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Coloring outside my comfort zone

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Terri | 1 comment

Wow, the last day of February is finally here. Normally I’m wondering where the month went, but I know what I’ve been doing almost every moment of February and it’s made the month (and actually, the year) go by rather slowly.

My goals for this past week were very simple. Cut fabric and start walking. After going back over what the “walk” expert told me this past week, I changed my goal from walking every day, to every other day, based on his advice. I have done that. Okay, it was only Monday that I started, but I walked Monday and Wednesday and Wednesday I increased the distance. I’m going to be increasing it again tomorrow. I thought it would take me longer to go farther, but I’m actually feeling okay afterwards and not coughing during. The weather has been perfect for walking as well.

Speaking of weather, we are expecting 80’s this weekend so I am hoping to spend some time beside the pool! 😀

Now to my subject title. Earlier this month I posted on one of my quilting email groups about how hard it is for me to include colors such as “poison green,” “mourning purple,” and “cheddar” and asked if it was hard for others as well. (It’s always nice to know you’re not alone in such things and it was great to see so many like-minded quilters.) I set a goal for myself to include such color, however bright, in my JMLW quilts. I started playing with my fabrics this morning and this is what I’ve come up with so far. In for a penny, in for a pound, I cut it before I could change my mind and back out 😉

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Red binding, turquoise borders, cheddar cornerstones

As you can tell by the photo I’m going a teeny bit different from the original. What do you think?

The smaller squares and triangles will be included in the center. They are 2 inches to give you an idea how small the finished blocks will be.

Wish I could spend more time on Abbygayle but I have a few things to do before I leave the house this afternoon for open stitch-in at Attic. But before that happens, I get to meet up with Cheryl, Annette, and hopefully Karen, for some yummy Mexican food. Cheryl is in Phoenix for a work conference and she’s getting to meet up with us while she’s here. Squeee!

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My first scraps

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Terri | 1 comment

I’ve been quilting off and on for more than 15 years but really took a more dedicated interest in it this past year with Mister’s retirement and buying a house with my own craft room. Before that I never kept any of my scraps since I didn’t have the room to store them.

Since it’s Wednesday and I’m sharing what’s on my worktable, I’ll show you the fabric I cut yesterday for a 6×6″ charm square swap I’m participating in. I have always loved the 1800-era reproduction fabrics and this swap is all about them! I’ve cut 40 squares of the same fabric and I’ll receive 40 squares back of different fabrics. I cannot wait to see what I get. Unfortunately, I’ll have to wait until April since the deadline to get our charms to our hostess is the end of March.

This is one from Jo Morton’s Spice Chest fabric line. Sing!

Here are my lovely squares (and new scraps) after cutting. The squares on the far left bottom still need to be squared up since I cut them off the fold of the fabric. The stack on the far right contains my 41 swap charms.

The next thing on the cutting mat is this:

18 FQs from Jo Morton’s Crimson Bouquet and 10 FQs from her Toasty collections. These lovelies will be cut later today for JMLW Abbygale’s Scraps. The turq on the far right is what I’m going to use as the backing and I’ll probably use one of the reds for the binding.

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Are you a beginner quilter?

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Terri | Comments Off

Or would you like to learn? I have a new link in the right hand side of my blog. It’s a virtual quilting bee being given by designer Amy Smart (whose fabrics make me smile). This is not the first time she’s given instruction and she’s sharing links back to old posts of hers. While I’m probably no longer a beginner, I have enjoyed following her posts to remind me of little tricks we sometimes forget to make quilting easier. Check it out 😀

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Back to our regularly scheduled program!

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Terri | Comments Off

Surprise! Or maybe I should say, be careful what you say. In my last post on February 1 (yikes!), the last thing I said was that I would be back to let you know what type of trouble I had been into. Well……get ready for a long, picture-free catch up post.

Sunday night, February 3, I came down with the norovirus, and it wasn’t pretty. It was rather easy to rule it out as food poisoning since Mister and I ate the exact same things all day long (Super Bowl Sunday). I can say that I have never been more frightened in all of my life about being sick. At one point I thought I was on the way to the emergency room, since I was throwing up so violently my nose was bleeding, and I managed to separate my ribs under my right arm. Scary stuff! I couldn’t eat any food for a couple of days and drank as much Gatorade as I could that first two days. It took me the better part of a week to be able to take a shower and dry my hair without breaking out in a sweat from the activity.

We had excellent seat tickets to The Who concert that Wednesday night and Mister ended up getting valet parking next to our gate so I wouldn’t have to walk far. I was also on an aisle seat in case I felt the need to get out of there in a hurry but it was all good and while I was tired by the end of the evening and slept extra late the next morning it was “adventure” free.

Then, of course, I got sick again. This time it was a head and chest cold that would not go away. Naturally I had to cough and feel like I was going to split open since I was still somewhat recovering from my ribs hurting. I was worried it was trying to turn into bronchitis. Yesterday was the first day in a long time that I haven’t coughed.

Other than that the other trouble I’ve been up to is putting away what I purchased at the Quilt Fair (where I probably caught that nasty virus), I’ve cleaned up more in my room, started sorting through what I’m going to sell, and attended my first Jo Morton Little Women Club meeting at 3 Dudes Quilting.

Let me share the funny about that!

I live very far south of Phoenix and our weather was unbelievably freaky last Wednesday. Knowing we were in for some heavy rain and I knew I lived at least an hour away from the shop I left the house at 8:15 so I could get there when the shop opened at 9:30 to look around — new shop to me. The people and instructor in the class were SO friendly and it was obvious that several of them have been quilting together in classes for a long time (some even just got back from a cruise). They made me feel like one of them. The instructor put the first “block” of the quilt on the board and I knew immediately something was off. While she kept talking about how she chose her colors and about the finer points of making the block I pulled my phone out and looked up the flyer online and duh, I was in the wrong class! LOL I’m such an airhead! LOL My class didn’t start until 1….not 10! I quickly packed up said a hasty “oops, I’m in the wrong class” and tried to leave. They tried to talk me into staying but I told them I had errands to run. I called Mister when I got in the parking lot and told him what happened and he told me to occupy myself in this part of the state since the weather was so nasty. While I was out I grabbed some lunch and discovered that it was snowing in my part of the state. It NEVER snows in my part of the state! Anyway, when I went back to class I talked to the instructor, we both got another laugh out of me, and then I settled in for the correct class. I was there all of about 30 minutes getting instruction and then I went fabric shopping. I guess all clubs start with the same quilt? Abbygale? (I’ve since learned from Jo Morton that the instructions are sent to the shops in alphabetical order so most shops just keep them in that order when they give the classes.) I decided that I wanted to use the opportunity of taking these classes to get myself out of my comfort zone with fabric colors so I’m using Crimson Bouquet and Toasty (that I bought at the Quilt Fair) for my quilt. I think I’m really going to like this group. It’s a different feel from the other classes I took last year.

Mister and I went to the Arizona Matsuri Saturday. It was for his Asian Studies course he’s taking for a cultural studies requirement to graduate. It was so nice. I could have stayed and listened to the Taiko drummers all day. We ate there, and I will admit I was nervous about doing so. I have become an almost OCD hand washer/sanitizer, and I don’t like eating with something a stranger has touched, since being sick. Anyway, we also went to the Bonsai exhibit. Mister has said many a time that he wanted to try it, but I think now we’re ready. We brought back several beautiful Bonsai pottery pieces from Japan and have been using them for regular houseplants and various other decorative pieces, but now we’re going to start using them what they were created for. I’m excited. Another new hobby! 😀

After the festival we stopped by Road Runner Sports and I had myself fitted for a new pair of walking shoes. It’s expensive, but I’d rather pay it out in cash than have trouble with plantar fasciitis like I have in the past. I tried them out this morning for a short, brisk walk in our 39 degree weather. I’m planning on walking every weekday morning, then quilting for an hour afterward as a reward. We’ll see how that goes.

So, that’s where I’ve been! Hopefully this finds me back blogging again more regularly.

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Monday already?

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Terri | 1 comment

Monday’s Musings – Do you have a bucket list? What’s the 5th item on it?

Mister and I were talking last night about how fast last week flew by. I think it’s because he’s back in school and we’re both keeping busy. Time needs to slow down a bit though because I have a lot I want to do 😉

I thought I made a “Goals for January” post but I can’t find it. Hmmm. One of the things I wanted to accomplish this month was ticked off my list this weekend. I signed up for a monthly mini quilt “class.” How sad is it that I didn’t find the Temecula Quilt Co., until after I moved away from Oceanside! It would have been less than an hour drive for me to go to that shop. I found a post early last year of someone who was stitching their monthly minis and made a note to sign up for this year. I love that it’s an automatic but that you’re not locked in for any length of time. If it becomes too much, I can just contact them and they’ll cancel my “subscription.”

I’m also on a Yahoo group with a miniature quilt designer who gave out some great advice this past week on how to keep on track to make our mini quilts.

Week 1 – Plan your quilt, pick out your fabrics and cut the pieces.
Week 2 – Sew the cut pieces into blocks.
Week 3 – Put the blocks together and add the borders.
Week 4 – Finish the quilting and add binding.

Looks fairly doable to me. I just need to figure out how to fit in 2 mini quilts 😉

I’m still being a bad “rotator.” I just can’t put And They Sinned down. I’m into it about 29 hours now over 10 days.

I’m starting my packing today for my Vegas trip. Yay!

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2012 Year End Review

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Terri | 3 comments

My 2012 Goals were:

■Get back to blogging more frequently. I think I did blog more frequently, but still feel guilty that I didn’t blog more than I did.

■Get back to rotating my stitching and tracking my time. I started out really strong on my rotation then lost my watch 🙁 I did continue to track my time, but more in the number of days it took me to stitch something than the actual length of time.

■Stick to my WIPocalypse goals and keep my page updated. Not 100% success.

■Post to the Theme-a-licious challenge as often as my rotation works into it. I was doing rather well in this, too, until I hit a “snag” then just couldn’t get myself back in it.

■Post my monthly TUSAL. I don’t think I ever did this. It was laziness on my part because I certainly kept up with it at home!

■Participate in at least 6 3 Fair and Square exchanges. (changed 1/8/12) 1 finished 2/12 I had every intention in participating in the 3 exchanges. Once I finished the first one I never saw notification of any others. I’ve since figured out what I did wrong so I can see when the new exchanges come up.

■Finish out all 6 3 received Fair and Square exchanges. My received item is sitting on my finishing table waiting on me to finish it. I’ve already decided what I want to do, I’m just having trouble finding a suitable finishing item for it.

■Stitch a Santa ornament for my Santa display. I stitched 3 Prairie Schooler Santas for my display…but they never got ornamentified 🙁

■Take at least 1 stitching related class. Oh, joy, oh, yes! I attended the Attic’s Summer Soiree and had a blast! The projects we received in class are at the very top of my finish list for 2013.

■Finish logging my charts into my spreadsheet. I am 90% finished with this!!!!

■Start organizing my freebies. Didn’t get to them or the magazines since I didn’t finish with the charts.

■Organize my magazine designs.

The first half of 2012 found Mister and I holding our breath and living a wait and see life. His retirement on February 1 scared us both a little. It was such a huge change for us going first from two incomes, down to his, then down to 75% of his. I was so thankful that I remembered how frugal I had to be when we first married. Of course back then there was no internet to peruse to find hints and secrets of how everyone else was doing it 😉 It took awhile for his disability pay to kick in, but once that happened we both felt the relief those funds could bring.

I traveled in January to Las Vegas and had a blast with Melissa, Annette and Annette’s mother, Pat. There was a lot of stitching, and laughing, and a good bit of gambling that occurred and I actually came home richer than I arrived.

I enjoyed as many open stitching nights as I could at Attic Needlework. There were several Bag Ladies stitchins, and I loved, loved, loved the Sampler Sundays I attended. I feel so blessed to be living near Attic, getting to know so many designers that live nearby, and stitching with some wonderful women.

I found a really nice quilt shop and started the first of 3 quilt classes in January. I still haven’t finished the two quilts (one needs binding, one needs quilting and binding) but I did manage to finish what I think is a beautiful quilted bag that I tote all over the place with my stitching.

I read more books than I can remember and feel bad that I didn’t keep track of just how much I read.

And stitching! Lordy, did I stitch this year! I have been having so much fun with it! I had 11 stitching pieces on my WIPacolypse list. I finished 3. I also started 7 more, and finished 5 of those. Not bad 😉

Petite Mexican Sampler – The Samplar Workes – finished
Peacock Tapestry – Teresa Wentzler – (started 9/99) stitched on for 10 hours
Harmony – Serendipity Designs – started 11/23/97 — this had about 10 stitches in it. I took it with me to Vegas and unstitched it, then gridded the bottom of the fabric. Fortunately, I measured before I started stitching again and discovered there would have only been a one inch margin all the way around my fabric. I have put it aside, and taken it off my WIP/UFO list for now since there’s nothing but a gridded piece of fabric.
Haiku – Dimples Designs – started January 2004 – finished
Fairy Moon – Mirabilia – started October 27, 2004 – this saw a lot of stitching. I am almost finished with the stitching and will keep her in my 2013 rotation until she’s finished.
QS Letting Go – HAED – November 19, 2005
Red Desert Scissor Pocket – The Cat’s Whiskers – started October 11, 2006 – needs finishing out
Quaker Needlework Treasures – With My Needle – originally started October 2006; picked back up January 11, 2010
Le Marquoir de Justine – started January 4, 2007
Hannah Beeby – finished 4/15/12
Houses of Hawk Run Hollow – Carriage House Samplings – started January 18, 2010
New Start – Rose Quaker Sampler – Wiehenburg – (Started 4/25/12 stitchalong on Wednesdays)
New Start — Hannah Gilpin 1800 – Needleprint
Mary Wigham – Needleprint – New Start 4/26/12 – finished 9/1/12 I fell so in love with this piece I couldn’t put it down!
Americana – Carriage House Samplings – New Start finished 6/9/12
America – Little House Needleworks – New Start finished 6/17/12
Betsy – Sheepish Designs – New Start finished 6/25/12
America – Blackbird Designs – New Start finished 7/8/12

I also conquered my fear of finishing ornaments!

I got a new car! I got to travel to California and see Son and Melissa. Son and Girlfriend came here for Christmas. My parents came here for New Year (haven’t visited me in over 12 years).

All in all I feel I had a really good year. Mister and I stayed healthy. Harley Quinn had a rough year-end, but it looks like she’s completely healed and we’re very thankful to be starting 2013 with her and Jasper healthy.

Mister starts back to school on Monday. I’m looking forward to the routine it helps keep me in and the uninterrupted stitching time it gives me.

Last but not least, I managed to finally start And They Sinned yesterday. I have a 25% off everything coupon for Jo-Ann so I’ll be buying DMC for Berlin Woolwork Sampler and starting on that on the 15th.

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Organization

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Terri | 6 comments

It’s just turned 3:00 p.m. here. With the exception of breaks for breakfast, shower, lunch, 2 15-minute email checks, and 2 15-minute blog reader checks, a half hour wasted surfing quilt fabric sites, and a couple of “important” interruptions by Mister, I have spent my day entering 439 charts into an excel spreadsheet.

Full-sized charts

I pulled my patriotic designs and Halloween designs put them in a separate piles to create a box each specifically for them, plus I pulled some charts that I want to work on in 2013 if they fit into my “goals” that I’ve been working on. I have also culled what I know no longer interests me (which is probably why it’s taken so long). I’ll be offering them up here before putting them out on the various Facebook groups I post on.

I still have a very long way to go, but at least I’m working on it. I finished sorting through my quilt fabric several days ago. Of course, this doesn’t include the fabric shopping I’ve done over the past couple of weeks. (It’s a sickness, I tell you!)

I’m waiting on some comic backing board to arrive and I’ll start better organizing my fabric. For now it’s folded the best I could get it to get the most to fit in there. The refolding won’t happen until after the first of the year though since my goal is to be finished getting my room organized before Thanksgiving so I won’t be too embarrassed if a couple of stitchers happen to drop in for some stitching and finishing fun.

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Reflections

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Terri | 12 comments

WARNING! PHOTO INTENSIVE POST.

I cannot believe it’s been a year since I moved to Arizona. I have no regrets in doing so. While it hasn’t been perfect, I know that very few things are, and I cannot think of anything that has happened so far that has made me wish we had not made this decision. I am thankful that I wasted no time in jumping in and taking a quilting class as soon as I did, and that I showed up as soon as possible at Attic Needlework to participate in their Thursday night open stitching. I have made some wonderful friends this past year.

This time last year I was just sitting down for the 2nd time in our new home. Our furniture and 200+ boxes had been delivered, the delivery guys had surprised me by putting our bed together since they didn’t want me to have to sleep on the floor another night (I actually slept on a blow up mattress the night before), the cable guy had unpacked one of our TVs and hooked it up and made sure my internet was working, and I was searching the internet for the closest place to buy a refrigerator, washer, and dryer. I can’t remember exactly when Mister finally showed up to see our house for the first time, but I still remember how nervous I was that he wouldn’t like it! 😀

We haven’t done as much as we would have liked this past year, but we knew the first year was going to be a wait-and-see year for us while we got our bearings and learned to live the non-military life.

This past month has been a busy one for both of us. Mister finished one of his classes which is a good thing since his studio art class has increased his homework load. He’s still loving it though! He’s already registered for next term’s classes.

We finally were able to replace my beautiful 370Z that was totaled last year. When I chose that car it was a toss up between a “toy” or some “muscle.” While searching for my new car this year I drove almost every car I could imagine myself wanting, but ultimately I chose the “muscle” I didn’t choose the last time. My new car arrived a couple of weeks ago. I am so in love with her!

Dressed for Halloween

I finally put Haiku away and went back to Rose Quaker. While I’m still not stitching as much as I was it’s been nice to stitch on something I’m enjoying. This week will find me back to Haiku though, as I rearranged my living room last week because of new furniture purchases for the family room, and I now have the perfect spot for Haiku to reside. I really am very, very close to finishing it.

As mentioned, we purchased a new sofa, ottoman, and two chairs for our family room, from IKEA. I heart that place. I could completely furnish my house there! I chose a linen colored sofa and ottoman cover and the chairs are grey and linen checked. I’ll finish out the room with some red accessories for now. It’s a little weird sitting in the chairs as I’ve gone from snugglers (as my stitching chair) to a regular sized chair. My new stitching spot is probably going to be at the end of the sofa since I can’t stitch without my feet propped up 😉 and there needs to be room for a puppy or two when I’m stitching or reading.

Yesterday, I went with Annette to the Holiday Quilt, Craft & Sewing Festival put on by Rusty Barn. It was much smaller than the quilt festival we attended there this past January but there was still enough there to catch my eye. While I put back about as much as I bought, I still managed to bring home some really nice things. I was looking specifically for 3 things: (1) fabrics to make a red and white; and black and white table topper quilt; (2) fabric to make a traveling holder for my cutting mat and rulers; and, (3) a small wool penny kit. This is what I ended up bringing home with me:

MITI scissor fob. Yes, the white and pink beeds really “moon” glow in the light.

ASU colorway pin chicken

A couple of painted wooden signs for my stitching room.

Since I ~~don’t need another new hobby~~ have so much spare time on my hands, I also brought home:

A beaded needlecase kit in purple, gold, and black.

Beaded necklace kit in purples

Bees wax, beading thread, and 2 nippers (1 for my quilting table)

Beed organizing box

Chain Maille bracelet pattern

I did manage to find fabrics for my red and white quilt, including a backing fabric and a cute red and white Christmas tree wall hanging kit.

Fabrics for red and while quilt

Red and white Christmas tree wall quilt

I could only find backing fabric for a black and white quilt and I may end up tea dying this and creating a black and cream quilt instead, depending on what other fabrics I find in the future.

Backing for black and white quilt

I didn’t find the penny rug kit I wanted, but I didn’t leave there without purchasing a couple of “wool” related items.

Wool pin cushion with old spring to mount it on

I am sooo in love with these wool ornaments!

Wool Christmas ornaments

Because I promised myself before I went that I wasn’t going to buy any more patterns, I bought this one

Halloween wall hanging

and this one

Small wall hanging

I’m deluding myself into thinking I can get all this done before January when the next Quilt Festival arrives.

Oh, and one other purchase. I found a sterling greyhound charm. They are so very hard to find and I snatched it up to wear around my neck.

After all that was done I hung out with Annette at her house for about an hour before I went and had dinner with Cathy and her husband. She was in town for a class at Attic Needlework and because she has such excellent taste in new cars, the two of us wanted to do a face-t0-face. It’s always nice to finally get to meet online friends in person. We talked for so long after we finished eating that we were both embarrassed to see how many people were standing in the lobby waiting for a table! Oops.

Before I go finish creating my wonderful pot of chicken noodle soup, I’d like to ask that anyone still reading my blog say a small prayer for my HarleyQuinn. She has a cracked tooth that has gotten infected and created some horrendous (I am not exaggerating) swelling in her face. Yesterday she could barely open her left eye 🙁 and the major concern is that she will swell so badly that it can cause her skin to split. She has already been to the doctor and they warned us of this swelling but it’s still not easy to deal with. She is taking antibiotics and pain meds, and seems to be acting like she’s not in any pain, but it is oh so ever painful to look at her. The earliest we could get her in to have it pulled is this coming Friday and for those of you who remember our Bandit, you know how stressed out all of this is making me — so maybe you can include me in your prayers as well.

I promise to not take so long to update again. I had some drama-mama stuff happen on facebook with my family this past week over election issues and I find myself not wanting to play there very much for now. Facebook posting has caused me to neglect my blog and I feel really bad about that.

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May’s report, June’s goals

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Terri | 2 comments

Before I get started I need to give a huge public “thank you” to Melissa. Right after the first of the month my blog decided to take a nosedive. It was a PITA in the beginning. By mid-month I could no longer post any photos and as the month wore on it turned into a catastrophe. I couldn’t even log in. This past week I threw myself at her feet and begged her to help me. She was kind enough to get it straightened out for me. It was not an easy fix, and I think I owe her my blogging life.

A lot went on in May for me, but because I couldn’t access my blog in the past couple of weeks, I’m sure I’ve forgotten more than I remembered. I settled the lawsuit I brought against the woman who hit me last year; we’ve been having record heat here and M and I have been thoroughly enjoying our pool; I got Hannah Beeby framed and she’s hanging all by her lonesome in the middle of my family room wall (I haven’t unpacked my other large pieces yet); I have finally settled into the perfect routine for me and because of it am getting a ton of guilt-free quilting and stitching accomplished; I started walking consistently. That’s all I can remember right now!

My goals for May were fairly simple and I accomplished more than I thought I would:

Get the rest of my fibers put away (DONE)
Get started sorting my fabric (DONE)
Get back to rotating on:
1. Petite Mexican Sampler (finish it?) (FINISHED IT)
2. Fairy Moon (YES!)
3. Haiku (DIDN’T TOUCH IT*)
Continue with Rose Quaker and Mary Wigham on their respective stitching days (YES*)
Piece 4 more quilt squares (YES)
Finish quilted stitching bag (my Theme-a-licious project for May (NO)

*I forgot when I set my monthly goals that Memorial Day was coming up. Last year Jean published in the Attic Needlework May 2011 newsletter that she stitched on patriotic pieces from Memorial Day until September 11th. I have a lot of designs that contain the American flag, or are otherwise patriotic, and I thought this was a wonderful idea. Last year I chose 2 medium sized designs and it took me until about the 2nd week of October to finish the 2nd one. This year on Memorial Day I started Carriage House Samplings’ “Americana.” I’m very close to finishing it…perhaps just a couple more days of stitching. I have a second design pulled and will probably have no problem getting it finished before September 11, and then I’ll decide what to do next…continue with patriotic stitching or get back to my rotation. For now, though, I have stopped working on my rotation and I skipped yesterday’s stitching on Rose Quaker. I still haven’t decided whether or not I’m going to work on Mary Wigham today/tonight at Thursday stitchin.

While I had my stitching bag down for my Theme-a-licious project for may, I did work on my other quilt class projects. I keep forgetting to bring my stitching bag upstairs to make those few stitches! It sits by my chair holding my project bags and waiting to be loaded with my other odds and ins I take to stitchins. It’s happy where it is! LOL

I do have WIPacolypse progress to share but that will have to wait for another day as I have places to go and things to do today 😀

What do I want to do in June?

Finish sorting my stitching fabrics.
Get started sorting my quilting fabrics.
Continue with my patriotic stitching.
Piece 4 quilt squares
Work on Haiku for June’s Theme-a-licious.
Paint my bedroom.
Buy new bed.

My quilt class ends in June. I have enjoyed it so much and have gained confidence in reading patterns, choosing color, and piecing. I’ve purchased fabric for a small table top size quilt and am looking forward to starting it after I catch up with the rest of my quilting.

M finally heard back from the Veterans’ office at the university and has started his registration process.

The puppies are still providing great entertainment and love and are staying relatively healthy.

I have a long weekend getaway planned with Karen and am really looking forward to it.

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May goals

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Terri | 1 comment

My needlework expectations for May are:

Get the rest of my fibers put away
Get started sorting my fabric
Get back to rotating on:
1. Petite Mexican Sampler (finish it?)
2. Fairy Moon
3. Haiku
Continue with Rose Quaker and Mary Wigham on their respective stitching days
Piece 4 more quilt squares
Finish quilted stitching bag (my Theme-a-licious project for May)