Sunday R&R~

On Friday I spent the day with my friend HERE. Talk about quilting, stitching, sewing overload! :-) We didn't take any classes, just had a blast visiting all the vendors~ did you see the list? I met Eleanor Burns! :-) And Annie was in the Superior Threads booth demo'ing Texture Magic~ neat stuff! And, and, and... :-) You get the idea! :-) LOL Today I am putting my feet up with my new books and dreaming. Oh~ and the purse pattern in the photo is one I hope to work on in the coming weeks. ;-)

What surprised me was that I was looking for pre-cuts~ a Jelly Roll or Layer Cake or the Turnovers~ there were a lot of quilt shops set up and loads of fabric but I only spotted a few Jelly Rolls and they looked like they had rolled to the expo along many miles of thorny paths! :-o They were frayed and fuzzy and not anything I would spend money on! :-o Ah well, that left me with more book moola! ;-)

This is going to be a busy week~ tomorrow is March first~lots of fun things in blogland! Be sure to check out~

* the Schnibbles parade by Sherry & Sinta. It will be so fun to see all the Sunday Best treats! ;-)

*Design Wall Monday at Judy L's There is always loads of inspiration!

*And the Jelly Roll Sampler Quilt Along begins. Since I didn't find a Jelly Roll, I've decided to use some of my CW stash.

Off to read~
Have a happy day! :-)

Spring Sewing Party~ part 3

Ok, now I 'get' it! I think I was supposed to just keep adding to my first post about the party~ whoops... well it has been the day for those! ;-) I generally have problems with blogger after 3 photo's in the same post~ does that happen to anyone else? Sorry Kelly & Joan~ next time I will get it right! Third time is a charm, right? :-) Here is the list of all my sewing sisters today. :-)

After the fiasco of the unwanted thread in the sewing machine today, I did get the tension issues resolved and got on with the fun part. :-) But it was pretty slow sewing.

I have 2 long rows together and now I am on the down side of the quilt. The next row is the top corner row, and the other rows will get smaller as I go. I am going to start with the bottom right corner and go from there now.

I sure enjoyed the party and I know I would not have sewn at all today if not for Kelly & Joan setting up the party. Thanks ladies!!

that's all for today~ laundry is calling. :-/

Until next time!
Happy stitching!

Spring Sewing Party 2~

I could talk about how to trouble-shoot sewing machine tension problems... but when the problem is 'operator error' all the tips don't work. ;-) Yep, I messed up, then messed up some more, then had to rip double sewing lines~ because I was trying a speed trick which would have worked had I not sewn the pieces together wrong!! :-o LOL My thread was having a party!

Now I have a working machine and am back where I started~ let's see if I can get the new sheets sewn in without any more 'whoopsie's'! Who has chocolate? I need to stop by for a quick visit! :-))

Party on!! :-)

Spring Sewing Party Day~

I'm here! But I think by not turning the computer on last night I may have missed the party. :-/ I was gone on a 'stash enhancement expedition' all day yesterday. :-) (thanks Carrie for that new name! but I am not going to spell it out on my blog) LOL :-)) To see all the great projects out in blogland, see the list of party-goers on Kelly's blog. ;-)

Today I hope to get a few rows on my Vintage Sheet Quilt. It is slow going as I am making the pattern up as I go along. Well, not the pattern exactly, but where I am adding the extra sashings. ;-) I couldn't figure out any easy way to do it other than measuring, measuring, measuring. :-) So off I go with my longest ruler and a bunch of fabric strips!

Hope y'all have a great day!

Here is my final post today~ Sorry Kelly, it was a comedy of errors for me today! :-)

Tomorrow will be another great day to sew! :-)))

Until then, happy stitching!

CG&GQC February Finishes~

Let's see...

1. ~check~ I wanted to get the Fig Tree top together and it is. :-) I'll spare you another photo because you probably saw it a million times already. ;-) Hopefully I will be able to go quilt it next month~ and then you'll see it again. ;-))

2. ~check~ I got all the HST's made for my next round of block exchanges with Bonnie. :-)

3. ~check~ the 'disaster' was organized. :-) ...but that was 3 weeks ago and although it's not too bad, its getting there! Why does a sewing space get messed up so fast? I've decided it is as good as it gets, it is now 'organized chaos'. ;-) LOL

..and then there were all the things that I didn't list but I needed to do~
~check~ Schnibble's Sunday Best top is together ~check~ I had a great Thimbleberries Sew Day and have the beginnings of a new quilt. ;-) ~check~ I have my BOM block ready for next month~ finished the 4 inch block up today, but I can't show you until after the first. ;-)

I have decided those things are going to get put in the goals next month~ they take a lot of time! Well, all but T-berries, that is just a fun day! And speaking of fun days~~

Saturday is the Spring Sewing Party for the CG&GQC~ I'll be working on my Vintage Sheet top. What are you working on? :-)

Until next time~
Happy stitchin'!

Thimbleberries Sew Day~ Part 3

I would label today a success, although I don't have much that is photo-worthy. ;-) I had to cut up more of the dark and light strips for the 4-patches. Then I got a bit distracted and cleaned and oiled my sewing machine. LOL It probably needed it. ;-) I sewed the strips, pressed, made the 4 patches and I have this pile to cut apart tonight while TV watching. I like to press them with the little 4 patch of open seam allowances on back, so I'll finger press them all tonight too. It doesn't look like it, but that is over 100 4-patches!

When I was cleaning my machine, I noticed my stack of sewn Trianglulations HST's waiting for trimming. So I trimmed them all up~ another thing to do tonight-- rip off the papers and finger press them. They are for the blocks I am exchanging with Bingo~Bonnie. ;-) I think there are nearly 160 or more of those little guys. :-)

So all-in-all a pretty successful day. :-) How did you do? Be sure to let me know if you sewed today so I can come by and see. :-))

Now I need to get back to the Vintage Sheet top~ ;-)
Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!

Break Time~

I got 30 4 patches done~ oh maybe 100 more to go. ;-)

I need to take a break and make a little lunch for DS who gets out of school at noon today. Then I'll get back to work. ;-)

Happy Stitchin'!