From One Thing To Another

Today I was out the door by 9 am. Patrick wasn't doing well. I was a little worried about leaving him. I had to stop at a couple places and then make it to the grange. Colleen had a quilt for me, then I had to stop at Micheals for some floss. When I was done, Geralyn called to say McD's made a mistake and gave us sweet tea and could I pick up the other. So, I did. 

We sat and chatted for a while. Alice stopped in. We gave her the sweet tea. 

I took the panel apart where it was done wrong. Then I worked the word chart to find a couple rows were done wrong. So, I was putting in and taking out. I will fix my word chart later, so it doesn't happen again. I took it out at the noise area and did the rest while we were there. I had to leave early because of mom and Jo Pope coming over. 

Stopped and got mom so milk and lemon juice, dropped it off to find one of Phil's HS friends at moms. We chatted, then I had to head out and get gas before coming home. 

Arrived at home about 5 mins before Jo. She had 4 quilts completely finished. So, I wrote on the labels and have 7 quilts to take on Thursday next week. 

Picked this one up today. 

Jo made 2 of these and it's all hand quilted. 

This was done last week. 

The group quilt. 

Jo's quilt. 

And another of Jo's quilts. She picked up another panel and some fabric. Won't be long and she'll come for the backing and batting. 

After she left and I had Patrick settled back in bed, I watched "Vera," and played for a bit. Then I wanted to get some stitching in so I worked on the cross stitching. 

I didn't get a lot done, but I did get about 200 stitches in. I'm working on it. Today I was split three ways. I enjoyed working on them all. Plus was thrilled to get so many quilts that are ready for the museum. 

It makes thing easier to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

A Quiet Sunday With Projects

This morning, both Patrick and I slept in. We really didn't feel like getting up. 

Once the day got started, we did some cleaning. Then he went outside to relax on the deck while I beaded. 

 Another 3 rows were done. The noise is coming in nicely. I think it looks better with the photo then close up. It's coming alive and I do like it. Just wish some of the colors were different then they are. It's fun to work on this. 

Afterwards, I sat down to listen to my book some more and do cross stitching. 

I was able to roll it this time. I didn't get much done, but it's coming along. I'm not crazy about the colors on this either, but I hope wen the beads are added it will give it more color. All the empty spots are where bead will go. I have a lot of bead work to do on this one. 

I'm having some issues with QOV and will just try and relax. I'm not going to do anything about some of the issues that have come up. I will keep doing what we do, and let my ex-problem do what she wishes. I won't help after what she said to me. So, we move on. Hopefully my group will come to pull their wait as well. 

Today was worry free and Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Beading And Stitching

Today was a day where there were no plans. So, I enjoyed it by doing laundry and beading. 

I worked on Sophie today. It's coming along. I am at her noise now. This is coming along. Her body is coming to view as well. It's going to be fun. I did have a couple places where I had to replace a couple beads. I know which ones they are because of the glass. When one can see through the bead, then it's clear and that break very easily. I think I have a couple more in the piece that I will have to replace when I'm done with this. 

Then I plugged myself into listening to my books. Once I did that, I was stitching like crazy. 

I am getting farther along with this. It's fun to work on and I just keep going. I finished the step row I was working on and started the next one. I did about 700 stitches today. More than usual but I was having fun. 

I really should go down and get another quilt done, but not there yet. I also need to work on a few other things that I started and aren't done. Embroidery doesn't seem to be my thing right now. I do like what Helen did with her embroidery pieces. She put them into a wall hanging. It turned out great and it was voted best piece at the Seminar. 

At least I had a good day and was Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Genealogy, Movie And Stitching

 The first thing on my schedule for today was to go to my Physical Therapists for my ankle. Bob was poking and prodding. He gave me some exercises that I did there and then have to do again tonight. 

 Today was one of those days where Patrick wasn't feeling well and the house was quiet while he slept. I worked on my WHITE and ELDER family history, adding a few more names to the list. I did find that one of mom's second cousins, that she knew well, passed away on her birthday at the age of 92. I will have to tell her, but didn't want to today. 

Then Patrick was up and ready to go to the movies. We watched the Pixar movie of the boy going into space. I can't spell his name, so can't say what the movie name is. I really enjoyed it. It was fun to see. 

After that, came home and I did my exercises. Once that was done, I pulled out my cross stitch and worked on it. 

Since I only had an hour to work on it, there abouts, I didn't get very far. I'm in the upper left area now. I will try and get more done tomorrow. 

Chances are tomorrow my cousin Bryan will call and see how things are going. I will chat with him when he calls. We were at the movies when he called today. I do hope he calls tomorrow. We have a few things to chat about when it comes to family history. Plus, I need to work on his letters to help him get his time cut short, not that it's that much more. 

Life goes on, and I keep going. I feel like my body is starting to give up on me, but I'm going to get this crap over with and get back on track. It will take time, but guess what, I'm OLD! Or so they want me to believe. lol 

That's when I get lost in being Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

A Little Of This And That

This morning, I took my time getting ready for the day. I slept in for a while. 

The I went out and picked raspberries. I also got some asparagus for Phil.  I bagged up some raspberries and got ready to leave. I needed to go to moms and drop off a quilt. Plus pick up some blueberries my brother brought up for us. First things first, went to Phil's and gave him his stuff. Then went to the museum to let them know Mossyrock QOV is trying to get donations without saying who they are but QOV. A lot of veterans think it's our group. So, I let them know to tell everyone that we always use our name when asking for donations. Kristi is trying to "horn in" on our groups work. So, we need to fix that and fix it fast. 

My next stop was to moms. I dropped off the quilt, picked up some blueberries and then went to Taco Bell for some lunch. I wanted a taco. Forgot how much I like Taco Time so much better! Just wish we had one around here. 

Came home after. Then I worked on my cross stitching. 

This is coming along nicely. I'm finding I want to do more cross stitching lately. I worked up another set of steps. I'm at the top of that row of step. I wanted to roll it, but I can't just yet, I need to get more stitches in on the right side before I do. I will work on that. 

Tomorrow, I have to go to my PT on my ankle. I asked him if he got the report on my ankle and he said he didn't. So, I'm taking it tomorrow along with the ankle sleeve I was told to get. Hopefully this will help. Doctor said PT should help strengthen the ankle. 

As for today, I was Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Trip To Tahama

 Today was an all day thing with the burial services of my Uncle Bob. Robert Hellem Taylor was interned today at Tahoma National Cemetary where my father is buried. I said my wishes to my father and we came home. It took 1.5 hours to get there and 2.5 hours on the way home. 

Uncle Bob, may you RIP. 

Between Two Projects Today

The day started out slowly. We were without water later in the day. So, I couldn't do anything I wanted to that needed water. At least they were fixing the water pump of the community well. 

I played in the morning, then I went to work on my beading. 

I was happy to get back to my piece of Sophie. It's coming along great. I started out with adding the beads to the containers, that I needed. Then I put the first row in to then later take it out and redo the row. I had skipped a bead in the beginning area, about 20 beads in. So, I ended up taking it out all the way to the beginning where it was missing. After that, I was able to get a good 3 rows done. It felt good to work on it again. Her nose is starting to show. This is getting to be fun!

When I gave it a break from the beading, I went to the cross stitching. 

It's coming along nicely. I do like this piece and the step system is working great. Till I forget to stop after 10 stitches. lol I'm getting it done as I go. I will need to roll the bars here pretty soon. I just wanted to get the bottom done before I did. I don't think my daughter will care for this one, because it's purple. Will have to wait and see. I have a red one that I want to do and may do that next. I'm having too much fun getting back to cross stitching. 

I saw my results of the MRI and it does say I have a sprain. I will be talking to my doctor tomorrow to see what he wants me to do. Should be interesting!

Doesn't matter as long as I can be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Beading At BE And Stitching At Home

Today I was out the door by 9:15 to be waiting in line for Safeway. I bought some cheese, and the container lid was broken, so I showed it to the checkout person. She had someone go get another one, but they didn't have another one. So, she gave me $2 off. That took time, of course. Then I went to Rite Aid and waited in line there. The gal in front of me had to wait longer than me, I think. She kept looking around for someone to check on her. Took a while. Once she was done, then I went up there. Again, had to wait longer than I wanted to. Stopped to say hi at Phil's and give him a couple things. Then by the time I was on my way to the grange, there wasn't any time to stop and get something to drink. So, I ended up with the water I took out to the car. 

We chatted a while. Mom came too and worked on her half square triangles. She did it the old fashion way of marking everything. I worked on my beads, because I needed to get the ornaments ready for Christmas. I wanted to get the snowman for Phil done first. 

I am sure I got off, so I need to check this with my stuff and then cut the part where I screwed up and start from there. I think it's around the noise area. I will cut it apart and then go from there. 

Came home. Then I got started on working on the cross stitching. I listened to my book and got it close to finishing. I will now go and listen to the end of it and play more games. Once that's done, I can say today turned out to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Keeping Busy With Stitching

This morning was one of those mornings one doesn't want to get up because it rained all night. The shy was still dark, and sleep felt better. Yet instead of staying in bed, I got a call from Ron saying he was getting ready to move to Vancouver. I'm thrilled to hear that! He needs to be by his older son and not worry about the middle one. He was getting a few things out of the house and then they were moving to Vancouver. I told him to keep in touch. 

Then I helped Patrick with dehydrating his strawberries. Not something I would want, but he wanted to try them. I cut the rest of the strawberries and had them ready to go. They were going all day. 

I worked on my beads that came in yesterday. 

I had a couple for my Sophie piece and then I wondered what I was thinking when I order some of the others, because I had plenty in my boxes. I went ahead and added them to my supplies and then went to work on my cross-stitching. 

I pulled out the cross-stitch and between having to wear the heat mask for my eye, I would work on my stuff. The mask has to be on for 15 minutes, 5 times a day. I did the 5 times today but was short on the drops though. I forgot to put the drops in after one of the heating times. 

I finished the row I started yesterday and started the next row. I'm thinking I got about 500 stitches if not more in. It's coming along. The empty places is for the beads. So, the beads will be a LOT! I will be ready to add them. I can do that. I have the bead thread as well, so we are good. 

I pretty much listened to my books. I finished one and started another. It was nice to be able to work on my piece and listen to a book. I get lost in my own word and get a lot done. That's what it's all about, Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Quiet Saturday

Today was a nice day. We didn't do much really. I did get laundry going, play my games as usual. Then I decided to watch some TV and work on my cross-stitch project. 

I really didn't get a lot done, because we had to leave to go to Olympia for my MRI. That was scheduled for 6 pm. So, we went up there. Then it was 20 minutes under the machine on my right ankle. Once that was done, we came home. 

Since our shows were on tonight, I worked on my stitching and watched the shows. 

I was comparing my photos from yesterday and it really didn't look like I did a lot. I did get about 400-500 stitches in today. I was able to start on the next set of stair steps. There are a lot of spots where there isn't a stitch because that's where the beads go. I decided to wait till my stitching is done before adding the beads. There are a lot of beads on this one. The color is also different from the photo. I like the colors so far. It's not my "style" but it is fun to work with. It's getting done at this rate. One step at a time. 

My beads from High Street Beading Company arrived today. Funny part is, I didn't open the envelope to see what I had ordered. I will work on the beads tomorrow and get them where they need to be. 

It was nice to find the time to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

On A Roll........

This morning, I needed to get moving. I had to go to the bank, then see Phil, Colleen and then head to moms. I left around 9 am. First, I had to wait on the car in front of me at the bank. That person was doing business they should have gone into the bank for. After 10 minutes, I was able to leave for Phils. I dropped off some jam Patrick made and some fresh bread I made yesterday. Once we chatted, I went to Colleen's to drop off another quilt and then pick up a quilt. I ended up being there a good 45 mins. Mom called to see if I was still coming to the meeting and I told her I was on my way. Stopped to get tea and headed to her house. I ended up arriving at her place at about 10:45 am. UGH! I was going to square off her blocks, but she wanted me to take them home and work on them. 

 It's not like I need more to do. Anyway, I couldn't square them us, but at least they were already close to being squared up. So, I trimmed what I thought I needed and then laid it out on the floor. It's off center, so I'm going to have to try another design. AGAIN, not that I need something to do!!

My eye treatments arrived today. So, I had to heat up the eye patch and wear it for 15 minutes. I have done it 3 times so far. I does feel good, but I still have to use the eye drops as well. The one tonight is a gel that I sleep with. I will do that after I'm done playing on the tablet. 

Then I pulled out my cross stitch to work on. 

I was able to get about 300 stitches done tonight. It's coming along. I have a few places that I don't stitch in because the beads will go in those spots. I don't want to bead as I go. I'm going to do the beading last. I'm actually enjoying working on this. Who knows, at this rate it may get done before Christmas. 

I was running around most of the day. Even had to stop and get gas. Nancy looked pretty good considering she feel and ended up with stitches. We walked down the block and back, because her hip tightened up on her. I was able to show Georgie one of her quilts. And will all that I ended up doing and getting home to do more, I'm tired. I may not finish my book tonight and call it a night sooner than normal. All in all, I was just thrilled to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Getting A Few Things Done

Today was one of those days. I was in the mood to do a lot of stitching. I even made some bread for supper today. 

This morning, I went downstairs to finish the quilt top that was on the floor. My next quilt is the one on the wall that Ann started. 

Since I didn't need to do much but get the borders done, I worked on that. I'm glad I cut the border last time, so I didn't have to have a lot of work to do. I added the stars and then put it all together. I like how it came out. I then cut the batting and backing for it. I had to wash the backing twice because the blue dye was still coming out. I gave up after the second wash. I will take it into Colleen tomorrow. She has my other one finished. 

Then I came up and play my games. I found out I forgot about the war game this morning. Didn't matter too much because the one that did show up was the only one that showed. 

I worked on the bread and sat down to watch "Father Brown" and stitch. 

I was able to get about 500 or more stitches in today. I have my stair step going, so now it's just working my way up the next row of steps. I have quite a bit done today. The colors are different than I expected, but I can get used to them. Katt might not like the purple, but we will see. I do like how it's going. 

I spent the day enjoying my crafts. I even thought of the white-on-white quilt that needs to be quilted, but I'm going to hold off on that till it gets cooler. Plus, right now I need to work on my beading and my QOV stuff as well as this. It keeps me Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

One Heck Of A Day

This morning, I had to take Sophie to the vets. She wasn't too crazy about the idea. She cried halfway there. 

He kept her head down at the vets. When a dog whined while visiting with the vet, Sophie headed for the corner of her new crate. 

Poor thing wasn't happy. After we were done and on the way home, she didn't say a word. I stopped and got some strawberries for Patrick, and she still didn't complain. She was thrilled to get home again. 

Then after waiting an hour, we headed to Olympia for my eye appointment. I found out I have to heat my eye and put drops in at night as well as during the day. Hopefully it will get rid of what I have. I need to go back in 3 weeks. So, while Patrick was in urgent care for his finger (mallet finger), I ordered my stuff for my eye. It will be in on Friday and I can get started on fixing the problem. Patrick was a little longer than me at the urgent care. He had an x-ray and then went back in to find out it's a mallet finger. He has to keep a sprint on it for 6 weeks. 

We then headed to the casino and played till about 7 pm. We were doing okay, but we were able to play on what we took for about 4-5 hours. It turned out to be fun, and we stayed on one game for a long time. 

Came home and I worked on my cross stitch. I really want to work on this project. It's fun. I'm not crazy about the colors, but I am having fun working on it. I may get this done faster than the last one. lol 

I am getting closer to the stair step method now. I have it started and working up to get to the next area, then I can work my way back up again from the bottom. I was able to get a good 100 stitches if not more in tonight. 

Now my day is over and I'm about ready to call it a night. I will listen to my book and then go to sleep. I'm just glad I had the time to get a few stitching in on my piece, which always makes me Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Started Another Project

This morning, I was up and a little miffed with the neighbor cutting down a tree at 7:30 am. 

Patrick went to his meeting/coffee with his other management friends who are all retired. While he was gone, I went through my project bags and put away my BE floss. I didn't realize I had so much out and about. I added more to the bars and found that I had to add more bars to hold the floss. Now it's about to the point where I can only add one or two more bars. Then I wouldn't be able to fit anything else in there. 

Went to the mailbox to get my fabric for my cross stitching. I decided to cut the fabric in half and work with just half of it. I didn't need to have all that fabric when the piece was half the size. 

Next, I decided I wanted to do the stair step method, so I counted down from the middle to get it started there. Once I was able to do that, I was able to work the piece to get ready with the stair step method. 

I have a little more to do, then I will be able to continue with the stair step method. 

When I started to work on this, we had to take a break and go get my Santa Claus piece from the framers. I was shocked at all the green, but I do like it.

 Patrick put it up on the wall already. It turned out really pretty. 

I worked on the new piece most of the afternoon. I really like working on it, and it felt good to get back to cross stitching. I know when the beads come in, I will be back to working on the cat, but in the meantime, I will enjoy working on my cross stitch. Guess you can say, I'm Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

An Awesome Day With Awesome Friends

Before I start this - HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHRIS! Today is my brother's 70th birthday. I wish the best for him!

My day started with me heading out the door and getting a few things done before joining Sandy and Geralyn. First was Rite Aid, but what I needed wasn't ready so, I opted to go back after our meeting. Then I headed to the post office to drop off the family group sheets for Bryan. I need to send him a message that it's on the way. After that, went back to Micheals to find the DMC floss I needed. Of course, they were still out. I may have order online. Sandy said she could look at Acorn Threads in Portland if she goes. I sent her the number, but I think I may have to just order it online. I couldn't believe Amazon has it for $5.95. No way am I paying that for a skein of crappy floss. 

Arrived at the grange to find Geralyn already there and Sandy right behind me. We worked and chatted about everything!

I worked on the beads here. I am surprised at how much I am getting done. 

After the grange, I headed to Rite Aid but then Patrick suggested that I stop and get the car washed. So, I stopped at the Duck Wash now that it's open. I got the car vacuumed as well, but their vacuum wasn't that great.  Once that was done, went to Rite Aid and since Phil is right there, I stopped to say hi to him as well. We had a good chat.

Came home and played my games. Then I decided I wanted to finish this piece once and for all. 

I finally finished it. I put my name in the bottom of the bowl, but I'm not crazy about doing that. The bowl almost needs more to it. But then I'm finished with this and don't need to add more to it. 

My day was fun, and I enjoyed being at our meeting. I really had fun. Sandy will be headed to Seminar on Thursday. Can't wait to see what she's doing. I decided not to go, so I will just have to be here enjoying my time and working on being Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

Trip To Vancouver For Father's Day

 Today we spend the day down in Vancouver (WA) with my brother and his family. We took a fruit salad. Brother Patrick fixed ribs for supper with corn on the cob. Supper was awesome. We spend the day checking out his "new" place and walking around the yard seeing all the cleanup he's been doing. They have put a lot into the yard. The house will come next. 

Mom enjoyed her time with the new baby girl. This is the 13th great granddaughter who was born on the 13th of May. I believe her lucky number will be 13! 

We all sat and chatted in the back yard, then had supper. We then left around 6 pm and finally made it home by 8 pm after dropping mom off. 

I didn't find the time to work on my projects even though I took them along. I decided to just sit and enjoy my family. It went well. We had a good time, no arguments between my brother and me. So, life is good. We took some chairs with us but only needed to us one. The other 4 stayed in the car. 

Patrick messed up his finger and Nate told him he needed to go in and have it looked at. So, when I go for my eye appointment, he will go into Urgent Care to have it looked at. We will do that on Wednesday. 

It was a fun day, just not my day for Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Long Day - Looking For Something To Do

 It's been a long day. I played my game for a bit, then I wanted to find something to do. I had till 1 pm when the "war" game was on. 

I decided to put my beading stuff together. I laid everything out and thought I could do a row or two. OH NO! Not in my lifetime! I had to count the rows to make sure I was on track - that was. As it turned out, I was missing a bead. Not sure where the tube was or if I used that color for something else. I went looking in all my beads, digging for the beads I had for other stuff. Just not my luck today. 

Put my bead boxes in order and went through the beads by number. Put them in the holder (top right) and looked for the color I needed. NOPE! Still not there. So, I gave up. Then I went and ordered more beads. I had a list of beads I needed and ordered those. They didn't have 2 of the beads, so I ended up ordering them from another bead company. UGH! Now I have to wait about a week before I can set and add rows. 

Gave up on that and decided to start the puzzle. Just my luck that I have to wait for the fabric to come in on the cross stitch I want to do, now I have to wait on the beads before I can do that. Yep! My lucky day!

Decided that was enough for today and just went to play my games and watch TV. Our shows were on, so we watched those as well. 

As much as I wanted - It didn't turn out for me to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Power Out Yesterday - Trip To Olympia Today

Yesterday when I was ready to post my blog, we lost power. It was out for 6 hours due to a truck hitting the power pole. 

So, yesterday started out with me going to Dutch Brothers for tea and coffee. We had a presentation that went very well. The ones we honored were a lot of fun. We did have one guy that didn't show though. He will hopefully be there in July. 

Frederick Fuller    Army        1971 - 1078     

George Friedman   Air Force   1965 - 1969    

Edward Finley        Air Force    1965 - 1969   

Mark Zufall           Navy            1980 - 1986

Not in that order, but those are the gentlemen that we honored. Frederick Fuller is on the right and served in Vietnam. The others were during that time but didn't go into Vietnam. 

On my way home Debbie and I went to Burgerville to check on a day for fundraising. When the manager wasn't there, I headed to Safeway for chicken. We decided on fried chicken for supper. I also picked up some fruit for Father's Day at my brothers. I'm going to make a fruit salad. 

Then I was getting my cross stitch ready to work on and changed my mind. So, I took it off the frame and put it away. 

This was all ready to go. I took it apart. Then I went downstairs and pulled 3 others out for Patrick to look at. He picked the pattern and then ordered the fabric that goes with it. I had it in 28 ct. and he wanted it in 32 ct to keep it small. UGH

Today, I worked on the floss to go with the pattern. 

I have the beads and things that go with this. I worked on getting my floss for it. Even pulled out my favorite brand to match it with the DMC floss. I found that DMC is cheaper and isn't made as good as it used to be. So, I will go through and fix what colors I will be using with Madera floss. 

Then I headed over to the copy place and had the pattern copies - with bigger print so I can use it to mark up. Once that was done, I headed to Michaels and got all but 1 floss. The one I needed they were out of and so was I. I will check on it Monday. The fabric isn't due till Tuesday. I will hopefully be able to start it soon. 

Came home and headed out the door to Olympia. Had to see the oncologist for something and then we came home. 

Cousin Bryan called to chat. I have printed out the family tree for him. It's a good 176 pages. I will have to break it up into 3 or 4 envelopes to send to him. Oh, well. I will work on it tomorrow. 

Now I'm beat and calling it a night! At least I can pretend to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Casino Day And Quilt Labels

Today Patrick went golfing. While he was golfing, I was doing trips in town. First, I took the batting and quilt to the church for Rita. Next to Safeway because I had 2 free coupons that expired today. Next trip was to Phil's to drop a few things off. And lastly a trip to PUD to pay the bill for Gunderson. 

Once all that was done, came home and set a message to everyone letting them know about tomorrow. 

Patrick came in the door as I finished up with my email. Then we headed out to the casino, where we stayed till 5 pm. We were having fun and winning and losing. But we were having fun, so we decided to stay and play. Then we had a French Dip that we shared. It was really good. I like the fries as well. lol 

Came home and I played for a bit. Then I needed to get the quilts names on the labels. One quilt didn't have it, so I had to sew it on the back. 

The sew group did this one. It's really pretty. 

Debbie did this one. It's for a WSP officer who served in the military. I really like this. She made it for him because he's a friend. She has one more to make as well, since they both are getting a quilt next month.

I did one more, but didn't get a photo of it. I will try and remember before I leave tomorrow for our presentation. I have a few things I need to remember and hope I do!

I don't think that counts as being Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

A Little Of This, A Little Of That

Today, Patrick headed to play golf, and I went downstairs to work on the quilt on the floor. Mom came over about the time I was squaring up Georgie's blocks. 

Mom and I went through the stack of fabric for her to take some smaller pieces to cut for the variation 9-patch quilt. She likes that one and loves to do 9-patches. She also got some white and off-white fabric as well. I'm sure she will have a quilt in no time, just knowing her. 

I was thinking before she came that I would put a challenge to our group and have them help work on a quilt. I will have a box of strips and have them put 2 1/2" white squares on them, then cut it to 15". We can get a quilt out of them if enough members work on it. I'm going to get it ready for our meeting. Kind of like passing the box in quilt groups to get members to make a block. 

After mom left, I finished squaring off the blocks. 

I was able to sew the blocks together. They are far from perfect. But they are done and ready for the border. 

Then we had to head out to Olympia for my doctor "sports med" appointment. He was different. He seemed to talk to me through closed eyes. Almost like it hurt him to look at me. Just weird. He told me "It could be this but doesn't look like it. Or it could be this but again doesn't look like it." He did say a sprain could take up to 6-12 months to heal. I'm thinking that's what it was or is. So, I'm getting an MRI done and will go to a PT to strengthen the ankle. We'll see. 

Came home and went back downstairs to work on getting this quilt done. I have the quilt ready for the church and I'm giving them some batting we got from Ann. She will be happy we put it to good use. 

I have a bad habit of changing my original idea for these quilts! I was figuring the size as I was going thinking I was on top of it. Then I second guessed myself and added the red border. Come to find out, if I would have measured the star blocks, I would have been fine with the original idea. So, now it's a bit bigger than I planned for the border. Oh, well. I think it will look fine. Once I get the last 2 borders on, it will be done. I'm not adding another border to frame the star. At least it's the right size now either way. 

I will work on the panel on the wall after this one. We need more tops, and I needed to get back to making them. I will work on being Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

 

Worked On A Couple Things Today

Seems like I'm getting back to working on stuff. Geralyn called and asked if I wanted a ride to the grange. Told her I would, and we went to get iced tea at McD's. 

We then went to the grange and had a good visit, visiting all the way there and back too. She worked on her quilt, and I worked on my bonsai tree. 

I got a little ahead of myself. I was able to get this far and stopped. I thought it was close to time to leave - it wasn't. So, I added more. I thought I was in trouble because my beading thread wasn't in my bag. I took it out before going, thinking it was for the bead work I was working on, on Friday. Nope, it wasn't. I did find some white floss that would work with the beading needle and the best part is that the beads are bigger than what I usually work with. So, it worked out great. 

Since I was early, I went back to adding more beads. I'm getting closer. It wasn't easy getting around the hair. I'm going to end up doing that behind the lady as well. 

Before I even left for embroidery, I went downstairs and set up 2 quilt tops that should be quick and easy to do. 

I laid the blocks out and put up the panel on the board before leaving. 

Ann Busby started working on this one. So, I'm going to finish it as well. After I got home, I went down to look for some fabrics that might work other than what I put out for Patrick to look at. he liked my ideas and said he would go down with me to figure it out after we got back from the framers. 

I took the Santa I made to be professionally framed. Patrick and Connie (Taylor) where pulling things out that look good. I'm not that good at it, because I can't see the end result till after. Dennis (Taylor) who is framing it, will send an estimate, as Patrick asked for one. I hope it's not too expensive, but I think it needs to be done. 

Came back home, ate, and then went downstairs to figure out what I would do for both quilt tops. We talked about what I can do, which won't take a lot of time, and I can get them down sooner. 

Mary dropped off a quilt top at the grange and I'm going to take that to the church on Wednesday. The quilt I finished will go to Colleen. I warned her it may pucker a bit in the inside. I cut the backing and batting and washed the backing as well. So, 2 quilts tops are ready to be quilted. 

With all that happened today, it turned out as usual, Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

I Finished Another Quilt Top

Today, I was up and cleaning. Then I decided to go downstairs and work on the quilt top before we headed to the play in Centralia. 

I was able to get the center area almost done before we left at 1 pm. 

We went to Panda for supper. I got a birthday promotion that I used. We finally got back home around 5:30 pm.

I decided I wanted to keep the reds on one side and the blue on the other. So, when we got home, I went downstairs and worked on finishing this. First, I had to take out the 2 strips on the left because they were the wrong order. I was taking out a lot, partly because I don't like sewing, partly because I wasn't paying attention. Don't tell anyone, but I think the "not paying attention" is more like it. 

After 2 hours I finally finished it. It's okay. Patrick picked the yellow, but I think it's too bright. At this point I'm not going to argue and try to find another yellow less "in your face." it worked for what I did. 

I put a panel that Ann Busby started on the wall. I'm going to finish it and hopefully have another quilt ready for next month. We need tops and I'm going to have to make sure I work on a few. 

As HOT as it is today, it was cooler downstairs which made it easy to be Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

What A Day!

Today, of all days, was hot and awful!

I decided to get my tail moving and get some quilts done for QOV. It's time I got moving again and finished a couple tops. So, I headed downstairs. Before I did, I called Debbie to talk over all that is going on with our group. I filled her in on a few things and we talked about Kristi being head of Mossyrock. We are not going to do anything about it, nor will I help her after what she put me through and then called me a liar. So, it is what it is and I'm moving on as if nothing happened. 

This is the way I originally planned to have the quilt go. Now I am second guessing it. Patrick wonders why I didn't make the blocks bordered all the way around. I told him it would be way to wide, and I wanted to get it a connection idea. 

 

I had accidently had the block this way. Then after I looked at it on the camera, I am going to this design better than the top one. This way all the reds are on the left and the blue is on the right. Patrick likes the one above this, but I'm kind of going this way. I need to add more to the sides in the middle and then I will see where to go from there. Patrick thinks I need to add a solid color around it when I'm done. I'm not crazy about that idea, but then I'm not crazy about my idea either. I will have to think on this. Once I get the center part done, I can sew the pieces together. I really do want to get this done. 

Came upstairs and we watched an old movie. It had Jack Elim, James (from Rockford Files) in it. It was really good. "Support your Sheriff" which I saw when I was a teenager. I still love that movie!

I worked on a little bit of family history. I was able to check a few things out in findagrave.com. And now, I''m going to just sit and listen to my books while playing a game. 

It was busy, fun, and frustrating all in one day. But at least my day was Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

Quilting At Mom's

This morning, I collected everything I needed for mom's place. We were doing a Birthday lunch for Carmen. It's funny how that works. I had my Birthday last month and no one said a word. Then I get an email asking to bring stuff for her luncheon. Weird how that works. 

I gave Nancy the stuff she needed to do the certificates for our presentations. I hope it works out okay. 

I ended up ironing Ethel's quilt top that we need to get moving on. Mom didn't want to do it, of course. So, she had me do it. Now she needs to take it to Kathleen to be basted. She also wanted me to help her move the quilt on the frame. So, we rolled it so she could do the next "row" of quilting. 

Then I sat down to work on my earrings. I was wearing the ones I did yesterday, and no one said a word. 

As I work trying to figure out the next row after lunch, I found that I did 3 rows backwards. I need to take the top 3 rows off. I couldn't believe I had done that, but then under the circumstances, I can. I didn't want to do it, so I put it away and came home. 

I stopped and got Patrick and I a drink. Then I sat and played my games. I was tired of doing stuff for everyone else. 

As I came on to do my blog, I got a message from Cindy, our state coordinator, that Kristi is now the group leader for Mossyrock. That is going to be interesting. She threw such a fit with me and complained about everything, that I am wondering how that's going to work with QOV. I know she's going to cause problems for our group, but I will just do what I need to do and act as if she isn't here. All I can do. If I have to work with her again, I will tell Cindy flat out, it's not going to happen. 

At least I had part of the day to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!