I believe i shall try to use this as my journal and record my accomplishments for the day. i'm starting now so hopefully by the new year it will be a habit...more or less....and i can keep track of what i actually get accomplished.
I got a new book showing how to make cute little pinwheel blocks with a different method....so i made one....and cut out all the fabric i had of this....maybe enough for 28 more blocks. don't remember now exactly how many. but they are all in a box....awaiting their turn to become a baby quilt. thank you, Marilea, for showing us this method and getting the book for me. you rock!! won't this be the yummiest little quilt?
I also want to do some kaleidescope blocks....where the seams sort of disappear and it becomes something else. well, this fabric didn't quite work. i wanted to see if i could use just the hummingbird fabric but i wasn't feeling it. the blue fabric also came from the same fabric...it was the border. but it didn't exactly do what i wanted. but it is a pretty block nonetheless. it will go in the orphan blocks box and reappear some day in a sampler quilt. now...on to different fabrics to try again. i am determined to make this work. but i might have to buy some pretty Paula Nadelstern fabrics to make it happen. but i am trying to see if i can do it with fabrics that i have.
Thought you might get a chuckle out of our Christmas decorations. hahahahaha there is our tree....about 2 foot tall...with embroidered lace ornaments hanging from it. normally it sits in the studio and in december i bring it over to the house for our decoration. there is no other tree...no garlands...no mistletoe...no deck the halls or no pretty ribbons and bows. LOL
I have given up giving my money to retail stores for Christmas...hence no Christmas paper or ribbon or bows. the brown boxes on the left are Jim's presents. wrapped in brown paper that comes wrapped around my large batting rolls...or in plain brown boxes...sealed with tape.
The white boxes on the right are mine. post office boxes...hahaha....just sealed with tape...to be opened carefully and reused for their original shipping purposes.
We do not buy each other gifts...exactly. we are old enough that we have what we want....if we want something..we go buy it...and who needs another sweater or socks. although i do like those socks with the toes in them and they were on last year's list. our Christmas tradition is to set a buying budget...this year was $50. we each buy at least 10 things for the other person. and we start by opening 1 gift on December 15 and then 1 gift every day until Christmas...when you get to open whatever might be left. it's a lot of fun.
The first day i got a can of WD40...(it was on my list...pretty handy at the studio)...and jim got 3 bags of small candy bars...food talks to him. the second day i got a bag of Smarties candies (love those things)...and jim got a package of arrow tips that light up when shot...to find them in the dark. ... he was happy. wonder what tonight will bring. we each make a list of what we might like to find in our presents....it helps in the present deciding.
Other things accomplished yesterday:
..Last night was the last episode of Survivor so i had 2 hours to hand quilt on Dear Jane and got 4 blocks done. i am still on target with quilting at least 2 blocks a day.
..at the studio, i got 13 blocks finished on my quilt that i have on the frame...with the Quiltazoid.
..i started making selvage binding. i really like that idea that i found and think i will make selvage bindings for all my selvage quilts. very cool.
..got a few more lace ornaments embroidered.
..got all the brush burned up that was in the burn pile. finally had a day without wind to get that accomplished. and while i was at it....i raked up 3 trash cans of leaves and 3 cans of sticks that were on the ground from a tree that we had taken down. now all burned up and the side yard is kind of spiffy.
I believe that is all i accomplished yesterday. now to get started on today. will report in..
Later
I got a new book showing how to make cute little pinwheel blocks with a different method....so i made one....and cut out all the fabric i had of this....maybe enough for 28 more blocks. don't remember now exactly how many. but they are all in a box....awaiting their turn to become a baby quilt. thank you, Marilea, for showing us this method and getting the book for me. you rock!! won't this be the yummiest little quilt?
I also want to do some kaleidescope blocks....where the seams sort of disappear and it becomes something else. well, this fabric didn't quite work. i wanted to see if i could use just the hummingbird fabric but i wasn't feeling it. the blue fabric also came from the same fabric...it was the border. but it didn't exactly do what i wanted. but it is a pretty block nonetheless. it will go in the orphan blocks box and reappear some day in a sampler quilt. now...on to different fabrics to try again. i am determined to make this work. but i might have to buy some pretty Paula Nadelstern fabrics to make it happen. but i am trying to see if i can do it with fabrics that i have.
Thought you might get a chuckle out of our Christmas decorations. hahahahaha there is our tree....about 2 foot tall...with embroidered lace ornaments hanging from it. normally it sits in the studio and in december i bring it over to the house for our decoration. there is no other tree...no garlands...no mistletoe...no deck the halls or no pretty ribbons and bows. LOL
I have given up giving my money to retail stores for Christmas...hence no Christmas paper or ribbon or bows. the brown boxes on the left are Jim's presents. wrapped in brown paper that comes wrapped around my large batting rolls...or in plain brown boxes...sealed with tape.
The white boxes on the right are mine. post office boxes...hahaha....just sealed with tape...to be opened carefully and reused for their original shipping purposes.
We do not buy each other gifts...exactly. we are old enough that we have what we want....if we want something..we go buy it...and who needs another sweater or socks. although i do like those socks with the toes in them and they were on last year's list. our Christmas tradition is to set a buying budget...this year was $50. we each buy at least 10 things for the other person. and we start by opening 1 gift on December 15 and then 1 gift every day until Christmas...when you get to open whatever might be left. it's a lot of fun.
The first day i got a can of WD40...(it was on my list...pretty handy at the studio)...and jim got 3 bags of small candy bars...food talks to him. the second day i got a bag of Smarties candies (love those things)...and jim got a package of arrow tips that light up when shot...to find them in the dark. ... he was happy. wonder what tonight will bring. we each make a list of what we might like to find in our presents....it helps in the present deciding.
Other things accomplished yesterday:
..Last night was the last episode of Survivor so i had 2 hours to hand quilt on Dear Jane and got 4 blocks done. i am still on target with quilting at least 2 blocks a day.
..at the studio, i got 13 blocks finished on my quilt that i have on the frame...with the Quiltazoid.
..i started making selvage binding. i really like that idea that i found and think i will make selvage bindings for all my selvage quilts. very cool.
..got a few more lace ornaments embroidered.
..got all the brush burned up that was in the burn pile. finally had a day without wind to get that accomplished. and while i was at it....i raked up 3 trash cans of leaves and 3 cans of sticks that were on the ground from a tree that we had taken down. now all burned up and the side yard is kind of spiffy.
I believe that is all i accomplished yesterday. now to get started on today. will report in..
Later
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