getting motivated

I started my day at 7:30 this morning by going to work. It never ceases to amaze me at how rude some people are. It is sunny and warm here today. Finally! I am having a hard time getting motivated to keep working on the baby quilt I am almost done with. The sun, breeze, cold drink and a good book keep calling to me. And I'm tired. I guess the quilt will win out. I can have it down to the binding in front of the tv tonight if I keep moving. So back at it.

updates

I can't belive how time flies. I got the baby quilt to the sandwich stage last weekend. Quilt and bind and it will be ready to reveal to the new parents. It's called Little Buggies by Michelle Crawford. I didn't have enough bug fabric but this worked. The bedroom is shared with a three year old brother who has a Buzz Lightyear theme from the movie Toy Story, for those with no kids in their lives.

We did find our vacation property. As a bonus to myself I am going to it next weekend and painting then hopefully starting to lay out the new flooring. After I get things cleaned up and installed I will have a wonderful place to go and quilt without being disturbed by pets for kids. I am looking so very forward to that day.

DD is going in for a new brace today. We'll see if it will support her ankle or not. Couldn't be any worse than the one the doctor ordered for her four months ago.

I will try to keep up with posting. It's hard to get too interested in computers when I am on them at work most of the day. But it is fun to show off so I will try to keep up. As far as the Bonnie Hunter quilt I stopped working on it to work on the baby quilt so now that I am done I need to get back in the groove of that quilt.
Till next time...

starting new

I am still cutting fabric for my Bonnie Hunter quilt. But a co worker and his wife are having a baby in June so I am switching gears to do a baby quilt. maybe then I can keep going on the other. We have been searching for vacation property but haven't quite found the "right one" So that is keeping me busy on weekends. But I must focus on the baby quilt. It is cute in the chosen fabric in the picture but I shopped my own stash for this one so I only have to shop in a store for part of the border. If it ever stops raining here I might be able to go outside and start to prepare my garden for the year. Back to the "cutting board"

How time flies!

After many weeks of not working on my quilt, I have started back in cutting fabrics. When you need over 1,200 little 2 inch squares it gets more difficult to keep going. I'd say I would keep working all three days of this weekend but a certain little girl keeps growing and needing longer dresses for school. Dress code requires below the knee dresses or skirts.  When that isn't the style it is hard to find. We were without a computer for several days last week. We upgraded our service and changed providers. For some reason that confused our router so we had to get a new one. Well I guess I had better get back to cutting. Since it won't cut itself. OOhhhh there's a new invention. Or has it already been created?? Till next time.

decisions, decisions

After spending alot of time looking at my fabric stash  and decided I would make bonnie's Nine in the Middle Quilt instead of the Happy Scrappy Irish. It is going to be alot of work but I'm sure I will like the outcome.                         

Organizing the chaos

Today I am cutting down a box of scraps that were gifted to me. It's amazing at just how long that can take.
I am using some of Bonnie Hunter's scrap system. I know many of her quilts take lots and lots of 2" squares so most of the scraps are going to the size. The larger pieces may stay as big scraps. Never know when that piece of fabric needs to be used in bigger size. Here is a picture of my cutting area with the fabric I am working on. It doesn't look like much but it seems like it when making those small squares. I already have a quilt in mind for them. The Scrappy Irish Chain. Only takes a little over 1,000 2" squares. Some in my family think I'm nuts for cutting fabric into little pieces only to sew it back together. But they won't turn down a quilt when completed. Guess I have to feed the little one. Seems she has to eat every day.

Ray Stevens - Come to the USA