A Quilting Weekend

I am so looking forward to the weekend! My little angel grandbaby will be here, but he is my best quilting buddy! He helps me, gives me his opinion on how things look, and also keeps me laughing. I am not sure what is better medicine for me, Beany or my quilting. I am going to finish the art quilt and the Dresden plate this weekend, and continue working on the GRG, which is now considered my masterpiece. Isn't quilting the best? Next to grandchildren I mean.

Catching Up

What a week! I have been running like a mad woman for the past 2 weeks, and it seems that I may be doing it for a while. There are just never enough hours in the day, and then the days just fly by! The month of January has been a complete blur! But then, most of 2007 was also! Don't you wish that we could slow down, and live like people did years ago before all the technology took control? I know that I do! My GRG is coming along beautifully, better than ever before, and yesterday, while sewing with my Mom, I started an art quilt for my son and his fiance. It is a small wall hanging, and so cute. It is a caricature of their dog, Milo. I think that they will love it. I hope to have it finished soon, since it is small. The hand quilting will take the most time. The Dresden plate has taken a back seat to my busy schedule, but is not gone, just on hold. I need 10 extra hours everyday to work on my quilts....can someone find that for me???

The Weekend

The snow came, and was so beautiful falling. The temps this morning are in the teens, and so we still have snow on the ground, though it melted a lot yesterday. I spent the whole day working on UFO's, but did not make as much progress as I thought I would. I plan to work more today, and hopefully, get at least one quilt finished. I made a Dresden plate quilt(pictured here) from Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting, and I truly think it is the best quilt that I have ever made. I am in the process of hand quilting it, and then I need to bind it, so I hope to finish that today. It was so much fun to make. I ordered the templates from Fons and Porter and used all 30's fabrics, which are my favorites. So, I hope to have it hanging on my wall later today.

Quilting Time

We had snow this week, and in Atlanta, that is rare. It was beautiful falling and everything was crisp and white. It didn't last long though and was gone the next day. Good news is that we are supposed to get snow tonight and all day tomorrow, which is Saturday. This is a rare treat in the South, and I am happy! I plan to spend the whole day working on quilts. I need to catch up on Bonnie's Mystery Quilt, and I have several UFO's that I need to finish. And, I always have Grandmother's Flower Garden. So, I am looking forward to the weekend!

UFO'S

I have several of these little buggers. I just don't have the set up for quilting, so once I make the top, I just put them away and go on to something else. Or, I stop in the middle of a quilt, and start another quilt. I am so bad. If I look at a magazine or a website and a quilt jumps out at me, I immediately want to make it. Well, I am trying to stop doing that. I am trying really hard to finish all my UFO'S and not start another until they are all done. So, since I have declared 2008 my year, this is one of my goals. I have many goals, and I have been accomplishing some things. Yeah Lynn!

Fickle Fate

Well, after all my hard work to clear out the breakfast nook in my kitchen and set up my sewing, Jason told his father and me that he is moving out in about 2 weeks. When he moved in, I had to give up my sewing room so that he could have a bedroom, and now it is going to be available again. Fate hates me......

Handpiecers/My Sewing Room-Studio

I have started a group on Yahoo called Handpiecers. We are all interested in the Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt, and of course, anything that involves quilts. We welcome anyone who would like to join us. Just click the link at the top of my blog.

I have my studio almost finished! I am one happy camper! I will post some photos as soon as it all done!