Motivation!!

I am not sure how I got to Patty's blog Elm Street Quilts but I did and I am so glad I did!!  She has this wonderful program:

that motivates those of us with 100's of UFOs to set a goal and get at least one goal accomplished each month.  That means I will only be 93 years old when I get all my UFOs done!!  That is IF I don't start new ones!!  LOL!! 

For the month of May, I am going to finish piecing the top of a Mystery Quilt that I started well over 12 years ago.  I keep finding parts of it as I have been cleaning out my project bins and Studio and thought this would be a perfect first OMG!!

This is one of the blocks.  If I remember correctly, the mystery makes at least a double-size quilt.  I have a lot done but there is still a lot to do!!  I think this will be a good program for me because I seem to do better when I have a deadline!!

You can click on the OMG box above to see what everyone else is working on this month!!  It might motivate you too!!

Big Time Sewing Therapy!!

These past few weeks I have been completely paralyzed by the house and my Studio so I have gotten exactly nothing, zero, zilch done around the house.

So, a few days ago I decided it was time for some therapy - sewing therapy.  Now my therapist (me) holds to the professional opinion that when participating in sewing therapy, it is ESSENTIAL to binge watch TV at the same time.

So, on Thursday, I spent the day pressing fabric so I could use my Accuquilt to cut 1-1/2 inch strips, and start sewing them into 9 strip pieces.  All day I binged on old NCIS episodes.

On Friday morning I continued to work on the 9 strip pieces and binging on some episodes of SUITS on Demand TV.

Then on Saturday I finished making 14 strip sets and started cutting them into 1-1/2 inch pieces while binging on goofy Hallmark movies.

Finally, yesterday afternoon, while watching some baseball,  I started sewing the 1-1/2 inch strips into 2 rows and then 4 rows and then 8 rows and finally nine rows to make an 81-patch block.  Wow, all that little matching corners is really fiddly work ~

But I have enough 1-1/2 inch strips to make 24 of these little beauties!!  Now how to set them!!  I would love some ideas!!

The only down side of all that wonderful therapy was that it is too easy to binge eat along with the binge TV and put on a couple of pounds!!  Yikes!!  Hope those little puppies don't stay long!!

Hopefully I am ready to tackle some house or Studio stuff!!  Only time will tell.  Until next time, enjoy life and take a Sewing Therapy day if you need!!  I'd be happy to write you a prescription!!

I Miss My Daddy!!

Gosh, today is the 6th anniversary of the day my sweet Pop passed through the veil!!  I miss him every single day!!

I'll see you again some day!!

Saturday's Smile!!

More Hand Sewing!!

I got the block completed last night for the Patchwork of the Crosses group I am in on Facebook.  Kelly Jo wanted pink and she got pink!!  These blocks are so fun to fussy cut and then see what the finished block looks like all sewn together!!

Time for a Little Hand Sewing!!

My energy is not up to speed yet so I spent some time this weekend getting my April Hexagon Flowers done for Carol down in Australia.

And I worked on my Studio some on Saturday but not enough to show new pictures!!  Right now I am at the stage of moving it from one side of the room to the other before I can put the stuff where it really belongs!!  Stay tuned!!

Saturday's Smile!!

Yikes!! What a Mess!!

By making our goal last month to have the storage unit emptied so we could stop throwing away money, I had to put some of the stuff from the storage unit into my Studio and the rest in the house.

So this is what my Studio looks like now ~

Needless to say, I can hardly walk around in there and quite frankly I think the reason I have been so sick this past week is because I am sick and tired of looking at this mess and trying to work in it.

So onward and outward to get a bit of this cleaned up today.  I am also going to re-arrange the furniture because it is not working for me the way it sits now!!  Wish me luck!!

Saturday's Smile!!

Had a Great Time at the Blackfoot Quilt Fest . . .

and thought I would show you some of my favorite quilts!!  Every year I am amazed at the gorgeous quilts these local quilters create -

This one was my very favorite one and it must have been everyone else's favorite because it won the Viewer's Choice Award!!  It was spectacular!!

This little tiny quilt made me smile and I included it to honor my cute friend Janet O. over at Rogue Quilter because she creates gorgeous little minis and this one made my think of her - although she would would have considered this one huge!!!!

This one was absolutely incredible and it was pieced and appliquéd and hand-quilted by a 90+ year old lady!!  Wow, I hope I am still able to feed myself at her age, let alone create something this amazing!!

Close-up of the ruching on the quilt above!!

There were so many fabulous quilts but these were some of my favorites!!  And this is my most favorite show to be a vendor at!!  It was so much fun that so many gals were excited to see me come from Bandon, OR over 817 miles away!!  Hoo! Hoo!!  I am invited back next year!!

Saturday's Smile!!

I Thought Life Was Supposed to Slow Down . . .

when we were old enough to retire!!  NOT!!  Life just keeps me busy, busy, busy and oh how I love it!!

I did get a bit of hand sewing done between hammering nails ~

These are Hexie Flowers for Lynne T. up in Chilliwack, BC Canada for the Inchy Hexagon Flower Swap I am in.

And while I was at retreat a couple of weeks ago, one of the gals has a Quilt-a-long on Facebook and so I decided it would be fun to join.  They were already on block # 5 when I joined and we are to make two of each block.  So, here are my #5 blocks ~

It always amazes me how the same block can look sooooooooo different with different fabrics.  I like the top block but I am thinking the bottom block needs a little help!!

At the retreat, Kim, the gal who runs the Quilt-a-long had everyone at the retreat who had finished one of her quilts from the previous year show their quilts (or tops) and here are some of the quilts ~

This is Kim, the Pirate

Some of these pictures are not the greatest, you know how it is when we do show and tell - everyone shows the quilt quickly and then pulls it away even more quickly!!  Aren't we funny!!

But, seeing all 9 quilts and how different they all are even though they all did the exact same Quilt-a-long quilt with Kim just fascinates me!!

Finally, I wanted to show the picture I took the other night when the moon was full.  The skies here in Bandon are so clean and clear, I was able to take this shot with my I-Pad!!

Well, I am off to Blackfoot, Idaho tomorrow morning for the Blackfoot Fest next weekend and then I get to run down to Logan (Utah) and go to Church in my old Ward - it's a surprise, so if you read this post, mum's the word!!

Professionally packed by my brother, Kelly!!  Thanks, Kel!!

See you next week, hopefully with fun pictures from the quilt show!!

Happy Easter!!