Quiltathon-Feb 22, 2009

I participated in Judy's quiltathon yesterday but didn't post because mostly what I did was cut material and organize. I still need to finish cutting some but I will be sewing today. My goals for today are:

• Make 8 strip blocks for a farewell quilt (sewing friend)
• Make 192 HST, press and trim for Judy's Quilt along quilt.
• Make heart memory block for Carol
• Make border strips for Jess' quilt
• Cut pieces for new Carpenter's Star quilt (sewing Wed)
• Backing and binding for Mystery quilt
• Put all fabric away NEATLY

It is 8:45 am. Time to get started!

It's been a long week

My Jess has been pretty sick for about a week now. It started Monday when she was doubled over in pain and vomiting. She looked bad and we didn't know what to do. We ended up taking her to urgent Care where they decided she most likely had a kidney stone and sent us to the hospital to get it checked. Several hours later it was confirmed and she was sent home with 3 Rx and has been sleeping mostly all day long. Supposedly it is a small stone and will pass. Everyone says she is too young to have kidney stones, but apparently that isn't true. She finally took a shower and looked almost herself yesterday. I'm glad she is starting to get some color back and eat a bit.
This too shall pass!

Stash Report Week 7-2009

I have picked out the fabrics I am using in Judy's new quilt. I won't be using all of this fabric but will cut off these pieces. I actually need at least one more blue/turquoise I think. I am going to keep looking around. Maybe there is a piece in my scraps (EEK, I hate to go in there) This is the gist of it though. I even had a cool stripe, cause I wanna be like JUDY! hehe. So my scrap repot I am saying 8 1/4 yds for the new quilt and 3/4 for a binding I did earlier this week. 8.5 yds. Not bad! Don't you love these colors!?

Fabric Added this Week: 0 yards
Fabric Added Year to Date: 0 yards

Fabric Used this Week: 8.5 yards
Fabric Used Year to Date: 25.75 yards

Total 25.75 yards busted

Stash Report 6 - 2009 and some Finished tops

Stash report and some finishes. Well, top finishes anyway. They still need quilting.

First off, this is just the center of this quilt I am calling it Confetti. It still needs a border. This week I hope to do that.

A close look at the blocks. It is a disappearing 9 patch pattern.
Next, I finished this top and have the backing and binding ready to go. I still need to quilt it. This one my sister gave me the Seahawks fabric and asked me to make a quilt for her husband. I added the green because it needed color and there is a tiny bit of this color in the eyes......

REALLY! Look close!

I finally finished this top. This is the 2007 mystery quilt that Linda Lawson designed and had going. She is the owner of Long Arm Chat. I really like the way this one came out. Backing and binding ready to go. There is a cream border that is hard to see as it melts into the carpet color.

SEE!
Now this is another quilt that I had the center done and still needed borders for a long time. I always get stopped at the borders but NO MORE! (Do you recognize this one Kay P.?)
This is the one I used stash fabric on this week. All in all, I am happy with how much I got done this week.

Fabric Added this Week: 0 yards
Fabric Added Year to Date: 0 yards

Fabric Used this Week: 3.25 yards
Fabric Used Year to Date: 17.25 yards

Total 17.25 yards busted

Stash Report 5 - 2009

Nothing in and nothing out as far as stash goes so my totals are the same as last time:

Fabric Added this Week: 0 yards
Fabric Added Year to Date: 0 yards

Fabric Used this Week: 0 yards
Fabric Used Year to Date: 14.0 yards

Total 14 yards busted

I have been piecing like crazy and will post about those soon, but all yardage has already been accounted for.

Stash Report 4 - 2009

Nothing in and nothing out as far as stash goes so my totals are the same as last time:

Fabric Added this Week: 0 yards
Fabric Added Year to Date: 0 yards

Fabric Used this Week: 0 yards
Fabric Used Year to Date: 14.0 yards

Total 14 yards busted

I also have been trying to BUST MY SCRAPS!

I have lots of scraps but hardly ever venture in that drawer because it looks something like this!

I just can't face going in that drawer and trying to pick out fabric so I don't. The pile of scraps keeps growing, as you may imagine. I decided to tackle them this year too. I picked out around 7 different quilts that I want to make that are scrappy in different color ways so when I cut the scraps, I can cut them for a PROJECT and put it in that drawer. I have worked on it for 3 days now and hardly made a dent....but I WILL!
Here are a few pictures of projects I picked;


And here is the nice neat bin with some scraps cut and placed in them. Notice they are even labeled!
I can't help it, I am a tad OCD and this scrap drawer thing was making me just a little crazy!

Uh, my yardage looks like this:
That is just what I could FIT in there. I also have 8 bins under my long arm that contain STUFF.
Some of that is backings and quilt tops I bought on ebay though....(don't ask!)

A new President, a New Hope for America

At the Neighborhood Ball at Washington's Convention Center, President Barack Obama, said: "First of all, how good-looking is my wife?"

Ya gotta love a man who adores his wife of many years! I am thrilled today to have a new president. I haven't even decided yet why I really LIKE this president. I didn't at first. I wanted Hillary for president and wasn't happy when she was defeated and I had decided I didn't like this "Obama guy"

He won me over!
He won me over with his well spoken words. With his kind gentle manner. With his educated responses. With his education! With his humility and his integrity. I think mostly, his integrity. Finally! A leader we can really look up to. Someone we are PROUD to have our children emulate and want to BE when they grow up. While I understand how very important that this African American man has become our president, I like the fact that Obama himself has stressed that it is the struggling men and women that have fought prejudices and segregation before him that has allowed the acceptance and the tolerance that not only allows a black man to be president but to be overwhelmingly supported.
I am very excited to see what this president does for us. Where he leads. Because I believe THIS MAN has the ability to bring wonderful, enlightening change to our country.
God bless us all.