A Day Of Quilting!

This morning, I actually slept in. I was surprised at how long I slept, but it felt good. 

Then I asked Patrick to heat up the fire downstairs. He had an appointment in Olympia this afternoon, and I decided since I don't go in with him, I would stay home and try to get a couple quilts done. 

First things first, I had to get this done. So, I added the white border when I was finished. I need to put the blue fabric with it, so they can use that for the binding. I think this gives me 5 quilt tops that need to be ready to be quilted. I will have to cut the batting and backing later. 

While I was ironing the top, I came to the table to get back to work, to find Sophie cleaning herself. UGH! Since I had to cut some fabric, I let her stay for a bit and then kicked her off my chair. 

Once that quilt was done, I needed to get back to this panel. So, I cut the strips for the borders. The stars were cut back down to 12 1/2." That was to make it easier for me. BUT I didn't have enough of the two-colored borders, so had to put more white in there than I wanted to. 

By the time Patrick came home around 4 pm, I had this much done. I need to cut the borders to size and add the stars to put it all together. Just looking at it this way, I think it's the size I need, but I may have to add another border if I come up short. I will try and work on it this weekend if I can. 

Miss Sophie made herself comfortable watching me. She was busy just before this. 

My table is a Kawala (sp) table. The place were the sewing machine sits, need to be replaced. The plastic around the wood, is cracked and broken. I really would like to get another table, but I am going to try and see if I can get the piece that lowers and raises the table. I need to get Patrick to help with get the right thing. 

After calling it done, came upstairs and worked on the salad for tomorrow. It's the pudding mix salad that has pineapple, banana, cherries, and Madeiran (sp) oranges.  It's Patrick's favorite. So, I made a double batch and split it in half so we keep one and take the other to my brothers in Vancouver. 

It turned our to be a great day to enjoy being Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!