I started this cute little wall hanging last fall and then it disappeared. I looked everywhere I could think of and didn’t find it. Last weekend when I was rearranging in the studio, I found it had slipped between two stacks of drawers. So now it is all together, but only held with a thin layer of glue. I need to applique all the pieces on and quilt it. That will happen in my free time because this little quilt didn’t even get found in time to put on my ufo list – though it belongs there.
Today was run around day after gym. I went to Nordstrom’s rack to return a shirt I purchased before Christmas and found the black pull over shirt (with long sleeve) that I like for 5.00 a piece. They had 2 of them left, so both came home with me. Then off to the hardware store for an idea of how to feed the sheep salt in a way they won’t spill/waste so much of it. I failed on that score, so went to Fred Meyer to do minimum grocery shopping. Late this afternoon, I picked up chicken I had ordered to feed the dogs. So the day was complete and now I am ready to enjoy the Sabbath. Tomorrow we will have company and Sunday we will again have company, so it will be a wonderful weekend.
It’s fun when Jen, Bob and the boys come over to play games. This is Rummy and involves colors and number sequences.
Quilt finish #4 for this year is the shop hop blocks from 2004. I’m so happy they are in a completed project. This quilt is 41″ square – just perfect for a baby. I put a polka dot backing on it (but forgot to take a photo).
Every quilter needs a disaster to keep her/him humble. After finishing the quilt above, I thought I’d get another done in a quick minute. Not so, the thread jumped out of from between the disks which I didn’t notice and left me this mess. I just took it off the machine, will take all this mess out and start over another day. I’m so glad it happened right at the beginning of the quilt as it is back breaking to take many stitches out when it is still on the machine.
Sunny coins is quilt finish #3 for this year. And this one was not a ufo! It is 50 x 68 and I really like the way it turned out. I probably will do this again. It went together rapidly and quilted up nicely. This size would be good for charity quilts.
I did edge to edge bubbles and am happy with the results.
These are the stars who starred at the birthday party last night. And two more photos to show we know how to celebrate as a family.
with games, food and plenty of liquid.
Storm at sea was started about 5 or 6 years ago. I forced myself to work on it on my spare moments this week as today is our 54th anniversary and isn’t that what marriage is all about – weathering the storms of life together. The is totally finished – the marriage continues.
with a hanging sleeve and very difficult to see but I used permanent marker in the lower right corner to put my name and date. I love this quilt so am so happy to see it finished. Now I need to find the perfect place to hang it.
I quilted bubbles over this Sunny Coins flimsy today. So now another quilt is in the “needing binding” pile. Interestingly, when you have a flimsy ready to go, often times, you really aren’t even half way there. You need batting and some of these battings definitely need to be pre-shrunk. Then there is choosing and sewing together the backing and the binding. Now you get to choose the design and get everything on the machine so you can quilt. It all takes time, so this entire day (after gym) has been spent getting this flimsy quilted. And currently I don’t’ even have a place to put it up where you can see the entire quilt.
Storm at Sea is quilted, but when I cut the binding, I find that I am about 10-12″ short, so I will need to take the time to look in various places where it may have been placed. This quilt was put together a few years ago. I have always liked this pattern, so soon will have it hanging on the wall. I was so pleased with myself that I was up and working on this in the morning.
I had taken apart one of the bars to insert a handle with the ratchet. After getting it apart, I discovered they sent me the wrong package. I received the correct one right before getting sick, so nothing happened. The poor machine has been in disrepair for 3 weeks. Today, I kept my promise to it and repaired it. Now it has loaded on it “Storm at Sea” and we should get that quilted this week. It is so amazing how when you put something on your calendar it has a much better chance of getting done. Without that, I believe I could have procrastinated quite a bit longer.