My morning started with the arrival of 1157 little pigs! Yes, I know there are 1157 because I counted them and helped sort them into pens of 20.
Actually this post is really about this quilt which I am calling Morning on the Farm.
Creatively sharing the mundane things of life.......
My morning started with the arrival of 1157 little pigs! Yes, I know there are 1157 because I counted them and helped sort them into pens of 20.
Actually this post is really about this quilt which I am calling Morning on the Farm.
I can't believe we are at the end of the month! Well, I guess we'll get our Bonus Day tomorrow. I do have a couple of UFO finishes to share.
It has been eventful recently and we're waiting with anticipation of the Super Bowl in an hour or so. Go Chiefs! Even Willow is ready.
She got another bath at the self-grooming place in Sedalia and they were passing out Chiefs bandanas. Of course she was much more excited about the McDonalds cheeseburger we picked up for her on the way home.
Also an event.......
In looking back at last Monday's post, I was having such a good day. We were have an ice storm, so no piano lessons, and a whole day in the sewing room! I had a baby quilt loaded to quilt and something went wrong with the design............my circles were definitely not circles. It was decided that the best thing to do was unload it and pick out just over a row of quilting - at least it was a baby quilt size! So the afternoon was spent updating my tablet. Windows took a few hours to update, and then I had to do the update to my quilting program and go through all the setup steps on that again. That took the whole afternoon. At least while I was waiting for it to update, I worked on a long overdue project and covered a cushion for my piano bench. I had purchased the foam for this project and then had stored it in the closet for almost 2 years. After all the updates, I loaded a couple of pieces of fabric and just quilted all evening making sure everything was ok. It was!
So then I loaded Harriett's Braid............
I finished the binding during the Chief's win last night. I also finished the binding on the baby quilt, but am going to add something to it before posting a photo. When I reloaded it (after a few days of picking out stitches) and quilted it, I was almost finished at the bottom when something snagged which tore a whole in both the top and the back. I've thought of a way to cover that so will post pics when it's done.
My other big quilting projects for the week were 16 table runners for my mom. I requested that she use one big piece of backing so that I would only have to load it one time.
It made quite the roll on the longarm. I was cleaning out closets and found this tube and just rolled them off the longarm onto it. I used a different design on each one, so it was fun to try different things. Mom has a lot of binding ahead of her.
I'm still plugging away at the Bonnie Hunter mystery - Indigo Way..........
Esme did hang out on the back of the couch while I was binding last night.............
Remember watching Martha Stewart (prior to her legal issues) and hearing her say, "It's a Good Thing" while sharing some amazing thing we too could do? Well, this post is full of Good Things.
1. We got a package from Ukraine! It was such a surprise. We haven't mailed anything to Yuliya since the Russian invasion, so it was wonderful to get something from her.
This means we can send her something for her birthday in March! I have a quilt ready that I had made for her during the first part of the invasion. We are working collecting a few more additions to the box so that we will have it ready to mail at the beginning of February. We also skyped with her so she could translate some things for us and we could thank her for the gifts. The chocolate is delicious!
2. We finally got our beef from the locker and got it all distributed to everyone. This entailed a trip to Hamilton to meet my parents. I got to check out the new Santa store...........
And I also purchased this really fun Scooby Doo Valentine fabric to make a pillowcase for Sarah.
3. I made pulled pork nachos! My own creation............I did the pulled pork in my instapot and it was delicious.
4. The Chiefs won last night! It was hard to watch, so I had to work on my birthday puzzle. It was too dangerous to have a needle in my hand to do handwork...........the danger of blood, you know.
5. And speaking of handwork, I now have 5 of the 12 blocks for the Mr. Snow sew-along completed.
6. Valentine's Day decorations are out..............even the furry ones!
Hope your day is filled with Good Things!
Christi