I'll be out of the studio today. I'm heading to Traverse City with my mom and brother...the same brother whose house I feel down the stairs and broke my finger.
Here's some of the quilting going into Ann's Floral Felicity...
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Just a few feathers |
A quilters journal of her daily activities
I'll be out of the studio today. I'm heading to Traverse City with my mom and brother...the same brother whose house I feel down the stairs and broke my finger.
Here's some of the quilting going into Ann's Floral Felicity...
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Just a few feathers |
While Jim and I were eating lunch yesterday, our TV went off for no apparent reason. We called our neighbor down the road and he too was without power. Our township supervisor posted Consumers Power was doing a substation upgrade and the power would be off for about two or three hours.
Needless to say, my work day was cut short. Thank goodness I started early. I no sooner got back onto Marty and then I heard thunder. Sure enough, here comes a nasty batch of storms our way. Once the storms passed and I fired Marty back up; we were not getting along well at that point. It was around quitting time anyway so I just shut him down for the day.
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Well, this isn't good for long arming |
Here's what I'll be working on for the next [almost] week...
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Ann's Floral Felicity |
I did get some fabric cut for the Tilda piece while waiting for the power to be restored. When I decided customer long arming wasn't in the cards, I worked on a few blocks for the Tilda piece (Andrew had called at that point), and then moved over to DW to work on Gravity for a spell after he finally let Jim and I go.
Customer coming today to pick up and cooler temps are in our future for the next few days. Thank goodness. Here's yesterdays high...
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BLEH!!! |
Yesterday was not a good news day. I found out my childhood friend from our cottage had a death in her family (FIL) and one of my customers lost her husband the previous day.
My father texted me and asked for another quilt for his bed since his wife 'borrowed' his indefinitely. While I was going through totes after my PT appointment, I couldn't help thinking about these two deaths and how precious life is.
And then I pull out quilt after quilt and think about how much joy making those quilts gave me and how it's hard to let them go (for sale, or whatever) just like a member of our lifes circle. Here are a few of the ones I sent pics of to dad to see if he'd like any of them...
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This is the one he selected. Farm Girl Vintage II by Lori Holt |
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I don't remember the name of this one |
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Seasons by Edita Sitar |
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Just a scrappy pattern I found on line |
The trailer is in the barn. The kitchen stuff and linens have all been washed. Inventory is complete. We are done for a year. Here's some of the kooky people we do all this for...
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Still missing some from the pic, but you get the idea |
I did get some work done yesterday afternoon. Here's some more quilting going into Bernadettes quilt...
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A Crab |
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Some seashells and a dead fish |
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A sand castle |
PT first thing this morning. I have a customer coming to drop off later this morning, and I'll be working on Bernadettes quilt the rest of the day. I'm glad to be back into the studio, that's for sure!
And I've already taken my shower, started the laundry, and made coffee. Here I am blogging and then I'll grab some breakfast before heading out to PT. Here's some of the quilting going into Bernadettes Summer quilt...
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Swim with the Fishies |
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You are my sunshine |
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Howdy! |
I did get a little work on DW done last night as well as a few more blocks in my Tilda top.
This is my last day of quilting freedom and then reunion things start to take over my life. Yipee. 😒
Linda's Tantor elephant is done and she's coming over sometime today to pick him up. I think I did more unsewing yesterday than I did actual sewing...
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Picking out stitches |
Meanwhile. I'm sneaking in a project for Bernadette next while I'm frame ironing for Ann's second quilt. Here's what I've already started for her...
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Tilda Sunny Summer |
I did an hours worth of long arming on DW and have another roll in. It was partially done, meaning I can not do one pass in an hour on that huge quilt. Was on all three long arms again yesterday. 😆
And yesterday I got to do something I haven't done in over two months; I cut, pieced, and pressed some blocks together on my Sewing Tilda top. I really am excited about getting that on the wall, but I'm afraid as small as the pieces are it's going to be a while before that happens.
Well, for me I have a lot. Wednesday is PT. Thursday is Hale Guild. Friday is nails, and of course, the reunion is Thursday through Sunday. We'll be heading to the reunion as soon as I get back from Hale. I'll buzz into town to get nails done first thing Friday and the rest of those four days are reunion focused.
Today I'm going to be finishing Linda's quilt. Hopefully. I have to go back and unsew part of the border on the top because I messed up centering it. I think I need to ditch the trunk rungs too because I'm not liking how they are laying down.
Sometime yesterday we received two packages from Amazon. We never heard anybody, or see/hear anything pull into the drive. The dogs never barked. The Ring never fired. We noticed the packages after it had been pouring for a while. Thankfully they put them on the studio porch and didn't get too wet.
Here's the new pattern I purchased at Bittersweet and then off to 'work' I go...
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I'll be out of the studio today. I'm heading to Traverse City with my mom and brother...the same brother whose house I feel down the...