I have started a new project!

Yes, one more thing to make me crazy. It is a "one a day quilt along" started by Amanda Jean at (love the name) Crazy Mom Quilts. It is a simple nine patch, so it should be very doable. I have chosen to go rather bright and purple of course. I completed my first one last night.

I have the colors picked out for the next two, so hopefully I can keep up and still get a million other things done.

I have also finished block number 5 of A Christmas Wish from Gail Pan Designs . I am over half way done. I love the blocks and should have plenty of time to finish before Christmas. She says with a little too much confidence. Well at least all gifts that need to go with me on our visit to the relatives in July will be completed by then, so my chances will increase.

Anyway, I really like her designs. I have a pile of magazines with her various projects marked with post-its and one of them is even traced. I just need to be a little happier with my fabric choices.

For now I must turn into super homeschool mom and the white tornado at the same time so that I can get busy on all these uncountable projects later this afternoon. Hopefully I will have more pictures later. Think positive right? Right!!!!!

I have caught up on Harmony Village!!

Yes, I am up to date on one of my many BOMs. One down --I have lost count on however many to go. So, here are my windmills, falling leaves and tulips.

Now I must get busy on all the others. Block 5 of Gail Pan's Christmas Wish is traced and ready to stitch, so hopefully I will have that done shortly. Must finish Moms this month too. OK, my goals are set. I must sew up a storm. A-

Where did April go?

Wow! It is May, so I guess I had better get busy and update all my April blocks. I still have not finished them all but, I am a lot closer than I was. The month just flew by.

My baby turned 14 on Monday, so I had to take time out for birthday cake making and present buying. And I am now done with the rental inspection cleanup for another 3 months so now maybe I can settle down and get some serious sewing done.

For now let me show what I have finished.

Debbie Mumm Christmas

Nirvana block 4

Calico cutups block 4

Come over to my House block 4

I am busily working on the Harmony village blocks for April. There are 6 altogether. I will post them soon and I must busily work on my Mom's quilt since we will be going for a visit in July. That is hopefully one thing that I will complete for May.

So off I go to my room.

Hello--it's me!!!

I have been a bad, bad blogger.

I will do better. I will start by posting pictures of the Verandah View stitcheries I did while visiting Joy .

Now I just have The Buffet to get caught up. I have started it.

Here is a picture of something else I learned how to do from Joy:

Yummy pavlova. The next one will look prettier. Practice, practice, practice!!!

I have a few more of my BOM blocks done and I will put them up soon. Very soon!! And I have almost finished my sister's quilt, which will remain a mystery for now.

So bye for now!!! A

Back in the West

I am home again after a wonderful, but far too short visit to Joy's. I had a great time just sitting and stitching. I caught up on most of my Verandah View stitcheries. I only have a little left to do on the 3rd one and The Buffet is already traced and ready to begin. I will get pictures up soon.

We also spent a day making chocolates. There were lots of happy faces and quite a few helpers.

Joy even gave me a beginning course in crocheting so I will have even more things to amuse myself with. Hopefully I don't forget everything she taught me before I have a chance to get back to it.

My first priority when I got home was to finish the embroidery parts for my class. They are finished and all the pieces are cut out so hopefully this project will be in the complete pile after this weekend's class.

I also started to catch up on some of my BOMs. I have almost finished the April Debbie Mumm Natural Wonders block. I just have to blanket stitch around the leaf and I will be done. Hopefully I can finish that later.

Oh and speaking of Hope. I have completed my Gail Pan block for April. How could I forget it is one of my favorites.

Ok, that is all for now. I must get back to all the projects.

Finished it!!

Finished the March block and of course now the April one is posted. Along with most of my other BOM projects. I must ignore them for the moment. I must finish packing. I have a whole suitcase filled with sewing stuff. Maybe a few more bits of fabric will fit so that I can cut them out? Hopefully all of our clothes will fit in the other one. We are only allowed two. Wish me luck! A-

Catch Up Time and Getting Ready for Visiting!!!

Let me see. What have I done since last I wrote. I have a few more things accomplished. My sewing room is back to some kind of neatness. I needed the floor so that I could pin my sister's quilt. It is now quilted and I just need to do the binding and a few other details. Yay! The hard part is done. Can't show pictures yet--she might be looking.

Also l have completed two of my Sundrop Critters blocks. I still have to finish the last March one before leaving for Joy's so that I can finish the handsewing while I am there. Can't wait! We are going to have a sew-a-thon.

I would have been finished but I was busy spinning around cleaning for rental inspection and packing and all the other things that go on in a day and trying to sew at the same time. So as is to be expected I made a boo boo and had to take part of it apart. So now I will finish a few things and set out a bit of time for me and my machine alone. We shall see.

I have also almost finished my calendar blocks. All of my strips are put together--I just need to do the stitching on them. Hmm?? One more thing to throw into the suitcase. Maybe I will have a chance to stitch the words on them. That would be nice.

My picture is upside down. January is on the bottom and March is on the top, but they are together. It is going to be a very colorful quilt.

And on that note I need to get back to work. Only two more sleeps until our plane ride. Woo Hoo!!! Well, actually it will be closer to one sleep since our plane takes off at 6:10 am. Counting back for the hour or so early we need to be at the airport and the time it takes to drive there and the leaving the house somewhat ready for inspection (no running out the door with unmade beds) it hardly seems worth sleeping. I will nap on the plane. NOT!!! Too excited.

Must finish my block!!

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