Quiet Sunday

Today is a quiet day.  My son is on third shift so everyone is trying to keep quiet so he can sleep.  All I'm doing is watching videos (on the laptop) and laundry.  The two grandsons that live with us are at the sitter while their mom is at work.  When she gets out she will go to her mom's for a few hours so he can sleep.
I know how hard it is to sleep with everything going on during the summer as I was on third shift for 6 years.  You learn to run a fan or air conditioner for background noise.  I may cut out a quilt later, but a lot depends on the temperature.  If it is too hot than I don't like to be in the sewing room currently as my son has my fan.  Another week and then he rotates back to first or second. 
I have been doing some doodling.  I am working on quilting ideas for the various quilt tops that I need to get quilted.  I also have been taking pictures of items that I want to thread paint.  A couple pictures have some interesting aspects to them and may end up as quilting ideas.

It's been a long time

Wow!  Where has the time gone.  I hadn't realized that I hadn't sat and shared anything in quite some time.

We have had some health issues to deal with and are finally past most of them.  One I will live with most likely for the rest of my life.  I'm hoping that with the diet and other changes that I have made that I will not have to depend on medications for quite a while yet.  Time will tell.

I have slowly gotten back to sewing and quilting.  I took a class at one of the local quilt shops on thread painting.  I'm still working on the one we started.  I'm not sure that I will post a picture of the first one or not. I am working on other designs to do.

We did find a venue for our guild quilt show.  We had to change the date though.  It is now 6 weeks earlier than it has always been, so I am trying to finish up items for the show in all the hot muggy weather that we have had.  Today I'm watching some videos and working out a pattern for the 2nd place raffle quilt.  I may just make a table runner instead of a wall hanging.

I'm trying to get quilts done for all the grandchildren for Christmas.  Three are started and in various states of being done.  4 more to go.  I will try to post pictures as I finish them.  I  do have a top done from a class that I took in April. But with 6 grandsons and 1 granddaughter, I have a tendency to finish girly stuff before the boys. 

Finding Fabrics

We have been challenged in guild to make either an 18" x 24" quilt or  a 24" x 36" quilt to go in a gallon size ziplock bag to ride in the state police cars.  They will be handed to a child during a stressful time and the child will keep the quilt.  I have been looking thru my stash trying to put stuff together.  I don't have a lot of child type fabrics.  I have a bunch of solids that I may turn into a chevron type rainbow.   I thought that I could also do a disappearing 9 patch with all solids.   I'm hoping that with such a small size that I can get a couple done before Tuesday when we have guild. 
As for guild, we just found out that due to budget cuts we can no longer have our quilt show at the school.  We are searching for someplace to have our show in the fall.  We may have found something in a nearby hotel.  I just hope that it will accommodate all the quilts that we hang and still have room to walk around and see the vendors.  It looks to be an interesting year at guild.

Sewing Blocks

I have actually been sewing blocks.  We did a block exchange in guild and I decided to join late.  Like at the last month, since a few other people dropped out.  11 months to catch up and 1 month just like everyone else.  I did do it.  It took me an extra day but I managed to get all the blocks done and turned in a day late.  I wish that I had taken pictures of all the blocks that I did.  I received a set of blocks back and I'm short 2 from having a queen size quilt top.  I will take some pictures and post them later.  I'm not sure if I want to follow the pattern or set them in a different setting.  I will have to play and see.  More tomorrow as it is almost bedtime.

What a year!

A great many things have happened since I last wrote in my blog.  We have had a new grandson bringing our total up to 6 grandsons and 1 granddaughter.  During the summer we said goodbye to 2 of our cats and adopted my daughter's cat.  We also had to buy a new vehicle as his decided that it didn't need a hood or struts anymore. A friend lost her baby in the last days of her pregnancy.   In the fall we had 2 weddings and a vacation in Vermont.  One of my husband's coworkers 6 month old passed away from sids.  Now that winter is here we haven't slowed down yet as my father was diagnosed with prostate cancer.  He has had surgery and is doing very well.
While all of these things have been going on, I still run my daughter-in-law to work and may watch 2 of the grandsons.  Sewing has not been on my radar.  Computer time has not been on the horizon.
With that being said, I decided that this year is going to be different.  I have my sewing machine set up and I have started to sew again.  I also have set up my computer so that I can use it too.  I have gone back to using lists to get things done around the house and have added time in my day to sew and use the computer.
I will try to post more about what is going on in my little corner of the world.  Here's to a better 2013!

Stash Report

Not much sewing going on here lately.  I have been watching my granddaughter while my daughter's babysitter was in the hospital.  She is home finally and looking forward to babysitting again.  Now, one of the future daughter-in-law's is staying with us while they look for an apartment.  I hope to get some sewing in this week as I miss the time at my machine.  It seems to be meditative and calming, something that I need with 2 little boys around.  

I did meet up with a couple of the gals from my quilt guild and worked on some quilt of valor blocks.  I used some fabrics from my stash so I have something to report this week.

Used this Week:                    3.5 yards

Used year to Date:                 13.25 yards

Added this Week:                   0 yards

Added Year to Date:               13.0 yards

Net Used for 2012:                                .25 yards

To see what others have done with their stash go visit Judy L's site Patchwork Times.

Stash Report

I actually sat and sewed this week!   I completed a jelly roll 1600 top and I'm currently working on a table runner.  I'll post pictures tomorrow of what I'm working on.  Hopefully soon I will see more improvements in the used department.

Used this Week:                    6.5 yards

Used year to Date:                 9.75 yards

Added this Week:                   2.0 yards

Added Year to Date:               13.0 yards

Net Used for 2012:                                3.25 yards

To see what others have done with their stash go visit Judy L's site Patchwork Times.