Last day of vacation

Well tomorrow it is back to work. I have enjoyed my break and have accomplished a lot...well maybe not as much "unpacking/organizing" as I would have liked, but sewing....I think I rank up there with Sarah no blog. I realized that I was working on 3 to 4 projects at a time. Crazy you say? Well yes.

I have finished the Charming Chatter quilt top "Between Charming Friends Quilt Along". Yes I know the last directions were in August! But check that one off the list...now to quilt it. It is hard to see the white pattern, but it is like muslin with chenille bits in it. Was interesting to work with and give is a retro look.

I was also working on Scrappy Nines (kit 1). I have all of the blocks and "borders" done. Need to layout and sew together. Now that was an accomplishment. Crazy as it seems, I was thinking of doing it in different fabrics...yikes...need to go back to work for sanity.

I also worked on my Jelly Roll Sampler. (pics to follow) and the Jan Patek Girls' Gang bom here and there. Off to celebrate my MIL's 80th birthday! k

Black Friday

Well as I was driving to Bad Melisa's for her great sale at
6:30 in the morning, I saw the crowds at Best Buy, Walmart and Target. I thought, "Boy those people are nuts getting up so early to face those crowds...I hope there is still a parking space at Sweet Home when I get there." Okay...well I am nuts too!

I get to Melisa's and parked in the back in the dirt...Yes there was a space. Saw Gretchen's truck, Xena...goody company to shop with. Entered the shop and I noticed that Melisa was not dressed in black...hmm thought that would be appropriate...come to think of it, I wasn't in black either...make note for next year to wear black to Melisa's. This was the only store I went to today...I was there for the 30% off everything! I did very well and paid cash so there is not a paper trail! Have to think of these things ahead of time with a DH as an accountant.

I bought Fandango line to make a quilt out of a Nickel Quilt book, backing for a Quilt for a Cause (8 1/4 yards!), 3 books, thread, end of bolt finds, and only brought one bag in the house....the other is still hiding in the car ;o)

I will post the picture of the quilt I am going to make with the Fandango line when blogger starts cooperating with loading the images.

Happy Thankgiving

I am a ...

I believe I am a quilt project bouncer. Now don't picture a cute old lady with quilted clothing and a rotary cutter in front of a quilt shop...hmm now that is a new profession..."quilt bouncer". Anyway, I can't seem to focus on one project this holiday week. It cannot be because I have a million and one bom's or kits! I wonder if there is a help group for this.

I have been working on an old bom from Homestead Hearth by Jan Patek. I love HH's boms. Each fabric is labeled what it is for! Takes the guessing out of it all. Anyways, it is the 2009-2009 Girl Gang....hand appliqued...well being appliqued. It is looking great but progress is slo-o-o-o-w. So for instant (?) gratification I went over to Silver Thimbles' Scrappy Nine Patch (kit). Well I had to work on this because it was what was taking over my sewing area. I have the nine bazillion 9 patch pieces cut out and am in the process of sewing nine patches...just on the 6 patch part right now. Hmmm....don't think this is instant gratification quite yet. I believe this quilt is a good one to show a quilter that if one keeps chipping away at the 9 bazillion pieces, you will have a magnificent quilt for your efforts.

Well back to bouncing ;o) k

Well I did the math...

I was working on cutting out the background fabric for our lasted swap. It is a great one called Morning Star from Pat Speth's Nickel Quilts. There are seven of us in this swap and we each had to give the others 30 5" squares. We are doing reproduction-ish fabric.

I proceeded to cut the background strips and then realize how many 1 1/2" squares we needed to cut.....ahhhh 848! Did anyone else notice this? This means that we will be attaching 848 1 1/2" squares....hmmm sounds like Silver Thimbles' Nine Patch Pattern...hee hee. How many 9 patches were there Gretchen? Well my background is all cut and put into ziplocs for Thimbles this month.

photo from Pat Speth's site: http://www.patspeth.com/Quilts/morningstar.html