I left off yesterday with the side panel pattern made and selecting a coordinate fabric. Next, I layer up another quilt sandwich just like I did for the Front and Back.Pin the sandwich in place and then free motion quilt it together.This quilting thing is getting easier! Next, I cut out the two side panel… Continue reading The Crutch Bag Project – Sewing Up the Side Panels
The Crutch Bag Project – Some Side Panels?
Now that the Front and the Back are cut out I ponder whether or not I need to add in a side panel. My instinct is telling me to do it but I'm not so sure. I don't have enough bag experience to unequivocally say to myself "yes...you need a side panel..." but I have… Continue reading The Crutch Bag Project – Some Side Panels?
The Crutch Bag Project – Drafting Up an Idea
I have an idea of what I want in the bag I want to attach to my crutch. Right now it's just in my head so as I work through this idea I'm thinking that I'll try and work through this design as I sew it. One thing that this design must do is hold… Continue reading The Crutch Bag Project – Drafting Up an Idea
Dealing With The Unexpected – 7 Inches of Rain plus No Power =
Creative ingenuity! Yesterday, early morning. I'm talking REALLY early morning about 2:20am the animals were restless. Einstein barked and I woke up to find that the Heavens had unleashed a massive storm! It was raining Cats and Dogs buckets and buckets of water and about 2:45am the power went out! I heard the battery backup… Continue reading Dealing With The Unexpected – 7 Inches of Rain plus No Power =
The Knee Update Report – The News and it’s what I feared
Hi Readers, I have the results of my MRI and it doesn't look good. I've posted the image, mostly so you all can be as grossed out as I am over this. I circled the area that was of great concern to both me and Dr. Kim. It shows the ACL (thanks to my Google… Continue reading The Knee Update Report – The News and it’s what I feared
At The Auction -Two Quilt Tops!
Yesterday was the big auction I wanted to go to while visiting family in Ft. Wayne. Jim dropped me off before noon and I stayed for about an hour and a half. There were boxes and boxes of fabric, quilting books, quilting supplies, quilt toppers, notions and many more household goods. I won two quilt… Continue reading At The Auction -Two Quilt Tops!
Scenes From The Dashboard – What Is It?
Hi Everyone, On our trip to Indiana we followed an 'Oversize Load'. Can you guess what this thing is? It looks like a big fin of a gigantic whale.But we think it most definitely is one of the arms of a gigantic wind turbine (windmill). This picture is a grab from the internet... source unknown… Continue reading Scenes From The Dashboard – What Is It?
ACL’s, PCL’s, Meniscus Oh My! Oh My! My MRI!
Well here she is... My non-medical Google degree is telling me there is something not quite right with my ACL, some meniscus (on some other slides) and some really real revelation that I have one fatty fat pad and surrounding fat stores in my leg!!! LOL! The MRI was on Tuesday this week and I've… Continue reading ACL’s, PCL’s, Meniscus Oh My! Oh My! My MRI!
Oh How Thy Love Tempt Me
The email read: "You might want to check this out!" Signed, Jim with a link to this wonderful photo gallery. http://www.auctionzip.com/cgi-bin/photopanel.cgi?listingid=1181596&category=0&zip=46804&kwd= Friends, I have one of the most amazing husbands on the planet, truly I do! What husband do you know of ANY sewer actually ENCOURAGES their spouse to INDULGE in the time-honored sewer's tradition… Continue reading Oh How Thy Love Tempt Me
2nd T-Shirt Rug is Done!
I finished the t-shirt rug this afternoon. I had three blue t-shirts to round off the end of it. The rug is a little bit bigger than the last one I did, but still small enough to fit in the bathroom or in the hallway.I really, really LOVE the colors in this one, but that's… Continue reading 2nd T-Shirt Rug is Done!
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