Quilting Update Part 2

I was thinking last night, I sewed something else also, but what was it?? I finally remembered this morning. I sewed another 2 rows on my One Block wonder for the French doors in my room. So here is the picture of my progress on the those long rows of half hexagons. The square One Block Wonder will be the next item to go on the frame. I'm planning to do loop de loops meandering with leaves with a variegated.

Quilting Update

Guess who has been busy? Oh that was too easy, yup I have been busy! I'm quilting a quilt for a friend. It took a couple of nights to press the backing and the top. I also had to redo the back seam because she left the selvage in the seam allowance. I should have told her to fix it before I accepted the quilt but I thought it won't be a big deal. It wasn't but I procrastinated over it. The top took some time to press but it was looking better by the time I got it on the frame on Saturday.

Block 7 came of the Caribbean Sea Block of the Month and I drafted that in EQ6 and pieced it.

Block 2 of the Washington Medallion quilt came and I started making the 50 plus half square triangles.

A Request

My friend Margaret, see her blog link on the right side or here, http://www.margaretmanning.blogspot.com/ has cancer, a rare and aggressive form of lymphoma.
My request is, will you pray for her. Also if you do fast, will you include her in your fast. She is a sweet and special person and she would appreciate all your thoughts and prayers.
Thanks,

Up Again in the Middle of the Night

I'm on call again for work, which does happen about two nights a month. I was paged about 1 AM, worked on the problem for about 30 minutes. Went back to bed and laid there until 3 AM. I couldn't stand it any more. I hate to lay in bed and not sleep. So I decided to make a blog entry. So here I am!
Nothing special to post, just my sewing for the last week!

First I have added all the borders to my One Block Wonder, on the one for the bed room window. They are looking good and I have the top and bottom borders line up, all by accident. I did match strips when I pieced the top & bottom borders.

I also started sewing the French Window panels together into rows, I have five of them done. I made a few mistakes and did some unsewing. It gets confusing with those lone rows. If I was to do it again I would lay them out horizontally.

A great find!

While checking out a blog of one of my friends I noticed her background and I liked it a lot. So I looked to see where it came from and it comes from Delightful Dots. So I went and checked them out. I love her background templates and even some header templates. So you might also, so here is the link. I like my new background. http://www.delightfuldots.blogspot.com/

National Quilting Day!

That is correct the 3rd Saturday of March is National Quilting Day. So if you are a quilter what did you do to celebrate??

I celebrated by wearing my new quilt pin, made of wood.

I taught the second part of my One Block Wonder class. Here are the girls a month ago, getting ready to cut their fabric.

Here are their hexagons all laid out. I forgot my camera so I took these pictures on my phone, standing on a chair, so they are not the best of pictures. They also don't show how really cool these lay outs look!

No sooner had I arrived home, when my husband calls me and says, clean off your computer desk, which was really a table, and he meant really clean, nothing on it but the computer, monitors and printers. He had a surprise for me.

He had been to an auction and purchased this four piece L-shape desk for me. What a surprise! I had been looking at some but they were too big or too much money. He purchased this for $200. It's in good condition. So we tore down the old set up and set up the new desk. I even had time to change my curtains in the window behind my desk to my spring curtains. Tomorrow I'll tackle the ones behind his desk.

Yes I love my dual monitors and the furniture has been cat approved.

Our 17th Wedding Anniversary part 2

Here is my other favorite wedding picture. The kids are Kierra age 11, Klint age 10 & Kinsen age 7. Aren't they just so cute?