It's a UFO weekend! Since I have been grounded to the house by the DR for bronchitis I decided to go ahead and get a jump start on the weekend. I did some more pine apple blocks, then with every block you get a bonus mini pinwheel from the corners you cut off. So far I have 12 mini's. (I think I am going to incorporate this in my Calico Garden Quilt, which I am almost done with that too!

I dug through the UFO bin and found 12 I spy blocks. I got some scrap paisley green and whipped up a baby blanket. I used solid vintage green for the backing.I think I am going to start a collection for our church so when baby dedication time comes, I can give a quilt from our church. I also did one row on my cathedral window quilt. I need to buy more white muslin. If I feel up to it I am going to Joanne's tomorrow because I have a 50% off coupon! YIPEE!~!

Attention!~!~! calling all contest crazies!~! There is a really cool contest I found!
http://www.oldredbarnco.blogspot.com/

Gone vertical

This past week I have been getting my stash all in order. It is Just amazing! I can see all my fabric!

Jelly Roll

I bought my first Jelly roll!

PS: Keep an eye out on my posts because when I reach 100, I am going to be having a give away!

SNOW

I just love snow and LOOK it came early this year! I was worried the photos wouldn't turn out in the dark. I am so excited!

One of "those" moments

OK I have to tell on myself. I am such an idiot! I belong to quilt chat.com (internet chat) I was one of the ops. I met an online friend her nick is "Bamse" I didn't know Bamse was Jewish, so I had made her a Christmas stocking and had it stuffed with Santa & quilting things to take for our meeting here in Michigan. (She was on a trip and in town). Well LAST night I found out she is Jewish!

O my goodness! So first thing this morning I had to go digging through all my fabrics because I just knew I had some Hanukkah fabric somewhere. I whipped up a humbug bag and stuffed everything in it. I even swapped my Christmas card for a cute Debbie Mumm one. Then do you know what happened?? I was so frazzled about getting there on time I FORGOT THE BAG!~!~! Lord have mercy on me! So here is the pix and if I don't run it over to her hotel before she leaves I will be mailing it to her! LOL See the stocking I made her??

Visit with Bamse

I met Bamse today! She was in town on a sisterhood convention. We went out to eat at TGIF and really had a good time! I hope to do it again someday!~!

Joe's weekend

This is the weekend for drill. Joe had to drive to the base. Notice his left eye?? Thats the eye that has stitches. He is still supporting a shiner. It gives me the willies every time I look at it. Haven't had time to sew as I just did 3 twelve's. What are you working on??

EYE Candy

Look what I got! This is the story: A friend at work asked if I would look at a quilt her mother-in-law had. It was her grandma's, grandmother. So I get it home and have a peek and it is like eye candy! 1930's fabrics! She wants me to finish the remaining row. She also included fabric from the last row!

Now my question is:

1) Once I finish the remaining row in the original fabric what would be the value of something like this? It appears to be a queen size top.

2) Should I finish something like this?? My reasoning is; once you add any NEW fabric (backing) the value will drop right? Because the quilt is only as old as the newest fabric?? right?

3) How should something like this even be "finished"?? It was all done by hand and in almost perfect tiny stitches.

HELP PLEASE!~!

Every mama's nightmare

I had a terrible phone call on Monday that scared me to death! My husband and I was on our way out to eat when the cell phone rang. It was Joe. he said: "Mom !!! WHERE are you? I hit my head and there is blood all over, I am lying in my car seeing stars." Apparently his car door closed while he was getting in and the glass cut his head by his eye brow. He has an old elcamino and they don't have a metal top on the door like the cars do now. I must say for an ER nurse I tend to get woozy when it comes to my own kids wounds. The first thing he did when we got home was remove the towel and say: "SEE! what do you think????" ewwwwww!!! 5 stitches later in the ER (yep the same one I work at) Joe now has another character mark in his noggin. He thought the ER DR should have given him dilaudid instead of motrin, ROFL but he survived. I thank God it wasn't worse!