A Day Of Sewing.....

Yep, I know - I don't sew! But I did today. I went downstairs and got the quilt ready to go to the quilters tomorrow.

I was having some help while I was cutting my quilt out.

I was cutting the one with stars. I wanted to have it cut and ready for when I felt like working on another quilt top. I will cut a few of them out for awhile.

I texted Patrick these three choices to see which ones he liked.

This one wasn't my favorite.

But this one is the one I liked and Patrick agreed. So, I worked on ironing the background fabric for the quilt I'm taking to the quilter - in between sewing these together.

I got a few of the rows done. I did sew the top two together. The next three rows are sewn together. I'll put them together tomorrow or Friday. Depends on how the day goes.

Then it was bowling time. I bowled a 171, 178, 180. I did drop a pin. The gal that was going to replace Fred can't replace him after all. She bowled today, but she won't be bowling with us after today. She got a job. So, we are back where we started from. Fred is thinking of bowling with his left hand. If he does that, it would work. It will take time to see if he does. We lost 3 games, and our handicap was higher than the other team. Go figure! They just did better then we did.

Tomorrow may or may not be Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

No Donations Were Made To Help Us

This morning I slept till 9 am because I didn't get to sleep till 3 am. It was awful.

I checked Facebook to see if donations were made to be matched....NOPE. So far my children where the only ones that donated. I told my son not to donate and if he really wanted to give me the money I would use it in the quilts I make. He said he would do that. We could have used the money in our group, but that's the way it goes. I may try to get donations later after the first of the year. Then again, I'm a little miffed my brother's didn't donate since I donated to their children's stuff. Oh, well. What we got I'm very thankful for!

I ran over to Judie's to get the backing and batting for 2 quilts. I have one ready to go to Bill, and I'll pick up the three as I drop off another one. I then went to Whalen Quilt Works and picked up 5 yards each of a blue and red. I needed that to do the quilt top I was thinking about yesterday.

Patrick and I decided I would do a row of red and a row of blue, doing the blocks as every other. I know that doesn't make sense but I know what I need to do. I have to measure the blocks, then I can cut the same size of the red and blue.

Came home and found out one of our military friends that lives in Olympia requested a quilt. I worked my magic to get it to our group. I want to honor him, as he served with my father. Of course, that made me very emotional today. I haven't been doing very good today, as the tears are coming all over again. ugh. I decided I'm going to work on another eagle for him. Mike needs an eagle like the one I did for dad. I can do this!!

I then sat down and worked on Kaatt's quilt. The Black and White quilt is getting done. I'm at the last few stitches! Then I will be doing the border and calling it done! I'm almost jumping for joy!! I really do want to get this done for Christmas now. I don't have much time, but if I keep doing the stitching at night, it will get done.

Mom called and said she's having a great time. She's been enjoying her visit. She bought herself a new laptop and a new phone. All expensive, but that's what she wanted.

I tried puff pastry again today....not so good, but I'm getting there and it's going to take time to figure them out. Once I do, then I think it will be awesome!! Can't wait to get the kinks out!!

Loving being Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!!

Another Monday.....Being Lazy

This morning I enjoyed laying around before getting moving. I didn't have much to do or lets just say, I wasn't planning on doing much.

So, I didn't do much. I played games for awhile. Then I got moving on my puff pastry before going downstairs to cut out another quilt top - that didn't last long. I cut out some of the pieces for a quilt, but then I cut the wrong size, and now I have to fix them by sewing a couple pieces together to make up for what I did wrong. That ticked me off, so I decided to give it up for today.

I sent Patrick these photos to see what he liked better for what I wanted to do. I decided I'm not making anymore blocks, so I have them set like this for a sashing. He told me he couldn't see the sashing - which is actually there. It's a lighter color.

He suggested a tan color, so I put my tan fabric out there, and I wasn't crazy about that one.

This didn't work out at all. 

Then I showed him what little I had of the blue, and he liked that better. Actually I do too. Trouble is, I don't have enough of that fabric, so I'm going to need to go buy some navy blue to finish this up. I decided to put the blue blocks in the middle - that would be 2 x 3, but a sashing there, and then put the three on the side with a block in the corner. After that, I'll border it again, maybe with a white strip and then blue again. That way it will be the size it needs to be for QOV. I really didn't want to do any more blocks for this. I think it will work out great. I can hope! So, next time I go out, I'll get 3 yards of fabric for it. 

Then I decided it was time to give it all a break and go back upstairs to quilt. I'm quilting on the black and white quilt, and it's really getting closer to being done. I don't have a long way to go. I'm thinking of the lines I'm going to do for the border. I need to get them close enough. 

Even though I was lazy, I did get a few things done. I'm looking forward to tomorrow in hopes of getting more money to our donation. 

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I'm still Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!!

It Turned Out To Be A Quiet Day

Today I was up early - as usual. Enjoyed the hour to myself before Sophie and Patrick woke up.

I went on to find some more QOV quilt patterns. Not like it's a special pattern, but I didn't want to try and design one myself. I may do that yet though. I found a few patterns that I really like. I will cut some fabrics and get them ready for sewing. I want to have a couple of them cut before I start.

Bill called to tell me all three quilts are done. I need to go get them. I also need to get the quilt top I finished ready to take to him. I will clean the back up a little and then get it ready to go. Called Judy and told her what I needed for a background, and batting. Now I just need to hear from Judy to find out when I can go get the fabric and batting.

The afternoon, I sat and worked on Katt's quilt. Guess I'm not as close to finishing it as I thought I was. I'm going to work on this all week, as I want to have it done for Christmas. She thinks it will be done by her Birthday.

At least I'm to the last corner. I'm getting there. This is where I am right now on this. I will try to finish the corner and get moving on the border.

Then it was time to go bowling. I bowled a 183, 195, 161. Kinda bombed the last game. At least my average stayed the same. I'm hoping next week I can get it up again. We lost 3 games. The other team just out bowled us all. The last game didn't help, I wasn't the only one that bombed that game. It was fun, and that's all that matters.

So, I'm keeping up with being Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!!

It's Saturday...Still No Shopping ....But A Movie

I was up and enjoying my games. Patrick stated we would be going to the movies around 11 am.

We headed out and stopped at Patrick's work to check on things. Then we went to the movies. Our movie was "Reckit Ralph goes Internet" and I really enjoyed that movie. It was a little better than the first one. I really did like the way it went.

After the movies, we headed to moms to clean out her deck. Patrick put the dead plants and pots in the back of the truck. I got her mail and cleaned out her refrigerator. I also picked up my black fabric she had. I bought a brand new bolt and she had already used some of the fabric. That's fine. Her white that we were supposed to share was taken to her quilter that does her basting. So, I won't get any of it. I paid for the black and she paid for the white. We were going to split them between us. Oh, well. I needed the black for the binding of this quilt, so brought it home.

Got home and we watched the news and the sad news of WSU getting beat. I really was hoping they could pull this out! UW isn't that good this year, so WSU got "screwed" yet again. UW always seems to kill WSU's dreams.

Sophie is trying to get rid of a cold. She's been sneezing for the last 24 hours. She's doing okay otherwise. She does want a lot of attention though. So, she sat in my lap for the past 2 hours while I played on my tablet.

Now I'm going to get moving on Katt's quilt. I have a lot more done.

I'm on the last corner. I hope to have that done tonight or tomorrow. Not sure if Patrick has plans for tomorrow, but I'm hoping I can sit and quilt before going bowling.

Looking forward to being busy quilting tonight. That will definitely keep me Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!!

Black Friday

It is Black Friday - and we didn't go anywhere! I hate long lines and crowds. I did black Friday before I married Patrick, and I couldn't understand why people got up at 4 am to go shopping to fight the crowds. I HATE crowds. I remember too many times getting lost in a crowd when we lived in Japan. I would get pushed and pinched. They would even pull my hair (I was blonde - now I'm white! lol ). So, I stay far, far away.

I went downstairs first thing this morning and finished stitching the quilt top I was working on. I don't have a photo because it was raining today. I will get a photo of it when the weather gets better.

This is the one I finished. It really looks good. Now I need to contact Judy to get the backing and batting to get it quilted. So, when I go pick up the quilts, I'll drop this off. I'm going to do another one, because I really do need more quilts done for our group.

We watched a couple movies. I quilted.

I turned it over to see how I was doing. The good news is that I'm close to finishing this! Well, not quiet, I still have to borders to do. But the center part is almost done. I'm actually trying to get it done for Christmas.

It's nice to know I'm that close to being done. I love this!

Poor Sophie - she hasn't been feeling good. She's been sneezing all day. She started up last night. So, the poor thing has been sleeping most of the day.

Love how she covers her eyes when she sleeps.

So, today has been one of those days....not doing much...at yet doing a lot! It keeps me Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

To all my friends and family HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Even if I don't know you, I wish you a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Today was the first Thanksgiving Patrick and I were alone. At second thought, it may be the second one. I think the first Thanksgiving alone we went to the casino for supper. I remember thinking it would have been better to have our turkey at home, for left overs. Now, I know what it's like with all the left overs. We have tons!

We cooked all the fixings. I got up early to do the stuffing because I forgot to prepare it yesterday. The day didn't start off right, because I almost burned our breakfast muffins. Let's just say they were a little darker than they should have been. Then when I was doing the stuffing, Patrick suggested I use English muffins instead biquits. I toasted them, and added them. Then realized I really don't like stuffing with bread....so I made sure I had more corn bread then muffins. It turned out better than I thought, but I won't do that again. Then Patrick thought he took out the giblets and heart, but actually took out the bag that was a gravy mix. So, the bag he needed to take out of the bird, was still in the bird. At least it was in the back end.

Over all it turned out a lot better then it would have the way the day was going. The food was good and I stuffed myself. Now I feel way too full.

While the day was going, we watched 2 movies and a few short stuff.

I worked on Katt's black and white quilt. I really am getting a lot done! It's coming along great!

When Katt called, she stated at this rate I will have it done by her Birthday (March). I said, "Yea, I think so." Now that I'm looking at it, I think I might actually have it done for Christmas. So, if she doesn't read this, she might be surprised at Christmas time.

TODAY IS A DAY OF FAMILY! My family called and we talked. Mom called to figure out how to get into my Ancesty account. They were sitting around and chatting. My older brother and mom wanted to compare family history.

TODAY IS THE DAY FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST TODAY AND THAT YOU WERE WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR A GOOD TIME!

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

The Day Before Thanksgiving

This morning I had therapy again. So, that was at 9:30 am. I was out the door early. After therapy, I went over to moms. I checked to make sure she had her ipad and phone in her bag. She didn't, so I had her put them in. I didn't want to have to send them to her. lol

I took off to Phillips afterward. From there I headed to Safeway....wow! NO parking, it was that busy. So, I parked over by the dentists office. It was okay, I needed the walk. All I needed was milk. I did pick up some orange rolls and heavy cream. Good part was getting out of there pretty fast, since I only had 3 items.

Came home and baked a lemon merange (sp?) pie. It didn't work out that well. I had too much going on at once. Oh, well. I ended up cleaning up the mess.

Today was our 36th Wedding Anniversary. Patrick came home early and gave me a beautiful necklace. I love it!! I gave him a Galaxy tablet just like mine. It turned out great. Then we went to Dairy Queen for supper, since the freeway was packed. We were going to go to the Outback, but neither one of us wanted to get stuck in the rush. It was just easier to go to Centralia.

Patrick worked on his tablet, has a few tricks that I didn't know. He's pretty good about that. He's happy with it. I played a few games while he was doing that.

Now I've got the quilt out and will put a few stitches in it. Really didn't do that much today. Wish I did, but can't say I did. I cleaned the house so that tomorrow won't be cleaning before eating. lol

I'm going back to being Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Tuesday Before Thanksgiving

Today I ended up going to moms. She wanted help with making her bed. The mattress is so heavy. I helped her. We even went to her quilt group so she could say goodbye for awhile. Since she's not coming back soon. We re-packed her suitcases (actually our suitcases she's borrowing). Amazing what all she's taking to my brothers. I said my goodbyes to her.

I have 2 Facebook accounts and posted the donation page. So, I have 2 of them open. I put $5 on one of them, and my kids shocked the crap out of me! My daughter donated $200, and that is awesome. So cool! I sent her a copy of the article on the group. She texted me and said it was a good article and she was proud of me. That touches my heart. Now she's donated to our group. How cool is that?!?

Mom was working on Katt's quilt today. I had to take a few photos. Katt is waiting on the white on white quilt that mom has for her. This is getting done first. She'd rather have the white on white lol.

Mom will have this done in no time. Funny part is that I think it's half done, but she's leaving it till she gets back. So, this won't get done till around Katt's Birthday.

When I got home I went to the bathroom to do my hair up, and had the water going. Lately it's a game for Sophie.

She's trying to figure out where the water is coming from.

Then she started playing with the water. I'll give her credit, water doesn't seem to bother her. I laugh every time we go through this. Then she gives me a bad look for turning it off. Once that happens she leaves. This from a cat that follows me everywhere.

I was able to get more quilting done last night. I'm happy to say, I made it to the side. Now I'm going back the other way. At this point, I'm 2/3's done with the quilt. I have one more corner to finish and then it's done. Except for the border. Katt wants me to just do straight lines in the border. I'll think about it.

I'm Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!!

It Was A Good Day

Today was a good day, all in all.

I started out by running just a little behind, but I made it to the Brazilian (BFF) embroidery group.

This is fun. The move I do the more I can't wait to finish it. 

After our group, I headed over to Faye's to drop off the quilt mom cut into a kit. I told her that way she didn't have to think about what she wanted to do next. So, if she wanted to work on something during the holidays, she didn't have to think about it, it's all right there for her. Told her no hurry. And there isn't. I'm working on stuff this holiday season because my family won't be around. That way those who have family don't have to worry about it. 

Came home and played a few games. 

Patrick brought the mail in, and this arrived. I'm looking forward to reading it!

I posted on Facebook our QOV fundraiser. I hope people wait till tomorrow, but if they don't that's okay too. This way we can start getting funds to help us out. We need money for the supplies. 

Tonight will be a night of quilting - again. I've been trying to get as much quilting on Katt's quilt as I can. Lately it's coming along pretty good. I really need to finish this and mail it to her. 

That makes me Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

Thursday - What Can I Say....What A Day!

This morning I was out the door about 5 mins after Patrick. I was at the therapists at 8 am. Much too early for my liking. The gal wanted me to show up at 7 am and I looked at her and asked if she was crazy! lol

Then I was off to my massage therapist and had a good neck message. Before I went there, I had a good hour and a half before my appointment. So, I was glad that I brought my embroidery. First I went to McDonald's to get breakfast (sausage bisquit and chocolate milk). Then I drove to the newspaper to pick up some more papers for the article they had of our QOV group. QOV article.
Then I went for the message to be an hour early. I sat in the car and worked on my embroidery. Then it was time to go in. I enjoyed the message. Then it was time to head over to the doctors.

I arrived at the doctors to end up waiting awhile before seeing the doctor. She took the stitches out and we talked about what I needed to do to see her in January. She's moving to Olympia. I told her she wasn't getting rid of me that easily and that I would see her in January up there. She copied my medication list and gave it to me. Told me to bring that and my lab results. Said I would see her then. I also gave her the newspaper because she doesn't get the paper and I wanted her to see what I do. She was so excited and went nuts over the quilts in the article. The online version only shows one of the 3 quilts.

Then it was off to moms. We called the IRS to find out why they were STILL holding mom's refund. Mom got upset and called our congresswoman. They are now working on it for us. Should be interesting. We also got her vacuum bag working to get rid of the air, so she could take a quilt with her that needs to be quilted. Worked great. Told her I wouldn't be there tomorrow, and she wasn't too happy about that. I'll go over on Monday before she leaves on Weds.

Came home and Patrick was right behind me. I got my QOV stuff done. Now I need to work on my Gunderson Water stuff. Seems like I'm doing more paperwork or other things lately. I'm getting a lot done, but at times it really doesn't seem like it. I sent a newspaper article to Ronald Champlain since he was the one in paper.

Note: Just noticed this wasn't published. Will post it, and get back to being Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!