Friday, September 29, 2006

still here

Haven't had time to write anything or to even stitch anythng for the last days. The pear tree has had bushels of fruit this year. between trying to give it away I have put 24 gallon in the freezer. UGH. Need to get back to some fun stiff soon or I will go stir crazy.

Did help work on ornaments for our quilt guild tree a the Festival of Trees. They are really neat stockings, trees, bells, gingerbread men, hearts, mittens and several other designs. Done with wool felt and buttonhole stitch.

Norfolk Guild had their quilt show last week, had to work there too, but it turned out OK even though it did drizzle most of the day. Think that may have brought people into the exhibit as it was so nasty outdoors.

Think I had best go re-arrange some dust.

Friday, September 15, 2006

Stitching

No time to stitch the last days. The pear tree has bushels of pears on it and I am peeling and freezing pears. Takes a bit of time and effort to keep up.

Did get the fund raiser quilt to Gloria to stitch down the appliques. When she is done we will baste it and I will quilt it. Hope it turns out like we planned it

Elderly neighbor fell and broke her leg a couple days ago. Luckily someone saw her and called 911. Rescue was there within a couple minutes and they had her packaged and on the way to hospital in good time. She has been having some problems lately so all the neighbors keep an eye on her while she is outdoors. Paid off this time as three of us were with her within a minute or two. She has had surgery to set the break and is doing oK.

Had a good speaker at the last club meeting. Lots of beautiful old quilts as well as some neat stories about the quilts. Had a pot luck lunch which went over well.

Must get to re-arranging some dust.

Sunday, September 10, 2006

wet and dreary day

Its a wet and dreary day today. Over 2" of rain last night and this morning. Good day to try to get some stitching done.

Will try to get the center of the fund raiser quilt done today. Gloria will then stitch it down and we will get it basted and I will be doing the quilting.

Worked on several postcards this morning --one for Halloween swap has purple fabric with black bats printed on it. I am quilting a silver spider web over this and will put black spiders crawling on the web. Should make a very spooky Halloween card.

Have been working on a new class for Quilt University. This is on embroidery stitche basics. Hope to have it ready in a couple weeks. I expect it to run after the first of the year.

Friday, September 08, 2006

Busy Week

Not a lot of time to work on fun things this week. Pear tree is getting ripe so have been preserving the fruit. Oh my gosh, I think there must be 25 bushel on it this season. Neighbors will love me or hate me depending on how many pears they get.

Found some new stick on foam shapes at craft shop, think they will work well on postcards. Assuming I add some jewel it glue to the backs to be sure they stay on through the mails.

Have been sorting cookbooks and parting with the ones I no longer use a lot, copying favorites out of each and putting them into a file. Making space. Now if I can convince myself to do this with some quilting books, I will make some room in my studio. Wishful thinking here.

Still haven't figured out the picture downloading. Am keeping trying though.

Monday, September 04, 2006

Cutting complete

Spent yesterday afternoon and most of today finishing cutting out the fused pieces for the fund raiser quilt. Now to get it on the quilt backing center and get the first stitching done.

Next step will be to get a drawing done of all the detail work and get it stamped onto the applique pieces. Will make a tracing paper copy, then run through it with an unthreaded sewing machine needle. Use the heat eraseable marking powder to get all the detail marked , then get ready to start the quilting.

Still have not mastered how to get pictures on here, but hope to figure it out soon.

Beautiful day here in the middle of the country. Sunshine, cool breeze and mild temperatures.

Saturday, September 02, 2006

trying again

Hummm posted an update blog yesterday and it didn't show up, Suppose its out in cyberspace making the rounds. Anyway I said I was working on the fusible for the quilt I am doing. Have it all cut out and ready to start fusing.

Will see if this come through.

Saturday

Progress is being made on the quilt. Still have not figured out how to put up pictures, but maybe soon.

Its cool today, we missed the rain, but the sunshine was nice. Hope it stays mild.

must get back to work on the quilt.

Friday, September 01, 2006

Its Friday already

Haven't accomplished a lot the last couple days. Took some excess "stuff" to town to a gal who puts it on ebay for us. Took hubby for checkup on his foot, all is going nicely, thank you!!!

Today I traced all the templates onto fusible web and have them cut out ready to fuse to the fabrics this weekend. Hope to accomplish that tomorrow.

Sent out 35 postcards, wish I could figure out how to get pictures up, but so far they will not load. Not sure what I am doing wrong as I get the box that says brouse and when I try to transfer the photo it doesn't go.

Was another beautiful day here today. Cool and crisp, a treat after all the heat this summer. Supposed to rain tonight, so hope they know what they are talking about, we need the moisture.

Pear tree is almost ready to pick. Hate the thought of preserving the pears, but they do taste good in the winter time. Also am anxious to make a pear pie. They are yummy.

Thats all for now. Good night.

Its Friday already

Haven't accomplished a lot the last couple days. Took some excess "stuff" to town to a gal who puts it on ebay for us. Took hubby for checkup on his foot, all is going nicely, thank you!!!

Today I traced all the templates onto fusible web and have them cut out ready to fuse to the fabrics this weekend. Hope to accomplish that tomorrow.

Sent out 35 postcards, wish I could figure out how to get pictures up, but so far they will not load. Not sure what I am doing wrong as I get the box that says brouse and when I try to transfer the photo it doesn't go.

Was another beautiful day here today. Cool and crisp, a treat after all the heat this summer. Supposed to rain tonight, so hope they know what they are talking about, we need the moisture.

Pear tree is almost ready to pick. Hate the thought of preserving the pears, but they do taste good in the winter time. Also am anxious to make a pear pie. They are yummy.

Thats all for now. Good night.