Whoa!

Whoa!  I missed a few nights of blogging.  Sorry!

Monday I worked on an Easy Street block.  Tuesday was Quilt Guild meeting.  Wednesday I finished the Easy Street block I started on Monday.

We're doing a PhD project as our challenge through the Guild this year. This is going to be the UFO year.  It all started last Fall with our UFO Retreat.  Continued on with my signing up for Connie's Game through Country Threads of Garner, Iowa.  And now I need to "sign up for classes" for my PhD.

I'm so excited about the thought of getting some things finished. And the public forum seems to be the way to go.  I know once I make a commitment here, I really need to stick to it, otherwise everyone knows.

Now to decide on my classes.....

Success!

Success!  The borders are on!  My sister came over this afternoon to sew.  I finished the borders on Sophie's Twister quilt and Deb finished making all the string blocks she wanted for a quilt top.  Woo Hoo!

Just in time, before the sun was behind the bluff.

I Promised

I promised a picture of the Hurricane Sandy quilt I had been working on and here it is!

I made the string blocks. Jeanine, who is the leader of the group, added the border and quilted it.  I then did the binding.  Jeanine keeps the stash for the group at her home.  You are more than welcome to come over and shop the stash for fabric to make a project for the group.   And most of our quilts are a group effort. For example, the string blocks we did this past year.  Some people made enough for a quilt and others made only 2 or 3.  But add them up and soon you have a quilt!

No Pictures Again?

I know, I don't have any pictures again!  I did finish the Easy Street block I started the other night.  Do you want to see that?  OK

I also cut the binding and pieced it together for a Hurricane Sandy quilt.  Today is Quilt Day for Quilts From The Bluffs so I'm going to get it sewn on there as the tables are bigger than my sewing space.  I will get a picture of it today after the binding is done.  Promise!

Another Block

I just finished another block for Easy Street.  I did get my binding cut last night for a Hurricane Sandy quilt.

It's been rather stressful this week.  Not only is it our first week back to school, but there was a big water main break and the school was without drinking water.  All is back to normal now, but wow, you just don't realize how much that can change your schedule.  We are so lucky to have the water systems we have in our cities and towns.

Finish borders is on the list for tonight.  It will happen!

Little More Done

I have a little more done on my Sophie quilt.  I now have inner border on two sides of the quilt.  Not sure if I'll get the top and bottom done tonight as it involves measuring and math.  I'm tired at the end of the day and that's when I make mistakes.  So will measure tomorrow morning and cut tomorrow night.  Want a little peek you say?  OK

I can't decide if I want to make some binding or sew an Easy Street block.  I'll let you know tomorrow which I decided to do.

That's The Way It Is

I didn't work on the borders last night, that's the way it is sometimes.  I did work on an Easy Street block instead.

Life gets in the way.  I had errands to run after work, then fix dinner and clean up.  By the time that was done, plus this being my first day back to work, I was done in.  So I worked on the Easy Street block.  Not much thinking required.  Not that sewing the borders did either, but I'm really loving how the blocks look.  So it's borders tonight.

I'm rethinking my schedule, too.  I'm at my best in the morning so maybe I should be sewing instead of being on the computer.  But, the computer time is when I drink my first cup of coffee.  Decisions, decisions......