Okay, now it's catch up day.....Yesterday I had the day to myself. Hard to believe. So, I took the time and went downstairs and cut up fabrics into 10" squares to do a "Layer Cake" quilt. I found a couple really cool patterns and they look halfway easy. I need to do a few top for QOV, and I cut out the fabrics. I got 43 squares cut and ready to go. I also cut the fabrics into other squares, so I can try and sell them later. That money will go back into fabrics. I went through the stack of fabrics that Donna had and was able to find a lot of small pieces to work with.
These are the lighter fabrics. I took the darks out and washed them just now. (explanation coming) I got a lot done and was thrilled with how it went. I couldn't wait to get started, but then Patrick came home and I called it a day.
I got some good mail!
This pattern arrived! I'd been waiting on this pattern for over 4 months. I actually forgot about it, but when I was called saying it was in, I had to give her my information to get it!! I'm so happy to get this one!
Today -
Went to the funeral home to pick up my necklace. I order a necklace that has dad's thumb print and his name with his birth date. I had to shed a few tears. It turned out pretty good. I'm wearing it now.
Today was a day for Quilts of Valor in Olympia. I found out we are the only QOV group between Tukwila and Longview WA. We should get a group started down here, but I'm not going to do that. We talked about what was coming - and about the fabrics. Apparently some of our fabrics have been bleeding. The backings have to be washed before we send them to the quilters. They advised that we wash all our fabrics to get the bleeding out. Trouble is, bleeding sometimes keeps going on. So, I decided I would wash my fabrics - which I'm doing now - including the ones I cut. Not what I want to do, but needs to be done. If I have to cut my squares down to 9", I will.
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| Fabrics to wash! |
Stopped at moms and showed her the necklace. We had lunch and we made a few calls to get some more papers done on dad. It's starting to tire mom out with all these things coming up. She was a little emotional today, and I tried to keep it together but sometimes it didn't happen.
Came home and relaxed. Patrick came home about an hour later and we went to the casino. We are collecting the stuff they are giving out this month. Today was crock pots. So, now we have 2 new crock pots. Not sure what we'll do with them, may give them away as gifts. They were free, so we aren't too worried out it. They are 5 qt. We played for about 3 hours and came home.
So, the last couple days have been fun days. I've got a lot done and I'm excited about helping with the "Layer Cake Quilt" for QOV. I just hope the fabric that I washed will work out. I'm not too thrilled to know I have to iron it all once I'm done. Oh, well, that's what make it's Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!
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