Lotsa Projects

Most of yesterday morning was spent getting Antelope Canyon off the long arm. I have one rule about the long arm. Before putting anything else on it, the previous project has to be completed (which means, usually, binding).

Here is Antelope Canyon completed.

My Version of Antelope Canyon

Now that that was done, I started working on Project Quilting 10.2. Here's a quick glimpse of it.

Well, this makes no sense

Ha! Ya have to wait until I finish it to see what it's going to turn out to be.

Meanwhile, after quilting the above piece, I wanted to work on the placemats some more, but my little Janome (Mike) is being rather fiddle-y about free motion quilting. I then made some extra borders for the placemats and loaded them on the long arm to get around Mike's new attitude issue. Yep, I know, the previous project wasn't completed yet, but there are always exceptions to the rules.

Rules were meant to be broken in this instance since I wanted to do a lot of long arm work yesterday. I needed to be on my feet since I feel like my butt is getting bigger by the day. Too much sit-down work lately.

Today is very snowy so I won't be going anywhere. Not that I have anyway...with the exception of taking the Dream Big panel over to the quilt shop, I haven't been out and about in nearly two weeks. I'll make the best of it and relish in the variety of projects going on in here.

20 Weeks Today!

I can't imagine our lives without this not-so-little girl in it anymore. It amazes me how quickly a dog can worm their way into your heart and your life.

Hello Everybody!

This pic is actually from yesterday, but it's close enough to her 20-week birthday (since that's today).

Nearly 20-Weeks Old 

On to quilting things...

Project Quilting 10.2 was released Sunday night. The theme for this week is red, white, and blue colors. And ONLY those colors. Nothing else is to be incorporated into the project.

Katie is already working on hers. I started thinking about mine while I was long arming Antelope Canyon, and then thought some more about it while piecing section 1 of 9 on Tristan's Fire Engine quilt.

Once Jim started watching the basketball game last night, I had found my background fabric; pressed that. Found my foreground fabric; pressed that. Found and transferred a map of the world onto overhead projector plastic. Transferred the world onto the blue fabric with quilt chalk and am now ready to actually start my project today. Well, after I get Antelope Canyon off the long arm and get it bound.

The gal sponsoring the Project Quilting challenge said most of the flags of the world have red, white, or blue in them. This is what prompted my direction in which I traveled with my thought process. We'll see where I head with this today and decide whether it was a good direction to travel.