Goofy Dog

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!!

Easy Quilt Idea & Brrrrrr It's Cold

   
 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 1/10/11

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 Dinner

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 :)

Fun mindless quilt for sewing

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.