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WIP Whatever…

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remember this stack of fabric i showed you sometime ago? lovely isn’t it? anyways, i was sent this fabric along with a pattern to sew up a quilt top for Karen from Venezie Designs for her shop.
the pattern I did was Chain Reaction from Cluck. Cluck Sew. so that pile of fabric turned into this quilt.

not the best pic but its set in a nice grey solid.

it was an easy pattern to make & i loved working with colors that i normally don’t work with.

thanks Karen for letting me be a part of your shop on the other side of the country.

my health still has been somewhat of an issue so i haven’t spent much time with my machine lately. i am planning on sitting down this evening to do some quilting.
wish me luck.
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WIP Whatever….

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you know that song from The Wizard of Oz….. ‘if I only had a brain’ yep that one. that has been my theme song since about the beginning of July. i have lost my mind & i am just about ready to give up looking for it. i know that i have several posts to get caught up on. the class with Tula Pink. shopping at Sisters. the quilt show itself. i know. i know. i need to find my mind. soon.
here are a couple of pics of my purchases at Sisters.
i am slightly impressed that the stacks are not of all green fabric. remember though i didn’t have my brain with me on this trip so that could explain the lack of green.
just a few shots of quilts that caught my eye from the show.
yes, i will be doing a whole post with more pics of quilts.
of course i couldn’t do a post & not include this one. Space Dust by Tula Pink. i have a million pics of it & the quilting on it. AMAZING to say the least.

i did sew this past week. in the class at Sister’s. i got two Cartwheel blocks done.
i am excited with how they turned out & i want nothing more then to finish up the rest of them. but, i have several other things to sew before i can get to that. i have a baby quilt to get cut out, sewin together, quilted and bound by this Saturday. i told you i lost my mind. i have a store sample that i am working on for someone that needs to get done ASAP. i have another project that i need to get back to. plus a million more other things. not to mention the fact that my health is not cooperating with me & i have made weekly trips out of town to the doc. maybe i will find my mind soon & i can get some of this stuff done.

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Not A WIP Wednesday Post

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this is a not WIP Wednesday post. sorry i don’t have the ‘whatever’ to get one together this evening. i thought about waiting until tomorrow but i have just decided to skip it all together this week. i am spent for the day & i am looking forward to a bowl of vanilla ice cream & my bed.

however, this past week something wonderful did happen. DMB kicked off their (way to short) summer concert season. they played 3 nights in Atlantic City this past weekend. the set lists from the shows were great & i am getting excited to see them at the Gorge in September.

i wasn’t in Atlantic City but i got this photo from thekey.xpn.org they have some great shots on their site from this past weekend.

before i leave you all i have one question for you. could someone please tell me where the 1st half of this year went?

i am at a loss with how quickly this year is going. next week this time i will be in Sisters Oregon for their quilt show. to me it seems like we just got done with winter.

please tell me i am not the only one feeling this way…….

family · WIP Wednesday

WIP Wednesday

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i was in Boise this past week hanging out with these two monsters.

i did take a couple projects to work on while i was there.

i finally finished block #5 on my Quilter’s Journey quilt. i have #6 ready to start stitching on.

i also got the templates cut out for the class i am taking in Sisters.

when i got home i had this nice little stack of fabric waiting for me. more about this later.

i have the final blocks of my Opening Day quilt ready to go. i need to get this finished up soon so i can move onto another project.

family · WIP Wednesday

WIP Wednesday

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wow, no post between my WIP Wednesday posts. i must have been busy. busy getting ready to be gone for a week. busy working at my job so that i am not to far behind when i get back home.

i have been in Boise since Sunday helping to take care of my 3 year old & 3 month old nieces. my SIL had to go back for that last week of school. Monday & Tuesday she did half days but today she will be gone a little longer. let me just say…… i don’t know how she does it. hats off to all of the moms out there. i think that you must be given extra energy & patience when you have a baby. taking care of kids is work & those moms who have a job outside of the home & have kids. amazing.

i didn’t get to spend anytime with my machine before i left so no new updates there. i did bring my hand project down & i have made some progress on it.

i am almost done with block #5. i just have to finish the string around the outside.

the other project that i brought with me is this fabric. i need to get the templates cut out & start cutting up the fabric. this is for the class that i am taking at Sister’s from Tula Pink in July. i thought it was fitting to use Prince Charming for a class from her.

its Wednesday & i will be heading home on Saturday. i don’t know what i was thinking when i brought both projects with me. the days have been flying by. i honestly don’t know how moms who have kids at home get all of their sewing done. i am sure that there is some secret to it that i don’t know. the only thing that i can think of is no sleep.

i hope that you are all making progress on whatever it is that you are working on.
family · WIP Wednesday

WIP Wednesday

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yes i know its Thursday & not Wednesday but Wednesday got interrupted by stuff. you can read more about it here. i am happy to report that i did not end up in the hospital or jail. the meeting this morning went well & the issue was resolved. i am frustrated by the way i was treated yesterday & that at the meeting this morning my dad was present & the individual was most agreeable and understanding. why are people like that? is it because i am a female in what use to be a man’s world? whatever the reason maybe it makes me mad. i am working my way through it with lots of ice cream and music. hahaha……

not much progress in the sewing area of my life this past week. my favorite two monsters came to town with their parents for the long weekend. i spent a lot of time with them.

how could i not?

i also spent one day of the long weekend on the couch with the stomach flu. major yuck.


i did get my tumblers all together & now i need to cut & sew on the boarder for it.

i also got a bee block done for a group that i am in.

i sewed up some pillowcases for some soldiers which i learned about over at Vicky’s blog LA Quilter. an amazing story about an amazing woman. if you have the time read it.


i also machine appliqued these heart blocks for a gal in our H2H group who has recently experienced a loss in her family.
a little progress on my Opening Day quilt but no pics of it.
i have a few days left at home & then i head to Boise to spend a week help taking care of my favorite monsters. i am really looking forward to spending time with them. who knows i might even have some time to hit a quilt store or 2 or 3……..
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fyi

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i know that today is Wednesday however my body is stuck either on Monday or Tuesday. today totally felt like a Monday so that is what i am going with. i had the best intention of getting my WIP Wednesday post up but my afternoon/evening took on a whole new direction.
my regular job got in the way. BIG TIME. i got home from work after running errands on the way home & then got the call. the call that pushed all of my wrong buttons & had me speaking in a very loud voice into my phone as i headed back to my car to go back to work. did you know anger is a very powerful emotion. i rediscovered that just this evening. i know i should do a better job at reacting to things because i can control how i react. but at this point i really don’t care. i am mad & upset by what happened. so upset that i am having ice cream for dinner.
we are meeting at 7:30 tomorrow morning to solve this issue. the other party involved had better see things through my eyes or tomorrow will be worse then today. my plan is to do my WIP Wednesday post tomorrow evening. if for some reason that doesn’t happen you know that things got ugly & that i am either recovering in the hospital or sitting in a jail cell.
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WIP Wednesday

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whew, what a week so far. i was down the 1st two days of the week with a bad back. headed back to work today & played catch-up. then raced home to catch the final Oprah show which was well worth the rush to see it.

in sewing land i did get 1 thing finished & i didn’t even use my machine. ha. can you believe it. i almost didn’t. for the last few years i have been entering the Sister’s Outdoor Quilt Show Block Challenge – say that 5 times fast. anyways, when i got the fabric it didn’t inspire me. i was sort of stuck as to what to do with it. then mama Denise took a look at it & said that she saw a butterfly.

i agreed & made this. all hand appliqued. those that know me might need revived right now. i am not a fan of applique in fact i call it the ‘A’ word. however, this small project was not to bad. mama Denise thinks she might have converted me to liking applique but i am still on the fence. a small project here or there i am okay with. a whole quilt is another issue.

i got the bazillion flying geese sewin together in their rows & two of the row attached to the side of my Opening Day quilt.
i have started on the next step for the final blocks for this quilt.
and because i wanted some no thinking required sewing i sewed together a few rows of my tumbler blocks as well.

now for the way cool, super exciting, over the top, fantabulous news……….

i am in love. head over heels in love. it arrived on my door step today & its a prince. bet you didn’t know you can order those online did you?

yep, Prince Charming arrived today. thank God for online fabric shops. i love you almost as much as i love this fabric. the fabric above will be turned into my bag for Sister’s this year. the top print is laminate & i am really looking forward to sewing with it.

don’t you just love the frog?

this box was also on my door step today & inside is some more………

Prince Charming by Tula Pink

yep, the whole line.

i could not resist. its bright, fun, whimsical, amazing, creative……….. its love.

i love the frog but i think this is my favorite print with the turtle, the bicycle, the rain drops & everything else that is in this print. Tula Pink knocked it out of the freakin park with this line of fabric. run don’t walk to your local quilt shops if they have this line. get online & start pushing buttons. seriously people this is a must have.

i am off to sew some hearts…….

H2H · http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post · WIP Wednesday

WIP Wednesday

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first some finishes from this past weekend of my mini quilt camp that i had at my house.

this was an i.o.u. quilt from this past Christmas for my dad. he is very happy to have it & he loves it. i was going to make it for a baby boy but since no one i know is having a boy my dad got it since he loves trucks & tractors as well.

i quilted & bound my 1st Hands 2 Help quilt.
this is a funny. Denise sewed right through the top of a flower pin. didn’t even break the needle.
this is the back of my 2nd Hands 2 Help quilt.
this one i sewed the top together, quilted it & bound it all in this past weekend. i also quilted & bound this quilt that i showed in the Blogger’s Quilt Festival over at Amy’s Creative Side.

i also worked on my flying geese. whew they are done now.

i laid them all out in rows.

now i am working on sewing those rows together.

i also laid out my tumblers for a quilt top to be sewin together.

but, at the top of the list is this project.

my block for the quilt block challenge at Sister’s.

“Would you not like to be sitting on top of the world with your legs hanging free”

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WIP Wednesday

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happy, happy, happy

thats me today. why you ask? because i am having a mini quilt camp at my house starting tomorrow. yep, 2 of my best quilting buds are coming over & camping out. well only one is staying at my place but the other will be here to sew & just go home to sleep in her own bed. i don’t blame her there. so we have our food all planned out & i have been rearranging the sewing cave to accommodate the 3 of us.

enough of that onto what i worked on this past week. i finally finished the applique on this truck & tractor quilt for my dad. i appliqued 16 wheels on & some of them were the nubby kind. but i got it done. it has been basted & is ready for quilting.

i am continuing to making progress on the flying geese.


i might get that top together over the next 4 days.

something else that i hope to get done is my block for the Sister’s quilt block challenge. for some insane reason i am drawing a blank on what to do with the fabric above. i am hoping that my quilting buddies will have some ideas.

i have my fabric all cut & ready for my 2nd H2H top. i will get that sewed up & ready to be quilted by this weekend. i have my 1st H2H top ready to be quilted as well.

i have to also share my latest & greatest purchase. its some of Ty’s fabric. need i say more? when i 1st saw it – it was love at 1st sight. but, i hadn’t bought any of it. until the Fat Quarter Shop put it on sale. can i just say that i love that place. like the majority of my fabric purchases lately i have no idea what i am going to do with it but i finally got some.

i will post some updates on our mini quilt camp. it will probably resemble a sweat shop instead of a camp but the end result will be the same.

“When I step into the light my eyes searching wildly”