Family time

Yesterday was family day at my mom's. My sister and her husband are moving to Georgia from Ohio. They are leaving the end of the month. Most of the family was there to wish them well. Only my kids in New York and two of my nephews did not make it. It was a wonderful gathering of family and food. I gathered signed pieces of unbleached muslin for a signature quilt. I will be using some of my 30's prints in the ultimate design. I have started cutting the fabric for the blocks. I will post pictures once I am done. And after it is safely in my sister's possession.

In stitches,
Judy

What you see at a yard sale

The weather cleared and we had marvelous weather for the sale. the police patrolled the street because there is no parking across the street. We had kids, dogs and a guy who rode thru our sale on his bicycle.

In stitches,
Judy

Garage sales and rain

Jennifer and I have been working towards the goal of the city wide yard sale. It is today. The weather is not co-operating. There is no high heat or humidity but it is overcast and the weatherman is calling for rain. Such a dilemma! We are going to hang tight and hope the weather clears up!

I made money aprons for Jennifer and I to wear at the sale using some bright blue bottomweight fabric and leftover binding. Not very attractive but functional!

I did do some machine quilting yesterday and finished the car quilt panel. Later on today I will attach the binding.

In stitches,
Judy

That wall hanging

 

I have finished that wall hanging. That Patriotic wall hanging and I have decided to do it again. I have enough of the print to use as the background and enough red to make the stars and I will make only 4 blocks instead of 9 and I have until Memorial Day 2012 to finish it. I will add a border to it so it will fit in the hanger it was intended for. I pictured it in my mind and was so disappointed that it did not live up to my vision.

I am still toying with a design for Autumn. Orange is calling my name. I need to see what orange fabrics are living in my stash. I know that I have a piece of homespun in the orange family that I have been saving for that special project. That might be the project. I am thinking applique. And maybe blanket stitch. I am also thinking that all of that might too ambitious. We shall see.

In stitches,
Judy

Happy

I have been busily hand stitching the binding on my Log Cabin quilt. It is going to look awesome in my living! I cannot wait to snuggle under it on these cold winter days in Ohio. Yesterday it did not get to 90 degrees. Yeah!

The design to replace Patriotic wall hanging is still rattling around in my head. Perhaps this weekend I will be able to capture it on paper!

I am thinking about throwing some stuff in front yard next Saturday for the city wide yard sale. I really need to get to pricing what already has been sorted.

In stitches,
Judy

It's Done!!

I put my mind to it and finished the Patriotic Wall Hanging. Still don't like it and I did something wrong because it is bigger than the intended space. So it looks a bit funky in this shot. I am already designing a pumpkin wall hanging in my head to put up after Labor Day.

I was able to go to the guild meeting last night. We had a trunk show by Julie Lambert . She is a guild member who does amazing machine quilting on her Bernina home sewing machine. The quilts were gorgeous and she is such a delight to listen to. And I learned a thing or two that I want to try in the future.

I had the best of both worlds last night. I got to go to the guild meeting and then I came home and logged into my work station and did two hours of overtime. 10pm to midnight. Not a great idea. Looked good on paper but my body screamed "time to go to bed, you fool!!". I may or may not do that again.

In stitches,
Judy

Unlike

I am currently machine quilting my patriotic wall hanging and have decided I unlike it. In previous years it would get moved to shelf or bag in my sewing room and be forgotten. The new me is finishing it and if I never hang it at least it is done!!

Tonight is guild meeting and if they do not offer overtime, I will go. Maybe I can hand stitch the binding on my Log Cabin quilt!

In stitches,
Judy