I’ll be leaving town today…won’t be back til Sat. night. High school golf season is starting. I will be following my son around a golf course Friday and Saturday, in Plainview, TX. I will also probably be freezing half to death, as the weather is supposed to be pretty crappy. I will be without any internet or email access, so I’ll be out of touch til I get back. Talk to you then!
Author: Wild Rose Quilter
I’m a simple woman…at least that what my DH (Dear Husband) used to say about me…I was a wife, I am now a widow, mother, step-mother & step-grandmother, quilter, and have a full time job in criminal justice. I lost my DH on May 22nd, 2011. I live in a small town in Texas. I love piecing quilts, I love quilting quilts. I have a serious addiction to fabric. I’ve been quilting since 1998, and purchased my first longarm, a Gammill Premier, in 2004. I upgraded to an A-1 Elite, named Corky, in March, 2007. I am in the process of rebuilding my life after losing my spouse. All photos and content in this blog are my own, and I request that you not download, copy or otherwise use anything here without my permission. I hope you enjoy visiting my blog and would love to hear your comments. Thanks for stopping by!
No, Not Again
I had planned to work on a Meme post I’ve been tagged for, and that was going to be my post today. But just a bit ago, I learned more heartbreaking news. Once again, one of our online “family” members has been hit with a horrible tragedy. Please keep our Dear Gina in your prayers, as her son James was killed in a car accident last night, and her son Kelly, who was with him, is in ICU.
Sunday Report, True Confessions
In addition to the beautiful So Fine threads I bought this week, I bought fabric. I decided that I didn’t have a suitable backing fabric for the the lighter version of the two 9P & stripes I’m making. I will be able to find a suitable fabric for the darker one in my stash, but with all this feather practice I’m doing, I wanted something really good for the lighter one. I hope it turns out really nice. I bought 14 yds of this beautiful Benartex Giverny fabric for $4.05 a yd. from www.thousandsofbolts.com. I really only needed 10 yds, but they only had 14 listed in stock, so I figured the other four may as well come along for the ride 🙂 And while I was at it, I went ahead and ordered 5 yds. of this beautiful golden fabric, to use for the back of my Storm at Sea top, that has been finished for quite awhile.
And, I didn’t stop there. I bought these stencils. Ronda always inpires me with the beautiful quilting she does, and she recommends using stencils. With all the feather backtracking practice I’ve been doing, I might be getting up enough nerve to try some pretty stencils.
I’m still working on feathering that vintage top to death. I’m actually feeling feather frazzled…I’m ready to get it off my machine. One last edge to do…but man does that precision work make my shoulder scream. I’ve been getting a little more careless with my backtracking, and some of the CC’s, trying to hurry it up a bit. It’s just for me, anyway, and I’ve gotten some great experience working on it. However, I now have three paying jobs coming in soon, so I need to get done so I’ll be ready for them.
I did sew up my Wild Onion jacket, and I’m pleased with the quilting. However, I think I used the wrong batting. It’s too stiff, and it puffs out weird at the back of the shoulders. I used Quilter’s Dream request loft poly. So if I make another, what batting would you suggest? A light weight cotton, maybe? Also, I think I’ll make the shorter version.
Sunday weigh in: starting weight this week was 147. Today my weight was 145, for a loss this week of 2 lbs! Total weight loss is now at 9 lbs. I’m not sure I’ll do so well this next week. DH was gone from Sunday to Thursday this week, so it was really a lot easier for me to eat less calories.
So, that’s my report. I wasn’t really good, but I don’t feel a bit bad!
Wooohoooohooooo!
Go Dale Jr., Go!!! Woohoooo! What a way to start the new season! Yea!!!
See What Y’all Made Me Do??
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More of the Feather
My head did let up enough Sunday for me to finish the one feather. However, I’m having such a hectic week, that I haven’t gotten to touch it since. 😦
Oh boy, am I anxious to get back on this! In the meantime, I’m doodling feathers whenever I get a chance.
Sunday Stash Report and Weigh-In
I don’t have much to report this week. I’m still working on my Eleanor Burns quilts. I finished quilting my Wild Onion jacket, haven’t stitched up the seams yet. I didn’t buy any fabric, even though I got lots of tempting emails from fabric shops having Superbowl sales. Not sure what the Superbowl has to do with fabric sales….
I pulled a FatBack! from my stash to back this vintage quilt top I’m quilting.
On the body stash busting…my starting weight this week was 148. My weight today was 147, for a loss this week of one pound. That’s a total loss of 7 lbs. I worked out six times last week. I’m hoping to get back into some of my favorite pants that I like to wear to work. Well, as of today, I can get back in them, buttoned and zipped. However, I still cant wear them, because honestly, the only place I want to see a c@mel toe is on a camel. 😮
Hot Damn & Hallelujah!
After four long years, finally….
I am so happy! I’ve waited so long to see a feather like that come from my needle. I’m also frustrated because I have to stop there, as I’m getting a nasty headache today. Wouldn’t ya know it? I’m off to medicate myself, and maybe I will feel like getting back to it b4 the day is done.
Before I go, I want to say how much I appreciated the input on yesterday’s post. Thank you to everyone for your comments.
Getting Closer To The Feathers I Want, But Need Some Advice
I decided to play around on the longarm some today. I’m pretty pleased with the way my little feathers came out, shape wise. The very center part isn’t right, but other than that, I like the way they look, from the front.
Now about the back…I have some questions for you more seasoned feather experts. I don’t like the way mine look on the back, where the thread builds up…is it supposed to look like this? Or do I need to fiddle with my tension some more? I’m using Signature cotton, Tex 40.
I uploaded the pics as thumbnails, so you can click on them and make them bigger, and really see what I’m talking about. They look “messy” where the thread is backtracked. How do I make this look better? Any advice you might like to bestow on me would be greatly appreciated. 🙂 Sorry the pics aren’t a little better, I was laying on my back under the longarm table, trying to take them.
What’s Your Homepage?
A little “just for fun” post this Friday morning, as I sit drinking my coffee and getting geared up to get myself out the door to work. When you first log on to the internet, what is on your homepage? At work, mine is on msn.com. But here at home, every morning, I am greeted by a new face from www.dogoftheday.com. I love this website. It’s been my homepage for a few years now. Today’s pic and story are a perfect example of why I enjoy it so much. I love happy endings.
My friend’s (who is also my coworker) husband got put in the hospital yesterday. He tested positive for “the flu” and has fluid in one side of his chest. I have been feeling like I’m coming down with some upper respiratory something or another for the last couple days. So I am hitting the Mucinex to see if I can fend it off. Yuk! My hubby was coughing a lot this morning, too. And he is wanting to leave Sunday for another week long fishing trip. I told him he can’t go if he’s getting the same crap our friend Brad has. Brad, by the way, is not only my friend’s husband, he is my husband’s friend. He also works at our shop on his days off from his regular job, for some extra $$. And my son is friend’s with their oldest son. So we all spend a lot of time together, in one way or another. And now I’ve digressed from my original “homepage” topic, lol. Gotta go anyway! TGIF!!!
Ramblings From Randi, The Wild Rose Quilter 
