Progress Report

I got my 14 blocks done for the day and it is now 6pm.  Taking a break before I sit and do hand work for the night.  So if I get my 14 blocks done tomorrow that's 42 blocks and four rows.  And then I can say I am half way done with the quilt.  Wow this is taking longer than I thought but I will prevail.

It is extremely hot outside today.  Record breaking heat they say.  Good thing I stayed inside by the fans.  Still, I am sure all those campers are having a great time toothis weekend.

Lucky Me! another pajamma weekend.........

Lucky me!  I have another rare occasion.  A pajama weekend.  And a long one too.

I manage to get 14 blocks done for the hobo quilt, that is better than one row.  And I already have two rows done,,,,,,,,so let's see., that means I have 90 more blocks to go....

Oh geeze!  that didn't sound good. :(

Well two more days to my weekend, and I am going to try to get 14 blocks done a day and that will be a good chunk of this quilt.

The donkey quilt came back from the quilter's last week, and I finished the binding and delievered it in time for my friend's birthday.  He was just stunned!  Always happy to put a smile on someone's face with a handmade quilt.

A couple hours before bed time and I think it is time to get some hand work done.

Grandma Weekend

Well it's done.  Actually done for quite awhile.  Just been so long since I could get a chance to blog.  But little Emma is so proud to be wearing to school.

This weeked was my babysitting weekend.  And those grandchildren sure make me feel old in more ways than one.  I can't keep up anymore.

Just a quick note before I finish the binding on this donkey quilt for my friend Ed.  I am planning on seeing him for his birthday dinner on tuesday night and want to make sure he has it for his birthday.  Just a couple more stictches and the label goes on and ta da!

Other than that no sewing this weekend, not when grandma is kept so busy.

End of a sewing sunday

 Well after finishing the last of the boy's four pj's  I was able to finish up on my little bugs dresses.  They wwere all ready cut out and ready to sew together.  And these t-shirt dresses work up fast.

This purple one is for emma, and grandma is tired.  So it will have to wait till tomorrow night to finish. But it is all cut out and ready to go.

And I did manage to get the binding sewed on to the Hungry Hungry Caterpiller quilt.  So that is officially done.  I think I will just spend the evening in front of the tv doing some hand work.  My neck is getting stiff sitting here by this sewing machine for anymore of this tonight.

Pajama Day!!!

Not my pajama Day.  I am making summer pj's for the boys.  Here are two pairs for my little Nickolas.  He asked grandma for trains.



Still working on two more pairs for Ivan and then a couple of dresses for the girls.  Everything is cut out and waiting to get sewed together.

Errands to run this weekend, but between errands I have time to sit down to sewing for a few hours.  Hopefully I can get Ivan's pj's done today.

Thursday I took the day off of work to go to Nancy's Notions Diamond and Pearls Anniversary.  What wonderful sales and vendors.  I spent too much as usual.  And now I have more projects and material to add to my stash.  I better get sewing.



It's done!!!!!!!!

And here it is.  All finished.  Well the top is.  I am debating as to which quilter to take it to or if I am going to quilt it myself.  My sister is the one that talked me into putting the boarders on.  She said it would pop.  And it surely did. I just love it, it doesn't match and it was from all my scraps and I love it.
I didn't make it as big as I had planned.  It was getting too huge and I wanted it to be a twin bed size.  Now I have 70 tumblers left, and my sister is the proud receipent of those.  Out of my stash is all I care about.
And after going thru my stash last night, I found a yard of this, and two yards of this..............so I guess the backing will be scrap too!

Squeezing in some sewing

I got a total of 7 rows done on this scrap tumbler quilt.  The weekend started out busy with outside activities, but there was time to settle down to the sewing machine to get some things going. 



This is the start to my hobo quilt.  Only two rows and a couple blocks.  So much more to go.  But I lose interest after awile.  My sister told me you should always have at least 3 projects going at one time.  Cause then when you tire or are frustrating with one, you can always opt out for another one.  I think she said that cause I have so much going.  She just wanted me to feel normal.

It's sunday night and back to work tomorrow.  All my weekends are the same, I could always use a couple more days..........