Cheryl,
It will turn out better if you breathe.
Frances

Congratulations Eileen. I was able to assemble the small fan blocks for the baby quilt yesterday. Today I was able to sew down all the pieces on the fabric portrait using a freemotion straight stich, now it is ready for the zig zag blending and thread painting. This is the part that I am getting nervous about ruining the portrait.
I'll probably turn blue while holding my breath. Cheryl

It's done!!! Oh yeah!! The raffle quilt is getting picked up this afternoon!
Onward and upward!!!
eileenkny

I should have NOT DONE ANY SEWING TODAY, cause I screwed everything up....

I ran out of fabric to make my borders because I cut them wrong. I had bought the last two yards of a really pretty black with gold fabric but I made so many mistakes cutting that I wasted a lot and am short by 16 inches ... I had wanted to make a mitered border.


http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/557356579KzwGJh

I spent the night trying different methods to salvage the middle border and can not come up with anything I like... I think I am going to sleep on it.


I started tracking my time spent on sewing because last spring after my mom's passing I got really depressed and would say I was just tooooo tired to do anything... I have been trying to convince myself that it does not take as much time as I think it does to make a quilt. So I started logging the actual time I take to sew and when I compare the time spent sewing I can see for myself it is not that much time... I am hoping it will inspire me to finish more projects.

All your quilts are so beautiful. I really admire your dedication to sticking to one quilt and keeping record to how many hours you spend on them. I have several going and have them stashed at various areas so that I can work on them depending on where they are in construction. That and where my body is at as far as pain tolerance. Good luck with that boarder
Rachel

Well I actually got to sew for 3 hours tonight without interuption... I sewed the strips to a border I was planning for my Christmas Qult. I would have gotten futher if I had not changed my mind about how I was going to put it together and what size to make the boarders.

I have been working on this quilt for 6 months... I have kept a log and I actually spent only 27 hours of sewing on the quilt. I need to do more sewing and less waiting for the right time to work on things.

I am going to make a vow that I WILL GET THE BORDERS SEWN ON AND THIS QUILT TO THE QUILTERS THIS WEEK.

THE new technique I am currently learning is making this a mitered boarder. I think it will be really beautiful if I can get this done correctly.

WISH ME LUCK.

I am doing a quilt in a day project for one of my lawyers. I just found that his 4year old daughter is in the hospital having all sorts of nasty test being done on her tomarrow. Fortunately I had some large blocks setting around left over from a previous quilt. That and some fabric that matched. It really worked out well. Sometimes it pays to over purchase just because you have a coupon and a little extra money. It was originally the material for a raffle quilt. But there was so much left over that I could make 3 quilts. I'll try to post a photo when I am done. Rachel

YEAH! I did it. I managed to get into my sewing room and finish piecing the center of the baby quilt, and also prepare the small fans for the outer edge. That will have to wait until tomorrow. Mall shopping trip with a friend and DD. Cheryl

I finished piecing a baby quilt top. Our group is doing charity quilts on our first meeting of the month, after we have our business meeting. On Thursday, I picked some coordinating fabrics, from our groups supply, and brought it home as I did not have my Sewing machine with me. The fabrics I selected (3) - I have enough of one of them for the back of the quilt, and another one to do the binding. With a bit left over from all 3, so it was a good selection,

Then I have been working on my BOM too.

Margarita in Auburn, CA

I'm still plugging away at the binding on the raffle quilt. I'll post when I'm done. I'm totally boring myself writing about it every day.
eileenkny

Well I am having my 4th of July today... been cooking up a storm yesterday and today. The kids are coming over to eat around 6pm... Everything is ready for BBQ. Just need to clean the living room.... I plan to do some sewing after the kids leave. If I do not faint from exhaustion.

I did work on my center design medallion for my quilt. It is giving me fits... but I think I finally have it figured out.

I spent a good part of Friday and Saturday working at my GF quilt shop... (Yes it was open on the 4th ... since the parade goes right past the shop she get a lot of foot traffic while people wait... the women usually come back for another look at a later time when the family / husband is not dragging behind them. We have the added advantage of prime seats for the parade.


We are planning the annual quilt show for this September. She picked out the cutest fabric for the challenge. I also pitched a couple ideas for the rules. I am hoping we will donate the quilts (from our group, at least) to Alzheimer Research. ... .. It would be fun.

size=18]Well, there is so much going on for this 4th of July weekend. Yes even with the cloudy drizzly days. But today I will get in that room after I take Melissa to her friends house. So goodbye for now. Hope everyone is having a great weekend. Cheryl[/size]

I thought if I actually wrote it down on this forum, then I would actually do it. Cross you fingers
Cheryl

well I didn't use needle and thread yesterday but I spent time on the computer with EQ6 planning out my next quilt. This time I scanned the fabric and put the actual fabric that I will be using in the design. I did two in the early evening. Then I e-mailed them to my son. Then when I couldn't sleep last night, I did another layout that I like a lot better. When I was almost ready to go to sleep at 1 am, my daughter came in to see what I was doing still up. She had a small change suggestion so I now have 4 different layouts to choose from. My DD has the same fabric so today we're going to play with her layout on EQ.
Frances in rainy Austin

Zena Thorpe was featured on the Simply Quilts episode I watched while on the treadmill last night. Her quilts are amazing. Check out pictures of her quilts on her website:

http://www.geocities.com/zenasquilts/page3.html