Cheryl,
thanks for the suggestions. Going to quilt bee yesterday really helped. I wasn't happy with the way the quilting on one looked, but my bee buddies told me that it looked fine. And they liked my ideas for quilting the other one and gave me some more suggestions. So it's time to get back to work.
Frances in Austin where we got a gentle breeze but nothing else from Ike. (A little rain would have been appreciated.)

I run into these low quilting spots when it is something that has to get done and is tedious. Invite a quilt buddy over to quilt with you, or go visit one. Sometimes change of quilting atmosphere can recharge you or go just to see what she is working on.If no quilting buddy near by then maybe quilt shop would do the trick..Sometimes I will go fondle fabric and see whats new, buy a spool fo pretty thread or needles then go home and sew with good music or a movie for background noise. I also thought about changing the room you are sewing in. Move your machine into a different room. My room is in the basement and sometimes it feels better to move my machine up to the main floor so I don't feel so isolated. Cheryl

Charlotte,
I'm kinda in the same place. I've got to get two quilts done in the next week and a half. I've had all this time to work on them but no energy or interest in doing it. I went to quilt bee today and got reenergized so maybe tonight I'll get some work done on them. I live just west of Austin, so we'll get even less rain than you.
Frances

I'm going to do a few yo-yos today. I treated myself to the entire set of yo-yo makers from Clover. I'm using the round ones for flowers on a piece I'm working on, and the heart-shaped ones as leaves. The flower-shaped ones will all be one color, with the small ones as the center of the bigger ones. The round ones will have yellow centers made with the smaller circles. This is going to take forever, LOL. I'll make all the yo-yos, but not sew them on until the quilt top is quilted--use them as embellishments. I think it's going to look quite nice.

When I hit a low spot in my quilting, sometimes I just take some time off and think about what's next, but usually I dig into some charity quilting to tide me over until ideas resurface.

Pat in Rockport, TX

Pat,
I'm really praying for all my friends down on the coast. My son and his family are in Tomball (north Houston) so they won't get much but maybe some rain and a little rain. We were hoping for rain here in Manor (East of Austin) but it looks like we aren't going to get much here. I'm glad you headed out to SA.

I am in such a blue mood about quilting! I haven't done anything really since working a little on Sue's first block of the month. I put that away to start on a quilt that I really neede to finish and I never even got that one out. I have got to get going!!! Originally I could blame it on health problems of both my dh and me but I need to use quilting as an outlet. What can I use as a push my quilting friends? Help!!!
charmart

LadyRags,
I know how you feel. I have to have two quilts done in 12 days. One is half way quilted, I haven't started quilting the other one yet. At least they are both small. I have a feeling that I'll be where you are in 10 days. Of course today for quilt bee I'm not working on either, but I'll take the miniature and ask for ideas for quilting it.
Frances

Good luck with the Show. I'm sure all your hard work will pay off. ENJOY!!

The Quilt Show is today.... I am a nervous wreck... My fingers are going to fall off cause I have been trying to get the binding finished on my quilt... Only one more side to finish stitching.

longarm1


Why are your pillowcases Magic??? This sounds interesting and I want to know more... please describe the construction methods.

Well managed to get quilt on rack, but then had to bring dml to doctors, then visited dfl in hospital, then lunch by that time no time for work. So I will be at it this morn by 7:00. Got to work tomorrow yuch. Maybe Sunday I can work on the magic pillow cases I have cut out.
Monday, I have to fabric shopping with a client for her new quilt I have to make love, love, love, love new projects and getting paid for it too . debbie

Well I finally got started stitching on my new foundation pieced project. My DH wants to know why I'm not working on my quilts for the show or something that's already been started. Well I'm doing a demo at our show on Foundation piecing by hand and I finished my other one earlier this year. So I just had to start a new one. I'm only planning on getting enough done so I have something to demo as this is usually my "something to work on while he is driving" project. I have some errands to run today but hope to have time to do some quilting or design the quilting for my miniature. After all the show is in 14 days.

Okay Lady rags, have a nice glass of wine to relax then try your quilting. Usually a lot of problems are from being too tense. Stretch drink and be marry.

Pat we are thinking of you and all in Texas. Not to mention all in the storms path.

Cheryl

:shock: Okay, yesterday was the first time since july that I had to do a pantograph, talking about going swimming with rubber boots on, OY I did manage to get through it.
Well, I have decide that all my quilt magazines have to go. So I have been going through them and taking out all the reasons I purchased them.
I just have been commissioned to do a quilt for a friend, for her nieces wedding. She said she just wanted squares in it, but I have picked out some patterns for her to see .
Keep stitching ladies

I haven't done anything in days. We had a couple from Australia as house guests for several days and just played. Now we're getting ready to leave town after lunch tomorrow, running away from Ike. It seems to be a huge storm and will affect the entire coast of Texas. A friend up in San Antonio has invited us to come up there with our two dogs and adult cat and two 5 mo. old kittens, bless her heart. We got in the habit of keeping all our important papers in a couple of plastic file boxes, so all we have to do is toss those in the van along with some clothes and the animals and their stuff. I think we will also take our CPUs along so we don't lose any info in them. Times like this I wish we had a laptop. We got the plywood on the windows this afternoon and moved all the porch furniture inside, so we don't have a lot to do tomorrow. Keep us Texans in mind, folks.

Pat in Rockport, TX