Last night I spent most of the evening crying over a book. I am reading the Elm Creek Quilt books and because I don't own all of them I am reading them out of order. Yesterday I picked two of them up from the library and read "The Quilter's Legacy". What a tear jerker! I love these books, but the next morning I have swollen eyes from all the crying. It used to be "sad movies make me cry" but now it is "sad books make me cry". If you haven't read these books I highly recommend them!
I got all the fabric for the 2nd baby "Trip Around the World" quilt top ironed. Then reading got in the way and that was all my quilting.
DH took his pills out of order yesterday and was a zombie by 7 in the evening. I don't know what to do about this. I cannot monitor his behavior while I am at work. There has to be a solution, but I haven't found it yet. Pray for me.
Have a nice day, Karen
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Monday, July 28, 2008
Success oh what sweet success
The top for the baby quilt for Alaska maternity hospital in the Trip Around the World is complete. I could only find one of the two FQ's that I needed. So I improvised. I used fabric glue stick and a very light interfacing and glued the remainder of the FQ to the interfacing. Then I cut a 2 1/2" strip balancing the interfacing evenly on either side of the strip. It worked out perfectly.
I only had to "unsew" one more set of squares that was out of order and finished the top and ironed it. I have one more with different FQ's to make and then off to JoAnn's for backing for both quilts. How exciting.
My reqular Monday night group Quilted Chaos is not meeting this month. The hostess is on vacation in Washington, D.C. Therefore I have the entire evening to cut out the 2nd Trip Around the World and proceed from there.
This weekend is a Q.U. cyber retreat. I have sent myself three goals. 1) Organize all my fabric. 2) Organize all my projects. 3) Layering finished tops to start quilting. If I finish these then I will start somthing else. I do not think my DH will like my cyber retreat. When I home he wants my attention. It must be hard not to have any hobbies or things that he can do. Here he is stuck at home 24/7 with nothing but two dogs to play will. I would go crazy! Thank God for quilting.
My trip to JoAnn's on Saturday after our visit with my MIL was amazing! Between all my coupons and the sales and my AQS 10% discount I purchased $122.00 for only $61.00. What a bargin. I still have my 40% coupon left and it doesn't expire until August 9th. I wonder what I will do with it?
Have a nice day, Karen
I only had to "unsew" one more set of squares that was out of order and finished the top and ironed it. I have one more with different FQ's to make and then off to JoAnn's for backing for both quilts. How exciting.
My reqular Monday night group Quilted Chaos is not meeting this month. The hostess is on vacation in Washington, D.C. Therefore I have the entire evening to cut out the 2nd Trip Around the World and proceed from there.
This weekend is a Q.U. cyber retreat. I have sent myself three goals. 1) Organize all my fabric. 2) Organize all my projects. 3) Layering finished tops to start quilting. If I finish these then I will start somthing else. I do not think my DH will like my cyber retreat. When I home he wants my attention. It must be hard not to have any hobbies or things that he can do. Here he is stuck at home 24/7 with nothing but two dogs to play will. I would go crazy! Thank God for quilting.
My trip to JoAnn's on Saturday after our visit with my MIL was amazing! Between all my coupons and the sales and my AQS 10% discount I purchased $122.00 for only $61.00. What a bargin. I still have my 40% coupon left and it doesn't expire until August 9th. I wonder what I will do with it?
Have a nice day, Karen
Friday, July 25, 2008
Oh really dear
If I hadn't made a cutting error and the FQ's I purchased had actually be 18" by 22" I wouldn't need to purchase two more FQ. I will probably finish the quilt top this weekend and then I will start a second creating instructions as I go along for anyone who wants to make a baby Trip Around the World quilt. I am sure the second will go much easier than the first did.
We are going to visit my MIL tomorrow. I will be rewarding myself, as I usually do, with a trip to JoAnn's. My list is long and the sale this week is great.
Have a nice day, Karen
We are going to visit my MIL tomorrow. I will be rewarding myself, as I usually do, with a trip to JoAnn's. My list is long and the sale this week is great.
Have a nice day, Karen
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Oh dear
I spent more time unsewing than sewing last night. Isn't that a nice way to say I used my seam ripper more than I wanted?
I was working on my Baby Trip Around the World and kept getting the fabrics in the wrong order. Then I made the oops of the evening and cut two of the panels in 2 1/2" instead of 3". I may have made the goof of the century and now may not have enough material. Since it was late I stopped. Tonight I will gather the troops and see what I need to fix this.
My second mistake was breaking my new rule of not picking up the living room and dining room before going to bed. My only excuse was I was very tired.
I will attempt to finish this top tonight.
Have a great day, Karen
I was working on my Baby Trip Around the World and kept getting the fabrics in the wrong order. Then I made the oops of the evening and cut two of the panels in 2 1/2" instead of 3". I may have made the goof of the century and now may not have enough material. Since it was late I stopped. Tonight I will gather the troops and see what I need to fix this.
My second mistake was breaking my new rule of not picking up the living room and dining room before going to bed. My only excuse was I was very tired.
I will attempt to finish this top tonight.
Have a great day, Karen
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Progress on Trip Around the World
Last night I set out the sewn strips for this quilt top. I cut two additional 2 1/2" strips of each of the ten fabrics. Tonight I plan on sewing the strips together and cutting the individual rows to see how my plan of 10 FQ to make one Trip Around the World baby quilt will come out. I will cry if I don't have enough fabric.
Yesterday was one of DH bad days. He is so depressed. He asked me to set up the necessary paperwork for a will, durable power of attorney and a living will. I will be taking care of this in the next week. He is certain that he will not live much longer. I cannot figure out how to comfort him. His left leg is so swollen above the knee where the quads were reattached and it scares him. I am believing the doctor when he says that the new brace will help this area heal. James thinks he is facing amputation. Off the pitty pot!
Earlier this week I was talking to my non sewing daughter. She has always said that she would never take up quilting. I think she is slowly changing her mind. HIP HIP HOORAY!! I would love to share this adiction with her. She is very good in the crafts that she has taken up and I believe that with very little instruction she will become an excellent quilter.
The only regret I will have is giving up one of my sewing machines. My mother left DD her sewing machine, but I have had it in my home for over 10 years. That will take me down to only seven sewing machines. I currently have my great grandmother's antique treadle machine, a antique treadle machine I picked up at a garage sale, my MIL Singer in a cabinet, a portable Singer that I purchased from a co-worker, a cabinet Singer purchased from same co-worker, my original Sears Kenmore machine, my DM Montgomery Ward Signature machine and a Singer 9410 that a friend no longer needed and gifted to me. What a wonderful collection.
I cannot wait to get started on my sewing room/studio. Myrna Giesbrecht will be offering her Studio Makeover soon through her website. She no longer teaches at Q.U. I am sure many students will miss her, but it is great that she is taking some of her classes and providing them on her own.
Oh, bye the way, when I took the NICU free class at Best Friends Quilt Shop they mentioned they were going to start a Dear Jane Club. I cannot wait! This should get me back on track with my tiny squares.
Have a great day, Karen
Yesterday was one of DH bad days. He is so depressed. He asked me to set up the necessary paperwork for a will, durable power of attorney and a living will. I will be taking care of this in the next week. He is certain that he will not live much longer. I cannot figure out how to comfort him. His left leg is so swollen above the knee where the quads were reattached and it scares him. I am believing the doctor when he says that the new brace will help this area heal. James thinks he is facing amputation. Off the pitty pot!
Earlier this week I was talking to my non sewing daughter. She has always said that she would never take up quilting. I think she is slowly changing her mind. HIP HIP HOORAY!! I would love to share this adiction with her. She is very good in the crafts that she has taken up and I believe that with very little instruction she will become an excellent quilter.
The only regret I will have is giving up one of my sewing machines. My mother left DD her sewing machine, but I have had it in my home for over 10 years. That will take me down to only seven sewing machines. I currently have my great grandmother's antique treadle machine, a antique treadle machine I picked up at a garage sale, my MIL Singer in a cabinet, a portable Singer that I purchased from a co-worker, a cabinet Singer purchased from same co-worker, my original Sears Kenmore machine, my DM Montgomery Ward Signature machine and a Singer 9410 that a friend no longer needed and gifted to me. What a wonderful collection.
I cannot wait to get started on my sewing room/studio. Myrna Giesbrecht will be offering her Studio Makeover soon through her website. She no longer teaches at Q.U. I am sure many students will miss her, but it is great that she is taking some of her classes and providing them on her own.
Oh, bye the way, when I took the NICU free class at Best Friends Quilt Shop they mentioned they were going to start a Dear Jane Club. I cannot wait! This should get me back on track with my tiny squares.
Have a great day, Karen
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
OHAD not
Last night I was supposed to go to my Monday Guild small group. Instead I fell asleep in my arm chair and didn't wake up until my DH asked me if I wanted a peanut butter sandwich at 8:00. That is an evening shot in my opinion.
I did do some internet surfing and downloaded a few quilting patterns for future reference. Just what I need, another UFO project.
Today my BOM from Everything Quilts arrived. It looks like a really fun block. I cannot wait to start.
Tonight is laundry night, so I should get some quilting done in between loads.
Have a great day, Karen
I did do some internet surfing and downloaded a few quilting patterns for future reference. Just what I need, another UFO project.
Today my BOM from Everything Quilts arrived. It looks like a really fun block. I cannot wait to start.
Tonight is laundry night, so I should get some quilting done in between loads.
Have a great day, Karen
Monday, July 21, 2008
Another top finished and another top started
I finished the top for the Alaska quilt and added a border. It is all ready for layering and quilting. Then I started "A Trip Around the World" for the Alaska maternity quilt project. I cut ten fat quarters into 2 1/2" by 22" strips and then started sewing the strips together. I need 6 pieces 3" wide out of each panel that is number 1 through 10. Then I need 4 pieces 3" wide out of each panel that is number 2 through 1 and so on. I have the 1-10, the 2-1, and the 3-2 rows done. When I have all the rows done I will put a single piece 2 1/2" by 3" between a 1-10 and 10-1 row and have the top row of the quilt done. Once I have completed the top and made sure that my directions are workable, I will post them here.
I have two of these baby "A Trip Around the World" for the Alaska maternity quilt project to do. Boy will I have a show and tell at the next Piecemakers group meeting.
Tonight is the mid month gathering for Quilted Chaos. I still don't know what I will be doing there. Have fun and talk with my friends most likely. I wish I had some binding to fasten on a quilt but I am no where near to that process on any of my projects.
So far I have been able to keep most of my promise about keeping ths living room and dining room straight on a daily basis. Last night I had to leave my iron out because I forgot to turn it off after my last strip was ironed. I will have some picking up to do tonight when I get home from work, but I can do that while I cook supper for DH. I did some major inroads into the kitchen this weekend. Only two mor surfaces to work on and then some major scrubbing and I will be done. The next cleaning project will be the landing between the the stairs. I do progress, but slowly.
Have a nice day, Karen
I have two of these baby "A Trip Around the World" for the Alaska maternity quilt project to do. Boy will I have a show and tell at the next Piecemakers group meeting.
Tonight is the mid month gathering for Quilted Chaos. I still don't know what I will be doing there. Have fun and talk with my friends most likely. I wish I had some binding to fasten on a quilt but I am no where near to that process on any of my projects.
So far I have been able to keep most of my promise about keeping ths living room and dining room straight on a daily basis. Last night I had to leave my iron out because I forgot to turn it off after my last strip was ironed. I will have some picking up to do tonight when I get home from work, but I can do that while I cook supper for DH. I did some major inroads into the kitchen this weekend. Only two mor surfaces to work on and then some major scrubbing and I will be done. The next cleaning project will be the landing between the the stairs. I do progress, but slowly.
Have a nice day, Karen
Friday, July 18, 2008
Quilt top completed and another started!
Last night at Piecemakers I finished the quilt top for the NICU "Trip Around the World". It turned out really great. The only problem I encountered was the way I had been instructed to press the seam allowances. I will never, never, and never press my seams open again. The points where the rectangles came together were not even close. From here on I will always, always and always press to the dark fabric so that the seams will click into place and the points will line up. Now all I have to do is a border, layer, quilt and bind. All??? My binding clips arrived from JoAnn's so I am ready to go. Hooray!
I really got on a roll last night and started my next Alaska maternity quilt. It is a simple 6.5 block surrounded by three 2.5 strips sewn together and cut to 6.5. Then all it needs is arranging and putting together. I got 4 rows of 6 together. After I looked at it I think another block will be needed to make it big enough. It was to be 5 blocks by 6, but I think 6 by 6 is really needed. Fortunately I have enough fabric to do this.
This weekend I have two goals. 1) Make my kitchen as neat and clean as my mother always kept her's. She was a fanatic about clean kitchens! 2) Get the rest of the books into the bookcase.
After these goals are met I am going to quilt to my heart's content. I have been granted a reprieve on my Patchwork Illusions class. The next class I am signed up for at Q.U. is going to be delayed because the teacher is having surgery. This gives me more time on the Patchwork Illusions homework. Everone else in the class is having such success and I want to be included!
Have a great day, Karen
I really got on a roll last night and started my next Alaska maternity quilt. It is a simple 6.5 block surrounded by three 2.5 strips sewn together and cut to 6.5. Then all it needs is arranging and putting together. I got 4 rows of 6 together. After I looked at it I think another block will be needed to make it big enough. It was to be 5 blocks by 6, but I think 6 by 6 is really needed. Fortunately I have enough fabric to do this.
This weekend I have two goals. 1) Make my kitchen as neat and clean as my mother always kept her's. She was a fanatic about clean kitchens! 2) Get the rest of the books into the bookcase.
After these goals are met I am going to quilt to my heart's content. I have been granted a reprieve on my Patchwork Illusions class. The next class I am signed up for at Q.U. is going to be delayed because the teacher is having surgery. This gives me more time on the Patchwork Illusions homework. Everone else in the class is having such success and I want to be included!
Have a great day, Karen
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Sweet & Sour -- Happy & Sad
Last night I continued working on my NICU Trip Around the World quilt top. I have the right side together and ready for final pressing. I have the rows for the left side ready for pressing before assembly. I may actually get the top finished this evening. I also set down a larger baby quilt with the Trip Around the World pattern on graph paper. It looks like 9 fat quarters will be perfect. I am going to JoAnn's this evening after work and take advantage of their $.99 sale of FQ and pick up some pastels and baby prints that will work well in 2 1/2" by 3" rectangles. This is going to be fun!
My daughter called yesterday on her way home from work. We were discussing this and that and I mentioned that we wanted her, her husband and our grandchild to come over for a visit. She said that as soon as I finish cleaning the kitchen they will come over. They haven't been in the house in almost 8 years. I am finally feeling better after all these years of poor health and the house is starting to look like a home instead of a collection of stuff. Stuff has ruled my life for far too long and I am getting the better hand of it. Before I went to bed last night I actually picked up everything that was mine in the living room. Now I have to continue this on a daily basis and start working on DH to do the same. If we can keep it clean and straight on a daily basis it will stay that way. Oh, I pray we will succeed on this!
Tonight along with finishing the top of the NICU quilt I need to cut out the fabric for one of my Alaska maternity hospital charity quilts. It's going to be 6.5" squares and 2 1/2" strips sewn together to make 6.5" squares. I am not sure how I will alternate the strips blocks. Will have to get it up on the design wall to make sure what is pleasing.
Tomorrow is the big day. DH and I will visit our primary care doctor. I have many concerns that I will be addressing during this appointment. DH driving, DH applying for conceal to care permit, DH using credit cards, DH not remembering, DH getting lost, DH etc..... Fortunately the doctor is on James side and also has been through it with his own mother. I know he will give us good guidance. If only DH will follow the recommendations! Pray for us, please.
I have to get to work on my Patchwork Illusions homework. I have all the fabric, the value finder and the template. I have no excuses to be procrastinating on this! All I have to do is sit down and do it. My classmates are getting too far ahead of me. I think this will be my Friday project after work.
Yesterday I received not so good news from Hancock's of Paducah. My fabric for the background the of Fairy Dust quilt is on backorder. Oh, sadness and woe.
I must end this and get to work. Have a wonderful day, Karen
My daughter called yesterday on her way home from work. We were discussing this and that and I mentioned that we wanted her, her husband and our grandchild to come over for a visit. She said that as soon as I finish cleaning the kitchen they will come over. They haven't been in the house in almost 8 years. I am finally feeling better after all these years of poor health and the house is starting to look like a home instead of a collection of stuff. Stuff has ruled my life for far too long and I am getting the better hand of it. Before I went to bed last night I actually picked up everything that was mine in the living room. Now I have to continue this on a daily basis and start working on DH to do the same. If we can keep it clean and straight on a daily basis it will stay that way. Oh, I pray we will succeed on this!
Tonight along with finishing the top of the NICU quilt I need to cut out the fabric for one of my Alaska maternity hospital charity quilts. It's going to be 6.5" squares and 2 1/2" strips sewn together to make 6.5" squares. I am not sure how I will alternate the strips blocks. Will have to get it up on the design wall to make sure what is pleasing.
Tomorrow is the big day. DH and I will visit our primary care doctor. I have many concerns that I will be addressing during this appointment. DH driving, DH applying for conceal to care permit, DH using credit cards, DH not remembering, DH getting lost, DH etc..... Fortunately the doctor is on James side and also has been through it with his own mother. I know he will give us good guidance. If only DH will follow the recommendations! Pray for us, please.
I have to get to work on my Patchwork Illusions homework. I have all the fabric, the value finder and the template. I have no excuses to be procrastinating on this! All I have to do is sit down and do it. My classmates are getting too far ahead of me. I think this will be my Friday project after work.
Yesterday I received not so good news from Hancock's of Paducah. My fabric for the background the of Fairy Dust quilt is on backorder. Oh, sadness and woe.
I must end this and get to work. Have a wonderful day, Karen
Monday, July 14, 2008
NICU Trip Around the World
Saturday the patterns for the Fairy Dust quilt arrived. I have only to wait for Hancocks of Padducah to send me the background fabric and I will be ready to start this quilt. It will be my first major project with paper piecing. What a ball!
Yesterday I went to Best Friends Quilt Shoppe for a free class. It was a Trip Around the World in a small size to be donated to the NICU. I had a ball.
It was a totally new pattern to me. I had seen it in pictures, but to try and construct it was a real trip. That plus the directions didn't seem to go with the finished project. The instructor finally made the instructions work and I got most of the right side of the quilt top sewn together. I was very careful when packing the strips so that I can put them up on my design wall and have them in the right order to sew together. As soon as I finish the entire quilt and take it in I will be entered into a drawing for something from the shop. Since it is a really nice LQS I hope I will win something. However, the main reason for this was to learn to make the smaller quilt. I intend to send some of my quilts based on this pattern to our maternity hospital in Alaska that we donate baby quilts to.
We are finally in our own bed again. Yesterday my DH and I finished clearing off the books from the master bed and we finally had a good night's sleep. I feel totally refreshed! And James used his CPAP and didn't snore all night long. While we were camping out in the living room he snored every night.
We picked up the new dining room table Saturday at IKEA. It looks so nice, although it is under a table cloth. Even though it is considerably smaller than the old table it seems larger. Maybe that is because it is 45" in diameter and the old table was 36" by 60". I love the new table.
Thursday is Piecemakers and I have to cut out some fabric for an Alaska quilt. I think I will also cut out fabric for another baby Trip Around the World and work on both Thursday evening.
Have a great day, Karen
Yesterday I went to Best Friends Quilt Shoppe for a free class. It was a Trip Around the World in a small size to be donated to the NICU. I had a ball.
It was a totally new pattern to me. I had seen it in pictures, but to try and construct it was a real trip. That plus the directions didn't seem to go with the finished project. The instructor finally made the instructions work and I got most of the right side of the quilt top sewn together. I was very careful when packing the strips so that I can put them up on my design wall and have them in the right order to sew together. As soon as I finish the entire quilt and take it in I will be entered into a drawing for something from the shop. Since it is a really nice LQS I hope I will win something. However, the main reason for this was to learn to make the smaller quilt. I intend to send some of my quilts based on this pattern to our maternity hospital in Alaska that we donate baby quilts to.
We are finally in our own bed again. Yesterday my DH and I finished clearing off the books from the master bed and we finally had a good night's sleep. I feel totally refreshed! And James used his CPAP and didn't snore all night long. While we were camping out in the living room he snored every night.
We picked up the new dining room table Saturday at IKEA. It looks so nice, although it is under a table cloth. Even though it is considerably smaller than the old table it seems larger. Maybe that is because it is 45" in diameter and the old table was 36" by 60". I love the new table.
Thursday is Piecemakers and I have to cut out some fabric for an Alaska quilt. I think I will also cut out fabric for another baby Trip Around the World and work on both Thursday evening.
Have a great day, Karen
Friday, July 11, 2008
Patchwork Illusions
My value viewer and 60 degree diamond cutter ruler arrived from Karen Combs on Wednesday. With all the chaos about the rug cleaning and furniture moving I haven't had a chance to use them for the process of choosing my fabrics for my first illusion cube.
We are still sleeping in the living room. James was just to tired and despressed last night to help move things out of the master bedroom. We have to get moving on this so that we can begin living like human beings.
My plan is to pick up the new dining room table at IKEA on Saturday and have James computer desk and the new table in the dining room before the end of Saturday. That should leave me Sunday for quilting.
Our LQS, Best Friends Quilt Shop, is having a NICU quilt making class on Sunday. It is free and the results will be "Just a Little Trip Around the World" quilt for a baby in ICU. I cannot wait for this free class. Maybe some of my other friends who take classes at Best Friends will be there too.
I have to get moving on all these things so that I can get back to my quilting. I am going through withdrawal...I'm melting. LOL
Have a great day, Karen
We are still sleeping in the living room. James was just to tired and despressed last night to help move things out of the master bedroom. We have to get moving on this so that we can begin living like human beings.
My plan is to pick up the new dining room table at IKEA on Saturday and have James computer desk and the new table in the dining room before the end of Saturday. That should leave me Sunday for quilting.
Our LQS, Best Friends Quilt Shop, is having a NICU quilt making class on Sunday. It is free and the results will be "Just a Little Trip Around the World" quilt for a baby in ICU. I cannot wait for this free class. Maybe some of my other friends who take classes at Best Friends will be there too.
I have to get moving on all these things so that I can get back to my quilting. I am going through withdrawal...I'm melting. LOL
Have a great day, Karen
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Pictures sent & house cleaning
I used my husband's digital camera and took several pictures of my fabric for Patchwork Illusions. After cropping one I sent it to Quilt University. Karen Combs recommended that rather than keep them in the same color, to arrange them by value.
I finally gave in and ordered the value lenses and Karen's diamond template to work on my homework in this class. I cannot wait for them to arrive.
On the home front we got everything out the dining room, living room and hall and had Stanley Steamer come in and clean the carpets. They look almost new except for the few stains that could not be removed. I am going to wait until the carpet is totally dry and try Oxi-Clean in a concentrated form and see if I can get out more.
The new couch was delivered yesterday evening and it looks so large compared to the old one. Because I had to take all the books out of the book cases in the living room and hall we had no bed to sleep in last night. Stanely Steamer recommended that we do not load the book cases until we remove the block underneath. That depends on how fast the carpet drys. Tonight I will replace the books after we remove the blocks from under the book case and then we can sleep in our own bed. The new couch is quite comfortable, but it is not going to become a regular thing!
The new dining room table will be picked up this weekend on Saturday or Sunday. No more card table to dine on! Hooray.
I am laying down the law to myself and DH that we will not dump anything in the living room or dining room and that they are to be kept neat at all times. Also, the frequency of dusting and vacuuming will be more often to keep it all clean! This is my new year’s resolution in July. LOL.
After I get one more room into my austerity program I will start on my sewing room /studio remodeling. I cannot wait, but have made a promise to myself that there are priorities and the studio comes second!
Have a nice day, Karen
I finally gave in and ordered the value lenses and Karen's diamond template to work on my homework in this class. I cannot wait for them to arrive.
On the home front we got everything out the dining room, living room and hall and had Stanley Steamer come in and clean the carpets. They look almost new except for the few stains that could not be removed. I am going to wait until the carpet is totally dry and try Oxi-Clean in a concentrated form and see if I can get out more.
The new couch was delivered yesterday evening and it looks so large compared to the old one. Because I had to take all the books out of the book cases in the living room and hall we had no bed to sleep in last night. Stanely Steamer recommended that we do not load the book cases until we remove the block underneath. That depends on how fast the carpet drys. Tonight I will replace the books after we remove the blocks from under the book case and then we can sleep in our own bed. The new couch is quite comfortable, but it is not going to become a regular thing!
The new dining room table will be picked up this weekend on Saturday or Sunday. No more card table to dine on! Hooray.
I am laying down the law to myself and DH that we will not dump anything in the living room or dining room and that they are to be kept neat at all times. Also, the frequency of dusting and vacuuming will be more often to keep it all clean! This is my new year’s resolution in July. LOL.
After I get one more room into my austerity program I will start on my sewing room /studio remodeling. I cannot wait, but have made a promise to myself that there are priorities and the studio comes second!
Have a nice day, Karen
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Progress not Perfection
Last Saturday was the first day of my Quilt University class Patchwork Illusions with Karen Combs. I purchased some fabric from my local box store (Walmart) on Saturday with the intention of combining it with my stash.
Monday evening I took the time to lay out the fabrics by color and then light to dark. When I was finished I had almost 60 fabrics. They were all layed out so neatly and then I couldn't find my digital camera! LOL? So I put my fabric carefully away. Tonight is laundry and camera search. No reading! No quilting! No piecing! What a bore, but got to get it done. DH is down to his last pair of tidy whites and complaining. I don't blame him at all.
Have a great day, Karen
Monday evening I took the time to lay out the fabrics by color and then light to dark. When I was finished I had almost 60 fabrics. They were all layed out so neatly and then I couldn't find my digital camera! LOL? So I put my fabric carefully away. Tonight is laundry and camera search. No reading! No quilting! No piecing! What a bore, but got to get it done. DH is down to his last pair of tidy whites and complaining. I don't blame him at all.
Have a great day, Karen
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