Maybe tomorrow there will be pictures. It's amazing how times can get away from me.
The embroidery was done, then I got a call about needing another blanket for the funeral home. I started that and then had to leave to visit a hospice patient for a couple of hours. By the time I got home, it was time to go to Quilting with Machines with my friend Kare, and very soon after returning home from there, Sheryll got here.
We've been visiting for the last couple of hours and I just snuck away for a few minutes to post this.
Have a good night. I know I will!
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Giveaway Info
Ok. here are the details about the giveaways this month. (I know - FINALLY!!)
Every Wednesday for the rest of October there will be a giveaway right here at Everyone Deserves a Quilt! I will remind people about the giveaways on Sunday and Monday and all that you need to do is post a comment to my Monday post. I will announce the winner Wednesday . (I'm waiting until Wednesday to announce the winner because Monday is Design Wall Monday at Patchwork Times and I know that sometime it can take a couple of days to get through all the links and I want everyone to have a chance to win.)
Here's are the prizes, in no particular order: (I'll post pictures tomorrow because I still don't have batteries for my camera.)
1. Giddy charm pack by Moda and my Framed! pattern, which includes multiple size options.
2. My Framed Rectangles pattern (again, includes multiple size options) and a set of Wonder Clips by Clover. (You'll love these! I know I sure do.)
3. Troy Mills Farm's Favorite Strawberry Recipes Cookbook and misc strawberry items, including fabric.
I'm excited about the prizes and hope you are too.
Every Wednesday for the rest of October there will be a giveaway right here at Everyone Deserves a Quilt! I will remind people about the giveaways on Sunday and Monday and all that you need to do is post a comment to my Monday post. I will announce the winner Wednesday . (I'm waiting until Wednesday to announce the winner because Monday is Design Wall Monday at Patchwork Times and I know that sometime it can take a couple of days to get through all the links and I want everyone to have a chance to win.)
Here's are the prizes, in no particular order: (I'll post pictures tomorrow because I still don't have batteries for my camera.)
1. Giddy charm pack by Moda and my Framed! pattern, which includes multiple size options.
2. My Framed Rectangles pattern (again, includes multiple size options) and a set of Wonder Clips by Clover. (You'll love these! I know I sure do.)
3. Troy Mills Farm's Favorite Strawberry Recipes Cookbook and misc strawberry items, including fabric.
I'm excited about the prizes and hope you are too.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
11:33 PM!!
Whew! I made it. It's 11:33 pm and I'm just now posting. That would be pretty pathetic if I missed posting on the 4th day of blogtoberfest. I just got busy and before I knew it, it was 11:33.
What was I doing instead of posting you ask? A lot of little things.
**I bought a bushel of apples and made applesauce.
**I went grocery shopping and promptly forgot a couple of items so I guess I have to get them tomorrow when I go into town again. :-(
**I spent time on the phone with Epson resolving my printing issues. They are resolved and I can print wirelessly from my new laptop. YEAH!! :-)
**I cooked a pork roast and had dinner with Linda, Lynn and Ty. Jack had to eat and run because he had his first class tonight. (The roast was really good, even though it was a touch dry).
**I taught Linda how to paper piece a quilt block. I know she'll get hooked on it because she loves the accuracy.
**I continued to work on the binding of my oldest UFO and for some reason, that is when I realized I hadn't posted yet today. I guess I was getting ahead of myself and thinking about being able to post that I'm back on the "Complete the UFOs" bandwagon.
I said that I was going to divulge the giveaway information today, but I'm going to give details tomorrow. I will tell you that there will be some fabric, a pattern or two, a notion or two and a non-quilting book. I'll post pictures when I get batteries for my camera tomorrow. (Didn't I tell you I forgot some things today when I was out?)
Tomorrow will be a busy day, so don't look for the information until later in the afternoon.
What was I doing instead of posting you ask? A lot of little things.
**I bought a bushel of apples and made applesauce.
**I went grocery shopping and promptly forgot a couple of items so I guess I have to get them tomorrow when I go into town again. :-(
**I spent time on the phone with Epson resolving my printing issues. They are resolved and I can print wirelessly from my new laptop. YEAH!! :-)
**I cooked a pork roast and had dinner with Linda, Lynn and Ty. Jack had to eat and run because he had his first class tonight. (The roast was really good, even though it was a touch dry).
**I taught Linda how to paper piece a quilt block. I know she'll get hooked on it because she loves the accuracy.
**I continued to work on the binding of my oldest UFO and for some reason, that is when I realized I hadn't posted yet today. I guess I was getting ahead of myself and thinking about being able to post that I'm back on the "Complete the UFOs" bandwagon.
I said that I was going to divulge the giveaway information today, but I'm going to give details tomorrow. I will tell you that there will be some fabric, a pattern or two, a notion or two and a non-quilting book. I'll post pictures when I get batteries for my camera tomorrow. (Didn't I tell you I forgot some things today when I was out?)
Tomorrow will be a busy day, so don't look for the information until later in the afternoon.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Design Wall Monday
It's my favorite blogging day - Monday! I love checking out what people are working on, quilt-wise. Does that make me nosey or just wanting to be insprired? I'm sticking with the later. :-)
Here's what I started the other day and I'm just loving it. It's called Plaid for Dad and is in the October/November, 2011 Quilt magazine. I have the borders to add and this puppy is ready to quilt.
Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself here and should get the borders on and THEN worry about the quilting. Oh well, I'm just excited about this quilt. Wouldn't this be fun in a single color, but with different values? I can see this in pinks. Oh how I digress....concentrate....work on the borders and then think about the next quilt....
Speaking of concentrating, I guess I haven't been doing that lately. I just realized that I have not posted the good news that's been shared with me recently.
First: I'm going to be a grandma again. Nikki and Zach are expecting another baby, due in the Spring. YEAH!!
Second: Lynn and Ty are engaged! They've picked a date - October 13, 2012 and the planning has begun. I'm so happy for them!
I think we have a busy, but very special year ahead of us.
Don't forget that I'm participating in blogtoberfest so be sure to check out some of the other blogs. I'm finalizing my giveways (yes, I said giveaways - plural) and I hope to post them tomorrow so be sure to come back here to see what you might win. :-)
Check out what other quilters have on their design walls today by going to Judy L.'s Patchwork Times.
Here's what I started the other day and I'm just loving it. It's called Plaid for Dad and is in the October/November, 2011 Quilt magazine. I have the borders to add and this puppy is ready to quilt.
I already know how I want to quilt this, and I find that kind of funny because I'm usually stressing about the quilting and just tend to do an all-over design because I can't decide and I just want to get it done. I want to recreate the argyle look here with random, but bunched together quilting lines. Clear as mud? Maybe this picture with lines drawn on will help. I haven't decided if the lines will continue into the borders, but I'm kind of guess that they won't.
Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself here and should get the borders on and THEN worry about the quilting. Oh well, I'm just excited about this quilt. Wouldn't this be fun in a single color, but with different values? I can see this in pinks. Oh how I digress....concentrate....work on the borders and then think about the next quilt....
Speaking of concentrating, I guess I haven't been doing that lately. I just realized that I have not posted the good news that's been shared with me recently.
First: I'm going to be a grandma again. Nikki and Zach are expecting another baby, due in the Spring. YEAH!!
Second: Lynn and Ty are engaged! They've picked a date - October 13, 2012 and the planning has begun. I'm so happy for them!
I think we have a busy, but very special year ahead of us.
Don't forget that I'm participating in blogtoberfest so be sure to check out some of the other blogs. I'm finalizing my giveways (yes, I said giveaways - plural) and I hope to post them tomorrow so be sure to come back here to see what you might win. :-)
Check out what other quilters have on their design walls today by going to Judy L.'s Patchwork Times.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Stash Report - Week 40
Not a lot of my own sewing was done this past week, but I did finish the Big Ten top that I was working on last week. I'm going to try to get a picture today, but we'll see if that works. That quilt is pretty big, around 90" x 110". Oh yea, I did start another project from the Oct./Nov. 2011 Quilt Magazine and that will probably be on the design wall tomorrow because I doubt that any more sewing will be done on that today. I have to embroider the Homecoming sashes for the local high school and that should take care of the rest of my day sewing-wise.
It's October and I really need to get busy working on UFOs again, but I keep seeing new things I want to begin. I really do feel like a child that needs constant reminding to stay on task. In my defense though, I have finished a fair number of things this year. Contrary to an e-mail that I received about my numbers a couple of months ago, I'm counting the 15 honor flight quilts just like any other quilt, even though they're small. I was told in the e-mail that I really shouldn't count them as 15 quilts because they only measured 36" x 48" and that a better idea would be for me to perhaps count them as 7 or 8 quilts. The writer felt that it wasn't fair for me to report that I had finished so many more quilts than a person like herself who never makes anything smaller than 60" x 70". Really?!? I don't think so. My stash report is for me and it's not a contest. If I want to count them as a quilt then so be it. Besides, I didn't know that there is a size requirement for a project to be considered a quilt. :-) What about about all those baby quilts people make. Should they count?
I have an announcement. Quilters of the world. Count your completed projects however you want. It's your report! Okay, I'm off my high horse now.
Here's the report:
Fabric Added This Week: 0.00yards
Fabric Added to Date: 158.375 yards
Fabric Used This Week: 5.875 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 341.250 yards
Net Fabric Used for 2011: 182.875 yards
UFOs Done, Done, Done (Pieced, Quilted, and Bound): 9
UFOs Still to Do: ??? (Why do I even bother putting this on the list?)
New Quilts Done, Done, Done (Pieced, Quilted, and Bound): 30
Quilts Ready to be Quilted and Bound: 10
Quilts Quilted and Ready to be Bound: 3
Check out how other quilters are doing with their stash usage. Go to Judy L.'s Patchwork Times.
Read other Blogerfest Sunday Snippets here.
It's October and I really need to get busy working on UFOs again, but I keep seeing new things I want to begin. I really do feel like a child that needs constant reminding to stay on task. In my defense though, I have finished a fair number of things this year. Contrary to an e-mail that I received about my numbers a couple of months ago, I'm counting the 15 honor flight quilts just like any other quilt, even though they're small. I was told in the e-mail that I really shouldn't count them as 15 quilts because they only measured 36" x 48" and that a better idea would be for me to perhaps count them as 7 or 8 quilts. The writer felt that it wasn't fair for me to report that I had finished so many more quilts than a person like herself who never makes anything smaller than 60" x 70". Really?!? I don't think so. My stash report is for me and it's not a contest. If I want to count them as a quilt then so be it. Besides, I didn't know that there is a size requirement for a project to be considered a quilt. :-) What about about all those baby quilts people make. Should they count?
I have an announcement. Quilters of the world. Count your completed projects however you want. It's your report! Okay, I'm off my high horse now.
Here's the report:
Fabric Added This Week: 0.00yards
Fabric Added to Date: 158.375 yards
Fabric Used This Week: 5.875 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 341.250 yards
Net Fabric Used for 2011: 182.875 yards
UFOs Done, Done, Done (Pieced, Quilted, and Bound): 9
UFOs Still to Do: ??? (Why do I even bother putting this on the list?)
New Quilts Done, Done, Done (Pieced, Quilted, and Bound): 30
Quilts Ready to be Quilted and Bound: 10
Quilts Quilted and Ready to be Bound: 3
Check out how other quilters are doing with their stash usage. Go to Judy L.'s Patchwork Times.
Read other Blogerfest Sunday Snippets here.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Great night to....
...watch baseball and hand-stitch some binding!
I'm also finalizing my blogtoberfest giveaway(s). I'll announce the plans within the next two days. Stay tuned!
I'm also finalizing my blogtoberfest giveaway(s). I'll announce the plans within the next two days. Stay tuned!
Blogtoberfest !
I'm not sure what I'm thinking, but I've joined Blogtoberfest. Basically, this means that I have committed to write something on my blog every day for the entire month of October. (Did you notice that I said the ENTIRE month!?!)
Ok, are you done laughing yet so I can continue?
Seriously, I decided to join because I would like to be a more consistent blogger and think that this will be my "push" to reach that goal. I'm not promising anything, but I do think it will be fun to try.
Now, are you going to play along too? You don't have to post everyday, just read everyday. I do promise to try and make it either fun or interesting to read. I'm even tossing around a few giveaway ideas. Keep checking back to see what's happening and what you might win.
Happy October!
Ok, are you done laughing yet so I can continue?
Seriously, I decided to join because I would like to be a more consistent blogger and think that this will be my "push" to reach that goal. I'm not promising anything, but I do think it will be fun to try.
Now, are you going to play along too? You don't have to post everyday, just read everyday. I do promise to try and make it either fun or interesting to read. I'm even tossing around a few giveaway ideas. Keep checking back to see what's happening and what you might win.
Happy October!
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