds – find!!!
Pictures into guild for show
LCRR – final strips for final block set
I must study, and that takes precedence over all!
Week 48
Week 48 was better than I thought, but not as much as I would have liked. Studying and the stress of studying are freaking me out pretty good at this point.
Goals for Week 48:
King - 4 x 4 disappearing 9 patch center done
Peter/Hunter quilt – progress of some sort
Trifecta – quilted (or at least started…)
Crayon – red crayon done
Giftie – progress
Coasters giftie – done
Dad – progress
Tumbleweeds – find!!!
Pictures into guild for show
What I got done:
I started week 48 on Sunday the 25th, which was the first full day home from KS. I made it a pretty productive day…
Sunday, 11/25/07:
King – 4 x 4 disappearing 9 patch center done. It’s 54 inches square and turned out really well.
Dad – Sewed 80 squares to 80 bricks and did all the bonus triangles.
Started 10 string blocks.
Monday, 11/26/07:
Nothing.
Tuesday, 11/27/07:
Made center for red crayon and added 2 strips. Finished string blocks. Sandwiched the roll up thing. Prepped 80 white squares and also made 8 4 patch centers.
Wednesday, 11/28/07:
Started red crayon and stopped after screw-up. Sewed the 80 squares and cut another 64.
Thursday, 11/29/07:
Started on the coasters giftie. I have hundreds of bonus triangles from my snowmen quilt and I am setting them together as Broken Dishes for coasters. I had 4 blocks made, then I did 6 more last night and I still do not have all the triangles ironed and sorted. I need 12 coasters – 6 for the gift and 6 for me, plus I will use the rest of the blocks in a table runner for me. So the more blocks the merrier.
Goals for Week 48:
King - 4 x 4 disappearing 9 patch center done
Peter/Hunter quilt – progress of some sort
Trifecta – quilted (or at least started…)
Crayon – red crayon done
Giftie – progress
Coasters giftie – done
Dad – progress
Tumbleweeds – find!!!
Pictures into guild for show
What I got done:
I started week 48 on Sunday the 25th, which was the first full day home from KS. I made it a pretty productive day…
Sunday, 11/25/07:
King – 4 x 4 disappearing 9 patch center done. It’s 54 inches square and turned out really well.
Dad – Sewed 80 squares to 80 bricks and did all the bonus triangles.
Started 10 string blocks.
Monday, 11/26/07:
Nothing.
Tuesday, 11/27/07:
Made center for red crayon and added 2 strips. Finished string blocks. Sandwiched the roll up thing. Prepped 80 white squares and also made 8 4 patch centers.
Wednesday, 11/28/07:
Started red crayon and stopped after screw-up. Sewed the 80 squares and cut another 64.
Thursday, 11/29/07:
Started on the coasters giftie. I have hundreds of bonus triangles from my snowmen quilt and I am setting them together as Broken Dishes for coasters. I had 4 blocks made, then I did 6 more last night and I still do not have all the triangles ironed and sorted. I need 12 coasters – 6 for the gift and 6 for me, plus I will use the rest of the blocks in a table runner for me. So the more blocks the merrier.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Wednesday - So-So
Wednesday afternoon at work was a mess, so some of that work came home with me. Plus we went out for dinner, so that took time. I started red crayon and stopped after screwing up. It now needs some frogging. So then I sewed the 80 squares and cut another 64 for the Dad quilt. So it was not a total loss.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Tuesday's progress
Tuesday made for a better night for quilting. First of all, I studied, which always makes me feel better.
I made the center for red crayon and added 2 strips. 10 string blocks got finished (but I can't find the other 10 I've done...hmmm...). I sandwiched the top of the giftie. And I prepped 80 white squares and also made 8 4 patch centers for the Dad quilt.
Not as much as I would like, but progress is prgress. I absolutely must sew on the Dad quilt every day in order to make Christmas without a panic.
I made the center for red crayon and added 2 strips. 10 string blocks got finished (but I can't find the other 10 I've done...hmmm...). I sandwiched the top of the giftie. And I prepped 80 white squares and also made 8 4 patch centers for the Dad quilt.
Not as much as I would like, but progress is prgress. I absolutely must sew on the Dad quilt every day in order to make Christmas without a panic.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
no progress
No quilting last night. Too busy catching up on grocery shopping, dishes, homework with DD and the like. And watching the Amzaing Race on tivo.
I didn't study last night, but I did study for 30 minutes throughout the day.
I didn't study last night, but I did study for 30 minutes throughout the day.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Week 48 Goals
And now on to Week 48…
Goals for Week 48:
King - 4 x 4 disappearing 9 patch center done
Peter/Hunter quilt – progress of some sort
Trifecta – quilted (or at least started…)
Crayon – red crayon done
Giftie – progress
Coasters giftie – done
Dad – progress
Tumbleweeds – find!!!
Pictures into guild for show
Goals for Week 48:
King - 4 x 4 disappearing 9 patch center done
Peter/Hunter quilt – progress of some sort
Trifecta – quilted (or at least started…)
Crayon – red crayon done
Giftie – progress
Coasters giftie – done
Dad – progress
Tumbleweeds – find!!!
Pictures into guild for show
Week 47
Since I was away from the PC for most of the week, I construed my week-end to be on Saturday.
Goals for Week 47 (traveling on holiday):
Tumbleweeds – find!!!
Trifecta - quilted
Pictures into guild for show
GFG – done with goal (6 flowers finished)
Crayon - Cut red crayon, cut brown crayon, cut black crayon
Cut for OK Backroads
Peter/Hunter quilt – progress of some sort
What I got done:
Over the weekend, I cut everything I need (or should need) for 72 Backroads to OK squares. I also cut I don’t know how many pairs of nickels and also cut the red crayon and the black crayon. I also finished sewing the brown crayon. And the patches needed to sew a 4 x 4 disappearing 9 patch have also been cut.
Then I started on the giftie that is due mid-December. I have the ‘top’ done.
The goal of the weekend was to get everything cut so I can power sew on Sunday. We shall see.
During the week in KS, I did finish 3 GFG flowers: red #1, orange #1 and yellow #1. They took a lot longer than I have budgeted.
Goals for Week 47 (traveling on holiday):
Tumbleweeds – find!!!
Trifecta - quilted
Pictures into guild for show
GFG – done with goal (6 flowers finished)
Crayon - Cut red crayon, cut brown crayon, cut black crayon
Cut for OK Backroads
Peter/Hunter quilt – progress of some sort
What I got done:
Over the weekend, I cut everything I need (or should need) for 72 Backroads to OK squares. I also cut I don’t know how many pairs of nickels and also cut the red crayon and the black crayon. I also finished sewing the brown crayon. And the patches needed to sew a 4 x 4 disappearing 9 patch have also been cut.
Then I started on the giftie that is due mid-December. I have the ‘top’ done.
The goal of the weekend was to get everything cut so I can power sew on Sunday. We shall see.
During the week in KS, I did finish 3 GFG flowers: red #1, orange #1 and yellow #1. They took a lot longer than I have budgeted.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Gobble Gobble
This will be my last post until I return from KS over the weekend. I got a lot of Christmas shopping done after work today, and I have finished my cutting goals for before the trip. I also have started to work on my Secret Santa giftie, so that's always a plus.
Peace out.
Peace out.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
I'm getting there...
It appears that I am getting the hang of this blogspot thing. Some pieces are far more intuitive than I thought they would be. That helps.
I dropped off my machine at the dealer yesterday morning and asked them to ask the tech if a leader/ender was required to sew on this machine. They were of the "no" school of thought, as am I, but others swear it's required. We shall see what the tech says. Now, I know the machine comes back with a piece of fabric under the foot, but I have always regarded it as proof that the tech tested and reset the tension for the various stitches, not as an endorsement of leaders/enders. Stay tuned.
Yesterday was spend up north doing various things, including celebrating Thanksgiving with my family with BLTs. Don't ask - it works for us! We arrived at my MIL's late in the afternoon and she about gave me the third degree about where we were all day. Um, I have family too? Whatever. Most importantly, she has my dog, and Taffy is going downhill fast. So I said my goodbyes and wished her well at the Rainbow Bridge. I would be surprised if Taffy lasted until year end. She's just really old.
So without a child this morning, Ted and I were befuddled with what to do. I actually finished cutting for the disappearing 9 patch center of my King quilt, and the colored patches for the Dad quilt, and the strips for the red crayon. I then finished sewing the brown crayon and started cutting the black crayon. I am nearing the completion of my cutting goals pre-gobble.
Yes, I did sew. My old Kenmore has weathered the move well. YAY! It will get me through until my Gem is ready.
So off to the basement to do more. I want to finish cutting the black crayon and start cutting the white squares for the Dad quilt and I don't know what else.
I dropped off my machine at the dealer yesterday morning and asked them to ask the tech if a leader/ender was required to sew on this machine. They were of the "no" school of thought, as am I, but others swear it's required. We shall see what the tech says. Now, I know the machine comes back with a piece of fabric under the foot, but I have always regarded it as proof that the tech tested and reset the tension for the various stitches, not as an endorsement of leaders/enders. Stay tuned.
Yesterday was spend up north doing various things, including celebrating Thanksgiving with my family with BLTs. Don't ask - it works for us! We arrived at my MIL's late in the afternoon and she about gave me the third degree about where we were all day. Um, I have family too? Whatever. Most importantly, she has my dog, and Taffy is going downhill fast. So I said my goodbyes and wished her well at the Rainbow Bridge. I would be surprised if Taffy lasted until year end. She's just really old.
So without a child this morning, Ted and I were befuddled with what to do. I actually finished cutting for the disappearing 9 patch center of my King quilt, and the colored patches for the Dad quilt, and the strips for the red crayon. I then finished sewing the brown crayon and started cutting the black crayon. I am nearing the completion of my cutting goals pre-gobble.
Yes, I did sew. My old Kenmore has weathered the move well. YAY! It will get me through until my Gem is ready.
So off to the basement to do more. I want to finish cutting the black crayon and start cutting the white squares for the Dad quilt and I don't know what else.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
It's really too early to post...
A few odds 'n ends this early Saturday morning...
First of all, I'm taking machine in to the doctor for a check-up. I feel like Linus without his blankey. Waah! I'll be travelling this coming week, so it's a perfect time for it to go in. I'll also set up the other machine, which is still in its moving box, and assess its status as well. I actually can quilt a few things on the old Kenmore, so here's hoping I can get some stuff done done and crossed off the list.
I had great illusions of grandeur yesterday about getting a ton of things done when work was done at 12:45. I went home and took a nap instead. Best use of time; I felt great when I woke up. DH came home from Decatur and we went to get DD. DD decided to stay for parents night out (daycare stays open late so parents can go out - well worth the $7 per hour), so we went to my work's happy hour, had dinner, socialized, came home, watched a movie on tivo and then got DD. Worked for her, worked for us.
I retreated successfully last weekend, so this weekend's goal is to cut a lot. I want to finish cutting the Dad quilt, plus the patches for the King quilt, plus the piano key border for the Batik Lover's quilt. So I will cut like mad, tidy a bit more down here, and get ready for the machine's triumphant return! I need about 3 more hours down here busting tail and I will really be in good shape. So I hope to get 'r done this weekend.
Dinner's already in the crockpot (beef stew) and it;s time to get going to the dealer and to haircuts up north.
First of all, I'm taking machine in to the doctor for a check-up. I feel like Linus without his blankey. Waah! I'll be travelling this coming week, so it's a perfect time for it to go in. I'll also set up the other machine, which is still in its moving box, and assess its status as well. I actually can quilt a few things on the old Kenmore, so here's hoping I can get some stuff done done and crossed off the list.
I had great illusions of grandeur yesterday about getting a ton of things done when work was done at 12:45. I went home and took a nap instead. Best use of time; I felt great when I woke up. DH came home from Decatur and we went to get DD. DD decided to stay for parents night out (daycare stays open late so parents can go out - well worth the $7 per hour), so we went to my work's happy hour, had dinner, socialized, came home, watched a movie on tivo and then got DD. Worked for her, worked for us.
I retreated successfully last weekend, so this weekend's goal is to cut a lot. I want to finish cutting the Dad quilt, plus the patches for the King quilt, plus the piano key border for the Batik Lover's quilt. So I will cut like mad, tidy a bit more down here, and get ready for the machine's triumphant return! I need about 3 more hours down here busting tail and I will really be in good shape. So I hope to get 'r done this weekend.
Dinner's already in the crockpot (beef stew) and it;s time to get going to the dealer and to haircuts up north.
Friday, November 16, 2007
Week 46
Goals for week 46:
Finish sorting charity fabrics and all yarns
Fayge – done
Chiclets – done with goal of 12 blocks
Tumbleweeds – find!!!
Batik lover’s – top done
Trifecta - quilted
Pictures into guild for show
Crayons – yellow done
Clean up workspace/garage
What I got done:
Chiclets – all 12 blocks done.
Fayge quilt – 11/11/07 – Done!
Clean up workspace/garage – 11/11/07 – All garage purple bins are done! 10 bins are down to 2, and those 2 are down in the sewing studio.
Crayons – 11/11/07 - yellow done; brown crayon has 50 strips on it! 11/13/07 – another 10 on brown. 11/14/07 – only 16 left, so I sewed on 24(?). 11/15/07 – started cutting red strips.
Dad & King – cut 3 colors – 11/12/07 – started to cut yellow. 11/13/07 – finished cutting yellow, cut orange and started to cut blue (first cuts done, subcuts need to be done). 11/14/07 – First cuts of green all done and red was started as well as the first cuts for the red crayon. 11/15/07 – started cutting red and green into subcuts and then Survivor came on….
I have picked out the fabric for the inner lining of an organizer thing that I am making for my Secret Santa on the Kansas Quilters list. I’ll go to JoAnn’s today to buy zippers and vinyl for the pockets.
So a good week, but not a great week.
Goals for Week 47 (traveling on holiday):
Tumbleweeds – find!!!
Trifecta - quilted
Pictures into guild for show
GFG – done with goal (6 flowers finished)
Crayon - Cut red crayon, cut brown crayon, cut black crayon
Cut for OK Backroads
Peter/Hunter quilt – progress of some sort
Finish sorting charity fabrics and all yarns
Fayge – done
Chiclets – done with goal of 12 blocks
Tumbleweeds – find!!!
Batik lover’s – top done
Trifecta - quilted
Pictures into guild for show
Crayons – yellow done
Clean up workspace/garage
What I got done:
Chiclets – all 12 blocks done.
Fayge quilt – 11/11/07 – Done!
Clean up workspace/garage – 11/11/07 – All garage purple bins are done! 10 bins are down to 2, and those 2 are down in the sewing studio.
Crayons – 11/11/07 - yellow done; brown crayon has 50 strips on it! 11/13/07 – another 10 on brown. 11/14/07 – only 16 left, so I sewed on 24(?). 11/15/07 – started cutting red strips.
Dad & King – cut 3 colors – 11/12/07 – started to cut yellow. 11/13/07 – finished cutting yellow, cut orange and started to cut blue (first cuts done, subcuts need to be done). 11/14/07 – First cuts of green all done and red was started as well as the first cuts for the red crayon. 11/15/07 – started cutting red and green into subcuts and then Survivor came on….
I have picked out the fabric for the inner lining of an organizer thing that I am making for my Secret Santa on the Kansas Quilters list. I’ll go to JoAnn’s today to buy zippers and vinyl for the pockets.
So a good week, but not a great week.
Goals for Week 47 (traveling on holiday):
Tumbleweeds – find!!!
Trifecta - quilted
Pictures into guild for show
GFG – done with goal (6 flowers finished)
Crayon - Cut red crayon, cut brown crayon, cut black crayon
Cut for OK Backroads
Peter/Hunter quilt – progress of some sort
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Productivity Continues!
Productivity rolled into Wednesday night as well. I actually got in 2 mini-study sessions for my insurance exams (think boards, etc.) and if I’ve studied, I always feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders for the day. So with 35 minutes of studying under my belt, off I went to sew.
I sewed some more strips on to the brown crayon braid. Dimensions will be huge on this thing, based on my early math, so we shall see. It’s busting a lot of little scraps, but since Becky’s stash came into my stash, I can just whack some strips of her voluminous yardage pieces she sent my way. Oy.
I did finish all the subcutting on the blues and then did the first cuts on the green and started on the red. I also started cutting the 2” strips for the red crayon. The only crayons left are the red and the black, so I am getting there.
I did decide that I will quilt each crayon individually, then add some joining strips and join the crayons together and quilt some sort of cable or something down the join. Since my DSM is just a Janome Gem, there’s only so much it can handle. The stitch I want to use to quilt each braid is on my Kenmore, so once the Janome goes to the doctor for a check up on Saturday, I’ll set up the Kenmore and start on the quilting of the crayons. Not exactly the order I want to do everything in, but I will take what I can get. If I can get one braid all done and joined each week, then I will be finished well before the show.
And then a co-worker at Ted’s work had her baby and it was a boy. I have the Peter quilt nearly done, and frankly, since Peter’s parents have never once contacted me since the move and I only know them through my old work, I am deciding that the Peter quilt will now be the Hudson quilt (yes that is what they named him) and I will endeavor to finish that up tonight and tomorrow on the Gem and then finish the hand sewing this weekend.
So I’m torn. Finish the baby quilt or finish my cutting. I hope to handle both.
I sewed some more strips on to the brown crayon braid. Dimensions will be huge on this thing, based on my early math, so we shall see. It’s busting a lot of little scraps, but since Becky’s stash came into my stash, I can just whack some strips of her voluminous yardage pieces she sent my way. Oy.
I did finish all the subcutting on the blues and then did the first cuts on the green and started on the red. I also started cutting the 2” strips for the red crayon. The only crayons left are the red and the black, so I am getting there.
I did decide that I will quilt each crayon individually, then add some joining strips and join the crayons together and quilt some sort of cable or something down the join. Since my DSM is just a Janome Gem, there’s only so much it can handle. The stitch I want to use to quilt each braid is on my Kenmore, so once the Janome goes to the doctor for a check up on Saturday, I’ll set up the Kenmore and start on the quilting of the crayons. Not exactly the order I want to do everything in, but I will take what I can get. If I can get one braid all done and joined each week, then I will be finished well before the show.
And then a co-worker at Ted’s work had her baby and it was a boy. I have the Peter quilt nearly done, and frankly, since Peter’s parents have never once contacted me since the move and I only know them through my old work, I am deciding that the Peter quilt will now be the Hudson quilt (yes that is what they named him) and I will endeavor to finish that up tonight and tomorrow on the Gem and then finish the hand sewing this weekend.
So I’m torn. Finish the baby quilt or finish my cutting. I hope to handle both.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Tuesday night progress
A good quilty night, especially when compared to Monday night. Monday night’s lack of stuff can be attributed to white wine in the food and the scents of dinner and the scent of tropical breeze in the Glad Plug-in in the basement all clashing to make me feel nasty. Ted wasn’t doing too hot either, while DD was fine and she didn’t eat the same thing we did.
Anyway, Tuesday’s success. I did finish cutting yellow and then went on to cut all of orange and the first cut on the blues. The first cut is just whacking off a 5” strip from all of these folds of fabric. I was able to determine that 2 large yardage pieces from my cousin are nasty when ironed, so they are poly blends and off to charity they went.
So tonight’s goal is to finish cutting up the blues, cut the greens and make the first cut in the reds. I need to cut for the red crayon as well, and that will just take a ton of time. Tomorrow is our first Brownies meeting, so I have to leave work early to handle pick-up, so I will have more quilty time! Yay! I hope to handle the reds, the whites and the blacks on Thursday.
Oh, and I should do some more on the brown crayon, shouldn’t I?
Anyway, Tuesday’s success. I did finish cutting yellow and then went on to cut all of orange and the first cut on the blues. The first cut is just whacking off a 5” strip from all of these folds of fabric. I was able to determine that 2 large yardage pieces from my cousin are nasty when ironed, so they are poly blends and off to charity they went.
So tonight’s goal is to finish cutting up the blues, cut the greens and make the first cut in the reds. I need to cut for the red crayon as well, and that will just take a ton of time. Tomorrow is our first Brownies meeting, so I have to leave work early to handle pick-up, so I will have more quilty time! Yay! I hope to handle the reds, the whites and the blacks on Thursday.
Oh, and I should do some more on the brown crayon, shouldn’t I?
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Daily Update
Last night was ho-hum on the quilty front. I started by sewing 10 more on the brown strip (it’s a big long braid) and I started to cut yellow for the Dad quilt and the King quilt (for my bed). I need a 5” strip from 17 yellows, so into the milk crate I went.
I found 13 from large yardage cuts (mostly my cousin’s stash). Some will come from my baggie of small scraps. I need 1 pair of nickels (for the nickel bin) and 1 single nickel for the King quilt. Then I take the remainder and cut it lengthwise into 2 2.5” strips. One goes into the binding baggie (these 2 quilts will just have scrappy binding) and the other gets cut down into as many 2.5” squares and 2.5 x 4.5 bricks as possible.
Dad’s quilt is a Backroads to OK, a Bonnie Hunter pattern. The King quilt is going to a mish-mosh of a lot of stuff and we need another king quilt for our bed because the current one is too small (how 7.5’ by 9’ is too small, I have no idea, but whatever). I found in my sorting something like 50 9” friendship stars from a swap in 2002 and another 50 6” siggie squares from another swap in 2001 or 2002. So when I did the math, I can make a quilt that is medallion style.
Center: disappearing 9 patch, with the same center square in each 9 patch to provide some sort of continuity. 16 squares, set 4 x 4.
2” plain border
Flying geese
2” plain border
Friendship stars
2” plain border
Siggie squares
2” plain border
Friendship stars
2” plain border
Mathematically this turns out huge, but that’s what we need.
The goal is to have everything cut before I leave for my annual sojourn to KS for Thanksgiving and then to power sew upon my return.
And best of all, both will come 100% from stash and thus be free!
I found 13 from large yardage cuts (mostly my cousin’s stash). Some will come from my baggie of small scraps. I need 1 pair of nickels (for the nickel bin) and 1 single nickel for the King quilt. Then I take the remainder and cut it lengthwise into 2 2.5” strips. One goes into the binding baggie (these 2 quilts will just have scrappy binding) and the other gets cut down into as many 2.5” squares and 2.5 x 4.5 bricks as possible.
Dad’s quilt is a Backroads to OK, a Bonnie Hunter pattern. The King quilt is going to a mish-mosh of a lot of stuff and we need another king quilt for our bed because the current one is too small (how 7.5’ by 9’ is too small, I have no idea, but whatever). I found in my sorting something like 50 9” friendship stars from a swap in 2002 and another 50 6” siggie squares from another swap in 2001 or 2002. So when I did the math, I can make a quilt that is medallion style.
Center: disappearing 9 patch, with the same center square in each 9 patch to provide some sort of continuity. 16 squares, set 4 x 4.
2” plain border
Flying geese
2” plain border
Friendship stars
2” plain border
Siggie squares
2” plain border
Friendship stars
2” plain border
Mathematically this turns out huge, but that’s what we need.
The goal is to have everything cut before I leave for my annual sojourn to KS for Thanksgiving and then to power sew upon my return.
And best of all, both will come 100% from stash and thus be free!
Monday, November 12, 2007
Virtual Retreat Success!
What a great quilty weekend! Stashbusters had a virtual retreat this weekend, and I was participating! I got a lot done for quilting, but not necessarily all at the machine.
The most important achievement of the weekend was that we went through all the Rubbermaid bins in the garage. I thought for sure that nearly all of them were full of crafts. Only 10 of the 30 were and I whipped through those 10 in an hour. Several bins had fabric that I bought 15+ years ago, so I went ahead and donated it all. It was not quilting cotton. One bin had my Looney Tunes fabrics in it and another had a tumbling blocks quilt that I had started, so I put those 2 together in one bin. Another bin was one I packed from my old sewing room and so it was just lost and now it is found. YAY!
There was another bin’s worth of stuff that was other crafts worth saving. Some cross stitch supplies and the hot glue gun and some other stuff, so those things got filed back into my craft supplies elfa shelving unit. And another bin was full of purple fabrics, so now purple has its own milk crate under my sewing table. I also found a ton of orphan blocks, so I added them to the orphan block baggie I’ve started. We’ll see what happens with those blocks. One set of blocks is enough to make a lap quilt I think, so that may be a good piece to practice some FMQ.
So overall, it resulted in 2 bags of donations, 1 bag of garbage, 2 bins of quilting fabric and general peace of mind. I thought for sure that my stash in the garage was far bigger. Now I think I have located all my stash, but I am still missing one project. That is the goal for this week.
I also cut 3 colors for the Dad quilt – brown, pink and purple. I sewed the yellow crayon and started the brown crayon. And I finished the Fayge quilt (while busting a bunch of tivo!).
So we shall see what I get done tonight. More of the brown crayon, and I want to cut yellow, blue and orange for the Dad quilt. And maybe sort the last charity fabrics in the sewing room, but let’s not get greedy.
The most important achievement of the weekend was that we went through all the Rubbermaid bins in the garage. I thought for sure that nearly all of them were full of crafts. Only 10 of the 30 were and I whipped through those 10 in an hour. Several bins had fabric that I bought 15+ years ago, so I went ahead and donated it all. It was not quilting cotton. One bin had my Looney Tunes fabrics in it and another had a tumbling blocks quilt that I had started, so I put those 2 together in one bin. Another bin was one I packed from my old sewing room and so it was just lost and now it is found. YAY!
There was another bin’s worth of stuff that was other crafts worth saving. Some cross stitch supplies and the hot glue gun and some other stuff, so those things got filed back into my craft supplies elfa shelving unit. And another bin was full of purple fabrics, so now purple has its own milk crate under my sewing table. I also found a ton of orphan blocks, so I added them to the orphan block baggie I’ve started. We’ll see what happens with those blocks. One set of blocks is enough to make a lap quilt I think, so that may be a good piece to practice some FMQ.
So overall, it resulted in 2 bags of donations, 1 bag of garbage, 2 bins of quilting fabric and general peace of mind. I thought for sure that my stash in the garage was far bigger. Now I think I have located all my stash, but I am still missing one project. That is the goal for this week.
I also cut 3 colors for the Dad quilt – brown, pink and purple. I sewed the yellow crayon and started the brown crayon. And I finished the Fayge quilt (while busting a bunch of tivo!).
So we shall see what I get done tonight. More of the brown crayon, and I want to cut yellow, blue and orange for the Dad quilt. And maybe sort the last charity fabrics in the sewing room, but let’s not get greedy.
Friday, November 09, 2007
Week 45 results and Week 46 Goals
Week 45 was interesting. I did get a lot of sewing done at the retreat, but none of that is reflected on here, since I revamped my list post-retreat.
Goals:
Crayons – yellow done
Chiclets – do some more blocks (I hate this one and will be very glad to get this over with and stick it back in its hidey hole!)
Sort charity fabrics
Fayge quilt – attach binding for handsewing
Trifecta – sandwiched
Clean up workspace
What I got done:
Chiclets – 1 side on the 12 blocks.
Fayge quilt – 11/08/07 – binding attached and one side whipped down during Survivor
Clean up workspace – 11/06/07 – 3 hours! 11/07/07 – 3 hours!
Goals for week 46:
Finish sorting charity fabrics and all yarns
Fayge – done
Chiclets – done with goal of 12 blocks
Tumbleweeds – find!!!
Batik lover’s – top done
Trifecta - quilted
Pictures into guild for show
Crayons – yellow done
Clean up workspace/garage
We shall see how week 46 goes. I have insurance exams to study for, and that just has to happen.
Goals:
Crayons – yellow done
Chiclets – do some more blocks (I hate this one and will be very glad to get this over with and stick it back in its hidey hole!)
Sort charity fabrics
Fayge quilt – attach binding for handsewing
Trifecta – sandwiched
Clean up workspace
What I got done:
Chiclets – 1 side on the 12 blocks.
Fayge quilt – 11/08/07 – binding attached and one side whipped down during Survivor
Clean up workspace – 11/06/07 – 3 hours! 11/07/07 – 3 hours!
Goals for week 46:
Finish sorting charity fabrics and all yarns
Fayge – done
Chiclets – done with goal of 12 blocks
Tumbleweeds – find!!!
Batik lover’s – top done
Trifecta - quilted
Pictures into guild for show
Crayons – yellow done
Clean up workspace/garage
We shall see how week 46 goes. I have insurance exams to study for, and that just has to happen.
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Quilty Goals - 2008
Another post. I pilfered off my LiveJournal account so that my blogspot has a clear thread about what I am thinking on the quilting front. This was written a few weeks ago, so some paragraphs will have updates.
I have taken some serious stock of my quilting stuff since I had to integrate my cousin’s stash into my own and man, I have enough fabric. I have decided to participate in some quilty challenges in 2008. I’m on a yahoo group called Stashbusters, and they have several challenges to get people using or donating their stash and not making the problem worse. The 4 challenges I hope to participate in are:
The No Buy Challenge – I will not join officially, so I will do what is know as the Spirit of No Buy, which a lot of us do. The premise is that you can only buy to finish a project you are doing RIGHT NOW. These are legal purchases. I would love to do this for a year, if not longer. Right now I am aiming for starting after I get back from retreat (November 5) and getting through year end. I am thinking of saving up $10 per week for every week I can make it through. By the end of 2008, that would be a tidy sum. I am including books and patterns in that, but I do have a running tools list that I keep. If I find it, I buy it, as not every shop carries every thing. UPDATE: I bought nothing at the retreat, and so I need to start saving my $10 bills!
The 100 Yard Dash Challenge – Everyone just does this one by themselves; there’s no official challenge as we cannot come to a consensus on how to count it. Some want to do only things in your stash, but if you had to make a purchase (as indicated above), that doesn’t count. I just take the measurements of the project, count the front and back, convert to square inches and add the binding. Then I take the total square inches and divide it by 42” for the width of the fabric on the bolt and then by 36” for yardage. Right now, I’ve used about 20 yards in 2007, but should I bang out a ton of finishes here in the last 2 months, that could ramp up quickly. My goal would be 200 yards (this year and next) by the end of 2008.
The UFO Challenge – this one I join for real. It’s complicated to explain, but my personal goals for 2008 are 12 twin sized (or greater) finishes. This is basically finishing up old projects that have been abandoned. Another goal is not to start any more; the count needs to go down.
The WIPs and WHIMMs Challenge – this is another one I join for real. This rewards the projects started and completed within the same calendar year, thus reducing new UFOs. I don’t care how many of these I have.
UPDATE: I was the Linus Lady for my guild and then I moved. I spoke to my fellow guild members/bee members at the retreat last weekend (it is fantastic when your guild President and VP are in your bee. You can get so much done!), and they solved the problem for me. The ruling was that the guild will no longer support Project Linus as a guild. People are free to do their own thing. As for all the supplies and fabric that people dumped on me for Linus that I paid to move, I can sort through them and donate them in my local community to a like charity. YAY! I have been going through boxes and bins for the last 2 days, sorting into charity for Linus, charity other, garbage and my stuff. 3 boxes are gone, 1 more is full of Linus stuff, 1 garbage bag is other charity donations and there are 3 bags of garbage. YAY! This has been a huge hassle in my garage and we need to get it resolved. Now that it is, full steam ahead!
I have taken some serious stock of my quilting stuff since I had to integrate my cousin’s stash into my own and man, I have enough fabric. I have decided to participate in some quilty challenges in 2008. I’m on a yahoo group called Stashbusters, and they have several challenges to get people using or donating their stash and not making the problem worse. The 4 challenges I hope to participate in are:
The No Buy Challenge – I will not join officially, so I will do what is know as the Spirit of No Buy, which a lot of us do. The premise is that you can only buy to finish a project you are doing RIGHT NOW. These are legal purchases. I would love to do this for a year, if not longer. Right now I am aiming for starting after I get back from retreat (November 5) and getting through year end. I am thinking of saving up $10 per week for every week I can make it through. By the end of 2008, that would be a tidy sum. I am including books and patterns in that, but I do have a running tools list that I keep. If I find it, I buy it, as not every shop carries every thing. UPDATE: I bought nothing at the retreat, and so I need to start saving my $10 bills!
The 100 Yard Dash Challenge – Everyone just does this one by themselves; there’s no official challenge as we cannot come to a consensus on how to count it. Some want to do only things in your stash, but if you had to make a purchase (as indicated above), that doesn’t count. I just take the measurements of the project, count the front and back, convert to square inches and add the binding. Then I take the total square inches and divide it by 42” for the width of the fabric on the bolt and then by 36” for yardage. Right now, I’ve used about 20 yards in 2007, but should I bang out a ton of finishes here in the last 2 months, that could ramp up quickly. My goal would be 200 yards (this year and next) by the end of 2008.
The UFO Challenge – this one I join for real. It’s complicated to explain, but my personal goals for 2008 are 12 twin sized (or greater) finishes. This is basically finishing up old projects that have been abandoned. Another goal is not to start any more; the count needs to go down.
The WIPs and WHIMMs Challenge – this is another one I join for real. This rewards the projects started and completed within the same calendar year, thus reducing new UFOs. I don’t care how many of these I have.
UPDATE: I was the Linus Lady for my guild and then I moved. I spoke to my fellow guild members/bee members at the retreat last weekend (it is fantastic when your guild President and VP are in your bee. You can get so much done!), and they solved the problem for me. The ruling was that the guild will no longer support Project Linus as a guild. People are free to do their own thing. As for all the supplies and fabric that people dumped on me for Linus that I paid to move, I can sort through them and donate them in my local community to a like charity. YAY! I have been going through boxes and bins for the last 2 days, sorting into charity for Linus, charity other, garbage and my stuff. 3 boxes are gone, 1 more is full of Linus stuff, 1 garbage bag is other charity donations and there are 3 bags of garbage. YAY! This has been a huge hassle in my garage and we need to get it resolved. Now that it is, full steam ahead!
List through the Guild Show
Well, I’ve had this blogspot account reserved for quite some time, as it matches my LiveJournal account. I rather like my user name, so I’m fussy about keeping it. Kinda like Bonnie Hunter and Quiltville. My goal of this blog is to journal my quilting (my LiveJournal account handles everything else, and in that one, I swear like a sailor, so be warned if you go over there!). I love to quilt and have been at it for 20 years, making my first quilt at age 16.
To get this blog going, I’m going to list my goals between now and the end of the year. I decided to start journaling my quilting by week a few months ago. The week starts when my work week ends. If I’m done at noon on Friday, well then, that’s when the week starts. The week ends when I arrive at work on that last day of my work week. Typically the week ends on Friday morning and then the new one starts on Friday afternoon.
My list below contains all things that I want to finish by my guild’s show in early March. Fat chance, I know, but if I do not dream, I will never get anywhere. This does keep me on some level of task to get things done. I want to hang 3 quilts in the show and they are all on this list. If they are the only 3 things I get done, well, then it’s a success.
So without further adieu, the full list of everything I wrote down, just free form. I will put down some goals between now and year end and see where we are by then. Yes, it’s a lot of projects, but what can I say?
Batik lover’s – top done
Tumbleweeds - find
Crayons – top done
Fence rail/LCRR – top done, back done (both are quilts – it’s reversible)
Snowmen – sandwiched
Snow accessories - done
Peter quilt - done
Fayge quilt - done
Jackson quilt - done
Lasagna - done
Lasagna - done
St. Pat’s – find
St. Pat’s accessories - find
OK backroads - done
Charity LCRR 1 - done
Charity LCRR 2 - started
Charity LCRR 3 - nothing
Quiltfabric.com – blocks done
Shower curtain - done
Super Secret Quilt - designed
GFG – 6 flowers done
Denim – started
Strings – 100 blocks done
Gifties – need 10 – 1 has to be done by Dec 15, so 1 done. Blocks done for all, supplies purchased for all.
Silent auction item – aiming for St. Pat’s table runner, so need to find St. Pat’s stuff
Chiclets – 12 blocks done
QFAH batik quilt – through hour 10
Pink & Yellow LCRR – top done
Trifecta - done
Bedroom quilt – top done
So now by week:
45
Crayons – yellow done
Chiclets – do some more blocks (I hate this one and will be very glad to get this over with and stick it back in its hidey hole!)
Sort charity fabrics
Fayge quilt – attach binding for handsewing
Trifecta – sandwiched
Clean up workspace – 11/06/07 – 3 hours! 11/07/07 – 3 hours!
46
Finish sorting charity fabrics and all yarns
Fayge – done
Chiclets – done with goal (I really hate this one, can’t you tell?!?!)
Tumbleweeds – find!!!
Batik lover’s – top done
Trifecta - quilted
Pictures into guild for show
47
GFG – done with goal
Crayon - Cut red crayon, cut brown crayon, cut black crayon
Cut for OK backroads
Trifecta -done
(traveling on holiday)
OK, back to work!
To get this blog going, I’m going to list my goals between now and the end of the year. I decided to start journaling my quilting by week a few months ago. The week starts when my work week ends. If I’m done at noon on Friday, well then, that’s when the week starts. The week ends when I arrive at work on that last day of my work week. Typically the week ends on Friday morning and then the new one starts on Friday afternoon.
My list below contains all things that I want to finish by my guild’s show in early March. Fat chance, I know, but if I do not dream, I will never get anywhere. This does keep me on some level of task to get things done. I want to hang 3 quilts in the show and they are all on this list. If they are the only 3 things I get done, well, then it’s a success.
So without further adieu, the full list of everything I wrote down, just free form. I will put down some goals between now and year end and see where we are by then. Yes, it’s a lot of projects, but what can I say?
Batik lover’s – top done
Tumbleweeds - find
Crayons – top done
Fence rail/LCRR – top done, back done (both are quilts – it’s reversible)
Snowmen – sandwiched
Snow accessories - done
Peter quilt - done
Fayge quilt - done
Jackson quilt - done
Lasagna - done
Lasagna - done
St. Pat’s – find
St. Pat’s accessories - find
OK backroads - done
Charity LCRR 1 - done
Charity LCRR 2 - started
Charity LCRR 3 - nothing
Quiltfabric.com – blocks done
Shower curtain - done
Super Secret Quilt - designed
GFG – 6 flowers done
Denim – started
Strings – 100 blocks done
Gifties – need 10 – 1 has to be done by Dec 15, so 1 done. Blocks done for all, supplies purchased for all.
Silent auction item – aiming for St. Pat’s table runner, so need to find St. Pat’s stuff
Chiclets – 12 blocks done
QFAH batik quilt – through hour 10
Pink & Yellow LCRR – top done
Trifecta - done
Bedroom quilt – top done
So now by week:
45
Crayons – yellow done
Chiclets – do some more blocks (I hate this one and will be very glad to get this over with and stick it back in its hidey hole!)
Sort charity fabrics
Fayge quilt – attach binding for handsewing
Trifecta – sandwiched
Clean up workspace – 11/06/07 – 3 hours! 11/07/07 – 3 hours!
46
Finish sorting charity fabrics and all yarns
Fayge – done
Chiclets – done with goal (I really hate this one, can’t you tell?!?!)
Tumbleweeds – find!!!
Batik lover’s – top done
Trifecta - quilted
Pictures into guild for show
47
GFG – done with goal
Crayon - Cut red crayon, cut brown crayon, cut black crayon
Cut for OK backroads
Trifecta -done
(traveling on holiday)
OK, back to work!
Monday, October 08, 2007
Here we go again
I have tried to log into the account I set up 6 months ago and kept forgetting what I was doing. Now I am doing better, I think.
I finally have entered the 21st century and bought a digital camera. Of course I have no idea how to use it, but I will get there one day. It's right next to the unused iPod I have as well.
I hope to use this blog for happy stuff and quilting stuff.
Peace out.
I finally have entered the 21st century and bought a digital camera. Of course I have no idea how to use it, but I will get there one day. It's right next to the unused iPod I have as well.
I hope to use this blog for happy stuff and quilting stuff.
Peace out.
Friday, April 06, 2007
Welcome to Normal
Yes, we've moved. From Brookfield, IL to Normal, IL. It's rather amusing to say "it's more normal down here." It actually is. Traffic is so much lighter, daycare is half the price and the pace is much slower than Chicagoland. I'm glad to be here.
On a quilty note, I have located my machine and my spare machine that I'm using to wind bobbins. The sewing area (sewing table, cutting table, ironing board) is set up, but there are still boxes everywhere. These things take time. My goal for the weekend is to get it all set up so that I can actually sew.
The only sewing I want to do is to cut and size up a canvas for a cross stitch project. Then I can stitch while I watch TV. Maybe I'll do 2 canvasses - one for my aunt's home in AZ and another for my DD's godparents. We shall see.
On a quilty note, I have located my machine and my spare machine that I'm using to wind bobbins. The sewing area (sewing table, cutting table, ironing board) is set up, but there are still boxes everywhere. These things take time. My goal for the weekend is to get it all set up so that I can actually sew.
The only sewing I want to do is to cut and size up a canvas for a cross stitch project. Then I can stitch while I watch TV. Maybe I'll do 2 canvasses - one for my aunt's home in AZ and another for my DD's godparents. We shall see.
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