soon to be a bathmat

well,its beginning to look like its going to turn
into something. hanging off the back ar a bunch
of leader enders. when i took this off the machine
to press the horizontal rows larry just shook his head. with the leader enders hanging off the
half done web it did look pretty strange.

three more rows and i will applque some feet on there...purple on this one, its for leah...then
an old towel for backing, just looks kinda strange
at this point. honest, it will be a bath mat!!

i have been unquilting the mess on auntie grace
for almost a week now. i sure hope i get it done
before big brother comes back from the shop...i would like to get my sister's choice quilted.
i guess every one took their machine in at the same time cause they told me it would be about 2 weeks till it was done, usually its about 3 days.

Larry is asleep, so its back downstairs to unquilt a while. ann

the year's first finish!!!

finely, i finished this X and O quilt , Hugs and kisses for Amanda, my grandaughter, It is 84"X104"...looks great in 30's fabric. now i have to find a box and get it in the mail. this one is done with each square in a different fabric. i am working on the border of a second one that is all scrappy. i accually took this off auntie grace on jan 2, 09 but couldn't decide how to bind it. i finely decided on random lengths of different 30's fabrics. at least now i know how i will bind the scrappy one.

i no more got the quilt labeled and washed and in the dryer
today, and my 16 year old DGS cme over and asked me to
teach him how to sew...what did he want to sew? first things first, he wanted to fix his jeans. first he got to sew just on 2 pieces of denim to get the feel of the machine, then, we found a piece of denim that came close to matching i helped him cut and pin the patch, and had him sew it on. frankly chase did a great job and says he would like to make something i told him to decide what and i would help him.

its sunday so it is time for my fabric report...my fabric usage goal for the year
is 100 yards

i added no fabric this week total added for year is 0 yds.
i busted 12.8 yds this week, making my year to date total 12.8 yds

i may not have a bust for the next couple of weeks unless i do some small projects
on my sewing machine...my brother that i use on auntie grace is in the shop for
service. infact i have about 20 X 104 to unquilt the quilt that is on the frame
right now. hopefully i will be done taking the nasty quilting out before big
brother comes home. back to piecing. ann

starting the new year

i know its after the first, but it's time to start tracking for the new year...i did not track
last year larry's illness devistated me and i just survived. i have adjusted now and hope to keep
myself on track. primarily i am his caregiver and his chearing section. we have decided to live each day as it comes...no fears of the what ifs.

here are my year to date totals...my goal is to bust 100 yards of stash...oh my, i will try to do a weekly up date on this goal.

FABRIC USAGE GOAL 100 YARDS!!!

Fabric added this week 00 yds
Fabric added this month 00 yds
Fabric added year to date 00 yds

Fabric busted this week 00 yds
Fabric busted this month 00 yds
Fabric busted year to date 00 yds

Net busted Year to date 00 yds

Estimated Fabric on hand Jan 1, 2009 3,325 yds
donated Jan 2, aprox 18 yds (poly)

i at this time am going to post in my blog rather than in my side bar. i hope to get
the side bar updated this week.

ann

it's a new year!!!

and yes i have goals...the main one is to get the ironing caught up so i can see what i have!!
i also would like to get 12 UFO's done...like done done, label and all. i am going to try to
get my start to finsh quilts done done also. i am not saying i won't start a quilt before i have a finish, just saying i am going to keep what i start current.

since i work on more than one project at a time, hopefully i can keep things moving.

i always sound so ambitious on new years day so this year i decided to keep it simple and
just maybe i can follow thru.

i will be updating my side bar thru the month of january so i can keep better track. the hard thingwill probably be finding all my ufo's and listing them.

time to do house stuff

ann

it's already the 16th!

i dont know where the time goes...its been a while since i have posted.
life here has gotten away from me. i am seriously working on dd leahs friends wedding
siggy quilt...the peices are beginning to fill up te design wall. its a chinese coin. i hope jessica likes it when i am done. once i get all the peices cut and arranged the piecing should go fast.
this quilt is definately scrappy and out of my my stash. it does take time going thru all the scraps, but is working out. i am beginning to really like it!



i have the picture on its side and haven't quite
figured how to turn it at this point so please bear
with me...the grace ends should be on the bottom....

i have auntie grace just about ready to turn the quilt that is on it...its too big to not turn cause
i have a 9" harp on my brother...not quite a long arm should get that quilt turned tomarrow morning...

i also got the sisters choice top done, now to make the backing. there is always something
ready to do when you are a quilter!

ann

seths quilt is finely done done!

done label and all! i really bogged down when it came to the label...just couldn't seem to get to it.

hope it doesn't take me that long to get it packaged and mailed. now i will concentrate on

getting the borders made and on my sisters choice quilt.

i have a X&O quilt on auntie grace, i had major problems with it this morning...what took me

about 15 min to put in took almost an hour to take out...i have recleaned the machine, changed

needles, adjusted tensions and walked away. if its not straightened out (i will try again later)

the machine goes for repair tomarrow. sure hope i got it right, i don't want to be machineless

for a week or more.

its a good thing that we decided nothing quilted was going to be made for Christmas!

ann

some day

slowly but surely, dj is getting done. i hope to
get another block or 2 done within the next week or so...

i am ready to bind seths baby quilt, well about.
i still have to make the binding. i think its going to be cute. will post a picture when it is done.

i feel like i am gaining on my quilting. i am
putting a large 90 x 104 X and O quilt on
auntie grace, have the blue pinwheel ready and backing made. the ironing still doesn't look like
i have done any, it was a huge mountain but,
i know i have made progress.

life here goes on.
ann