Happy Easter 2017

Happy Easter!!!!Hope you re all having an eggcellent day!

Just the 2 of us and a nice quiet day of rest after the very busy week! I had lunch bunch, flooding, and Bee this week so wasn't home but 2 days.

Did get quilting done:)

This is Janice's friends Feathered Star quilt. Just a beautiful traditional quilt!!!

She wanted it custom and I did that for sure!!! It has the most bobbin thread in it ever... can you guess how many?

There were lots and lots of feathers involved... very traditional!

Even the 17 in borders had feathers and bead board to fill in.

The corner had the bead board effect.

Here is a great picture of the back where you can really see all the quilting!

A closeup of the feathered star... think you saw that last week:)

And the feather border.

Also the bead board corner. There 35 bobbins in it:) Yup that's a lot!!!

We had a torrential storm pass through Monday night... 5 and a half inches and I think 3 ended up in the studio:( We moved the smaller cabinets so we could vacuum up the water and then placed fans on the areas all day and overnight.

You can see the water stain on one of the bigger cabinets:(

It ran all the way down the wall and puddled at the end:( What a mess!!!!

The good news is the next day everything was dry and put back. Glad it doesn't happen that often!!!

Then I loaded one of Jean's quilts for a grand son.

She wanted the loop panto with gray thread.

Love the way it turned out! I have her other quilt loaded and started... you will see it next week!

This is the Lucy Boston Crosses quilt so far:) I have it all laid out and have began connecting the first row with those little 1 inch fussy cut squares... yup crazy:) haha!!!

Lisa made these for our Boutique at the quilt show this July and Rosemary bought me this one:) Too cute!!!! There should be more at the show in case you wish to buy a few:)

MIL went in the hospital on Thursday... yet another UTI and high blood sugar. She stayed until Saturday afternoon. So with Hubby and SIL there to get her out I had time to emb a few blocks for one of the grand daughters quilt.

Hope to get a few done each week and get it done before Christmas:)

Hope you all have an awesome week!!!

I will be home most of the week so should get a few things done:)

April is here with it's showers:)

We are to get a bunch of rain this week:) Which is good since everything is mowed and I have a new rain gauge:)

I worked on one quilt all week and I still need another day or 2 before it is done.

But I got a few of my projects worked on... mostly handwork:)

This is a wool cat kit I had bought at Houston:) TOO cute!!!

Here is a glimpse of the quilt I am working on..... yes VERY custom!!!

Okay so Pat says they only let me out of the asylum to go to Dallas with her:) haha!!! These are the cornerstones for the Lucy Boston Crosses quilt.

The fussy cat squares are an inch in size... my finger is big compared to it:) Just a few more elongated hexies in the muslin and I should be able to start stitching it together.. of course have none of the border pieces made yet.

A new project I have started... it is a map of the US for my grand daughter for Christmas. All the states are fused and cut... not one fabric has been used twice and there are still tons of scraps:) I just need background fabric and I can start putting it together:)

Not home much this week.... Lunch bunch, errand day and Bee.

Have a sewtastic week!!!

What a great way to end March!!!

Had SO SO much fun this weekend!!! We left... we meaning Pat and I.... Thursday late afternoon and headed to Dallas. Ran some errands and then visited with Lori Beth and her kids. Then pu dinner at House of Gyros... our favorite!!!.. and headed to Linda's house. Spent the night and we were all up early and headed to Canton for their First Monday Trade Days. I had never been, Pat hasn't been in 15 years and Linda goes every year but in Oct. What fun it was!!!!! Found all kinds of goodies I really needed:) haha!!! Here is a like to their website so you can check it out: http://www.firstmondaycanton.com/ . We probably only went through maybe half of it and it took 6 hours so you could see why people come for more then one day. The weather was perfect! Since it was on a Friday it wasn't that crowded and SO SO many things to see!!! Thinking hubby and I may be heading there in Oct also:) Think he would enjoy seeing all the stuff they have... new items to junk:) FUN!!!! Then we stopped for a few errands on the way back and  had a wonderful supper that Linda prepared:) and a good night sleep after playing a few rounds of Quiddler. Then off to Allen on Saturday morning for the Make a Blanket Day... we received about 70 blankets:) An awesome day!!!. Then home except for the scheduled stop at Braums for ice cream:) We had no rain all weekend but overnight we have had almost 2 inches! Wow!

So needless to say not much got done this week but these:

Peggy brought me this one from a Dr she volunteers with every week. Yes it is blue jean legs sewed together and then blanket stitched onto the background fabric that is jean looking but not actually.

I quilted large diamonds in the background and then went back and added the hot pink variegated lines. The striped legs for straight lies in blue and pink and the floral got a big flower quilted in it with blue thread.

Used the same fabric for front and back and also bound it.

Really a great art piece! I like when I get unusual things to quilt:)

My wool Kitty candle mat is all finished:) Have had the kit for probably 2+ years... but it's done:)

Think the rain has stopped so might be a sunny day soon:)

I am home all week so have a custom custom quilt loaded and will start it tomorrow... should get done by the end of the week:)

My knee did very well except for up and down hill so am contemplating walking again..... Will see how I feel in the morning:)

Have a super awesome week!!!!

End of March is fast approaching!

Hope everyone had a great week! Ours was finally uneventful:) No falls and no sick furbabies:) yea!!!

Did get to attend our grand daughters bday party at Chuck E Cheese... hubby and I are both ok to not go there again for many years!!! We should of gotten an I survived t shirt or button!!

I did get to go to Bee and will show you what I have been working on:)

So on with the pictures!

This is the only quilt I got finished this week.

This is Martha's mini churn dash quilt.

She had 110 mini churn dashes in it:)

Love the way the back looks:) She already has a bed for it and she was thinking of putting it in the show this July.

This what I am working on at Bee. The first 2 Bees I sewed the strip sets. This time I was able to sew all the light rows together. In between I pressed and cut:) Next time I will sew all the dark rows together. Seems to be a good thing to have a project just for Bee especially since I don't have much sewing time at home anymore.

Here is the corrected Lucy Boston Cross. Not my favorite but  it is the last one and I have been working on the 1 in squares for the 9 patches that will be the corner stones.

Will only be quilting 2 days this week as Pat and I are heading North to Dallas, Canton and Plano for a few days:) Fun girls getaway:) Yes I have already bought the wine:)

Hope you all have a great week!!!!

Happy Late St Patty's Day:)

Hello all:)

Busy week here this week..... KoKo was syringe fed all week:( UGH Not fun! But once her new food arrived that stopped:) She likes it much better and the others like it to so no conflicts in the morning:) She got her stitches removed yesterday and I was able to pu a bag of prescription dry and they all like ti also:) Of course the others will still have their food available in a place where she can not get to:)

She still takes 3 pills a day which she is not happy about but it will only be for another week and then maybe our lives can get back to normal?

My hand is definitely healing:) The bruising is only on the pinky now and  am able to bend it more everyday. The knee is also not as bruised but bending it or standing for any extended period of time is still painful:( But all in all a great improvement!

I did get some quilting done this week:)

My Project Linus Quilt is all done:)

Dot's challenge quilt She got way more pieces then I did in her kit!

She did a great job!

Pieced her backing since we could not buy anything:)

Ruth Ellen's challenge is great also!

Love Bow Ties!!!

Also pieced backing... Glad I am not judging the quilts!

#19 of the Lucy Boston blocks... only 1 more and then lots and I mean lots of filler blocks.

Brenda's grand daughter's first quilt.

She did a really great job!

Love the backing fabric!!!

Here is Missy KoKo:) If I fits I sits:)

Ok this is what happens when you are watching Victoria and didn't pay attention to what you were doing:) haha!!! Of course I had to unsew:( That is not fun as I am using a fine weight thread and small ladder stitches. The block its right now and will be getting it's muslin hexies attached today:)

I just thought you might like to see that not everything goes as planned:)

Hope you have a sew wonderful week! I am out more then in but am about 1/3 done on a quilt for the show in July for a customer... hope to be done this week:)

What a week!

Ok so not only was I recovering from my fall my kitty KoKo was at the vet everyday this past week:( She had stopped eating and was throwing up. Monday we went and they gave her a shot of nausea meds and antibiotics. Tuesday no better so she had xrays and bloodwork. They found a mass like item in her intestine, she stayed overnight with IV fluids. Wed she had ultrasound and exploratory surgery. They took 5 biopsies and sent off to Amarillo. Another overnight stay:( Doing better on Thursday but  by mid afternoon was running a fever so another night stay:( Friday she was doing much better! Her temp was normal and they were still syringe feeding her... she doesn't like her new food.... me either!..... The mass was on the outside of her intestines and was calcified fat, there was a string like object in her intestine... that was calcified fat string, her intestine walls were so coated that the food would just slide right through and no nutrients absorbed:( So I come home with my baby on Friday... I am syringe feeding her and giving her 2 different meds 2x a day and another once a day. Lots of fun!!!! NOT!!!!

Anyway it is all worth it esp when she curled up with me in bed Friday night:) We made a step ladder out of a trunk so she doesn't have to jump up and down so far with all her stitches:( She goes back in about a week to get them removed... Guess this is an on going adventure... it must of been brewing for sometime but I didn't pu on the symptoms as I thought is was Tobi causing the finds in the litter box.. poor guy was being blamed!The others are a bit confused that their dry food has been moved but are adjusting....

Now me... my hand is slowly healing... am hoping to be able to do ruler work later this week... if not I will just have to wait a bit longer.... I mostly quilted loop meander and stipple quilts this week and have 2 more I can do. The leg/knee has been more of a problem then I thought it would be... it is bruised all down my shin:( So no squatting or kneeling:( It has been a challenge but Hubby has been a great help!!!

So I would of been home all week but I was at the vet every day and I also had bee this week.. the vet said I could go:) Hubby visited her that day:)

 So this is what did get done:

Jill made a chemo quilt from one of the guild's kits.

I really liked the fabrics!

She pieced the backing and I did a gold loop meander all over:)

We are having a Project Linus challenge in our guild. We pu a kit of odds and ends and then add some to make a quilt. No buying allowed!

So I added the 2 emb blocks and Pat gave me the brown around animals, animal prints and the backing. It's not due till May but since I could I went ahead... the binding is on but not stitched down yet.

Pat made this for her grand daughter that is visiting next month.

Just a sweet little quilt with pink variegated loops.

Love the back!

Tula Pinks new line finally arrived at my house:) 

These are the last 2 BOM's.

A new customer made her first quilt and it is a t shirt quilt.

I finished it for her.

A nice variegated thread and stipple all over.

Here are all the BOM's on the design wall. Need to figure out if I like it or not:)

I have been working on another quilt but only at the bee... have all the rows sewn and now need to press and cut triangles out.

No Lucy Boston Cross finished this week... my hand can't that intricate stitching for long:( Maybe next week?

Enjoy the week! The weather has been beautiful until another cold front blew through last night:(

Cooler temps for a few days.