Shopping Today

Debbie and I left for Yelm to go shopping for fabrics that will work with the panels. 

We left around 10 am and were in Yelm by 10:45 am. We shopped for a while getting as much fabric as we could for the panels. It cost a lot to get what we needed. We are starting to run out of fabric that was donated. I did get a lot of yardages as well. Trouble with that is that the fabrics where $15 a yard. So, for what we bought, it too a good amount of money. 

We stopped at the museum to see how many quilts we have and to see if we could have a few panel quilts to give out in February. We are tight with that. I will need to get a couple more panels done in the next couple weeks. Then we stopped at Safeway. 

We were home by 1 pm. Then I went downstairs to put the fabric away and give Debbie 2 quilts to be quilted. I will get the other 4 ready tomorrow and try to finish the panel quilt I have on the wall. 

I pulled out the quilts ready to go to the museum and started putting names on the labels. 

This one will work for panels, so that gives us one more quilt for February. I just hope we can get 10 of them in time. 

This one can work too. That would get us 4 right now. I'm hoping there is another panel in the quilts I gave mom but betting not. I will need to make a few more to get there. 

This is the group quilt. I have the pillowcase for this one. 

I put names on 9 quilts today and have them ready to go to the museum for presentations. I will take them out when we do our presentation on the 8th. Which is this coming Thursday. I also need to schedule out meeting for the following Wednesday. 

Even though I wasn't actually doing quilting stuff, I was enjoying buy enough to be Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

Interesting Day!

We have now entered into the New Year! And I'm doing pretty good so far, let's see how long that lasts. 

Today, I got up shortly after Patrick headed out for golfing. Then I went downstairs to try and get another border on the quilt. 

I was able to get the 3 borders on - the one for the bottom is on the left. I will add that. Then I need to add a blue border on the last part. It will be about 5 or 6" to make it the size we need. I was listening to my book and sewing till Patrick got home. I found myself making a mistake, and at the point I called it done. Once I start with mistakes, it keeps going. It actually looks better in real life than it does in the photo. 

Tomorrow Debbie and I are going shopping for fabrics to go with this panel. We have 6 panels, and I have this one almost done. That leaves 5 more, and we don't have enough fabric to do them all. It's very hard to find the fabrics that go with this. I'm thinking if there is any of this fabric left, I will buy the bolt or what's on the bolt, just so we have enough. 

We headed up to Patrick's doctor appointment. I was going to meet with Sherry from Olympia. She had another quilt for me. We must have chatted for over an hour. When Patrick came out of the car (didn't see him get in it), and came towards us. He had been waiting on me for 30 minutes. I didn't see him get to the car. We laughed about it. Sherry and I chatted about everything! We get together and get caught up. Which takes forever! I found a couple of the women I knew at Stars and Strips have since passed away. Heard Judy's granddaughter passed away recently. She didn't know much about that. We had a long chat. Poor Patrick was getting cold in the car, so he popped out to let me know he was there. lol 

We then went to the Cedar Distillery in Ground Mound. To our shock, the menu was cut in half and the foods we liked to eat there, were gone. Patrick wanted to get the French Dip and I wanted the Chicken Fried Chicken, but both of those were off the menu. The main course only had about 9-12 items and 3-4 of them was salads. Plus, the prices were doubled. So, we left and explained to the waiters that we didn't find anything on the menu we wanted. They were nice and we were nice about it. Just said what we were hoping to get, that they didn't have. 

So, we ended up at Country Cousins in Centralia. I was really happy with the food. I remembered being unhappy with the food the last time, but they had Chicken Fried Steak, which I haven't had in a long time. So, I ordered it. Patrick decided he wanted eggs. When we were done, that meal cost us half of what we would have paid at Cedar's. I couldn't believe it. Plus, this food was perfect to me. Their menu changed but they kept the favorite foods everyone one likes to eat. Including me!

We came home and watched the Holiday Baking show (Great British), which I enjoy watching more than the American show. 

Sue called and we must have chatted 2 hours. She was in the hot tub and in a chatty mood. It worked out for us. Now it's time to call it a day. 

Interesting? You say. Yep, interesting in the way it worked out. Things could have been different. We enjoyed today, and it could have turned out completely differently. I'm just surprised at how well I handled the changes for today. 

Tomorrow we (Debbie and I) will be shopping. I hope to find a few minutes to a few hours to work on something, but time will tell. We have an hour drive to the shop. Then we may end up going even farther. Hard to say. AND I'm driving! 

Interesting because I found time for Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Today, another year has passed. We are now in 2026. Hopefully, life will be good and looking forward to having an awesome year ahead. 

Patrick went golfing while I stayed in bed. Then I was up and ready to get moving. I heated up the room downstairs, and I was ready to go. 

I want to have the 2 quilt tops done for Monday. I need to get moving on the panels. I received a pattern from QOV to use with our panels we ordered. I will do that next and it will give me another panel completed. Colleen wants 2 panels on Monday as well. 

I started putting this together. I had the two sides done and wanted to at least get the border done today. I also had my game at noon, so I had little time to goof around. 

I was able to get this far and then had to quit and finish the border on the other quilt I did a couple weeks ago. 

I was able to get this far before I headed upstairs to play my game. Once that was done - an hour later, I finished this top by adding the white on the bottom and top. I folded it up and have it ready for quilting, so I didn't get another photo when I finished it. 

I got to work on the QOV panel quilt when I finished that top. 

I realized I did the flying geese wrong with the red. I couldn't believe I messed up - but then again, I'm good at that. I tend to mess up and have to figure my next steps. I yelled at Patrick to come down and check our my mess up. We talked about it, and I'm going to put the geese in the corners as planned, using these geese with a red border. Then I can put a dark blue around that. I don't know how it will look, may have too much red, but I'm going with it. 

I checked with Debbie, because we need to go get more fabric for these panels. I will try and find a dark blue that will be close to what I have. I used what I could of it up. The red is almost done as well. I will be able to border it, but then there won't be much left of it. It will be close. I want it done for Monday, and we aren't going shopping till Saturday. In the meantime, I can finish this last border and go from there. 

When I realized I "screwed up," I decided to call it a day. I was able to get a lot done, so I'm not complaining I didn't get anywhere near being lazy. It was a good day for Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

Things To Do!

Yep, there are things to do. I should think about doing a resolution but yeah, that doesn't work. 

Today is New Years Eve. I think we are supposed to do something! I think we are supposed to stay up all night to bring in the New Year. I know everyone else is - but NOPE, not me. I pretty much did laundry and listened to my books. 

Patrick had golfing at 11:30 am today, so I was on my own. I did make a trip into town to see my son. Then came back home. Patrick's gift arrived at Phils today and I had to go get it. lol 

I know there are things to do. I know I need to get up and do them. Yet that didn't happen. So, here's what I need to do for the New Year - good luck if it gets done, but I have a long list I'm sure. Let's see what I come up with. 

• Panel quilts for QOV.  
• Cross Stitch Angel - that was started this summer. 
• Sophie beaded picture - which was started LAST YEAR!
• Ornaments for 2026
• Round Robin - That one has to get done, so really doesn't count. 
• Hummingbird (BE) embroidery - needs to be worked on a finished
• Baby block for Bob - again that one should be done soon, so probably doesn't count. 
• Family History entries
• Quilt that White on White quilt that's been ready for 15 years now. 

Now I need to really think on what I have that is in need of finishing. I know I have more. The last time I cleaned out my sewing room, I came up with at least 15 projects of quilting down there. I could list them but truthfully, it's been so long since I looked that I would forget most of them. I keep thinking of the quilt that mom and Vicki designed for Rainy Daze Quilt Group. That was over 20 years ago now, I believe. I as working on 2 of those. I have the flower one that everyone did a block for. Think I have one more block to work on then I need to put it all together. I'm sure I have more. I know I got rid of a couple of them but not near as much as I should have. OH! Let's not forget my patriotic quilt that I was working on or even the basket blocks that are half done. THEN there is the $400 quilt kit I bought and haven't touched! Man! Was I ever crazy to get that! When the heck am I going to find time to do it?! Let alone do it!! That was one of the craziest things I ever did! 

My Angel that I need to finish!! I really am about halfway on this. I seriously need to get back to it. I also have beading, which is my joy. So, why?, when I have the time, can't I think to do this or the beading. Instead, I sit and play games. I'm seriously crazy! 

Even Patrick made me laugh the other day. He told me I'm like a dog who goes after squirrels. Not getting one of them! Yep, that would be me. I see a squirrel and go that way, then another one shows up and I'm off chasing that one. OH! Look! There's a third one! Then I get behind or sidetracked.  Now what, let's see where this takes me, off to do something else. 

I have a mind of my own! I start something, try to put it away, and on the way, I find something else that needs to be done. So, I do that, but didn't make it to putting the first thing away. I come back later and figure out I didn't do what I was going to do and try again. Sometimes it gets done, sometimes, I get sidetracked yet again. OMG! You should see me when I have too much on my mind. I don't get anything done, just move it from one place to another because of those dang squirrels!! 

In otherwards, I tried to work on my genealogy today, but got sidetracked by QOV emails. Once I did that, I went back to the laundry. AT LEAST I CAN do laundry and get it put away!

Not my day for Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Back To Sewing Room

Today, I slept in. Patrick was up, but I didn't want to get up. 

I decided last night I would work on my panel quilts. So, I made sure I had the heater going down there. It was one of these foggy days, that make it cold all over. 

I wanted to do something different. I don't like sewing, but in this case, I needed to. I got some fabric out to go with the QOV panel we have. I had the "just right" color of blue, but not much. So, I cut the size I needed with a strip of 6" left over. Then I got to work on the flying geese pattern. I get 2 geese done at one time, which I like to do. I don't care for the ones you do one at a time and then waste fabric for. 

It took a few hours to get the geese done. There are 20 geese. I'm going to do a partial geese area. I will do another set of geese with the red. When I got all the geese done, I added the border. Remember, I need it to be 60 x 80" to have a quilt. I will be finishing that row of geese, then do another one with the red. I think. I'm doing this as I go. Seeing what I like and what I want to do. I don't have a lot of red, so I'm hoping I won't need it again. My problem is that I don't have any more of the blue. I will figure it out when I get there, I guess. 

I needed to finish the pillowcases that I was working on about 2 weeks ago. I finished them off, now I need to find the quilts they go with. That will be another project. Then again, I have about 7 quilts in my back room that need to be labeled with the names of who made them. UGH. 

At that point, I called it a day. I'm done. I at least took time and was Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

Back To Embroidery!

This morning, Patrick wasn't up to going golfing. His stomach was acting up. 

I headed to moms. I had to stop and drop off the round robin at the post office. Cost me about $8 to ship. Put it in the wrong envelope. lol Oh, well. 

As I was getting my drink at Dutch Brothers, mom called and I told her I was on my way. I arrived around 10 mins after 10 am. No one was there, but I knew Geralyn wasn't coming because her mother was in the hospital. She's a year older than mom. I called and let Kathleen Ament know we were now at moms every Monday. She said she will let her daughter know too. 

 Mom was getting this ready to bind and we checked to see who had made the top. Val put it together. So, I made sure the label was on it, so I could write who made it. 

Then I sat down to work on my stuff. 

I was able to get this far on the next applique dog. I will do the embroidery once I mark it for were to stitch. It should take me long to get this done. Once it's done, then I'm done with the project. That is the Friday group project and I'm not a member anymore. Nancy sent out an email to everyone but me to let them know she is having quilting at her house Friday. Georgie wanted to know if mom was okay with that. She told her she was. She's not ready to have it at her house right now. I told Georgia to go to see what they are going to do. The email said they would talk about where they were going from here. Should be interesting. Glad I'm not involved anymore. 

Mom and I went to Subway for lunch. Then I came home. Ethel had called and I decided to let them talk. So, I went home. 

Haven't done squat since I got home. lol But I did enjoy being Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

Quiet Day

This morning, we cleaned a few things. Then we went to the casino. 

While at the casino we got our "free gift" that was a makeshift Roomba vacuum cleaner. It was made by someone else. It was very light. We stayed and played for about 2 hours and came home. Then Patrick took the vacuum out of the box. He tried it on the carpet, then tried it on the floor. IT DIDN'T WORK! I got nothing! I'm shocked that the casino would get such a cheap gift! Bet they only paid $2 because it wasn't even worth that much!

Got home and watched the football games. Seahawks own! That's good news. Then I just played on the tablet and listened to my books. I didn't feel like doing much. 

Tomorrow is at moms for Brazilian Embroidery. So, we are good. I will work on the dog or the last round robin piece. I am going to mail the ones I did this last week. 

Below is the Bonsai tree that I did and gave to Phil and Emily. It's got some blue like areas because of Sandy trying to clean the spots in the linen. I believe those spots were natural, but she thought they were spots that needed cleaning. So, the fabric turned a little blue in the areas. Made it look like clouds, but that's what happens when they try to clean what I had already cleaned. It's okay, I'm just happy the whole piece wasn't ruined. I'm okay with it. I just hope Phil and Emily are too. 

So, instead of today, tomorrow should be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Finished

This morning, Patrick and I enjoyed sleeping in. 

Then we sat and watched some TV movies. I worked on my round robin. Once it was finished, I put the 2 round robin pieces in the mailing bag and have it ready to mail. WHICH MEANS, I forgot to take a photo, and I can't describe what I did. Even I don't have a photo of my work. I finished the piece below. It turned out pretty good, but I forgot that I needed to put green for the borders, and the last boarder where the needle is, was in red and yellow. 

We then went out to eat at The Outback. It was good and we brought some back home. So, we have more leftovers. Never fails.  

I worked on getting a few things done. I wanted to clean up my "in box" in the computer room. I got rid of a few things and I ended up putting a lot away, plus throwing stuff away. 

I have the beaded ornament pattern that I bought off Etsy. It one of the stars. It's a little different and it will work out great for Katt. I will try one soon. First, I need to finish the next and last round robin piece as well as the applique dog block for the baby quilt. It's going to be interesting as to who is going to put it all together. Who knows. I won't be going quilting anymore, so it will be fun to see. 

I was at least, Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

 

A Quiet Day

Christmas is over, and it was just the two of us today. 

We pretty much, just enjoyed the day and each other's company. I didn't work on anything.  I got lost in the shows Patrick and I were watching. Later in the day, I brought out my tablet and played. 

We did go through some patterns for star beaded ornaments and I ordered one from Etsy. It's pretty and I think Katt will like it. Patrick found one but it wasn't on sale anymore, just showed up in Pinterest. So, we weren't so lucky on that. I really liked it too. 

My stomach isn't back to normal, but that's been going on for about a week anyway. I'm trying to get comfortable again. When I do, I will be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Christmas Day! 

We had an awesome Christmas. One of the better ones in a long time. We started out with opening Katt's gift to us. We got a Rumba. She's getting us to do more electrical things. lol 

I got a zipper bag from Emily the day before - 

I love it!! I'm going to use it for my embroidery. 

I played a game yesterday and then had to go get mom around 1 pm. I was a little late, but oh well. I searched her suitcase thinking I put the necklace in there. She had cleaned it out, and it wasn't there. I'm still trying to think of where that necklace could be. 

Brought mom to the house. We visited for about 30 minutes and then it was time to eat. We had the best meal! I couldn't believe how EVERYTHING worked out. The food was awesome and even mom ate more than she usually does. We cleaned up, got leftovers for mom and us. It was fun. 

Then we sat and watched a Christmas movie "Father Christmas" that was on Netflix. I'm not the fond of the ones in it, but it was good. 

After the movie, Patrick took mom home. I was going to, but my IBS acted up and I couldn't leave. It's an hour thing. So, while Patrick was gone, I was in pain. lol 

We sat and enjoyed the quiet. No music, no TV. I played my games. Then we called it a night. It was the best Christmas we've had in over 8 years. 

It wasn't my time to enjoy Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Merry Christmas Eve!

This morning, I slept till 9 am. Patrick didn't go golfing like he said he would. So, I slept anyway. 

Got up and got a few things done. Started laundry. I wanted to get some of that done so I didn't have a lot to do after tomorrow. 

We went early to Safeway and everyone one was there! We didn't have to wait too long in line, but it was busy! We picked up a few things that were on sale that we needed. It was one of those things, we decided to get a few things in case this weekend was going to be bad weather. 

Came home and Phil asked to come over. He was trying to figure out how we were going to do Christmas this year. We were hoping to see Emily this year, but that wasn't to be. We did get to see him, and we opened gifts with him.  He got to see his gifts. Emily will get hers tomorrow. She made this really nice zipper bag for my crafts! I LOVE it! I can't wait to start using it. Since I need to get my embroidery organized that will be perfect to use! They also donated to the Chehalis food bank in our name. I love that! 

After he left, we heard from Susan and Dad. Patrick chatted with them and I listened. 

We cleaned up the table and have it set for tomorrow. I will pick mom up around 1 pm. We will have the table all set and ready. 

I didn't do much today, other than get ready for tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it. I love Christmas! Just wish more family was around to enjoy it more. 

Not my day for Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!