Finishing Friday

I think that the word "Finishing" is not in my quilting vocabulary yet. I know what the word "Starting" means and what "Working" means. But 'finishing' is not something I do very often. (sigh)

I laid out my Saints quilt and surprise surprise surprise, it actually looks like the EQ7 drawing and the picture in my head. So I can start planning the embroidery in the black spaces. WHOO HOO! (Note to self: Next time you use black fabric buy black batting, dummy!)

Well, gators, I am off to start putting my squares together and do the next phase. Wish me luck b/c it is the first time I have free motion quilted on the BabyLock and I haven't done any free motion in about 2 years. This will be interesting. I think straight lines is the way to go. I only have to redo 1 square - I just could not put the score down showing that the Saints lost by that much so I reversed the scores. LOL.

Today will be a on-the-go day since Pape has to get a suit for a funeral tomorrow. It seems that the clothes fairy came in and shrunk all 25 suits in the closet(no, I am not joking. He has that many suits. At one time the man was a clothes hound). So we have to go buy another one that actually fits. If this doesn't get him to start watching his diet, then nothing will b/c he hates to spend money on things he doesn't use that often and he doesn't dress up much any more.

Lator gators~ to Dee, after while... Have a blessed weekend.

WIP Wednesday -Saints Quilt Process 2

I took the big BabyLock in for a check up and found out that I have been doing it all wrong for the last year due to lack of training and not reading the manual which is 2" thick. I thought that was what you went to training for! I will sit down and read the manual for the second time and then see if my girl wants to work for me. If she doesn't then she is off to the doctor again.

I have finished all the embroider for phase 3 and will now begin to put the stars together in sections and quilt each section with straight lines. What other embroidery and quilting to be done is not decided yet. That I will decide when I get there. I will be practicing free motion on the cats quilt.

My daughter's bday is Friday and her present is for her to come and pick up the Phaff Grand Quilter and its frame. It takes up too much room and I haven't used it for quite some time. She will use it either on the frame or off. She quilts on a very small domestic machine so the Phaff will definitely give her more quilting room. She has wanted that set-up for quite some time so off it goes as B-day and Christmas -new to her and I get my hand quilting frame back.

Sounds like I am being such a good mom - HA!- now she will be able to quilt all my tops!!! I think it is a good trade off - we both make tops- I make the labels - she quilts them - I bind them. We both get more piecing done and are doing what we each like to do! Fun Fun fun!

Lator gators, Have a blessed day and I will see you on Sunday.

Stash Report Sunday

Stash Report:

Fabric out this week: 0000

Fabric in this week: 2 1/4 yards of pink & brown floral for wedding quilt.

I still don't have my new computer loaded with excel so I don't have the correct numbers for this report. I am in the RED! That goes without saying since I only count finishes as fabric used and I haven't finished anything in a long time. That said I am working on finishing 3 quilts and 3 bags all at the same time. My friend says that I work on too many projects at one time. She just may be right! I started buying the fabric for my niece's wedding quilt. She requested pink & brown so I have to buy fabric since I do not have pink in my stash. The pattern is picked and I will start slowly buying pinks (ugh) and browns for the quilt. I will start it after the first of the year. She has been warned that it would not be ready for her wedding (12/31)...I have 2 graduation quilts, a secret sister quilt, and a Saints quilt to finish first.

(I have finished all the regular games...next comes the last post-season games. This phase is almost done. )

Lator Gators! Have a blessed Sunday. See you tomorrow.