BRRRR!!!!

I am not a big fan of 30 degree drops in temp! It was a lovely 85 on Thursday and then bam! 50 on Friday:( We had a light frost last night... Buster did decide to come in Friday night and had been in until I out him out for the afternoon today:) The sun is really nice for them to bask in! Bob is in the other chair:)

Busy quilting week:) Down to 10 to get done by Christmas:) That is doable!
On with the pics!

This is Dot's Ornament quilt:)

I have quilted one before but for Martha:)

Turned out so good! And it's fun to have to figure out what to quilt as you roll the quilt along:) Never a dull moment!

Love the way it turned out!

I have another Christmas one on the frame but am only halfway done with it so you will have to wait until next time to see it:)

2 more Bee blocks finished:)

Had Bee on Friday so I am now up to 30 blocks finished... only and I am saying that with sarcasm...50 more to go!

#2 Spargo bird is all done also:)

#3 will be done when I can figure out how to do the Buillion knot again:) Funny how you can forget things so quickly!!

Suppose to have a warm up and then another cool down this week... we fired up the heater and it still works but need to get the whole unit replaced before the year is over! It is probably 30 years or more old now... I know we have truly been lucky!I just hate to make the call but will and soon!

All the furbabies are doing well and so am I:)

Have a rgeat week!

Another cool front and we got rain:)

The front came through early this morning and we got an inch of rain:) Wash those pollens!!!

Have had the AC off most of the week with the windows open:) Yes pollen but live tv for kitties:) They just LOVE it!!!

Talking about Kitties... Buster is home:) The pound called me Monday morning and they had him. They had picked him up at Whataburger ... over 2.5 miles from the house???? We really think someone picked him up and took him. Hubby bailed him out:) There was a kid walking down the cement drainage ditch behind our house and Buster starting freaking out trying to find a place to hid:( Poor dude!!! He is staying ion the backyard all the time now:)

I got some quilting done even though I had one day less due to Hubby taking Monday off... yes he did have a great time at the NHRA drag races in Ennis:)

Here is what I got done:)

Ruth Ellen made this amazing quilt! The 3D effect is just something else!!!

She wanted lines on the bow... I kept the middle of the knot unquilted so it popped:)

Lots and lots of curlz!!!!

Margaret made this quilt with her scraps:)

Couldn't just do something simple all over so the ruler went to work:)

Love how it turned out!!!

Nancy made this log cabin for her Mom for Christmas:)

I did the Featherization panto all over in a cream thread:)

Love how it turned out!!!

I finished up the PL I was working on:) Just needs a back and finishing:)

Another Bee block embroidered.... thought I would never get done with all those hexies:)

Round 2 on Rosette #2... Round 3 is in the works:) Yes this one will be pinks:) 

I ordered a Jen Kingwell book and pattern... I really need more things to do:) haha!!!

More up and down weather this week and I am home 3 days so more quilting to be done:)

Thank you for all the prayers and emails about Buster:) It helped:)

Have an awesome week!!!

Love this cold front!!!

Do you believe it was in the 90's the last 2 days and the high today is in the low 70's??? Just amazing!!! Love having all the windows open! And so do all the furbabies! Live tv for them:)

This week went really fast... but then they do that right? Had Bee on Friday and got to make more of the shirt blocks.... it is slowly getting done:)

Today is an odd day in the Hubby went to the NHRA drag races with some friends and left at 5:30 and probably won't be back until 10ish... the odd thing is I have a whole day for me:) No feeling like I have to be sitting with him watching tv so I got to pick whatever I wanted to do:) So I sewed:) I know!!!! No quilting either! He took tomorrow off because he knew he will be wore out so no quilting tomorrow either but I will be with him:)

So what did I sew you ask? I have 2 kits sitting around that have been talking to me and I have played with them both but could not make heads or tails of either.... one is a Man Chemo kit and the other a boys PL kit. The man's chemo is a panel + lots of other fabrics... I played until I got this:

I have been wanting to try the window pane look:) Am happy with it and there was fabric for the backing and binding in the bag:) SCORE! All I added was the solid brown for the window. Oh and the binding is made:)

This is the PL one..... the person who donated the kit had the center block and one of the corner blocks made. I fill in the rest:) I only added the solid yellow around the blocks.  There was fabric for the backing... not sure about the binding fabric yet need to see what's left after the other top is made. There were scraps left and I have them on the design wall with kind of a plan:)

Sure is nice to just throw directions to the wind and play:) 

So I did get some quilting done this week:)

This is the second Jungle Animal quilt from CA:) Marlene made hers a bit different but still turned out just too cute!!!

Lots of quilting, fillers, and outlining.

She used minky on the back and it really worked well... the little dots pop wherever there is no quilting... I like the texture of that!

Elaine made this ABC Snowman quilt all in red work.

Just mostly outlining and snowflakes as the filler...

You can see the curlz from the border.

Here is the center of my next Millie block:) Fun huh???

And also another Bee block all stitched out:)

Not sure how much quilting will be done this week with hubby home one day and guild mtg one night....I know at least a bit:)

On a sad note:( Our eldest cat has gone missing:( He has been preferring to stay outside on the front porch lately but had been moving around a bit more... back yard and in MIL yard. He was home when I left for Bee at 8:45 on Friday morning... we haven't sen him since:( Buster has been on skin allergy meds and has a very rapid heart beat and is also deaf:( He will let anyone love on him so I am afraid either someone picked him up or he got chased by a dog? He is chipped and we have had no calls yet:( He is 13 years old. We are still hoping he will show up but everyday it becomes less sure:(Keep him in your prayers please:)

Hope you all have a great week!

Happy Fall Ya'll:)

We are having somewhat cooler temps... of course low 90's and upper 80's but still cooler esp in the mornings:) And the leaves are changing colors and falling off:) YEA!!! This is my favorite time of the year!!!

I am better this week... thank you to all of you wonderful friends that emailed me:) I felt the love and virtual hugs:) I watched  a ministers sermon that my second cousin posted on FB and came away with "the Gift is in the Grind":) In other words you have to put a bow on everything that is a grind... family, work ,commute, work associates... whatever you say... oh no she/he/it comes....Just think of it all as a gift that is part of the everyday grind. Seemed to help me in my mind set:) (if you google that you will find the sermon)

So my gift this week was to finish one awesome applique quilt and am almost finished with the next one:) I also had a great lunch with friends! Always so uplifting to laugh and hug friends!!!

Ok on with the show....

This quilt is from a new CA customer Judy. She and Marlene each made one... Marlene's is on  the frame.

Lots of outlining, swirls and then added features:)

Lots of fun!!!

Here is the backing... you actually see more of the quilting then of the backing fabric:) So I guess reversible? haha!!!

Rosette 1 of my Millie is all done:) yea!!!! 

I forgot to post a pic of my xstitch Cross all framed... so here she is!!! She is hanging by my clock and other crosses in the living room. Love how he framed and matted it!

These are my Bee embroidery blocks I am working on....it was a free pattern a few years back from Moda. I think there are 20 in all.... no hurry just something to do in between Millie and Sue Spargo Birds. I am almost finished with bird #2 just come picoke stitches on the beak and head feathers:)

Am definitely having fun with all 3 projects!

Hope ya'll have  a great week!

Sending everyone a great big hug:)

Happy October!!!!

Hard to believe the holiday season is swiftly approaching!!! At least we are having some cooler weather and even rain:) yea!

I had a customer ask me if I was getting burned out yet... I truthfully answered yes. It is like any thing that turns into a job instead of fun time all the time. The pressure to meet a quota to pay bills... esp the BCBS one:(  It seems that the insurance premium goes up every year and the quota goes up but the fun does not:( I know what you are all thinking... she is going to stop quilting for others soon... I plan to do this for as long as I am able to. I will stop when I don't feel like my quilting is good enough anymore.  Hopefully one day someone will find an insurance program or plan is more affordable. Mine is no longer available... I have had it for 6 years...so if I change withing BCBS I get a worse plan with higher deductible so I am in a catch 22 so to speak:(
I don't like Dr's as they always and I mean always find something wrong with me that essentially is just me. I am in tune to my body and pretty much know when I am overdoing or if something feels wrong. The only thing I really struggle with are allergies...  they are seasonal so no cure just making do. Yes I went to a Dr for them and no nothing they gave me helped... it is just a guessing game with them every season.
I am planning on taking an entire month off after the Christmas rush... no quilting even for me:) I think that might energize me:)
I do enjoy the quilting part of it all just not the business/quota part of it. So please keep sending those quilts... it just might take a bit longer but they will continue to be beautiful! I am not a machine but an artist:)

Ok enough of that! I always try to stay positive on here but I just wanted to put that out there so you know what I am struggling with right now..... Of course I could get into politics and the NFL but I think those subjects are pretty well covered with our lovely 24 hour news outlets! Oh and then there is family... yet another can of worms!!

Okay so I was home most of the week and did get some quilting done:) I have 18 on the list right now but I think I can get a few more squeezed in before Christmas esp ones that are just simple loops or meandering. I will also store your quilts for next year quilting:)

On with the fun:

First up is Dot's Friendship quilt. Her Friday group did exchange blocks with batik fabrics.

Had fun trying to quilt them all differently!

Her backing is an awesome use of leftovers!

This is also Dot's. It's a Christmas gift.

Just looped all over with a light grey thread.

She used Christmas fats all sewed together for the backing:)

Needed to get my 3 PL's quilted and out of here.

Pat picked out the backs... I quilted and trimmed... she will bind and get them to the kids:)

I just looped them all.

2 with pink and the last one with brown thread.

Like the backing on this one!

Might get to a boy?

Love this back also!

Elaine needed a baby quilt done rather quickly for a baby just born.

Just loops and hearts all over.

Sweet backing fabric.

My Millie only needs 2 more hexies and then I can start to sew the Rosette together and get started on number 2:)

I am still working on Sue Spargo birds... head aches have not helped with that at all:(

I am also working on a Bee embroidery quilt... have 2 blocks done.

Hope everyone has a great week!

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