pete's paintbox is done

it only took about 2 years...I had lost my original start so i started over again.. using the same fabric.  now i have to decide which block to do next.  in the morning i will dig out the tote with the dj's in it and go from there. the block has not been trimmed as of yet...that will wait for .
morning too.
ann

well I blew it

good greif...I didn't stick to much of anything since last month...andnow I am extremely busy
getting ready for a major road trip to Eagle Butte , S. D...Idid manage to finish a pair of bugandy
sox and am now working on another pair.  I have decided to try to chec in more often...maybe I
will stick to that.  Ann

I am going to think progress in march!

Life is busy and often frustrating...but I am going to keep thinking progress!  there is lots
to get done around here, and I will keep chipping away at it...I spent last year bogged down
worring about what needed done...self defeating.  this year I have been focusing on what is getting
done!  Even the baby steps add up suprisingly fast!  I am always suprised when I look back to see how much is done or well on the road to being done as I keep up with the baby steps. 

Off to get my day started...ann

the trouble with socks...

is that to be useful  YOU NEED TWO!  I am
pretty sure these are not going to match, I don't
think I have enough of the dusky pink to completly
finish the foot area. I thought I had plenty...Oh well, the foot area is covered by my shoes.  No I cannot
buy more...the yarn was handspun from a blend of
woll silk and mohair years ago.  It is a triple ply...and about a sport weight yarn.  I prefer wool
yarns in my walking socks.  Yes, year around.

MY quilting and sewing is bogged down, but not forgotten.  Life here is good.  have a great day
ann

finely I am sewing again

...how ever in a very disjointed manner, and i have to take the top left block apart...I obviously got it
wrong .  this is the 1st block in the civil war sampler
by barbara backman.  I am finely working on my Ohio crossing quilt once again.   Also decided to
work on the hearts and apron strings once again.
I am still missing the last rounds directions so,
I guess if they haven't surfaced by the time I get there I will design my own last round and end up having the quilt be my own adaption.  But at least I am once again sewing.
ann

Time to rethink old...

I have always thought of 70 as old...now as I am there I have to rethink
this abratary number

2 steps forward...3 backward

hmmmmmmmmmmm...its about time to turn that around.  sometimes my plans go haywire...that is my only excuse for the last couple of weeks.  on Monday I made a few small goals, today is friday and thanks to a stomach bug I sure haven't met them.  Most I haven't even started!  I feel much better today, so I hope I
will get some motavation to get moving! Like right NOW!  off to find the kitchen!
ann

still working on the center medalion

I sure am glad I don't have to finish this quilt with a deadline...also glad that i don't feel rushed or pressured.  I am truely enjoying the process.

once the center medalion is done...the next blocks are smaller and should not take so much time. no promises tho.  i will probably work on the tiny berries as i work on the smaller blocks.

hope you have fun quilting, or what ever your intrest is this week

ann

January 1, 2011

I don't believe it!  Where does the time go?  I have efectively lost over
a year and a half since my Larry died.  I have done some things...but, not all that I  planned to do.
I hope my goals will be reached this year and that I don't spend so much time just stareing into space!
it's time to get some order in my life, in my home, my yard and garden have all been neglected...its been
much harder than I expected.  2011 is when my goal is to find me!

Ann

8 YEARS ago I started this quilt and..........

put it in a box and forgot it...it's time now to do something with it.  I have changed how I am going to finish it.  The pattern called for a very heavy border...beautiful border but too heavy for the center of this quilt...so I am making more blocks and will make a narrow border.  I thin I need about
30 more blocks.
   I am still working on the garden of memories in the evening when i am not playing taxi etc.  (life does get in the way sometimes.)  I have also been quilting on auntie grace for a good friend...so slowly
things are coming together here.
    Have a blessed season
         ann

And now the feathers

The stems are all appliqued and the feathers are all basted and ready to go.  I think I am really going to like this quilt.  No telling how long this is going to take me...I figure the slowest step will be the 80
little berries that will go around the bottom stems!

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving...I  know I did!

Ann

Time to do the center medalion

I would have left this for last...but figure I would never make it!  I started this this week...you see the first set of bias stems...the circle is the accual center of the block. at this point I have all 4 bias sections pinned on.  the next step is to baste them down so they don't shift,then I can start appliqueing them down. (i also dont get stuck by about 100 pins as I do the hand work if I baste)  It's a good thing that there is no deadline on this quilt...no pressure.
it will be quite a while before you will see it again... this first step has to be accurate or the whole quilt will be whopper jawed so I will be taking my time.
  Thankyou to all of my friends that are encouraging
as I work on this.  It is basically evening work as I watch T.V. or listen to a book on CD.  If I bog down on the medalion I still have 11 of the 12" blocks to work on.
   now to get started on my day.
Ann

its monday and I managed to reach 2 out of my 5 goals

from last week...and here it is, the Apple glory block from Robert Callaham's Album of Memories. This block is the first one of 12 that I have done...it's accually not the first one in the pattern.
I will be doing it next...The center medalion.  Right
now I am laying out the first step  of the applique...no telling when I will get it done! 

Next weeks goals will be simple:

1. work on center medalion
2. work on grace frame quilting
3. sew about 15 min a day
4. Thank God for all my blessings

Have a great week!  Ann

Its thursday

Sometimes I wonder why I make goals...so often I never get them started let alone done.  On  Mondays
I try to set about 5 simple goals for the week...then I really mess up, ie life gets in the way.  this week has been no different...but instead of giving up and beating myself over the head with a fat quarter, I returned to
my list to work on my goals...they may not get done this week but, at some time they will get done...and I am making progress.  nothing I can show, but progress!
ann

If I ever get all the leaves on the apple block
this is the center medalion in the album of memories
quilt that I have started.  there are even 3 out of 4 feathers prepped and ready to go...the and scads of bias stems(already made) are the first peices to go on the medalion.  once I get the leaves mad on the
apple block I am ready to get started on the center!

Opps time to go get brandy

Have a great day!

Ann

i am back

well, I may not have done much but at least I have gotten this block well started...I only have about half the leaves to tack down.  while doing this i have also

gotten the center background on this quilt ready to go. It's not a race and thats a good thing.  I am so glad that I have had this quilt to work on as I  delt with other issues.  I am truely enjoying the process!

ann

slow but sure

but, at least I got something done.  I hope to get to the next step tonight.  I have gotten all the background parts for the center medalion of this quilt ready to assemble and all the sashing done on the pick and choose quilt...I am working on piecing the HST for the borders.  I am not going to get much more done this week...I am going to be gone for about 10 days starting next Tues.  My push now is getting ready for the trip.

I am looking for some small hand work to take with me.  I am not taking this quilt...I loose things too easily.  Maybe I will take a vacation from quilting?
ann

design wall monday sept 13, 2010

Once again a jumble....the missing left half of the wall holds the center of the Album of Memories that still needs more rail fences made so i can get it assembled. the half square triangle squares are part of the borders of the pick and choose quilt. I have many more to make and the outside sashing yet to put on. The upper right has the center square of the quilt in the picture to the left of it. the applique has been missing for 4 or 5 years.

I found it while sorting thru boxes, you know, the organization thing. I found the pattern insert, and the directions in another 2 boxes. I still have not found the directions to parts 4,5 and 6 of the hearts and apron strings quilt that is on the bottom left of this wall. I don't know if I will make any progress on any of these quilts this week, I am still canning.

my goals this week are simple:

1. Keep up with the canning

2. keep sorting and organizing the sewing room and stash area.

3. make 1 Crossing Ohio block

4. finish sashing the Pick and Choose quilt

5. thank God for all my blessings

Have a great week! ann

stash report Sept 12, 2010...and a start

not much of a start...but it's my beginning of the applique work for Robert Callaham's Album of Memories...its an act of faith...this will be a quilt! Accually, it will be the Apple Glory Block. I do have these 4 stems basted on...hopefully, I will have time to work on it this week. There is still a lot of canning to do and sometimes I am just too tired to sew at night. But this is a start!

I was bad since my last stash report...I bought two half yard cuts...one is a black that I am using in the center medalion in this quilt and the other a WOC for background piecing in this quilt so at least it wasn't buying for no reason so....... my stash report since my last one is:

Fabric purchased 1yd

Fabric used 0yds

Fabric purchased year to date 2yds

Fabric used year to date 37.75 yds

Net fabric used year to date 35.75

It sure is a good thing I am not in a race! I am enjoying the process even tho I am slow...

and no fabric is counted as used until the project is done...I change my mind too often to count it before then.

Time to fix some supper....Ann

19 done 23 to go...

I finely made my decison on how big and how to set my crossing Ohio quilt. It will be set with 1" sashings and with

corner stones to continue the crossing part. I finished cutting the red centers while Irene was here yesterday. There will be 42 blocks set 6x7...I aim for about one a week...but that doesn't always happen this week canning got in the way. I will be taking this off the wall this weekend now that I have the centers all cut. Yep, 42 different reds. I guess I am obsessive they are all numbered so I make the right number of blocks...I love those stickie things for that!

I probably won't get much quilting done this weekend...

still have tomatoes to can and grape jam to make. At least I know that I will be eating well this winter. I am going to try to get

the album of memories blocks all traced and the overlays made...or at least more of them ready. Still have backgrounds to make...lots of prep work on this quilt, but

well worth it! have a great week end, ann