THE QUILT THAT GOT AWAY FROM ME!

Remember these squares?

56 of  them

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I still had a lot of half squares left over but you will have to wait to see what I did with them.

It seems that this quilt just kept growing and growing.

As I was trying to get a backing for it, cut the batting, pin it...Oh my stinking gosh

I was thinking....How did I let this quilt get this big???

It is 80" x 92"

Then after I got it all pinned, I thought....NOW I AM GOING TO HAVE TO 

 QUILT IT!!!!


                                                    What was I thinking?

My long arm is indisposed for now, it is backed against a wall and I can not get to it due to the lodgers in my sewing room.

No worries.....many moons ago I quilted a king size quilt on my domestic machine....I can do this one.

                                        

                                                    Stuff and fluff....stuff and fluff

Took me most of the day to do this quilt.  I would do a row and then go do something else.  I worked in 4" segments and I just did a meandering stitch.  My aurifil thread hung in there, no breakage and I used most of my spool up between this quilt and another one.

I will show you the end results when I get the binding on.

Now I have five quilts to bind.  YEA ME!!!

Notice the grey fabric, that is the only one that is not Island Batik!  Yes, I can use fabric other than Island Batik but I so enjoy using batiks, always have even before I became an ambassador for Island Batik.

I remember when we lived in Samoa when my husband would go off island he would bring me home yards of batiks.  Couldn't get enough of them and I am still the same way.  The brighter the better.

So much has been going on in my home.  Besides having lodgers my husband decided to come out of retirement and then he decided that what he wanted to do was not all that great so he is now in retirement again.  Allergies are horrible for me, my little grandson was sneezing all day today.  I believe we both took turns in the sneezing department.  Poor us.  We did manage to make a pan of brownies during the sneezing....I had to wash a bowl that he sneezed into but we made it through all of that.  Every once in a while I would see his little finger go in the batter, you can't help but laugh.

STARTING THE YEAR OUT WITH A SUNSHINEY BANG!!

I am at a quandry….since I purchased these fabrics last week does that count as a 2014 purchase when I got them yesterday?  Purchased from Connecting Threads, no rhyme or reason to the buy, got it just because I lobbbbed it.

 
  I had told myself that I was not going to buy any fabric this year except for backings. 

Was that a snicker I heard?

  Not very nice of you.

I can do it…really I can.

I tried this once before and lasted nine days.

My husband told me not to buy this fabric, I think when he goes around the house and sees fabric shoved in all of the closets, the boxes in the other room....  Well….I think he thinks I don’t need any more???

 Don’t ask me what is up with that?  Need no more fabric?  That is a curse word

Anyways….I must have been in a sunshiney mood because most of the fabric I purchased were orange or yellow.
 Did you see the batiks?  Ummmmm Ummmm delicious.
  Reminds me of the sprays when you are peeling an orange in anticipation of the actual slice itself.
 

I hope all of you are having a good year so far…we are three days into this new year and if all goes like every year we will be whittling this year away into a blurr.

Here is hoping that all of you will have a sunshine of a year but do remember to stop and smell the roses.

RUNNER KIT GIVEAWAY....COME SEE WHAT IS ON MY DESIGN FLOOR!!

Well to be honest, I am kinda down in the tooth today.

 I was suppose to be flying to Amerika Samoa but as you can see, that didn't happen.

 Life has it turns and twist and sometimes you think you have it bad until you see someone who has it worse and so for today, I am just grateful I was allowed to live another day.

 Corny I know but hey, there has to be a bright side right?

 So last night I cut out this table runner with my binding tool, this is one of Missouri Star's tutorials.

 Don't you just love Batiks? I don't know if this is how it is going to go together but it gives you an idea.

So this is what is on my design floor right now.

 I am on my husband's computer and couldn't figure out how to crop it (actually it would not allow me to). but that stack on the side is enough for another runner for one of you.

 Just leave a comment and I will post a winner in a few days. Have a great day

WHAT'S IN YOUR WALLET?

I finished this reindeer the night before I left....uploaded on flickr and I invite all of you when you finish your reindeers to upload as well.

Now to show you what is in my wallet. My husband's eyes bugged out when he saw all of these pouches,bags...and I didn't show you the two cosmetic bags in the bathroom right now. He just laughed...but I laughed at all of his electric cords in his suitcase. At least my stuff in organized in one compartment.
A pouch for my jewelry, kindle cord and camera cords, bag for medicine (gotta have headache medicine), bag for embroidery, computer cords etc....the list goes on.

Now to give my husband credit, he is so organized and all of his things are wrapped nicely with rubber bands around them (so much better than what I would have done...the cords and wires would have free range with me and get tangled up).

Oh...that pink bag is my camera battery charger (yes...I did finally find it the day before we left)...sheweee how I looked for that. I kept thinking if I could only remember what color bag it was in. Now I know and it is documented.

What do you see below? I am trying to support my friend Caroll in her embroidery reindeer games. I sit here wanting my machine so badly....but keeping my hands busy doing this is therapy for now.
What you see below is some awesome Batiks fat quarters, eight of them. I got them at JoAnn's for five bucks. Oh yes....the package had been damaged. When I saw the price my eyes bugged out, I looked around like I was stealing .... snatched up the bag of fat quarters and ran to the counter...didn't want anyone to change their minds .... I also got the 2" Go cutter strip die for 19.00, I purchased it for a friend. What was I thinking? I didn't buy me one...I went back a few days later and it was regular price.....I felt my boot on my bootie for not getting one earlier.
The weather in San Antonio is totally wonderful....it feels like home.