Today

I work the afternoon shift at Hallmark.  

It's ornament debut weekend.  

Hopefully the hordes of collectors were in first thing this morning.

  

;)

I spent the morning making a simple table runner for my SIL.

18 x 94 -ruffle is about 8"

I used Osenburg fabric for it.  Now I will need to get some more to finish my new living room curtains--I cut it wrong which is why I used it for the runner..he he.

Just doing simple panels for my curtains, won't take long...famous last words.

  I finished the binding on Granny Squares.  It seems like I've been working on the binding for weeks, well I have because it's been mostly sitting on the back of a chair, not being worked on.  I have to do a label for it.  I was shocked that I didn't do one before I quilted it, but I was trying to get all the tops I had done before vacation and HQ went in to the spa. 

Um, yes, that will be my official excuse.  

63 x 84

I do love this quilt. 

and I started the machine blanket stitching on Autumn Gatherings. 

sigh...some days I just don't want to go anywhere. 

It's usually on days I have to.

Fun times, fun times.

Life is good!

Prelude to a 'happy dance'

A design wall.....

with blocks on it....

also known as: the light at the end of the basement renovation tunnel is getting brighter.

The blocks above are granny square blocks with signatures of my co-workers.  A comfort quilt gift for another co-worker who was injured in a car accident. 

It is all together now but I can't quilt it as my HQ's power pod went bad.  A new one is on the way.  My nice HQ  dealer let me finish a customer quilt (with a deadline) yesterday on one of their display models. 

Dangerous!

 It was lovely. 

I told my husband I'm now dreaming of 

He said: 'keep dreamin baby, keep dreamin...'

gotta love a guy with a sense of humor ;)

and since he didn't flat out nix the idea...I'll take that as a 'sure honey'

communication is the key to any good relationship you just have to know how these things work.

j/k  j/k hahhahaa

the light at the end of the tunnel

could be a little brighter....but we're getting there.

Paul painted all weekend-what a guy!  

I asked him on Saturday, "Do you want me to help or stay out of the way?" 

"stay out of here." he said with a smile.   

And so I did.  

The carpet is ordered, someone should be coming this morning to measure.  I picked a Berber that is called 'cinnamon'. If you look at it squinty eyed you can tell that it's the same colors at muddy dog paw prints.  It was the same criteria when I picked the kitchen floor tile years ago and I've never been sorry.  

*smile*

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And to prove that I have been doing a little sewing (more thinking about it than doing it) but still. Everywhere is blanket stitched and will be quilted when the room it done.  The color is a bit washed out.

6x19

I blanket stitched the Dresden block on the right and the pile of blades is for 4 more blocks.

I sewed one more granny square block together. The 2 piles of 2.5 inch squares above it, I cut out for a signature quilt I'm making for a girl I work with who is recuperating after a car accident.  I've cut out 2 x 6 centers for all the rest of us to sign.  I bought a bundle of April Cornell fabrics-it had a couple different lines in it but they all go together and it will be real pretty.

Oh and then last week another girl I work with broke her kneecap.  --oh man it hurts my knee just to think about it.

So I think I have enough fabric in the bundle to make a lap quilt for her too. She'll be off 6-8 weeks...of course that means I'm now working 5 days a week for a while....

It's all good.

  

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My dad, who is helping my brother with the work, is downstairs now. I can hear him muttering to himself measurements and then humming. (I guess while he's making cuts on the ceiling tile).  

  He was here a few days last week too.  He comes about a half hour early and has a cuppa coffee with me.  

It's nice.

Tom and Dad

Granny Squares

I'm having a good time working on these Granny square blocks.  So far I've been using white and white on white stash fabric.  I don't have much more and I still haven't decided how much bigger this will be.

On Easter my niece asked me if I'd make her a new quilt. 

(but of course!)

Sea foam green -to match her newly painted bedroom walls, I even got a the paint blotch from the paint can lid! Silver and White.  She's 14-I told her to give me a month or so...I shopped my stash and have a good silver and a good green batik, just not enough of either.  I already have plans to go to a quilt shop next Thursday so will start there-just love when it all falls in place like that.  I'm thinking something more modern for a cool young lady.

I have been doing some customer quilts and working on the Dresden plate blocks.  I never did get the little Peep mini made for this Easter.  It's on the back burner now.  

I'm working 4 days a week and enjoying the heck out of it but it sure has disrupted my sewing time.  

Design Wall Monday

Well I finally have some blocks done for the Scrappy Dresden's. These six are blanket-stitched.  I have them on the wall on point as I'm thinking about it as a layout....

Underneath the 2 blue blocks are actually going to be pillows to go with the quilt that is on HQ-it's a customer quilt.

The little green piece way down there on the right is the background for a little mini Easter quilt from Bloomin Minds that I hope to get done tomorrow, or Wen. or Thursday. :)

Here is what it will look like when I finish it.

Here's the other design wall with my four (so far) Granny Squares blocks.  I'm thinking I'll try to make one a day. I'm trying to just be scrappy without too much planning.

(9" finish Gr.Square blocks)

And here's a final picture of the primitive pinwheels. 

It's all done.

 I love it.

(11x12)

I'm linking up with Judy today.

Design Wall Monday

(60x84)

Well, bother, this is the same picture as before.  Honestly, I took an 'it's all together picture' and I must have deleted it...obviously it looks quite the same as this or I would have noticed it...right???? 

I do have to sew an 1/8 inch seam around the entire outside edge so it's ready for quilting. I plan on doing that today and then down it goes for a bit of rest before quilting.

Last night I did finally start making the blades for my Scrappy Dresden Plate blocks from Bunny Hill Designs.  Of course, I cut a bunch of 4 inch blades and then when I started sewing them together decided I wanted 5 inch blades so technically I've started but now I must re start!

I just found this tutorial here for a Granny Square block -using 2.5 inch squares (which are breeding like rabbits in my 2.5 inch drawer) --too graphic for Monday morning?  Perhaps.

I found this link from Denise in PA.  When I looked at the block all I saw was all those little triangles around the edges--yuck bias galore.  But the tutorial shows you use squares and then trim off--excellent.  

Well it's going to be a beautiful day here!  

I have so many things planned for today and tomorrow morning.  

I don't work again until tomorrow afternoon so I've crammed into this day and a half off enough stuff for a week.  

It ain't getting done while I'm on this computer...as we all know. 

And if I even pick up the 3rd book in the Hunger Game Trilogy I'm doomed.  I'm trying not to even look at it sitting there by my chair.....tempting me...

Toodles.