TrishQuilts

New Goodies

2011-08-30T18:26:00.001-05:00

I want to make a quilt similar to Judy's "The Brown Quilt" found here: http://www.patchworktimes.com/patterns/the-brown-quilt/

These are the fabrics I am considering. I believe this is the first quilt, other than 1 class quilt, that I searched for specific fabrics. It was fun and rather costly but definitely for a good cause!

This is for a Gentleman. Going for Rich Browns, Green earth, Golds, and bits of red and gray. Please give me your feedback. I need to get this done quickly for him. Making a Throw. Maybe I can start searching for a theme fabric for the back!!

Neat White Mushroom found in our front yard. Pretty neat. It was there for about 4 days before it started looking a little sad. Then DH cut the lawn. Bye Bye Shroom.

Purse made from the Drapery Book fabric. It is "huge", well for me. :) It is the size of a large tote bag. Has a pocket inside. I even "re-purposed" the cardboard from the book for the bottom support for the purse! I made the handles a bit too wide, and once on my shoulder they seem a bit flimsy too. I believe I will put some batting or flannel, about my shoulder length, and fold the top part of the handle in half over the batting and stitch down.

Quilt for a purple lover!! Shhhhhh, it is a secret!!!

Sample Book Fabric

2011-07-20T16:31:00.000-05:00

I was given some Drapery Sample Books and so I cut them apart and thought I would gently wash them, because there was glue on three of the four edges. Below is a picture of what came out of the dryer. GROAN... What a huge mass of thread. I swear I think it breathed!!! No, not really.... well..??!!! lol

Can you see it breathing????

Here are the next batch..
NOT washing these!

Can you believe I did this!!!
A friend let me use her machine.
I like the hummingbird pattern!

Stipple and other messing around.

2011 Flood - Friday

2011-06-24T18:08:00.018-05:00

Pictures coming home.

Farmers Field across from Atchison. Where is the water coming from?

Another field across from prior picture

Same field as above. The water is very close to this house.

Water level is down some. Another levee broke north of us.

More of the bench to see today.

I think this is how the field by the house is getting flooded.

Looks like the Missouri flowed over the embankment and into the fields.

I wonder if this is how 59 highway will flood. When/if this happens, I will have to drive to Leavenworth to get to work. Right now, it costs me over $10.00/day to drive to work. If I have to go through Leavenworth will it cost me $20.00/day?

2011 Flood - Thursday

2011-06-23T17:11:00.008-05:00

OMG What a change since I last took pictures.

Those two blobs are the top of the bench.

Only one blob visible. The current shifted.

Sidewalk covered.

New marker to watch the water level with.

To the left of the metal is the boat ramp.

Parking area for the boat ramp.

Road I usually travel on.

Beautiful pic. Poor business.

People would park beside these trees and watch the river.

Blockade

2011 Garden and Flood

2011-06-22T20:08:00.002-05:00

Thank goodness, no rain and cool breezy weather! Perfect day to go out and work in the garden. Yes, I know, the weeds are back. At least this year, thanks to Tom tilling the garden, the bulk of the weeds are grass and not nasty stink weed or overgrown lambs quarter!

Green Beans. I just pulled all the grass that was along the fence line!

Onions and Peas

Preferred Weed Killing Method!

Peppers and Zucchini

Another Weed killer method. Not the best, strong wind blew papers all over. basil and herbs. And lots of grass.

Grass/Weeds got away from me again.

Cucumbers!

Peas on one side and Roma Tomatoes on the other.

More of an overview of the right side of the garden.

I just worked in the garden for 3.5 hours. Pulling weeds and moving the tarps and Rugs. Yeah!! here is the difference. Unfortunately, it doesn't LOOK like I was out there that long. :( On the Bright side, the cows came in while I was doing this and loved the grass that I threw over the fence for them. One cow stayed for awhile and I pulled faster so she would stay and eat more! Heck of an exercise plan!!

Pulled the grass along the back here. Where there is dirt, that is where I've pulled the grass.

Another View. There is the cow fuller than before!!

You can see the moved tarps and how effective they are!

Another tarp moved and look at all that lovely dirt w/out the weeds to be planted tomorrow, if it doesn't rain!

2011 Flood - Wednesday

2011-06-22T14:41:00.030-05:00

I went home another back way. I think Friday will be the last day to drive this road, a because the water is right at the edge of the road in a few places.

This is a fishing/camping area. Enlarge the picture and you can see the Utility post way out in the water.

Another Camping/Fishing area.

And another fishing/camping area. Look at that car port. There were two benches close to the water. Now, they are either gone or under water.

Behind this barn is the farmer's field. Look close and you can see the tree line almost under water that separated his field from the Missouri River

Another field flooded.

2011 Flood - Tuesday

2011-06-21T17:56:00.000-05:00

I decided that taking the same pics every day would get old. Sometimes there just isn't much of a change. So I came home and then decided to take pictures of the closed road. Lets see the differences now.

You can see the water from Independence Creek has flooded over. To the left is the Levee.

You can see the water clearly here, and the Fallen tree.

Flooded Road. A LOT more water than last time.

Independence Creek Bridge. Look at the water level!

This is actually a road. Looks more like a stream. WOW!

Here's the Tree. Quite a difference.

One thing that stuck me as I was taking the pictures is how peaceful it was. No traffic noises, tires on gravel sounds. Just a few birds calling out. A variation on 'Beauty and the Beast'.

2011 Flood - Monday

2011-06-20T17:27:00.001-05:00

I didn't take pictures over the weekend. But Took a few Monday after work.

Water level is back up.

Bench is under water More.

Another spot to mark the water level.

2011 Flood - Friday

2011-06-17T16:13:00.001-05:00

You can see the Crane they are using to build the new bridge. And the height of the water

Look at the dip in the water. See how fast it is running right now.

You can see how much the water has gone down. Still due to levee breaks.

2011 Flood - Wednesday

2011-06-15T17:06:00.001-05:00

Two Levees broke north of us. Very sad that that happened. It caused our section to go down, as you can see by the bench photo.

2011 Flood - Monday

2011-06-13T21:51:00.004-05:00

I am going to try to get some pictures every day. A few will be consistent to catalog the rising water level.

Railroad Bridge

Look at that current. This picture turned out better than I thought it would!

The Bench. Look where the water is now! You can just see a bit of grass through the water.

Trees by the Independence Creek Bridge.

Fallen Tree. The water is a LOT higher.

Here is the road. Water is definitely deeper.

DON'T drive through water!!

2011 Flood - Saturday

2011-06-12T12:18:00.046-05:00

Tree has fallen into the Independence Creek because the roots/ground too water-logged. These pictures are taken Sunday Morning as I go into Atchison.

Sunday Morning. Water is over the road. Not too deep, was able to drive through it without much water kicking up.

Path down to Missouri River. Now flooded.

This is the second lowest spot. It is already starting to cross over the road.

Boat Dock. The River is higher and faster than Friday.

RR Bridge. Click on pictures to enlarge them.

Look at the current.

Water is closer to the Bench today.

Getting ready for flood at Veterans Park.

Missouri River in the background.

Not sure why this is coming out of the ground. Good Water Marker though.

Water is definitely deeper than when I came into town. They are now barricading the River Road. I'll have to go the long way into town and on to work, now.

Navy Memorial

Closer look at rising water. Really sprayed from the tires as I drove across for the last time. Until it is either re-opened or if there is a lot of damage, repaired.

Independence Creek Bridge. Water is higher.

There is the tree. More of it is under water now.

This wild turkey isn't too worried!

2011 Flood - Friday

2011-06-10T16:00:00.003-05:00

This is taken as I head to work this morning. The Missouri River is just at the edge of the road.

I was so surprised to see this pile of sandbags!

What on earth is this???

Amelia Earhart Bridge

Look, Giant Lego's!!!

Sandbags in the daylight. Veterans Memorial in the background.

Cement Lego wall. Amazing. I hope it doesn't have to be used.

Boat ramp. Look at the current.

You can see how swift and dangerous the current is.

Independence Creek filling up with Missouri River water.

Independence Creek Bridge

You can see how the Creek is already so full of water.

Park Bench beside the river. This is my "marker" to compare the river level.

Geese Flying over the Railroad Bridge.

Close up of the Railroad Bridge.

Faithful Freckles

2011-05-12T15:00:00.023-05:00

Today is a sad day. We had to put our Friend, Companion, Family Member to sleep. She was hurting so bad and she was so weak from the heat and age. We Love You Freckles.
You love the cool weather and would always try to race around. You always came to see me when I drove up to check the mail. We miss you so much. Your Kitties miss you. You would love the fact that they have brought their babies to the Overhang to raise them there. Tom found the perfect resting spot for you. Back in the trees in a small meadow. Lots of shade and cool breezes coming through.

Quilting and Accounts

2011-03-02T09:02:00.000-06:00

I am off today!! Yeah!! ok, can you tell that I am excited?? I have lots of projects that I want to get accomplished during my 5 days off! I've been putting my shopping receipts into the system which I found at: http://thecouponproject.com/downloads/savings-tracker I am loving this! I need to have Chester show me where to save this so that I can FIND it again!! lol So far I am saving 52% by watching sales and using coupons. Yeah me!!
Now, I need to get cracking on the quilting part of the day!

Violet Quilt

2011-03-01T17:02:00.000-06:00

Here it is March 1. Violet Quilt is not done. If it had been done, I would have amazed myself!! I wish I could stay home and work on it for many hours, each day. Ah, well. I am not sure if I will participate in the next color (brown) I really want to get the Violet one done!! But, who knows.... lol ... I may jump in yet!
Tom is off on a trip tomorrow and I need to get laundry and dinner all done. See ya!

Design Wall Week 10 Monday and Shopping

2011-02-28T20:54:00.003-06:00

      Not much for the Design wall. Looks same as last time(s).
      Today was a day for shopping. A lot of my coupons ran out so I had some major running to do after work.
I found the awesome link:   http://thecouponproject.com/downloads/savings-tracker   It is a spreadsheet to track my grocery shopping and sale prices and coupons. I am doing better than I thought! This will also encourage me to cut back, especially since it does all the MATH for me!!
       No sewing today. After Shopping, unloading and feeding dog and cats it was time to start dinner, clean up time and then, well..... bed!!

Stash Sunday - Week 9

2011-02-27T11:13:00.000-06:00

Week 9 Stash Report
Used this Week: 0 yards
Used Year to Date - 2 yards
Added This Week - 4 yards
Added Year to Date - 17 yards
Total Fabric Busted in 2011: -15 yards

I wish I had more time to work on the quilt. Maybe next week!!

Cardboard and Quilts

2011-02-26T20:47:00.000-06:00

Weighting the pieces down.

More blocks sewn!

A rather laid back day. I surfed the web, watched a few shows on the computer, worked on the Cardboard piece and sewed some more blocks for Violet Quilt. I know that it will not be completed by the end of February. Sad, but true. I will have to make smaller projects for the rest of the year if I expect to finish each Item in the month I start.
I charged into the cardboard project. I am always in such a hurry. I had to add more cardboard to the sides. And I will probably add another piece to the back too. It was just too flimsy and needed more strength. I didn't think it would need more strength when I planned this out. But that is ok. It is cardboard.. Just add some more! Luckily this is a small project and not a large piece. The paper mache part is more time consuming that I thought it would be. Of course, trying to do this while watching a movie on the computer, and working on a small surface (tv tray) was not the smartest way to do this!

Ice Skating With the Car

2011-02-25T18:20:00.001-06:00

Pine Trees

See how the wind blew the snow.

We got hit with a lot of snow. I can't believe these picture turned out so good. I stuck the camera out the front door at arm length and snapped the pictures. Hmmm maybe I should do that more often!! lol

I should have stayed home. But I really thought I should be at work. I followed Tom in to town. I had trouble in the daylight seeing where the tracks were because the snow was so clean and the sun was bright off the snow. I would have gone off the road if I had tried to leave at 5am and in the dark. I did fine until about 3-4 miles from work. Came off the ramp and when I got onto the Interstate I hit a slick spot and spun around... twice... It is true what they say "it is like slow motion" and you can't do anything but ride it out and pray. I saw the post coming that I knew I was going to hit and I had no idea what kind of post it was. Lucky for me, it was just the one that holds a reflector. I hit is sideways. I don't know if it slowed me down, or it was all the snow, or a combination of both. I didn't go down the ditch or flip, Thank God! and I tell you what, it couldn't have been but about 2-3 minutes later that a State Trooper pulled up and helped me. What a blessing. I was all nerves and tears at that point. After helping me to his car, he went back and put tape on the car and as I watched, he had a look on his face that made me turn to see what he was staring at. OMG. There was a van doing the same spinning that I did. Coming toward us. Holy....... It's spin took it past us. Thank you Lord!! From what she described, she had to have hit the same patch of Ice that I did. Lucky for all of us we did just fine. Nobody hurt and no other accidents happened because of it.

This is enough excitement for me. I was not worth a whole lot after that.

Violet Quilt

2011-02-23T20:18:00.007-06:00

Not much today. I did sew a little on the Violet Quilt. Still lots of blocks left to sew on. We had leftover ham and beans.. Still delicious! :) and that is about all. Hugs

Ham & Beans

2011-02-21T19:08:00.018-06:00


Soaked the Beans Yesterday

Ready to eat!

I soaked about 1 pound of beans yesterday and kept them soaking overnight. Then before I went to work, I drained and rinsed them and put them into the crockpot and covered with water. Put the Ham bone in and turned it on low and went to work. Oh my gosh. The house smelled soooo good when I came home from work! I made some cornbread. Served the ham and beans in the bowls. Yummy!!

Stash Sunday - Week 8

2011-02-20T09:06:00.007-06:00

Week 8 Stash Report
Used this Week: 0 yards
Used Year to Date - 2 yards
Added This Week - 4 yards
Added Year to Date - 17 yards
Total Fabric Busted in 2011: -15 yards

Obviously I need to SEW MORE! ok and complete more, since I decided not to count fabric as USED until I finished the project. (hopefully this will also encourage me to finish these projects!!
Please check out Judy's Blog to see what others have been doing!!
http://www.patchworktimes.com/2011/02/20/stash-report-week-8-2011/

Wow, I guess writing it down IS a good idea!! I've gotten in gear and have a lot done on the Violet Quilt. And I have even planned tonight's dinner AND tomorrow's dinner AND the night after that!. Tonight, we are having chicken, carrots, Baked Sweet Potato and even Baked a Cherry Pie (Tom will be impressed... or at least he should!!) Well, Wed. Dinner may have to be rethought. Unless I cook more chicken!! lol

Chicken and Carrots

Dinner and Desert, Yummm

Beans soaking for tomorrow

Violet Blocks laid out

Some Strip sets cut and ready to be sewn

My plan for tomorrow is to Start the beans & Ham in the crockpot before going to work, come home & make the cornbread. There, dinner is done :) Then spend more time sewing on the Violet Quilt!!

Sidetracked Again

2011-02-19T07:10:00.001-06:00

Guess that title says it all. I've been researching "making your own cardboard furniture" or accessories! I can get cardboard free at work (hmm I wonder if they would pay me to take it away? Nah... lol ) So working on the Violet Quilt has been moved aside. BUT, I will work on it today! Going to put on a podcast and get to sewing.

Framework

This is the Framework of what will Hopefully be a Quilting Tool Caddy. Section at the back will be for the rulers, Bottom two sections will become pull drawers and the two sections above them will be for things like Rotary Cutters and Pen/pencils. So far I've only invested time into this and the cost of some wallpaper paste.

I thought about going "back in time" and creating a blog entry for the days I've 'missed'. But I decided that would be silly and take time away from what I want to get done today. (maybe I'm getting smart??)

Design Wall Monday February 14, 2011

2011-02-14T15:06:00.000-06:00

My wall looks that same. I really need to get that done and off the wall. BUT.... I blame Judy here. lol She keeps coming up with fun projects and they take my attention away from the design wall!! (that is MY story) If you go here: http://trishquilts.blogspot.com/2011/02/easy-quilt-idea-brrrrrr-its-cold.html You can see what is still on there.
However, on my other design wall. a.k.a. My Dining Room Table, my Violet Quilt is moving right along. Here are more strips ready to sew together.

Stash Sunday - Week 7

2011-02-13T19:41:00.001-06:00

Week 7 Stash Report
Used this Week: 2 yards
Used Year to Date - 2 yards
Added This Week - 0 yards
Added Year to Date - 13 yards
Net Used 2011: 2 yards

Sunday and my day off :) I have been busy working on the Violet Quilt by cutting out lots of strips and then sewing lots of strips. Imagine that! Here is a picture of what I have sewed so far. More to be done.

Stacks of 10 Strip Sets

Goofy Dog

2011-02-12T09:32:00.002-06:00

Freckles is so funny. Here she is eating. Talk about lazy!! If you click on the picture, it should enlarge it. I accidentally got an "action" shot. She eats, turns her head and spills the food on the floor. What a girl!! I need to send this pic to the kids, they will love it!


Goofy Girl's Action Shot

I need to work on the Violet quilt today. First, need to get off the computer!!

All the Violet out :)

Yippee!! Working on the Monochromatic Quilt. I have sewn lots of strips together. The 'hardest' part so far is matching up the strips. Some of the medium match up well with any dark; but, some really have to be specifically matched which meant I tried to NOT match the same ones together consistently! Then I said "forget it" Either they will be different or the same. Get it done!!

Score!!

2011-02-09T10:42:00.001-06:00

Coupon Shopping. I've been trying this method since November. Today I Succeeded! I bought all this for just $29.00. That is a tad over $1.00 each. (28 items). Now, if this happened every time!! But, of course, it won't. I want to catalog my good days, though.

$29.00 Shopping Trip!

Don't get me wrong. I've had some good buys. This is just an exceptional one, and one that I've really paid attention to!

Easy Quilt Idea & Brrrrrr It's Cold

2011-02-08T16:31:00.001-06:00

Brrr It's Cold Outside and Inside!

     Brrr, Brrr, Brrr. It is now 4:30pm and the temperature is 3 degrees. The house was 60 degrees when I arrived home from work. Threw a LOT of wood into the furnace and it is cranking out the heat. But it will still take time to heat the whole house.

     New idea for the Easy Quilt, which is taking longer than I thought for a "quick quilt". But that is my own fault, not the fault of the pattern or the quilt itself!! Thank you, Judy D in AZ, for this suggestion!! Cut Strips of black to sew to the squares to finish out the block. Then add a wider strip of black for the border. Love it!!

New Plan

I need to get my grocery/coupon list together to I can shop tomorrow after work. I could do the shopping on Friday. But ewwww, I have to work later and then there will be too many people out shopping by then :)
Brrr, Brrr, Brrr. It is now 4:30pm and the temperature is 3 degrees. The house was 60 degrees when I arrived home from work. Threw a LOT of wood into the furnace and it is cranking out the heat. But it will still take time to heat the whole house.

Design Wall Monday February 7, 2011

2011-02-07T19:12:00.001-06:00

Design Wall Monday February 7, 2011

Design Wall Monday

Yep, you guessed it. Not much has changed. I've tentatively laid out the Border pieces a different way. They are very narrow compared to the other picture. Not sure I like this either. Maybe the black border needs to be wider? I hate being indecisive about how to finish this quilt. Sometimes I think I should just put a wide black border on and bind it with the "leftover" pieces sewn together randomly and cut the binding.
Anyway, Hop on over to Judy's site to find the links to others' Design Walls. These are always fun to check out!! http://www.patchworktimes.com/2011/02/07/design-wall-monday-february-7-2011/

Stash Sunday - Week 6

2011-02-06T14:07:00.001-06:00

Week 6 Stash Report
Used this Week: 2 (Rough Guess-tamate from Table Runner )
Used Year to Date - 2
Added This Week - 3 yards
Added Year to Date - 13 yards
Net Used 2011: 2

Alright! I have kept track for 6 whole weeks!! It has got to be a record for me! I don't know how much I used for the table runner, but 2 yards is a good guess. It is rather wide and longish and of course it is Bound and finished!! As always, please check out Judy's sight to see what she and other quilters are doing!!
http://www.patchworktimes.com/

I will be working some more on the Violet Quilt. I need to get those 2.5" strips cut down into Rectangles so I can start sewing.

3:00 a.m. Is Too Early

2011-02-05T17:36:00.000-06:00

I had to get up at 3 a.m. this morning to get ready and head out to work. This is way too early!! I came home. Checked my email, couldn't keep my eyes open and took a nap. Good thing I asked Tom to wake me up at 5pm. But, of course, it is now 5:30p.m. and I don't feel like I've accomplished anything (ok, ok, I did at work, just not here at the house... smarty!) Now to see if I can actually wake up... before I have to go to bed for the night. (is it just me, or does that not sound right??!!)

Violet Quilt

2011-02-04T18:00:00.001-06:00

I had to set aside some time for cutting the rest of the Violet Quilt fabric. I say "had", because otherwise I think I would have floated through the rest of the without accomplishing this! It will have to be done over a couple of days, but I have the fabric ironed and the strips cut, Yeah!!

'Lost' Violet fabric cut into strips.

I just realized that I haven't written my resolutions for February. Hmm. have to make dinner.. lol ... Will have to come back to this one!! Have you written yours?

Back to Work

2011-02-03T21:06:00.000-06:00

Pretty hard going back to work. We accomplished a lot. Wish I had done the same thing at home :( . Dinner was great, though. Pork Chops, potatoes and Veggies! Peeled 3 grapefruit for tomorrow. Yumm.
Yes, I know. Pretty boring. We'll see what tomorrow brings!

Violet Quilt and After the 'Blizzard'

2011-02-02T18:07:00.000-06:00

Lots and Lots of Snow. Here is Tom working on the snow. I, however, am inside where it is warm!!

Busy with Snow 'Pushing'

What a Cutie! She Loves my being 'stuck' at home!

Violet Quilt Pieces

Here are my Violet pieces. I don't get it, I thought I had more fabric than this? Why do I have many darks when the fabric was all piled up it seemed that I had more lights? Well............... when I went to type this on the blog I found this:

Lightest Violets

Grrrrrr. The Go Cutter is all packed up, the cutting mat and rotary are all packed up. AND I have to go to work tomorrow. (more growley noises here) Well, mystery solved. Just wished I had noticed this about 3 hours ago. Not sure when I can get the rest cut up. I have to work this weekend. Such is life. :)
It is better to smile than cry during moments like this.

What's For Dinner and Violet Quilt

2011-02-01T17:05:00.003-06:00

What's For Dinner? I'm glad you asked. I actually have something planned! And it is healthy! Not something I'm very good at. We have Turkey Polish Sausage, Shrimp, Blend of Wild Rice & Rice, Salad and Green Pepper and Baby Carrots. I slice the sausage and cook it in a skillet and when it is just about done I throw in the shrimp. These are salad shrimp. These are smaller than I usually use but were all that they had. Well, I didn't want the JUMBO shrimp, the idea is to keep everything small. I bought this rice but haven't tried it yet. The directions seem simple enough :)

Dinner Ingredients

Yummm

Purple selection

Pattern Choice

According to Judy at http://www.patchworktimes.com/ February's color is VIOLET. Wow, really challenging us at the beginning of the year!! I have a pattern, I have fabric, what I am not sure of is:

1. Doing the whole quilt Monochromatic.
2. Do I have definite Light, Med and Dark Violets
3. Can I add Green instead of White or black???? lol

Those 4 fabrics in the Medium pile look dark. But, when put with the Darks, look medium. What is a girl supposed to do???   I'm thinking I will have to be very aware of where I place them. :)   Here is the pattern I want to do. The problem. It will be a large quilt. Probably king size. I wonder. Maybe I should do a strip quilt. Keep the Dark Purples for the center Stripe, Then I can play around with the blocks and create an interesting pattern with them. Decisions, decisions, decisions. Maybe I should invest in EQ7.

The storm is still blowing. Tom said lots of drifts and even places where the road is just blown clean. Of course the ice on the road is still there. Darn wind, why doesn't it just blow the ice away!?!   I'll have to get pictures either later or wait until tomorrow.

The other Item at hand is Judy's Pick for our UFO Challenge. I failed miserably at January's. In fact, all I did was to get it out, put it on the couch and then NOT EVEN TOUCH IT. For the whole month!   *sigh*   The new UFO is #10. Happy Smile. It is my Bright Quilt. And all it needs is the binding sewn on. :)   Keep asking me about it. Keep me on track!

Completed Table Runner and Big Tent

2011-02-01T13:49:00.001-06:00

Yes!! The Table Runner is now Completed!! Binding is all sewn on. I tried the method where it was sewn on the front, raw edges together, then flipped to the back, pinned, and stitched again from the front. It has too much 'edge' past the stitching for my taste. But it is done!! Good way to practice a new technique. I see more table runners being made so that I can perfect this technique. Maybe I'll try using fancy stitches instead of a straight stitch next time.

Completed Table Runner

Brrrrrr Snowy day

You can see the snow blowing in.

Snowmen playing on the New Table Runner!!

I have been listening to pod casts from Big Tent while sewing. I found "Quilting for the rest of us" and scrolled to her first session and have been working my way forward. I have to say that this is like having a friend or two sitting in the room, having a discussions and you can just listen in and get a lot of you own work done!! I am surprised that I am experiencing such a great feeling of accomplishment for completing "just a Table Runner". (which is what I am saying in my head) But it sure does feel great!!

Yellow Table Runner

2011-01-31T13:39:00.001-06:00

Although I had planned on making a Yellow Quilt. Time turned it into a Yellow Table Runner! I enjoyed the process of deciding what pattern to choose, how I was going to lay it out, the changes I needed to make to take it from a quilt to a runner.

This storm that is coming in has created a layer of ice on the roads that I considered too dangerous. After talking to people that made it to work, I am glad that I stayed home. Talk of all the wrecks they've seen along the way and the sliding that they did. Whew. I'll just keep throwing more wood into the furnace and staying warm!

Freckles did NOT want to go out to potty, I even had to help her down the step so she wouldn't fall and walk out to the trees so she would follow me and go. I dread what tomorrow will bring.

Design Wall Monday January 31, 2011

2011-01-31T12:58:00.002-06:00

Check out what others have on their wall at Judy's Blog:

http://www.patchworktimes.com/2011/01/31/design-wall-monday-january-31-2011/

Is this the layout I want?

Lets Try Snowball blocks

Good to go!

Black for the points, too.

Design Wall

Stash Sunday - Week 5

2011-01-30T16:20:00.001-06:00

Week 5 Stash Report
Used this Week: 0 (Still haven't FINISHED a project)
Used Year to Date - 0
Added This Week - 1 yards
Added Year to Date - 10 yards
Net Used 2011: 0

I bought 4 fat quarts of yellow to add to my yellow quilt. This was before I truly realized how short a time I had left to get it done. WOW, this month has flown by.

I've been busy working on the Yellow Table Runner (Formerly known as Yellow Quilt!!) And I am pleased with my progress.

I am trying to decide how to lay out the Runner.

This is getting closer!

Is it considered Anaerobic Exercise when you have to step over the dog just to get to the quilt pieces that you are going to sew next? I think so, because I always pause, catch my breath (because I almost stepped on her, well not really. I try to be aware of where she has plopped down.) and then high step over her, then Repeat when coming back to the sewing room!! If you can see the bedroom in the background, that is where they Runner is laid out.

Yellow Quilt

2011-01-29T21:00:00.002-06:00

I need to get motivated again. I probably won't get this Yellow Quilt done by the end of the month. I think it will become the Yellow Table Runner!! lol I sewed another round on and am thinking black half sq. triangles and these blocks set on point should finish it up nicely. :) OMGoodness I still need to quilt that other project. How did the end of the month sneak up on me so quickly. :(

Putz Day

2011-01-28T18:46:00.001-06:00

I'm very surprised that I wasn't sore today after the line dancing. That is a good thing, right? I worked on the house some more and played on the computer. Shame on me. Fixed dinner and well, that is that.

Line Dancing Thursday

2011-01-27T20:06:00.002-06:00

About 3 weeks ago I joined a "Community Meltdown" group. The idea is to loose weight :) yeah! Line dancing was being offered on Thursday nights; but, due to snow they were canceled. Tonight was the first night :) We did... Macarena (probably spelled wrong), Cupid Shuffle, Cha Cha Slide, Cotton-eyed Joe, of course YMCA and the chicken dance! Now, if I can only remember how they go Next Week!! It was a great work out. Hopefully I won't be too sore tomorrow. :)

Knitting and Cleaning

2011-01-26T16:36:00.000-06:00

Clean bathroom

Clean Kitchen

Tired Helper!

Thanks Swooze :) I did find a few YouTube sites. lol as I cleaned I also found the book!! Double score! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LgOs91W9n4 ok, Triple score! lol Linked up!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbxkKkHGgZA&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Knitting

2011-01-25T19:56:00.001-06:00

I've pulled my knitting back out. I really want to learn how. I need to find a good cd that shows the view from the instructor shoulder. As if what I was looking at was my own hands. I am also knitting in the English Method/style. This means that the yarn is held in my right hand and not my left (as in crochet). It is not easy to find somebody that knits this way :( . So, if anyone can recommend a good CD that shows the English style of knitting, Pass it on!!! Seriously, I would appreciate it. I see lots of cd's out there, but they don't state what method. That is about all for today. Bye :)

Too Tired to Design Wall

2011-01-24T19:22:00.005-06:00

Wore myself out at work, apparently, because I fell asleep in DH chair! Glad that I had pre-cooked all that ground meat. We had spaghetti for dinner and since the meat was already cooked, it was a breeze to fix up. Not much else today. Too tired, even though I had that nap. My design wall hasn't changed. I need to focus and quilt on Wednesday (my day off!) If you want to see what is still looks like, go here :) http://trishquilts.blogspot.com/2011/01/design-wall-monday-11711-yellow-quilt.html I need to figure out how to make it a link. Thank you Swooze for helping me!!

Stash Sunday

2011-01-23T19:18:00.001-06:00

I did NOT want to go to work today. P5's on rest of store. Good news is that we went home at 12 noon. :) Yeah!! Yep you guessed it, more cleaning today. Bathroom looks great. Obviously still more work to do, but ridding myself of alot of the clutter is helping. Now I wish I had a car instead of a truck so I could load up alot of this stuff and get it out of the house. Maybe I will take over a spot in the basement to Temporarily Keep this stuff that needs to leave my house!
Week 4 Stash Report
Used this Week: 0
Used Year to Date - 0
Added This Week - 9 yards
Added Year to Date - 9 yards
Net Used 2011: 0

Cleaning day

2011-01-22T19:16:00.001-06:00

Cleaned some more. I am really getting into this Flylady system. Gotta go play some more Flylady bingo so that more work can get done. I am focusing on the bathroom! ewww... but it is going to shine after this!

Work day

2011-01-21T19:12:00.001-06:00

Went to work. Probably should have stayed home, but made it in. Went 40mph, even on the interstate. Coming home was fine until I was almost to the house. With the sun shining so bright on the snow it was hard to see where the tracks were. Love nice clean snow, always hated the muddy snow, but I sure could have used a bit of dirty snow to tell me where the tracks were! I worked around the house and am keeping my sink shiny! No quilting. I need to get back the the Yellow Quilt

Snow day

2011-01-20T13:07:00.001-06:00

Snowed in today. :) Lots to get done. I have already browned and bagged 9 lbs of ground beef. 4 of it is deer. Mixing it with the beef as it browns adds the extra fat to help the dryness of the meat. I also have lots of grease to use for Freckles' food. She will just love this!! I wonder if i froze it in ice cube trays might be a good way to handle this much?
Dinner is Lasagna. I need to put the ingredients into the Bread Machine so we can have fresh bread tonight!
Darn it, I forgot the bread. I got busy cleaning. Yes, you heard right. Cleaning!

Lasagna is made. I made two batches and froze one. Laundry is going and the sewing room looks almost as organized/clean as when I first moved into it! I am feeling awesome about what I have accomplished today!

Chicken Noodle Soup

2011-01-19T18:58:00.002-06:00

Ok, Turkey Noodle Soup :) What to fix for dinner? I found some leftover turkey, limited time, so soup sounded like a good idea. Unfortunately I have limited supplies on hand for this. So I hope this turns out edible! Here are the list of characters: Turkey, carrots, wide noodles and peas. I had no chicken bouillon but I found a can of Cream of Chicken.. into the pot. Seasonings: Rosemary, parsley and garlic powder, salt and pepper. I searched for some celery seed but I am out :( so I threw in some more parsley. The peas were frozen garden peas. Yep, from my own garden!!! These should be great in the soup. Wish me luck! Results: Delish!!! I may freeze what is left and serve it again after I put some celery or celery seed in it. Tom had 2 bowls!

Lunch w/ Friend

2011-01-19T16:03:00.001-06:00

Lunch with Kathy B! I just had a great lunch with my friend Kathy. Day off, too :) Cleaning today and I have found this site. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/flylady and am listening to Flylady encouraging me to clean :0)
It's snowing outside! Just as I pulled into Kathy's driveway the snow started coming down. It has been constant all day now and it is looking like I will be staying home tomorrow. Awww... lol won't hurt my feelings any to stay home. I've gotten a lot cleaned up and want to get some more done!!

Off Day

2011-01-18T21:10:00.000-06:00

Today I went shopping. Used coupons and saved a lot! Then I went to JoAnns. Well, I spent what I had saved. So did I really save anything? I think so... lol ... I spent about $4.00 more than I saved. I call that rather good!! Came home, put up items. Fixed dinner, watch NCIS (love that show) and that is about all. I'm off tomorrow!! I plan on getting a lot done.

Design Wall Monday 1/17/11, Yellow Quilt

2011-01-17T05:00:00.003-06:00

DESIGN WALL MONDAY

Trying to figure out what to do for the sashing. Black border or Gold? These are the pieces left over from cutting for the blocks. Or should be "piano key

Here are the strips as varied lengths. This is what I had imagined. Too busy? I wonder how a "ribbon" edge would look, using solid Green and Red? I would have to buy fabric. Any suggestions? board" size?

This is what I have done so far for the Monochromatic Yellow Quilt.

Stash Report and Yellow Quilt

2011-01-16T14:54:00.001-06:00

I woke up way Too Early this morning. (3am) On the bright side, I finished sewing this round on the Yellow Quilt!! Have to go to work :( Yeah, work is over for the day, now, I need to cut some more strips to 4.5 length and get to sewing some more. House is COLD Brrrrrr. Maybe I'd best throw some more wood in the furnace first! :)

Week 3 Stash Report
Used this Week: 0
Used Year to Date - 0
Added This Week - 9 yards
Added Year to Date - 9 yards
Net Used 2011: 0

Looks bad. But I will add the fabric that I have used when I finish a quilt. So, I'd better get alot of quilts done this year!!

Quilting and Cleaning

2011-01-15T06:32:00.005-06:00

My daughter was home for Christmas break and she helped me declutter my bedroom. She streamlined the sorting by making piles of "next" levels of clothes. (we had to sort into 2 levels). Yes I am trying to loose weight. And have lots of outside help to encourage me. :)
This morning I was playing at the computer, started feeling grumpy and realized that I hadn't "officially" started my day. I had not Shined my sink. And I wasn't even dressed yet. :( I must have been thinking last night, because I sorted thru the next level of pants and had put them in the bathroom, so this morning I tried them on... TADA!! they all fit. Alright, Flinging the old work pants, because I have 2 new pair that fit!!!!! And, I am flinging 4 old pair and only bringing out 2 new pair!! While working in the bedroom, we made enough room on the shelves to spread out my husbands gym clothes. No more piling them into one HUGE and TALL stack for him from now on! Thank you so much, I am looking forward to continued success with Flylady!!

I still haven't worked on my #6. table runner. I need to focus on that when I sit down on the couch. Hmmm maybe that will be my next cleaning spot! I also need to trim up the centers of my yellow quilt. Kitchen is all clean. Now Tom says he is going be turning off the water to work on bathtub. So, I found 'a few' jugs to fill with water!! Might as well as them all full. You never know what might happen. And it never fails, as soon as I hear "No Water" I get very, very thirsty!
Working on Yellow Quilt! I have the next segments for the blocks cut and mostly sewn on. Need to get dinner and work on #6 tonight, so the rest of the sewing will have to wait.

Putz Day

2011-01-14T06:40:00.002-06:00

Today is just a Putz Day. Nothing really exciting going on. Made Dinner, petted/fed Freckles, surfed the web. That is about all for the day. Felt good not to HAVE TO accomplish anything today. Does anyone else have Putz Days?

Yellow Quilt

2011-01-13T15:52:00.003-06:00

I've been able to work a little bit on the Yellow Quilt!! I was able to sew only a few blocks, because we are going out to dinner! Yeah. This doesn't happen often so it is a reason to enjoy it completely!
I need to go get ready. :) So far I've written every day. Can you tell I am happy with that fact! See ya.

Tired Day

2011-01-12T17:25:00.002-06:00

Not much going on here. Went to work, came home, surfed web. This is all I've accomplished today. I hate days like this. Maybe I need to go clean something up in the kitchen. Then I will at least feel like I've accomplished something!

Yellow Quilt

2011-01-11T12:00:00.009-06:00

Stayed home from work today. Snowed in. My yard stick says 7-8" fell. Not sure what official measure is. Bad for work, but good for me because I plan on working on the Yellow Quilt today!

The first was my thought for the Yellow Quilt but the cute center gets lost :( And this is what happens when I put a black center. Definitely better! But, I started with a 4.5" cut square and 2.5" cut strips. Which makes a 12" finished block. rather LARGE for the baby quilt that I thought to do. So, I can either keep going and make it a larger quilt (I definitely have enough fabric to do this) OR recut strips and make it all smaller. Decisions, decisions.
I know. I'm going to go eat lunch!!
This is the changed version. The strips are cut at 1.5". Tiny, tiny pieces! I spent most of the time cutting strips. I have enough sewn for 8 blocks. But lots more tiny pieces if I need to sew more.

Design Wall Monday 1/10/11

2011-01-10T04:40:00.006-06:00

My Design wall Looks like this: I have the 'middle' of the top done. I want to add a black border and then I don't know if I will do piano keys, scrappy rectangles, ribbon. Thinkinig the scrappy rectagles. That would make it go faster. Not sure how the ribbons would look. Or how to do them. Need to check Judy's blog and see if she has directions on there.
Suggestions welcome :)

Jump to Judy's to see what others are doing! http://www.patchworktimes.com/

This is what I see first thing this morning at 4:30 a.m. Now I have to finish up and head to work.

Christmas Quilt and Pressure Cooker and Weekend Goals

2011-01-09T13:59:00.011-06:00

Week 2 Stash Report
Used this week - 0
Used Year to Date - 0
Added this Week - 0
Added Year to Date - 0
Net Used 2011 - 0

I am moving right along on the quilt! The blocks are all sewn into rows and Almost all the rows are joined together!! We've had snow this morning. Not alot, thank goodness! But, the evening is yet to come. Weather report is saying between 3-6 inches of snow tonight and Monday lots of snow blowing around due to winds. :( ewwwww. (maybe I'll have to stay home!)

Rows are all sewn together! I thinking about putting a first border of black and then the piano key border last, OR odd size rectangles sewn lengthwise for the last border. I think I really need EQ7!! lol Why didn't I think of that for my Christmas list??? This looks square, but it isn't. It is 5X7 blocks. What do you think?

I have found a recipe and started the Pot Roast cooking in the Pressure Cooker. Wish me luck, this is the first time doing this. I found the recipe here: http://www.food.com/recipe/savory-pot-roast-a-la-pressure-cooker-44990

So far the most confusing part is No Dial to watch, No juggle sound to hear, so I keep watching the amount of steam. Found a site that said "a Whisper of steam is all you need to see". Ok. But there is little bubbles of water "erupting" every so often and a gentle sound going on at the same time. is this ok? So far it hasn't blown up, so I guess that is a good sign. There is a little bit of moisture at the base of the thingy where the steam comes out. No mention of that happening in the directions. Guess we will wait and see. Only 18 minutes left on the timer and then the cool down time. :) I am HUNGRY. Apparently I forgot to eat lunch.

Can you see the little bubbling at the base where the steam comes out? I guess you can see a little bit of white, where the steam has dried. Next picture is the whole cooker with the red pressure thing up, showing that it is all pressurized :)

Here is the end result. Delicious! Gravy is in the Cooker.
Definitely will be making this again!

Saturday

2011-01-08T14:32:00.005-06:00

Good thing I gave myself Saturday AND Sunday! I spent a lot of time surfing the web this morning and am finally cracking down on my list! I have sewn two Rows of the Christmas Easy Quilt :) I don't want to stop, but I had better so I can tackle another item on my list. We will have leftovers for dinner, Fridge is FULL. So I can concentrate on De-cluttering now. bbl Never thought cleaning would be "exciting". Organized alot of stuff (non-quilting) and found some gifts for people from Christmas' past (yes, more than one Christmas). Good news is that I will be passing them out tomorrow! Now, I give myself permission to work on my quilt some more. I think I will wait on the yellow. This other is telling me to finish 'me' first. lol Darn it. I just realized. Yellow quilt has to be FINISHED by the end of the month. This means quilted and bound. Ok, have to re-think this one.

Saturday Goals

2011-01-07T15:12:00.002-06:00

These are the things that I want to accomplish on Saturday and/or Sunday:

Pressure Cook Dinner
Work on Christmas Easy Quilt
Quilt on Table Top
Start cutting Yellow Fabric
De-clutter some more!

Last Christmas Party

2011-01-07T14:38:00.002-06:00

Tonight is my Hubbies Office Christmas Party. This will be great! But, we have to leave at 5pm. Here is it, 2:30, just home from work. Gotta get some stuff done. Well. Maybe. Maybe just kick back and get ready :)

Christmas Quilt and Dinner

2011-01-06T16:41:00.004-06:00

I have been able to work on the Christmas Quilt some today. I hope to work on it again this evening. I am re-discovering that slow and steady is better for me. When I rush, I make mistakes :( and then, because I am rushing, I rush past the mistakes and keep going. Not good. This time I am trimming the 9-patch to the same size as the 'solid' square. Maybe this will keep the quilt from "growing".

Dinner is Turkey Pot Pie. Recipe found here. It sure looks good! http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/turkey-biscuit-pot-pie/216ada3e-0fc5-4eaa-aeec-fb0512cea2a5?p=1
Next time, I need to make more biscuit mix, or make the blobs of dough smaller :)

Resolutions and Resolve

2011-01-05T18:18:00.004-06:00

Still going strong on my resolutions! Today I purchased these plastic things that I needed to put some shelves together. They went together so smoothly! Then I went to all (well, ok, some) of the places that I have stashed/stored items and pulled alot of them together. Nope, not fabric, but food, cleaning, and misc. stuff. I knew I had lots of Laundry Soap, but I didn't realize I had THAT much (10 bottles). Nor do I need to buy Kleenex for quite awhile. (Maybe even all winter) I still have lots to sort thru, but I need to remember to do it a bit at a time, then I won't burn out (at least I hope this is the result). I really, really want to accomplish these resolutions.
One plan/thought was to do a bit on everything each day. Obviously that was unrealistic. After working on the sorting, making dinner, recording in blog and I still need to check mail and other sites, it will be time to head to bed.

Meal: Steak, Baked Potatoes, Watergate Salad, Cookies (oreos)

Ready, Set, Goals!?

2011-01-04T16:42:00.006-06:00

Jocelyn left to go back to college, Sniff, sniff, miss her already! And I had to go back to work. Boo hoo for me. I have all kinds of ideas/goals and things I want to accomplish. How on earth to keep them all straight? Use lots of notebooks? Keep spreadsheets? My brain is going to explode!

Start with one. Ok. Moved Quilt #6 out to the couch. Have thread and needle and thim..oops. brb thimble ready so I can work on this tonight while we watch tv :)
Two. Yellow Quilt. ok need to get yellow fabric pulled. brb Got it :) Yeah!! Here's a pic. Pattern? Yep, picked out. Ok. going well so far :)
Three. ??? ut oh. Brain shut down :( I know. I found an interesting site: http://www.bemorewithless.com/ I know I do the complete minimalist thing, but there is lots of good advice. I also need to keep up with Flylady.

Design Wall Monday 1/3/11

2011-01-03T06:38:00.009-06:00

My design wall looks like this! Yes, same as yesterday. I will blame dd, she 'made' me clean my room!! lol I hope to get some more work done on it today, especially since I have to go to work again, tomorrow. 4 days off in a row sure has been great!

DD and I worked in my Bedroom again. WOW. It looks great! Went thru bookshelf (huge mess) and the dress drawers. Now when I find things in another part of the house, I can put them right where they belong. I just want to keep this up! We worked on the desk in the kitchen too. ewww. big mess there.

Ideas for the monochromatic quilts: Strips (on half square & other triangle either black or off white) Square, thin rectangle/w small square at corners 2-3 rows out, RR tie/4sq & HStriangle alternates)

Today is Jocelyn's last day home. She heads out tomorrow. I'll sure miss her!!

January 's Number and Color & Stash Report

2011-01-02T05:57:00.014-06:00

Judy has chosen a number for the UFO Challenge and it is #6. Yeah or Boo? Not sure which, lol. This is my Red/yellow Table Top. and I believe the quickest project to finish. I need to put it in the livingroom so I can have it in site at all times. I need to finish hand quilting it and bind it. That is "all". Ok, Trish, let's start the New Year right!

Oh yes. Color. The color for January's Monochromatic Quilt is YELLOW. I wonder how much yellow I have? I wonder what are we to do if we don't have enough Yellow to make anything?? That is probably a moot point, as I am sure that I have yellow. I just need to go and check. Judy's addy is: http://www.patchworktimes.com/ Go check it out!

Week 1 Stash Report:

Used this Week: 0
Used year to Date: 0
Added this Week: 0
Added Year to Date: 0
Net Used for 2011: 0

Ok, I looks bad. But I have cut the fabric for the quilt pictured below. But I have decided to wait until the top is finished before counting the fabric.

I was busy yesterday working on the Christmas Quick Quilt and have gotten a lot done. Wish I didn't have to keep stopping and starting. But here is a picture of the progress so far.

The empty spots, well, the corner two are on the ironing board and the other is still in the sewing machine. Scared myself a few times! I thought I had lost squares, only to realize that they were still "in" the sewing machine.

Caffeine. Sugar. I need more of one and less of the other. Solution? Hot Chocolate with coffee in it? I don't like the tase of coffee. I don't like the smell of coffee. Disguising it in Hot chocolate may be the answer. Made my own Hot Chocolate from recipe. Add Instant Coffee. This may work. Cheaper than the International coffee that I've been buying. I am drinking a cup now. too much coffee. Should I add sugar? No. Need less sugar *sigh*

Decluttering has begun!! Jocelyn is helping me start in the Bedroom. She has been such a big help. I get bogged down, or my brain shuts down, and she finds a way to get me going again!!

I have MAJOR problems finishing quilts. This is one reason I have so many UFOs. I have devised a plan for me :) When I am Surfing the web stores, I will "shop", but at the end I will try to ONLY actually BUY virtually. Write down the total. Put that amount aside. And when I have enough to pay for a quilt to be quilted, HAVE IT DONE!!
Wish me luck!!

Meals:
Sunday - Eat at Chester's!
Monday - Turkey, corn, Rolls,
Tuesday - King Crab
Wednesday - Steak, Potatoes, Watergate Salad, Oreos
Thursday - Turkey Pot Pie
Friday - Steak, Potatoes, Salad
Saturday - Roast (try the Pressure Cooker), Carrots, Potatoes

Resolutions

2011-01-01T18:14:00.002-06:00

I have not been a big one on "Making A Resolution List". But I feel like everything in my life is out of control. Maybe a list would help. I am going to try to have this list up on the side of the blog so that I can see it daily. This will be a general list as I don't want to overwhelm myself because if that happens, I won't attempt to do it. (I do know myself..at least a little!)
1. Declutter
2. Clothes
3. Bedroom
4. Books
5. Kitchen Stuff
6. Pantry
Ok, I'm now feeling overwhelmed. :( Time to stop and I know I can always add to it.. well, I hope I can add to it! lol I still have to figure out how to make this list show up at the side!

Fun mindless quilt for sewing

2010-12-31T13:09:00.003-06:00

I am participating in a Fun Mindless Quilt Day. Thank you Stashbusters and Sandy Cook! I just finished cutting the Christmas fabric. Still need to cut the black squares. Some fabric have 1993 date on them and some don't even have a date.

My dd said "why did you collect all this Christmas fabric?" Good question. I said. "look at this Christmas mouse, How could you NOT buy it!" Guess that sums up MY buying mentality!

I am excited to do this. When Preparing for the first cut, I unfolded the 2+ yards, ironed,cut, refolded the fabric and started the "used" pile. When I made my first 3-4 cuts,I measured so carefully. At about the 4th piece and still seeing 13 more pieces to handle. I measured about 2" more than I needed, cut it off, refolded, and THEN ironed the piece. THEN, I got smarter. :) I just eyeballed what I needed, cut up the rest of the stack, then ironed and cut to size. VERY freeing. Plus I have a stack of christmas strips to use for another quilt :)
Maybe a lap quilt for dd.. hee hee hee.

ok, off to iron and cut the black :)

Yeah!, I have laid out the large squares in the final layout and have sewn one (only one, sob, sniff, sniff) square. Had to take time out to go make Rum Balls for NYE party we are going to tonight.

Ok, maybe I can sew a few more blocks before we have to leave.

Straight No Chaser: The 12 Days of Christmas (2008 Version)

2010-12-25T18:17:00.001-06:00

Love this. I think I should get their Christmas Cd? I'll give it some thought.
Very interesting finding out about them, too!

Straight No Chaser - The Christmas Can-Can (With A Special Greeting)

2010-12-25T18:09:00.000-06:00

Christmas Morning

2010-12-25T05:43:00.003-06:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!

I can't believe that I woke up this morning at 3:30am. Why??? Why?? There are no small children and no reason whatsoever to get up early. I even stayed up until about 10pm last night.
Oh well. I'll try to write more later. Maybe I can even go back to sleep? Doubt it.

The tree is all lit and the gifts are under and ready to be opened. :)

Chester came about 10:30. I forgot that he gets hungry earlier than we do. Good thing the Turkey was done a bit early and we ate around 12 noon. I meant to take a picture, but all that is left is food in the Fridge and a few dirty dishes waiting to go into the dishwasher!

Freckles

2010-12-23T04:18:00.004-06:00

Our dog is 16 years old. She is the best, best dog!! Smart. Oh yes, I am bragging!! My daughter wanted to take her for dog training classes and enter her in the fair. We did the classes although I wondered if Freckles (the dog) was too young. Ok, maybe it was because she was young that I agreed to the class. It was 16 years ago, you try remembering specifics from that long ago. Freckles was such a good and quick learner that the teacher thought she was about 3-5 years older than her actual age :)

Freckles caught on quickly that she wasn't to growl and snap at the kittie cats when I put food out for all of them. She had to wait until they had eaten alot before she could have her part. Smartie pants figured out that if she did the "vulture" thing (hanging her head down above the cats heads and making them nervous, thus making them "finish" faster) or if she was really impatient, she would just gently move her nose in between the cats until they finally moved out of the way, then she could eat quicker!!

Another memories that stands out is how, to this day, she will snag wasps right out of the air. SNAP!! then spit the dead bug out, and keep looking for more. Odd?? oh yeah. My daughter, Jocelyn, and I realized that she is "protecting Jocelyn". As a child she hated bugs, didn't want them around, and would scream (when outside) and there was a wasp around. I'm sure Freckles doesn't remember why, but even when nobody is around, she will go after wasps.

Rabbits. Jocelyn had lots of rabbits. :) I think this happened either her first or second year of having these rabbits. Big white rabbits, New Zealands. We had gone to town and when we came back, there was Freckles out in the yard. Not running to great us, but intently watching something White in the yard. What was it?? Rabbit. How did that big rabbit get out of the cage? maybe the door wasn't secured enough? But Freckles was guarding her! We saw the rabbit try to hop away and Freckles just got up and blocked the rabbit from moving too much and kept an eye on her!! What a good dog!

Another time, one of the cats was trying to bring her kittens up under the back porch and apparently Freckles took a shine to this baby. Near as we can figure, either the baby wandered out, or Freckles when in the picked her up and was guarding her out in the back yard. Well, Mamma cat came back with another kitten and then saw Freckles with the first one!! Freckles just laid between Mamma and Baby! When the cat would go around and try to approach her baby from another angle, Freckles just got up and blocked the way to the baby. Oh my, we watched that poor Mamma try about 5 times to get her poor baby. I know, but it was rather funny and nobody was hurt!! We finally had to distract Freckles away with a bone so Momma and baby could be together!!

Both out children are grown and gone from the house, but Freckles is still here and until last year, going strong. Isn't it funny how demanding they get as they get older. A few years ago, she discovered how to "shiver" as a means to TRY to get into the house. Then awhile after that, she learned how to make her teeth chatter! So funny to see. She will actually do a shiver and teeth chatter routine to try to get into the house! The other day, she forgot she was inside and instead of begging for scrap of food, she did the teeth chattering.. this was way too funny, because it was about 72 in the house!!

We love our Freckles and spoil her. She comes in and "visits" us in the evening. When she gets too warm in the house, out she goes. I fixed her a nice warm house. Hay bales, Board roof, Straw and yes, even a "blankie". I used an older bedspread to help insulate and control the wind. And, of course, she has her kitties. They all snuggle down in there for the night! Oh yes, her house is not open to the weather. It is up under an overhang and well protected from the weather!

I'll have to get a couple of pictures. :) Here she is eating. Notice she is spoiled. Her Food bowl is raised up for her!

Judy's UFO 2011 Challenge

2010-12-17T20:03:00.014-06:00

Finally Friday!!! I thought I was off for the weekend, but I have to work on Sunday. At first I was disappointed, but then I found out that I will have Thursday - Sunday off next week!! (Saturday being Christmas this year)

Judy's UFO 2011 Challenge is gearing up. So I am starting my list and will just add to it as I come across quilts that need completing. Go here for Judy's Home page:
http://www.patchworktimes.com/

1. Halloween Wall Hanging - Find/buy
black binding and bind.

2. Orange Cruse Sent to Becky - Bind

3. Carpenters Wheel sent to Becky - Bind.

4. Paper Pieced Table Top - find a border piece, backing, quilt & bind.

5. Red/White/Blue Sampler - count blocks, finish more if necessary, Figure out backing, quilt and bind.

6. Red/Yellow Table Top - finish hand
quilting and binding on

7. Christmas Braid - Quilt and Bind.

8. Chick Sampler - decide final size, make more blocks, find backing, quilt & bind.

9. Christmas Quick Quilt

10. Bright Quilt - Binding

11. Baby Boy Quilt

12. Fall Handbag

Wow, I am surprised that I could list 8 quilts without even searching for those that are "hidden" away!

ok, Heading for bed. Silly me woke up at 3am, when I could have slept in until 6am this morning. I hate when I do that. Night all!

2010-12-14T15:40:00.003-06:00

Ok, almost a year later and I am writing on the blog again. But I know it will not be consistent since this is a busy, busy time at work. Thanks to Mary Hopkins directions on how to add a button, I have successfully added Judy L's UFO Challenge 2011 Button!! Alright, here are the directions, in case I need them again!!

OK-I figured it out! Copy the text underneath the button on Judy’s page. Go into your blog page. Go to design-it is at the top of your blog page. Go to Add a Gadget. Go to HTML/Java script. Paste in the text and write in a title. Hit Save. This is what worked for me anyway!

Thank you Mary!!

I need to pull my UFO's out and list the twelve that I Realistically think that I can finish. Oh, boy, my SIL has two of my quilts that she is going to quilt for me. I believe that I will list those, because once I get them back, I will still have to bind them!! :)

Alright, Off to do more cleaning, I need to get ready for Christmas!! Hugs!!

Sunday Stash Report

2010-01-10T11:46:00.008-06:00

Thank you Judy for encouraging us to keep track of our stash. It doesn't look like much, but keeping track is the main issue for me. This Net Used of 4.5 yards is what I have used for the Twin size Spinning Frogs Quilt! The top is done!! Judy's Site is: http://www.patchworktimes.com/

Used This Week 1.5

Used Year To Date 4.5

Added This Week 10

Added This Year 41

Net Used in 2010 -36.5

I purchased some more fabric and have added it to the total as it comes into the house. I know that I have one more order of fabric coming in and that should be it for awhile. (Keeping my fingers crossed and keeping my mouse away from fabric stores!! If that is possible)

Now I need to get it quilted. This is a struggle for me. I need to get the background fabric lined up and the batting and then decide how to quilt it. I think simple would be best (and quicker). I mention quicker, because I think some finished quilts will just encourage me to work on my UFOs. I also need to figure out what fabric to use for the binding. I am leaning toward the red for it, what do you think? My other option is the Green.

Close up of this cute Frog fabric that Mom choose many years ago.

I am

Lazy Saturday

2010-01-09T05:02:00.000-06:00

Still at home with all the snow and the wind and the cold. I really don't like cold weather. I did do some housework. I have all the laundry washed and dried. Notice that I didnt' say DONE.. lol I still have a basket to fold up. Will definitely do that today.

I worked on the Spinning Frogs quilt. Mom had a great suggestion for the border. Instead of having the Green/White/Green strips for the border be the same width, to make them different widths. Here it is! I have the Top and Bottom borders sewn together. Now to get the sides done today!

I started watching Hulu yesterday. It was great. I watched Bones and Glee. I just wish they had all the episodes. It was frustrating that I was only able to see certain ones. I may have to purchase the box sets of Bones.

Still Stuck

2010-01-08T17:49:00.002-06:00

I am still at home today. Finally bladed the road. Worked a bit on the Spinning Frogs quilt, but it was just too cold here. House stayed at 63-64 degrees. All that is good for is snuggling under a quilt and drinking hot tea! So that is basically what I did. Hope everyone else is staying warm.

Snowday Thursday

2010-01-07T12:30:00.003-06:00

Yep, I'm stuck at home. Tom headed to work and I talked to him after he made it in. He said "you'd never make it in". Hopefully the snowplows will get to the country roads. Of course, even if they do make it, what will it be like tomorrow morning? I leave the house about 5:00am and it is REALLY hard to tell if you are about the drive into a drift in the dark. I found with this snow that I can't tell where the side of the road is. Since the prior snow is still on the ground and nothing has melted enough to throw dirty snow up on the side of the road this new snow just blends right in. (hopefully this is a clear explanation) It is even hard to see the tracks of another car that has gone thru. I feel really bad about not making it to work. But it would be worse if I got stuck.

Boring time, just getting caught up on laundry and housework. But after that, I can quilt!!

I have signed up for a Weight loss competion at work. I need to buckle down and focus on this.. maybe tomorrow.. hee hee We still have lots of goodies left in the house from the holidays.

I attempted the Pizza rollups again. Little bit better. Not what I want though, I'll have to keep trying. Put the sauce on the dough, added more pepperoni and cheese and sliced them before baking. Was rather messy and they didn't hold their shape, but this was more what I was looking for.

This is a side view of the front of the house. Unusal drifting going on here.

Tom came home wayyy early. He arrived home around 2pm. What is going on? Well, he came home early so that he could get thru the drifts. He said it was a good thing he came home when he did. There was one other guy stuck around the County Line. He got High-Centered :( Tom came home to get the heavier farm truck to help pull him out, but we saw several trucks heading that direction. Luckily he had his cell phone and found out that he was getting some help, and we also found out that there were other cars stuck there as well. ewwwwww. Glad I stayed home, now.

I HAD to go out, though. I had to feed the dog and her cats! I know that there was enough food, but well, just in case there wasn't I had best go out. I did remember to take the camera. Have you ever tried to take pictures with thick gloves on??? Let me tell you that it is not easy.

This is the path I take to go to the overhang to take care of them. Shhhhhh.... we want to sneak up on Freckles!!!

There she is. I should have had the zoom part ready. But you can click on the picture and see it enlarged.

She is so funny. She is getting out of there quickly so she can run up to the front door and bark so that I will let her in. Even though I stay back there for awhile putting the food out and petting Miss Fluffbucket, she will be at the door barking for me to hurry up and let her in!

Here is a close up of her dog house and Miss Fluffbucket. Now those silly kitties cant jump up on her house and collapse it down!!!

Tom is out pushing snow again.

Good thing he has that plow on his 4 wheeler!

I wonder if he is tired of me taking his picture? Does he even know that I am taking it???

Miss Fluffbucket has to follow me to the house. Don't know why, she has never been allowed in the house! Look at all that snow!

Wacky Wednesday

2010-01-06T12:19:00.000-06:00

Ok, not too original. But I am wiped out. Hectic at work and then they are calling for snow.

Yep, started snowing in the morning and it is a light and powdery snow. Soooo easy to wipe off the car windshield. That is the good news. Bad news is that the winds are to pick up tonight and blow all this wonderful snow around. Did I mention that this year we have had snowdrifts on our road?.. well we have. Drifts where there have never been drifts before. Sooo I am stressed about that. Will I be able to get to work tomorrow? who knows. I am going to have to wait until Tom gets up and drives to work before I can find out if I can get thru. I hate having this decision so 'up in the air'.

The good news is that the Dog house stayed up!! BIG YEAH!! I was actually able to sneak up on her and see her sleeping so prettily in there. Awwwwwww. lol I wish that I had taken the camera outside with me. But, then I would have had to take my gloves off. Yeah, not happening right now! Way tooooo cold, but I will take a pic soon.

Hectic Tuesday

2010-01-05T18:37:00.002-06:00

Bad day today. Work was a pain. I worked from 5am -4:45pm Yuck, yuck, yuck. Finally made it home after stopping at the library for a few books on tape. There is another snowstorm coming and if I am stuck at home, I WANT TAPES!!

Silly Freckles.. or the silly cats... demolished the little house I put together for Freckles. Not sure how/where she slept on the old bedspread, because alot of the rabbit carriers fell down on it. I had used them to supposidly hold the blanket up and for Freckles to crawl UNDER the bedspread and sleep in her little tent *sigh*

Made it stronger and HOPEFULLY made it so that she/or cats can't pull it down again. Also threw an old blanket on the bottom for her to sleep on. I sure hope this works!!
Ok, I am trying to write something every day, here it is... lol... now, off to make dinner and then CRASH!!

Design Wall Monday

2010-01-04T20:54:00.002-06:00

No Sewing Today :( Wish I could, but that is ok. There is always tomorrow. Below is a picture of what is in my wall. Isn't it great!

Have 'stuff' to do. Feed the animals..brrrrr..it is cold out there still. Visit with Jocelyn. She has to go back tomorrow. Very sad. But she will come back again :) !

Spinning Top

2010-01-03T16:19:00.005-06:00

I am so excited, I have finished the middle section on the Spinning Frogs Quilt!! The blocks are 8" Square. And I have 4x7 rows. Now, unfortunately, I have to do the dreaded housework and plan dinner and generally get ready for another week of work. But.. The middle section is done!

I also took some time to snap a few picture of the beautiful scenes outside our house. We had more snow again last night and this morning. It sure softens things up, even the tracks Tom made from the last snow.

I am still working on the recipe. This time I sort of forgot about having the bread dough rising in the refrigerator. When I spotted this:

I decided that I had best make it up.
Simple. Peperoni and Cheese to go inside the bread and then the pizza sauce for dipping. Yummm. Hope this works!
Here it is ready to be all rolled up. The directions I found said to leave it as a log and bake it 350 for 25 minutes. Here I go.
Tastes ok. I added more cheese. Not what I want though. But I will take the leftovers to work tomorrow and finish it up there. I need use a different bread dough, I think. I maybe pre-slice them. The dough was not quite done in the center. I will heat them up in the microwave at work to cook it some more.

Spinning Top

2010-01-03T11:07:00.006-06:00

I need to sew only 4 more pinwheel blocks to have the center of the quilt done!!! I have been calculating the center plus borders to figure out what I need to add to make this a twin size quilt. Or should I just make this a throw? This is a very frustrating part for me. I don't have any specific bed or person in mind for this and so I am not sure what I want to do.

I originally was going to put a thin border of red (2"), then wider borders of the white and green to total 8". And if enough of the frog fabric, put them as cornerstones for the outside border. Sounds good. The red would be a nice accent. However, I got to thinking (which seems to get me in trouble every time!) What if I "finished" up the spin on the outside edge of the quilt? What color would I use? I don't have enough of the Frog fabric. :( I have a couple of yellows. One is softer, one is more gold. What about red? Then I wouldn't have to add the thin red border. OR I could do red and then still add the thin red border? (I can create this look by using 4x6 rectangles and sew the white triangle on one corner. Take another 4x6 rectangle and sew the green triangle on the other corner. Then cut a 6x8 rectangle for the laternative blocks, thus giving it the finished spin look, surrounded with the red. ) Ok, test it out on the wall and take a picture.

Yellow. Just not the right shade. The gold is worse.

Wow. Yeah, definitely over kill. The red just dominates this now :(

But wait!! I found another yellow. Hmmm I put this up on wall. Placed the spinners, then found an odd red strip in the bin (close to the solid red used in this picture) and took the picture. This is a great way for me to get another perspective on the quilt.

Nope. Maybe because the spin is 4" this idea just won't work.

Maybe I don't need to finish the spin. Maybe I should just keep with the original idea. See, thinking gets me into trouble!!

Stash Report

2010-01-03T08:24:00.002-06:00

Thank you Judy for sending me to google for the spreadsheet. I finally figured out how to get it done and have saved it to my desktop for easy access.

Used this week: 3
Added this week: 31
Net Used for 2010: -28

Hmm this doesn't look good. I can definitely see how this is going to help me with using my stash and curb my purchasing!! Although, I have more fabric coming in, and will report it as it enters my house, I can see that this will encourage me to Use That Stash!!

Cold, cold cold

2010-01-02T08:17:00.001-06:00

I had to work today. But Oh my, was it cold. 15 Degrees Cold!! After work I stopped at the grocery store because they have Pork Roast and Cheese on sale. I loaded the groceries into the back of the truck... ha ha... they won't get too warm back there!!! and headed home. It was sooo cold when I went to feed Freckles and her cats. brrrrrrr. I took an old bedspread out and created a tent for her. I had to make her go in and call her out several times so she won't be afraid of it tonight. I will have to check tomorrow and be sure it stayed up all night. I'm going to have Tom secure it better. He is so handy!! and as an added bonus, he doesn't mind the cold like I do!! I'll have to take a picture. Note to self. Too cold in the house to sew, I am snuggling up with a Crossword book (easy of course) and only getting up to work on dinner or pet Freckles. Hope everyone else is staying warm.

New Years Day

2010-01-01T04:16:00.002-06:00

I hope everyone has a Happy New Year!!

I didn't do much, just relaxed mostly. Sewed a few blocks half square triangles together and hope to get them sewn into blocks tomorrow. Read a bit, played with Freckles INSIDE, because it is way toooo cold outside today. Read alot of other blogs, always fun to see what other industrious people are doing. Well, I'm off to relax, this blogging is wayyy to much work for me today!! lol

New Year's Eve 2009

2009-12-31T19:54:00.004-06:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!! Oh, wait. Still a few more hours till then. :)

Tonight We had King Crab to eat for dinner. Yummmmm I've never had this before; but, when Renae (friend from work) mentioned that was what she was having... and then told me how easy it is to fix... well, I called Tom and he wanted to try it too!! (of course he already knew what crab tasted like.. silly me) :) That is ok we sure enjoyed it. As you can see by the picture, all that is left is the shells and the claws. hee hee hee.

It was very simple. 2 pounds of King Crab. Large Pot with about 1" of water and a dash of Vinegar (to help with the fishy smell), Cook for 15 minutes after water comes to a boil. Melt some Butter and eat. How easy is that! Note to self: Do This Again Next Year!!! Also suggested was to use scissors to open the shells and this worked great. We also had Brocholli and bread/rolls. I am so full...Groan But, we may have ice cream later, it will depends on how hungry we are. **evil grin**

I haven't had time to sew much. I've been enjoying Jocelyn being home, and talking with my son, Chester. And, of course, going back to work put a bit of a crimp in my sewing time. I did sew a few more pinwheels and have to draw the lines on the rest of the light squares so that I can sew up the rest of the half square triangles. Maybe tomorrow. But there are quite a few NYE Mysteries going on. I will have to check them out first.

Before I sign off, Happy New Year Everyone!!!!

Design Wall Monday

2009-12-28T12:30:00.006-06:00

I'm excited about the progress of my Spinning Top! I have just been working it one block at a time. This is working better than trying to sew all the half square triangles at once and then make the blocks. It is slowing me down and consequently I am more accurate! (always a plus, don't you know! )

Please go check out Judys site: http://www.patchworktimes.com/ and see what everyone else is working on.

Spinning Top

2009-12-27T09:21:00.004-06:00

Here is my version of Judy's Top. Ok, ok, I only have a tiny bit done, but it is a start! I am going to bust alot of stash this year and I think that this is a great way to start. I have lot of cutsie or busy fabric and I want to bust alot of that and my older fabric.

Here is this information about Judy's top http://www.patchworktimes.com/page/2/

I have cut 16 squares of the yellow frog fabric. I have a tad bit left. But I am not cutting into it until I see where it might be used, because this is all I have of the fabric. I have the same fabric in Blue... somewhere... Maybe it can be used with this or maybe not. Depends on whether I find the fabric in good time or not. Must bust stash, must quilt top, must finish tops!! New chant for 2010. Hmm ok, have to sign off, my hands are shaking for some reason. Hugs, Trish

Snowy Christmas

2009-12-27T08:57:00.006-06:00

Ok, reporting on Christmas a few days late, but here it is :)

The tree looked great this year, Yes, it did have packages under it, but this is after all was unwrapped. Chester went to Maryland with a good friend and his family. Jocelyn was able to come home! And, we've had a snowy Christmas this year!

Tom is busy pushing snow around!!

Here are more pictures of him and his snowplow!!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Taco Wheels

2009-12-27T08:44:00.007-06:00

I was trying to create my own recipe. It was fun, but didnt' turn out like I imagined in my head or my tastebuds! I took frozen bread dough, one loaf. Let it rise, then spread it out into a HUGE rectangle. I never imagined it would be this large! Then spread pre-cooked ground beef onto the dough, spread out some salsa, and finally covered it with cheese. Rolled it up. I swear it seemed to take on a life of its own. Finally ended up with two large rolls. I sliced these and put them on a cookie sheet and baked them at 350 till the bread was done. I forgot to take a picture at the end, but I need to work on it some more. There was too much grease/liquid and it made the dough soggy on the bottom. Either too much cheese (is that possible?) or the salsa was too liquid. Hmm not sure which. I'll keep on working on it.

Chicken Curry Casserole

2009-10-13T20:00:00.005-05:00

I can't believe that I was able to get the casserole made tonight. We DID have to wait until almost 7:30 to eat, but it was done! Here is a picture of it. Can you tell that I like casseroles that have cheese on top?

Chicken Curry Casserole

2-3C Water

Whole Chicken, discard innerds

2 chicken bullion cubes

5-7 buds of Garlic - Hit Bud to loosen Skin - Finely Chopped

8 oz. or more Grated Cheddar Cheese

1 Can Cream of Mushroom Soup

8 oz. Sour Cream

1 Rounded tsp Curry Powder

Brocholi - Steamed I used 1 Bundle from the Grocery Store

Boil Chicken in water with Bullion & garlic for 1-1.5 hrs, till tender. Cool and take meat off the bones and place meat in a mixing bowl. Then add the Cream of Mushroom Soup, Sour Cream and Curry Powder and Mix Well.

Place steamed brocholi on the bottom of a buttered casserole dish, then pour the Chicken & Sauce mixture over the top. Bake 350 for 30-45 Minutes. Take out and put the grated cheese on the top and bake 5-10 minutes more until the cheese melts.

I usually throw out the Liquid left over from the chicken. I guess you could save it and use it for something else if you wanted.

I hope you try this recipe out and let me know how you like it. Hugs!

Haircut Day

2009-10-13T17:26:00.005-05:00

Before shot. Yeah, I know goofy picture!

As you can see, My hair has been long for a couple of years. I am finally getting it cut and searched the internet to find a hairstyle that I liked. Copied the picture and took it and had it cut. Yeah!! I am very excited about it. Now, I just hope that I can make it look as great as Shanna did!

Better. Why didn't I think of taking it this way before I cut my hair. Now, I have to remember to wear earings tomorrow and maybe *gasp* even makeup!

I am working on dinner as we speak. I have three Pheasants steaming and then I will try to make a casserole for dinner tonight. If I run out of time, I will have to fix it for tomorrow night and just scrounge around for something for tonight. Recipe later, if I can fix it and take pics tonight. I still have the Scarry Quilting Halloween Wallhanging to work on to.

Scarry Quilting

2009-10-12T17:44:00.004-05:00

Here it is, the moment We've all been waiting for... Ok, ok, the moment I've been waiting for!! *evil grin* I have machine quilted this wall hanging and it is completely quilted.. and yes, it is quite scarry! Which Goes right along with the Halloween theme of the top. Yep, first time free motion quilting and it definitely shows. I suspected it would be as "bad" as it turned out. Well, I must admit that it is a little bit better than I feared it would be :) and so that is why I didn't mind the halloween top being my first choice. I really need to have the quilt top at the same level as the machine because it was very difficult to keep quilting when the top was dragging the opposite direction I was sewing in. Also when I had to move my hands to quilt at a different spot the drag would make the sewing go crazy directions as well.

. So Here is a close up of some of the "scarry" parts. But Every time one sews it is a learning experience. So this will stay this way and be a great reminder of what I need to improve on for the next quilt! The other delima I had was if I should try to quilt in rows, which is how I started, I tried one row and did one loop in each block and then became more adventurous and had multiple loops in each block (whick I liked better) I still did it in rows, but I figured out to wind around a bit more and tried to overlap into another row some. But unfortunately didn't figure this out until the very end. Ah well. Now to bind it! I am thinking about getting some orange binding or black. Or maybe just checking out what old binding I may have and just connect some of this together and put it on "as is". But first, I'd best get some housework done and dinner planned! More later. Hgus

Design Wall Monday

2009-10-12T13:43:00.003-05:00

Ok, Something new up on the wall. This is a top that I have had stored somewhere. My goal is to get it machine quilted with swirlies.. I think.. Just trying to get it done and then bind it and call it Done!!! I wan't to get this done this week. Let's see if I can complete my own challenge!

I have chosen a backing fabric that makes no sense to the front halloween design, but it is some of my oldest fabric and I am 1. Using it up and 2. Getting it out of my stash!

Show Use Your Stash

2009-09-28T15:16:00.005-05:00

Judy at http://www.patchworktimes.com/ has challenged her readers to Show Off our Stash. No fair cleaning or straightening up, though. hee hee hee... She didn't realize that I had already started doing this in August. But I took some pictures and never put them into my blog so I can do so now :)

What a messy sewing area in the basement.

This is some of my stash in Chester's Bedroom.

Oh my, where would he sleep? As I wrote in August, Chester TOLD me to turn his room into my sewing room. I didn't fuss tooooo much! If you slip on over to August 27, 2009 you can see how I was able to pull his room together and get alot of stash organized. But... not completely, there is always room for improvement!

Tubs and containers with "newer" fabric. Done after room was painted and sorted out.

Over by the Closet door. I have hanging tags on certain drawers. These have the contents written on the labels. This way I know where to place specific things! This has been helpful!

This is the closet. Yep, it definitely needs to care and attention.
and well, this is the other side of the closet. The tubs have scraps cut and labeled.

Underbed storage tubs with fabric in it.
This is my daughter's closet. More fabric!

Oh My Goodness. Looky here. Yep, More Fabric!! I sure hope that is the end of my stash pictures! Yes, I have sorted these cabinets but it was done back in August, and have been playing with the fabric upstairs since then.

Yes, I am joining in and will be keeping track of my messy stash. Everyone is right, keeping track where others can see and help you hold yourself accountable will be a good thing for me!

Join in, if you dare!!