5 Day Report

July 24, 2007July 24, 2007 Wild Rose Quilter4 Comments

Not much to add…I only got one more row put together on my Storm at Sea wallhanging. I did look at my new issue of McCall’s Quilting that came yesterday. I fought a sinus headache all day at work, and was feeling slightly better, but worn out by the time I got home. I sewed that row while home on my lunch break. I did force myself to do some Flylady cleaning in my bedroom. I had to do a little unexpected babysitting for a friend, from about 7:oo to almost 8:00 last night. Then I went straight to bed. I wish I could stay home and sew today.

OH! Before I went to work yesterday, I took aforementioned 16 year old to get his driver’s license. He’s official now! He picked me up for lunch, and went to get me a cold slush from Sonic yesterday afternoon. So strange, watching them drive off by themselves the first few times.

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Kay’s Challenge

July 23, 2007 Wild Rose QuilterLeave a comment

In response to a challenge posted by an online friend, I will try to remember to post what I accomplished quilt related for the 5 days. Yesterday, amid laundry and a few other household chores, I put four rows of my Storm at Sea wallhanging together. It took me about 45 minutes just to find the layout I liked best. I should have been working on putting together the backing for Mom’s quilt, but I ran across the Storm at Sea project, I had tucked it away and forgotten about it, and got sidetracked by it. It was just what I felt like working on. I’m sure I will be looking for quilting suggestions when the time comes. 🙂 Today, I probably won’t have much to report, as it’s back to the daily grind of the day job.

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Woohoo! I finished my Mom’s Quilt top!

July 15, 2007July 15, 2007 Wild Rose Quilter9 Comments

This is a king size cornerstones quilt from Eleanor Burns “Still Stripping” book. I added the inner and outer borders today, to complete the top. It was quite a monster to wrestle around. It’s approximately 115″ square. Next, I will have to iron the backing fabric, and sew up an even more monstrous back. That will have to wait for another day! Lots of great space for quilting…I’m still finalizing my plans for that. Please Dear Lord, let me do a good job on it. I also got a couple of very special rail fence blocks done today, and will get those out in the mail tomorrow for a dear online friend who is battling cancer. I feel like I have done some work today. Whew!