Disappointment for Me!!!!

What a disappointment! The Quilt Expo has been canceled. At least for me. My sister called and said she just couldn't afford to go. And here I sit with the tickets for the event, hotel room and the lecture tickets. I don't want to go alone, and I don't know of anyone else that would be interested. Hopefully I can get a refund for the tickets, and I already cancelled the hotel rooms.
I am so upset, and so sad. We go every year. But the ecomony effects us all I guess.

So now I have this free weekend in my future. Hmm, maybe it will be a sewing weekend for me. I have alot I need to get done before the end of October.
My daughter is having surgery at the end of October, and I will move in with them for a couple of months to help out with the recovery and her family.
So maybe having this weekend to sew sew sew is a blessing in disguise.

But I am still sad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Quilt Expo

Yes it is that time again!!!!!!!!!!! The Madison Quilt Expo. I got my tickets, I got my hotel room, and I got the time off of work. All set! And my sister is going with me for the weekend naturally!!
So excited to go and see all the vendors. I have scheduled myself for some lectures as well. Hoping to learn some new things. And I am sure I will probably be bringing home way too many items that I have to find room and the time for.
Still working on this t-shirt quilt, and so far no end in site. I spend a few minutes sometimes in the evening on it and should be devoting more time to it so it can get done.
My daughter has asked for three things to be sewed and that adds more to my to do list. I need to complete four jackets in time for christmas and now trying to put together another quilt quickly before christmas as well. Again, my mind says I can do it, but it's my time that seems to argue the point.

Hot day, inside work only!

It is so unbelievably hot outside. My goodness, the weather man keeps telling us the humidity will stop soon, but as of yet I haven't noticed it.
It certainly is a good day to stay inside with the air conditioner.

The camera connection with the computer is fixed. And here is what you have been missing.
This is a wall hanging I made as a birthday gift for my boss' wife. It really isn't her birthday till December, but I always get ahead of myself. And besides, I get to enjoy it for a couple of months till I give it to her.


This is the 2nd turning twenty quilt I made with some fat quarters from my stash. It is an addictive quilt to make. It does livin up the sewing room.

And this afternoon I managed to finish up the t-shirt squares. Now I am ready for the sashing and borders to be added. But all I have to do is wait till the gal I am making it for deceides on her material. So I get a break from it for awile.
So what new thing am I starting???? I started the Hobo quilt. I have four squares done, and just putsing around with some more cutting. Not a big hurry, cause I have no idea where it will be going yet.

Where's the picture???????

No pictures?????? No way to add pictures! At least for the time being till I figure some other way of transferring my pictures to my blog.

But I did want to let you all know that I am back to myself again. Yup. I spent the whole day today working on projects. I finished the binding on the homespun quilt and got the label on it. I did a small wall hanging I plan on packing away for a christmas gift. Such a cute quilt, need to find a nice hanger to go with it when it is given away.

My daughter is so busy telling all of her friends about her mother's quilts, that now I got tricked into makeing a t-shirt quilt for one of her friends. A scary project indeed since I have never made one of these before. I was lucky to find a t-shirt quilt pattern onine free. (thank you google)
I got all the t-shirts cut out and ready to get the interfacing ironed on so the blocks will be easy to sew together. Need to confirm with her friend as to what kind of material/pattern she wants for the borders.

Wish I could post a picture. Hopefully by the time the quilt is done I can get a picture loaded on this site.

Where have I been???????

Where have I been??? I would love to be able to say that I was just lying around the beach and basking in the sunset.



Nope not so much. Just been so busy. Between my job and my house and the dogs, I have little time lately for myself. The weather is so nice now so I tend to spend alot of time outside. The dogs love to go for walks and seem to be waiting form me when I get home from the office. I started giving plasma twice a week also and that is a squeeze in of my time. and there still is the babysitting do for my children.
I did have a vacation, really! A short one for the fourth of July up by my sister in Michigan. A wonderful relaxing weekend just visiting, and touring around and fishing. So relaxing!

You know, I had all the time in the world for my quilting and now I have become very lazy. I have finished the quilts that I wanted done for christmas gifts this year and right now I just need to finish the hand binding work on this last one and they will be all complete. I want to start the sweatshirt jacket I am making for my grandbabies for christmas gifts. Don't want to leave anything to the last minute.

So I need to kick myself in the butt and get a move on. My goodness, I ended up buying more material and patterns on my trip to Michigan. So now I have more on my to do list. I better get going. Just have to learn to say no to some of these things that make me waver. LOL

Home again home again jig a dee jig!

I am back home as of today. I had to go to my daughter's house for a couple of days since there was no electricity at my house. Honestly, doesn't my landlord get it! Oh well. things are finally fixed now.



I finished the binding on this quilt last nite. All ready for the label and just in time for my boss' birthday next month.
Nice and quiet at my daughter's, no one to bother me except the dogs from time to time that need to go outside.

This weekend is a full one for me, and I doubt any sewing will be done. But you never know what I can sneak in.

Hope all of you are staying cool, we finally have a break from our 98 degree weather. Wow and the storms. Hope everyone is safe.

Hot Hot and really Hot

Ok, I don't know about you, but it is really hot here. I mean really really hot. We just had a huge storm this morning and now the humidity is creeping in. It is 94 degrees out and the humidity makes it feel like 194! Just awful.
I am taking a break from sewing as it is just too darn hot.
But I did get the quilting done on the lap from fats quilt and the turning twenty again quilt this weekend. They look just beautiful and the binding is on the lap quilt and the hand work started. But, wow way too hot to have that on my lap doing the hand work on the binding.
I actually have to go to my daughters for a couple days. I can't use my air conditioner cause of a electrical problem in the house. My landlord is working on it and it seems like it is taking forever.

My four little grandchildren figured out a way to cool off. On memorial day they enjoyed everything and anything that had to do with water. Here we are all dryed off waiting to eat lunch. Trust me, soon after this picture was taken they were soaking wet again. Oh to be a child again........................