Despite all this snow and the freezing temperatures we are soon to embark on a long-awaited trip! A Caribbean Cruise! This is going to be our first ever cruise and it is a celebration for my parents' 50th wedding anniversary! They love cruising so all of us are getting together to sail the ocean blue… Continue reading A Beachy Cover-up Finish! – Butterick 5795
Tag: Sewing
Working on the Sashing
There's still lots of snow on the ground here, even though the temperatures got above freezing for a few days. I don't know if it was the change in weather, walking the dog without a hat, a co-worker getting sick or my husband getting sick but I ended up flat out in bed for a… Continue reading Working on the Sashing
The Speedy Churn Dash Block – Fat Quarter Super Friendly
This unbearable cold has really kept us locked indoors this past week! All better to come up with some fun ideas! I have been putzing around with one of my 'thoughts', those ideas that come to me every once in a while and I have to test them out. My inspiration is this Churn Dash quilt my Grandmother… Continue reading The Speedy Churn Dash Block – Fat Quarter Super Friendly
A Photo Shoot Morning
I spent an hour this morning setting up my background support to photograph both the Feather Practice String Quilt and Mmmwhaah!, the X's and O's quilt that will be given to our new niece this Christmas! There's snow on the ground and we are expecting more snow later today and tomorrow so if I'm going to get… Continue reading A Photo Shoot Morning
Sometimes I Wake in the Middle of the Night with an Idea
I'm sure many of us wake up in the middle of the night with some idea in our heads. This happens to me on occasion and depending on how I feel I'll either get up and act on the idea or if the idea is completely whacked I'll try ever so patiently to go back to… Continue reading Sometimes I Wake in the Middle of the Night with an Idea
One Block Wonder Quilt – Ready for the borders!
Hey All! This One Block Wonder quilt is finally ready for border treatment! My last post was in August after the 2nd class... Here's the triangles all sewn together... I sewed all these panels together this past week in half hour increments before and after work. Mostly before, mostly in the dark waiting for the sun… Continue reading One Block Wonder Quilt – Ready for the borders!
Weight Loss Journey Quilt Project – Block #10– May Basket!…finally, I do know it’s almost July
Hey Everyone! I am finally catching up on the blocks I had planned out. If you remember I bought EQ7 a few months back and was in the process of re-creating my Weight Loss Journey Quilt blocks in the new program. There was a learning curve but now that I'm at a point where I… Continue reading Weight Loss Journey Quilt Project – Block #10– May Basket!…finally, I do know it’s almost July
Weight Loss Journey Quilt Project – Block #9– A Corner Turned, 15 Pounds!
Today was weigh in day, as it is every Saturday, and I had a big surprise this morning! I'd lost 1.5 pounds for the week for a total of 15.2 pounds total since I began this journey! You do not know how excited I was, I thought for sure they were lying! You see, I've… Continue reading Weight Loss Journey Quilt Project – Block #9– A Corner Turned, 15 Pounds!
100 Crumbs Progress!
The 100 Crumbs Quilt has been sewn together! In between paint drying I've been upstairs sewing the rows together. I wasn't sure how this was going to come out but so far I love it! This was one of the projects I worked on at quilt retreat... It is part of my goal to empty… Continue reading 100 Crumbs Progress!
3 Dog Nights, Quilt Retreat and a Bad Case of the Sniffles
Hi Friends, It is good to be back among the living again. This Spring weather threw me a doozy this week with a pretty bad chest cold and I'm just now feeling better, though still stuck with a lingering cough and phlegm issue which will hopefully be done in a few more days. So back… Continue reading 3 Dog Nights, Quilt Retreat and a Bad Case of the Sniffles
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