Weekend Kick Off

As usual, Friday started with my feet hitting the floor running . . .

laundry, started before I left the house . . . 

groceries, we have to ear . . . 

library, close all weekend, picking up an order and ordering books for Newton.
I was home and everything put away by noon.

The backyard looked clear after a visit from "mama" deer. She had been pretty aggressive in letting us know she didn't want us using it.

I opened the gate and let the dogs run. On the way back from getting Rocky I saw it.

We all went right past her laying in the grass. She's no more than a couple of weeks old. She beside the tree. That was as close as I could get.

I spent the afternoon finishing laundry and prepping dinner. My backed chicken called for fresh herbs. It was wonderful to ust go out and get what you need from your garden: rosemary, parsley and thyme. The thyme is already flowering.

After dinner I was tired, but still managed to grid three rows of the garden and start the Growing Up BOM.


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Switching Gears

I spent part of the day with Mom. That didn't stop me from getting in some early morning sewing. I spent about 15 minutes before leaving to prep the final section of backing to be sewn on when I got home.

I was only at Mom's for a few hours. As always, it was a nice visit. Mom is so inspiring. At almost 80 she's still doing so much on her own. My brother, niece and I do what we can to help her. We're all within an hour's drive, so someone is always available.

It's bee a soggy few days and the rains keep coming. It rained so much Thursday afternoon that Rocky didn't hesitate to come in from his afernoon break. He tore through the house trying to get dry.

I stopped at the library on the way home to pick up movies for the weekend. We're a pretty quiet family, so no big plans. That means we'll all do what we enjoy most. . .

me - sewing, stitching, watching movies, prepping meals

Honey Do - putsing in the garage, video games, watching war movies

Newton - video games, more video games, eating

With more rain on the way for the entire weekend, we'll got lots of rest in, too,

I finished - finally - putting the backing on the quilt Thursday evening. It feels like it took forever to do this last section. I learned a lot doing it this way. The biggest lessons were more planning and thinking things through. And, don't work on it when you are tired.

Switching gears means I need to set the quilt aside for a couple of days to get my Growing Up BOM done by deadline.

I spent part of my evening choosing my fabrics.

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Solitary Play Day

I am on my own this rainy Wednesday. It started early, and is relatively cool. AND is forecast for the entire weekend - off and on. More time to play at the sewing machine.

An early dentist appointment for Newton had me on the road and I took advantage of that time to run my errands.

Once home, I was ready to start working on the Redwork quilt . . . or so I thought. Oh the frustration !!! For every step forward, I took two back. I wasn't rushing the process, at I didn't think so. Every mistake made me fill like I was. I was getting nowhere fast.

It took most of the afternoon, but I finally got the piece on correctly. One more side and it will be ready for final quilting and the binding.

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Changed Plans

I love when I can change plans so that it benefits me in a positive way. I had an appointment first thing that I was able to combine with another one saving me time and gas. One more thing to keep me close to home.

Chores done by 9 a.m. :)

Worked on Redwork. I was able to spend my sewing time Monday sewing on the binding. Tuesday, I cut the backing for the border section and sewed it on the two long sides. This took longer than expected. I also miscalculated my cuts, so I had to add and extra section and sewed it on.

Measure twice = cut once !!

Add to that, I'm out of backing fabric so I'm using the leftover black with white dots.

Tuesday evening stitching was the sheep since I didn't have anything drawn off and this is a project in progress already.

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Priorities and Goals

As the end of the month approaches, I have to review my priorities. I could spend all day sewing, making quilts, doing embroidery. And if I didn't have a family, pets and home to care for - I would !!

As Monday dawned damp from the Sunday rains, cooler - forecast is for a high of 65 degrees - I need to concentrate on household chores. The laundry is caught up except for a load of sheets and a mattress pad. There's some deep cleaning, like behind the refrigerator. The stuff you put off because it's just not that easy to deal with and is usually time-consuming. Monday was that day. There's no in-between the fun stuff for these chores, or they'd never get done.

I did manage some sewing time at the end of the day.

The binding has been sewn on to the quilt.

Goals for the week of May 15, 2017

1. Redwork Quilt

I'd like to see it finished this week.

- Sashing - DONE

-Border - DONE

-Binding - on, but not completely finished

2. Easter Wall Hanging

- Final stitching - DONE

- Assemble - not yet

3. Tilda Doll

- Put the doll's body together - DOEN

4. Salem Witch Quilt

This is a new project that's going to take a year to do.

- draw off panel one - not yet, put it away for now

Goals for the week of May 22, 2017

1. Redwork
- sandwich and quilt border
- binding

2. Easter 
- assemble

3. Growing up QAL
- assemble monthly block

4. Tilda doll
- hair

5. Pull next UFO :)

This is actually a pretty easy week, going into the holiday weekend. Honey Do is planning on adding Friday for a four-day weekend. Newton will also be home on Monday for another three-day weekend (second one in a row). We have plans to be around the house - pulling up carpet and planting the vegetable garden :)

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Mid-May . . . Already?

21 days of sewing fun !!!

We are more than half way through this challenge!! I hope everyone participating feels as productive with this challenge as I do. It has been very rewarding to have this much time at the sewing machine. I did the math and it's only 9.5 hours total, but I feel so accomplished. When I don't sew I feel like I've deprived myself of something very important.

Susan at DesertSky Quilting alerted us of a freebie at the same time I discovered it. I spent my Friday morning at the library downloading the patterns.

Here's your link to Bear Creek Quiling's BOM for 2017. This company is wonderful because the patterns are all still free without any posted deadlines or expiration. Not sure if previous years are still available, but it appears they have a new BOM every year.

My 30 minutes of sewing time was spent putting the rest of the sashings on the Redwork quilt

I get more excited with each step of this project.

And to round out the day

progress was made on the Easter block.

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Thursday's Play Day

The humidity kicked in hot and heavy. Temperatures were forecast in the low-mid 90s . . . for mid-May !!!!
I was originally planning on playing with BF and her daughter, but then I was supposed to go to work, but then work cancelled. 

Image from Yahoo

I spent the day home, alone, except for my constant four-legged companions. We took the day as it came and went.

I got my 30+ minutes of sewing in by finishing the quilting on the final 9-patch row.

I also got the top and bottom sashings sewn on.

I took a break and ran some errands . . . 

library books needed returned and picked up

dinner supplies and . . . strawberries.

Dogs needed to go out and because it was so warm (hot?) and fairly breezy, I decided it was a good day to line dry the laundry.

There's no school on Friday, so we'll take the day as it comes.

Fortunately, most of the chores are done and we can relax and just have some fun :)

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