Snowbound is a flimsy. After cleaning the house, I spent some time machine blanket-stitching the stars on the borders. I had the 2 side borders sewn on and then watched the Pens game w/Meg. Then I went back down and finished the last 2 sides.
Meg came down to see it. Both her and her Dad really like this quilt. They've actually come in and commented on it a couple of times in the last few days. (so weird)
Yep, that's Meghan! I think this picture shows the relief/joy (not in my getting the top done silly), but the fact that she's passed her first rotation/semester of Nursing School and only has one last final on Friday. She's done so well that she could fail the final and still pass. Not that she would ever think that way- she's still going over stuff and studying. She wants an A. But now that the pressure is off, for a few weeks anyway, I get my crazy, funny daughter back.
OK back to quilting stuff.
I pieced the backing for Snowbound last night and it's ready to go. I took on 7 table runners a couple weeks ago, only one had a request of before Christmas but I gave no guarantees. (this was right in the midst of my brother-in-law, Karl being hospitalized, and subsequently diagnosed with stomach cancer; sewing/quilting priorities flew right out the window).
Three of them were exactly the same, including the one with a deadline. So I got them all done over the weekend. Quilting a small fill design is hard work-I always forget that. I did my Swirly Feather-flowers, small.
She picked up the 3 last night and was really happy with them (yea).
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I put up the 12 inch Christmas Bl-a-day blocks up on the wall last night, just in a random sort of way and I think I'm going to like it.
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I bought a light green Christmas fabric that has a little gold metallic in it.
I'll have to audition it and think about sashing and borders perhaps-fun fun.
This is another thing I learned with the Block-a-Days. I'm really enjoying the process of putting the blocks together. It's a bit different than just reading the directions from a pattern.
Oh and one more non-quilting item.
Paul bought a snow blower!
We've always shoveled. I LIKE being out there shoveling, always have. And having 2 strapping sons willing to work for food helped a lot too. (yep, they've both moved out and I'm sure it had nothing to do with slave-labor chore issues.)
However, after last years blizzard
you remember.... Paul was stuck at Pitt and I had to shovel out. Well after it was over I said why don't you get a snowblower...for your birthday...
I know I'm like the best wife ever!! :)
Well, apparently there were a lot of other really nice wives out there and all the snowblowers in the tri-state area were gone.
I was quite amazed that when the snow started to fly last week, Paul actually remembered my offer from last year...
what could I do? I don't want to lose my nicest wife ever status. So he got one, sigh, another sign of our middle- agedness. And the 'wors-er' sign is we're both pretty excited about it.
I, however, have not gone and stood in the garage looking at it. I mean geeze, it's cold in there and the machine is ORANGE--yuck!
