Beautiful week with a major hitch!

The weather was just beautiful!!! Well after the cold snap we had... I think we are at about 5 winters so far:) Suppose to get another towards the end of the week:( Had a good downpour yesterday... 1/2 in:) Then sunshine:) Always an adventure!

Okay the hitch:( Dazi dropped 2 screws the week before but I did not know where they were from and all seemed to work well so just kept quilting:) Well Monday all went well but Tuesday afternoon she decided to act up big time!!! Would not pick up thread:( So Wednesday I called Nolting and they said the screws were from her hook assembly... where the bobbin goes:0 What???? So I am to retime her. Well had errands Thursday and Bee on Friday so just putzed and sewed a bit:) Saturday Hubby and I tried to retime... see that I said tried?  Multiple times:( Unfortunately we were unable to get her working correctly:( So I will call again on Monday.... might have to send her for a spa trip:( Which means I will be down for at least 2 weeks:(  I will still be able to get the show quilts and the graduation quilts done in time though:) Will let you know what goes on....

On the good news front.... the tile is FINALLY finished!!!! Yea!!!! I called Monday and let them have a few choice words and Wednesday the guys came and finished up... why do we have to always have to get mad before anything gets done? We are SO SO done with Home Depot!!! Their customer service is at the bottom of their list!

So with that we ordered our new cabinet that will lift up my Kitchen Aid mixer from Lowe's yesterday:) They also have the second cabinet in stock so will pick it up when the special order one comes in. I called the quartz people directly and I can get my top straight through them. YEA!!!! We also gathered information for new blinds:) I will pick one up Tuesday and have them cut it and then we will install in dining room... if we like them we will get 2 more for the living room. They are 2" wood look white cordless blinds:) Nice!!!

So I made this minkee/cuddle fabric quilt last weekend:) It's a Project Linus quilt.

Still have more fabric.....

Look more Spring in the Studio:) LOL!!! The pink Hyacinth is about finished but the blue is just starting:)

Got 3 more blocks made at Bee. Only have 2 more to sew:)

The kit is for all 12 blocks but I am making 2 chemo quilts so here is the first one in progress:) Just long sashing, cornerstones, and borders to add:)

I saw this again on facebook:) Wish I could find the design!!

Hope everyone has a sewterrific week!

Calendar says Spring is close.....but it is lying!!!!

 Hi All:)

Yes the calendar is wrong!!!! The trees and flowers have started to peek out but dang it another cold front is heading our way:( 24 tomorrow night and only up to 35:( UGH!!!!! And it has been dreary and rainy all week:(

The weather has been so miserable we didn't go to the Texas Stars  hockey game in Cedar Park last night. We take a lot of back roads and with the rain and fog there was no way we were going to attempt it:( So we watched  the Dallas Stars game on TV.... both teams did win:)

No tile guys showed up this week:( I am about at the point that it will never be finished:(

I did get some things done this week since I was home for most of it:)

I made another Minkee/cuddle and flannel Project Linus quilt:)

SO cute!!! I have another cut and ready to go.....

Finished up my Days of the Week Butterfly kitchen towels... they are being used:)

I have more towels about ready for embroidery... I need a cat set:) LOL!!!

Janice made this beautiful Bear quilt.

I custom quilted it... love how the tree came out!

And that cork look fabric is something else!!!

Here is the back... lots of filler around those bears!

Martha made this spring like Bargello quilt. Sure was nice to quilt on a dreary day!

I did a Featherization pantograph all over it in a light teal thread.

And it is reversible:) LOL!

I bought 2 of these Hyacinth plants last week and gave one to a good friend:) Mine is already starting to bloom:) Beautiful!!!!!

Just love having the pop of color against the gray skies!

So I got the pictures from my class downloaded finally....

It was a ton of fun and we should make it a monthly meeting:) LOL!!! They know they can call anytime:)

So home most of the week and have a quilt loaded for tomorrow and have Bee Friday:) 

SO everyone please stay warm and sew sew sew!!!!

VERY busy week!

Hi All,

Hope you had a wonderful week and stayed warm wherever you are! We were cold and damp most of the week...yesterday the sun was shining in all it's glory but the wind knocked us off our feet:(

So as the title states it was a VERY busy week! I only quilted on Monday... so here are those pictures:

Brenda made both of the quilts I quilted this week.

This is a very colorful one that I just looped all over.

The Halloween one I also just stippled all over.

This is for Margaret's Niece. Her sister started it... had all the blocks done and the fabrics bought and then passed away. It has sat in a box for 9 years and she decided I was the one to finish it for her:)

So I squared up the blocks and sewed on the sashings and the borders. I have the backing fabric ready to sew together and then it will go in line:)

This is the hankie I love the most! Victor passed away on the 10th... he was 102. His mom was my MIL BFF:) Such an awesome keepsake!

Here is one of the butterflies... she blanket stitched them on with precise little hand stitches. Felt like she starched the dickens out of them also:) Can't wait to quilt it... I see feathers!!!

So Tuesday night was Guild meeting night and I was the speaker:) 

I showed my quilt journey from the first to what I was working on... I only took 27 quilts:) I had more at home:) LOL!!!

This is me posing because I wouldn't stand still or be by the quilts:) LOL!!! Thank you Kathy for taking pictures!

Then on Wednesday I taught a class.... can't get the pictures downloaded for some reason so you may see them next week:)

Here is a closeup of the minky PL I made last weekend... will sew one again this afternoon:)

Bee was Friday and I thought I might have some nice left in me so I went:) I got this month's BOM from Zen Chic made and....

Got 2 more of the BOM for a chemo made. Also laughed a lot:)

Hubby and I went to Austin yesterday to pick up Bianca from her spa/surgery. These are the 2 sensors they replaced... the hook sensor and the other is the buttonhole sensor. I am beginning to think she is a $ pit:(

So while she was all fresh I stitched out a couple of hand towels. I changed bobbin thread brand and she does seem a bit happier... but we will see....

Did another one this morning.

So much quieter this week... I am home all but one day and the tile guy texted and he will be here one day this week:) YEA!!!

Forgot to post these.... Bonnie Hunter was in San Antonio teaching and saw this awesome machine:) LOVE IT!!!!

I am taking a class from her in April:)

Tile still not finished:(

Hi All,

Well the tile people have not come back to finish yet:( Haven't heard anything since Tuesday so will wait to see if I get a reply from the email I sent Friday...I really do not like working with contractors! If only we knew how to do the tile it would already be done! Glad we are building the island ourselves! Well except for the quartz top and it will just be a rectangle for them to glue down:) Yea! And the electric but we have a guy for that:)

So I did get some quilting done this past week:

This is Jill's Brimfield quilt. The circles are EPP.

She used Grunge as the background... still one of my favorites!

You can really see the quilting on the backing! Ruler and free hand:)

Cam made this for her sorority Sister.

Added more splashes of water:)

And curlz all around.... backing was white.

I was given a lot of the Minky/Cuddle fabrics since I had done quite a few machine embroidery projects with it so I had a rather large stash and wanted to clear some/all of it out.

So I cut 8" squares of flannel... washed... and the minky and then sewed it all together to make a rag quilt. I have enough cut to make another:)

Just wish I would of seen all the yellow in the corner:( Oh well it still hugs! Hubby is snipping the edges as I type:)

The center medallion is finished on LaPassion... only 16000+ more pieces:)

Oh  and we built this today.... a coffee station:) Saw one in the kitchen cabinet catalog that I was looking through and figured we could build one ourselves:) Yup a success!I measured, cut and glued, and hubby cut all the circles:) We are such a great team!

Busy week this week so may just get a quilt started. I am the presenter at our Guild Tuesday night and will teach a class on Wednesday. Then we have Bee on Friday... busy busy bee:) LOL!

Oh the weather has been wild! We were up to 86 degrees one day and then down to 50's the next day as the high:( Please make up your mind!!!

Enjoy your week! and keep them sewing machines going!!!!