It's a New Year

Okay so it has been a real long time since I posted last. No excuse other than well life just kinds of getting in the way. I haven't sewed in months but this is changing this year. I have been working pretty steady on the quilt below. I am making this quilt for a dear friend of the family. His only request is that it have soccer fabric and be King size. I think I kept a straight face when he said King size. But yep this should be about 120x120 when it is finished. This is from a real old Fons and Porter Mag. Here is a close up and the completed top minus the three borders.

Here are the pieced borders that I am working on at the moment. This should have beendone by now but my iron keeps gunking up and I am not sure why. I use distilled water and I washed my ironing pad. I am going to clean it again and try using new fabric on the iron pad.

And here is the backing. I recently used this backing on a quilt for a friend and loved how it looked and felt.

No T.V. Here

I have been informed by daughter # 2 that this is turn of T.V. week. I am not sure if this is a school thing or a state thing but it is now a house thing. Daughter #1 is not thrilled and my son is devastated but alas the T.V. has been turned off and it hasn't really made much of a difference I noticed. The weather has been great so the kids have been out riding bikes until dinner time anyways. I think as long as we don't have any rainy days we should be able to fly through this week no problem. Or at least until Thursday which is when I leave for MQX.



My mom just got me a great new coffee pot for my birthday. It is this great new one cup machine. I just love it. It is fast and as I just drink one cup when I do have something it works out perfect. The only down side is my girls have found that it is so easy to use that they can use it. We now a have one cup of coffee a week rule. Which they have already broke. I did make sure that the coffee they use is decaf and as we do not keep soda or sugary juices in the house I guess one cup on the weekend with mom won't hurt.



On the sewing front I pulled out my whole cloth that I designed last year at MQX and I finished marking it. I have decided to handquilt it so it is now on the longarm to be basted. I will do that today and start hand quilting tomorrow.

A flash back in time. I just had to post this pic I found of my baby Bosco when I first got him. this is at the airport when I first picked him up. He was so fluffy back then. He grew up to be a big boy of a little over 6 pounds now!

Did you know?

As the mother of twins you often end up with two of everything. Usually not a problem because you need two of everything. In our house it ends up being two different colors of the same thing because the girls have completely different taste in everything.

This birthday was no exception except for the flavor of the cake. One usually likes vanilla and the other chocolate. This works out great this way we have cake for everyone. Not this year. Both wanted vanilla cake but different designs. So I ended up with two yep two vanilla cakes. Did you know that your local food shelter will take this? I thought it had to be unopened goods. But nope even though the cake had candles and had been blown out they still took the cake. This made me feel so much better than to throw an uneated (an expensive) cake in the trash. I am sure not all places are like this but it is worth looking into before you throw away food that others could benefit from.

Have actually been sewing

I finally feel like I have made a dent in my UFO's and have gotten some sewing done. I promised myself that this year I was going to remember to enjoy the process of quilting again. No more rushing. I just put in a book on tape and go along.

This first quilt was a mystery quilt done at my local quilt shop "The Calico Basket" Sorry they don't have a web site. A group of us got together(Me, Melissa N.H., Sue and Susan) This was done on Superbowl Sunday. We had such a good time sewing and eating. Melissa and I got a little nervous with some of the directions but that made it even more fun. We left with completed tops that just need borders. Mine is now quilted and bound. I used the same pantograph that Lori used on Giz's quilt.

And here is a close up of the quilting. don't look to close though.

I am going to give this quilt to my Mom.

I didn't make this next quilt. It was made by a friend during a challenge we had a couple of years back. I have finally decided how it is going to be quilted. (BIG GULP) I am going to hand quilt this one. I have the stencil bought and and the thread and hope to get it basted in the next couple of weeks.

I also finished this years Nashua challenge but can't show it yet. It is all quilted bond and washed. I just love how it came out and I can't wait to mail it out!

And finally a got a BOM for Christmas and I have two blocks done. I just received block number three in the mail and am going to work on it this weekend.

My Mom got me this as my gift this year and I am soooo excited. I plan on staying up to date on this quilt!

Till next time.

It's been a while Again

I am trying to get better at posting really I am. I think about posting but I just don't seem to make it to the computer. Quilt wise I can't show what I have been working on. I have been working on a 10 fq challenge. I was given 10 fq's which I have to add an additional 10 fq's or more. I have to then make it into a quilt and give it to the owner of the original 10 fq's. I have one more side to bind then this quilt is complete. I will post a picture after MQX once the owner of this quilt has it. I really really really want to keep this quilt. I like it even more than the quilt I made for my cousins wedding. Here is a pic of my cousins wedding quilt. I think I made this three years ago.
Now the quilt I just made is not anywhere near as complicated but it just appeals to me even more. As soon as the binding is done I need to finish my Mom's quilt which just needs borders then binding.

On the kid front my son just had a birthday. We had a great kids party where I hired a man who brings wild animals to show the kids. It was a great time. We had a couple of owls, a snake, a flying squirrel. And some pretty tamed animals as well.

We got to touch and pat just about all the animals. It was a fun and educational party as he taught the kids about all the animals as well.

The girls had a recital. I was so proud of them. They practiced real hard and did a great job.

They even bought their own outfits with their own money. Boy they sure are thrifty shoppers when it is not mommy's money being spent.

It's been a while

Not much of an excuse except I have been busy. I was going to take the semester off but changed my mind and signed up for a class this semester. Between school, family and work it has kept me away from the computer.

I have been working on a special quilt that I can't show right now as it is for a challenge. I love how it is coming out and I hate to give it away but it does have a home different then mone. Oh well. I can always make another. I am also working on a quilt for my mother. It was a mystery quilt from my local quilt shop Calico Basket. I will take a pic an post as soon as I get the borders on.

My son's 8th Birthday party is tonight and the poor little thing is sick. It just doesn't seem fair. I hope everyone is having a great year.

It's a New Year

Well it has been a while. I have been busy getting ready for Christmas and New Years Eve and the little down time I have had I haven't been able to get the computer away from the kids.

What a lucky Mom I am. My son decided to surprise Mommy with breakfast in bed. It was so sweet of him.

I got a new toaster for Christmas and my son hasn't quite figured out the buttons. And he doesn't use milk in his cereals. So to say the least it was an interesting breakfast.LOL He was even nice enough to keep me company while I ate it.

We had a fire for New Years Eve. It was a lot of fun. Everyone left around 2:00 A.M. then I was up about 6:30 to go to N.H. for an all day mystery. It was a great day. Lots of fun food sewing and we even fit in a surprise housewarming party. The top is done and ready to be quilted. When done my cousin Susan will be the owner of this quilt.

This picture is a little dark. The pink in the grey blocks stands out a lot better and the dark wine color is not quite so dark. I do love this quilt.

I hope everyone has a great 2008.