I hope that everyone had a Happy and Safe Holiday Season. I've decided to made some New Year's Plans. I'm not going to call them resolutions its sound to fake. I seem to never keep up with the one's I make, so I'm calling them Plans this Year. To Start:
1. I would like to reduce my stash and use what I can. I know that I will need to add a few things, but if just a quarter comes out of what I have that will make room for more.
2. I have some quilt kits that I've purchased and Quilt Festival in 2006 & 2007 (Houston & Chicago) that I would like to get done. This would free up at least two of my quilt baskets.
3. I would like to get at least one quilt top done each month. If more get done that that will not count for the next month, but will just be an extra finish.
4. I would like to lose a few pounds. I'm not going to say how many but if a few are gone by the end of next year I will call that a win.
5. I would like to put more post on my blog, I got so busy with our guild quilt show. That a few things got missed. One being my blog.
I think that these are plans that could happen. I sure hope at this time next year I have less in my stash, more quilt tops to quilt, I need more kits to make and a new clothes to wear. All seems good at this time. Hope you have a safe New Years. TaTa for know. PeeWee hope you get time to read the book.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
Busy Time of Year
Boy!! This sure is the busy time of year. It seems like the year just started and the end is near. In the past few weeks I've managed to try to move all my quilting items down to the basement. My husband said to me a few months ago-- " I would like to have one room in the House".
I said --" You do have a room in the house"
Husband -- "No, I would like to have a room that doesn't have your quilting stuff in it"(Quilting stuff)
I---- " I don't have quilting stuff in every room"
Husband--- " I think YOUR wrong" (That made me think before saying anything else)
I--- " I don't have anything in the bathroom"
After that conversation I figured it was time to move things from each room down to the really nice quilting area I have in the basement. I have nice baskets, a sewing table for two machines, a flannel board, cutting mat & a peg board. What more could a girl ask for. I've had some time to go threw my stash and pass off the fabric that I knew I would never use. I've brought over 5 nice size boxes to the girls at work to look over. I've managed to get two co-workers in to the Quilt World. So the least I could do is give them some fabric to start their own stash. I'm sure at some point I will asked them to bring the fabric I gave them back.( that's so wrong, but so true) I've also managed to get down to only having a sewing machine upstairs. I don't count the magazines that I have by the bed, or in the living room, because I have to have something to look at.
I've also told my self that this next year is going to be the year of the "QUILT KIT BUST". I've got a list so long of the quilt kits, it's truly something that I want to get BUSTED. I would like to finish a project a month. I tell my self after our guild quilt show that we have every two years. I will not go into overdrive two months before for the show to get everything done. I seem to do the same thing each time, but this year will be different. I want to get a least 3 quilts for the show done this next year. Enough of what I want to get done for next year, when I have so much to do this year.
I still have Christmas shopping to do. I've only got two people on my list done. We're hosting Christmas at our House for my husbands family. I still need to put up a tree, so that I don't totally bum my nephew out. Christmas isn't my favorite time of the year. I'm more of a fall late winter person. I like snowmen so I have those things out, but the tree just does seem to want to come out this year. Last year when the tree was up our younger dog Sophie liked to look at it when the tree had the lights on. We had one of those ornaments that when you would touch it it would turn the tree on. A couple of mornings I would get up and the tree was on. Each night I would ask my husband "did you turn the tree on this morning?" he would say" no". One morning I was putting my shoes on and Sophie jumped up on the couch and poked her nose on the ornament that turned the tree on. She than looked over at me as to say "I'm the one turning the tree on to look at." I told my husband that night and sure enough she did it again, so I think Sophie watched which one we would touch and figured out how to turn the tree on. She is a very smart dog, I sometimes think that if she could talk we would be in real trouble. Well I think this post is long enough at this point. TaTa for know.
I said --" You do have a room in the house"
Husband -- "No, I would like to have a room that doesn't have your quilting stuff in it"(Quilting stuff)
I---- " I don't have quilting stuff in every room"
Husband--- " I think YOUR wrong" (That made me think before saying anything else)
I--- " I don't have anything in the bathroom"
After that conversation I figured it was time to move things from each room down to the really nice quilting area I have in the basement. I have nice baskets, a sewing table for two machines, a flannel board, cutting mat & a peg board. What more could a girl ask for. I've had some time to go threw my stash and pass off the fabric that I knew I would never use. I've brought over 5 nice size boxes to the girls at work to look over. I've managed to get two co-workers in to the Quilt World. So the least I could do is give them some fabric to start their own stash. I'm sure at some point I will asked them to bring the fabric I gave them back.( that's so wrong, but so true) I've also managed to get down to only having a sewing machine upstairs. I don't count the magazines that I have by the bed, or in the living room, because I have to have something to look at.
I've also told my self that this next year is going to be the year of the "QUILT KIT BUST". I've got a list so long of the quilt kits, it's truly something that I want to get BUSTED. I would like to finish a project a month. I tell my self after our guild quilt show that we have every two years. I will not go into overdrive two months before for the show to get everything done. I seem to do the same thing each time, but this year will be different. I want to get a least 3 quilts for the show done this next year. Enough of what I want to get done for next year, when I have so much to do this year.
I still have Christmas shopping to do. I've only got two people on my list done. We're hosting Christmas at our House for my husbands family. I still need to put up a tree, so that I don't totally bum my nephew out. Christmas isn't my favorite time of the year. I'm more of a fall late winter person. I like snowmen so I have those things out, but the tree just does seem to want to come out this year. Last year when the tree was up our younger dog Sophie liked to look at it when the tree had the lights on. We had one of those ornaments that when you would touch it it would turn the tree on. A couple of mornings I would get up and the tree was on. Each night I would ask my husband "did you turn the tree on this morning?" he would say" no". One morning I was putting my shoes on and Sophie jumped up on the couch and poked her nose on the ornament that turned the tree on. She than looked over at me as to say "I'm the one turning the tree on to look at." I told my husband that night and sure enough she did it again, so I think Sophie watched which one we would touch and figured out how to turn the tree on. She is a very smart dog, I sometimes think that if she could talk we would be in real trouble. Well I think this post is long enough at this point. TaTa for know.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Stashbusting in 2009
Judy Laquidara over at patchwork times is doing the stashbusting again in 2009. I've made it my mission to bust some of this stash that I have. I want to really attack the kits that I've got stacked up. I also have alot of fabric that needs to be able to fit in the nice baskets that I have in my sewing room(or should I say rooms). My goal is to be able to have everything in one area, at the present time I'm sewing in a spare room up stairs and also have a sewing area in the basement. I have a great set-up, back a few years ago my husband put those really nice wire baskets in a row of 4 and put a nice board on top so that I could pick out project to sort and go threw. I have managed to fill the top with fabric and the baskets could explode at any moment. That's 20 baskets full each row has five baskets. I also have shorter wire baskets with four in it, the top has a shorter basket, but still there are at least 12 more there. I would like everything to fit in those bins. Oh to dream, I will say all this now but I know for a fact that I will continue to buy more fabric. I will give it a shot at least. I would love to bust threw 100 yards. TaTa for now. Take care PeeWee
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
A New Post
Sorry for such a long pause. The Guild that I'm in recently had our every other year quilt show. I was also in charge of our Silent Auction, boy this was alot of work. Our show was a great success, we have 143 members in our Guild and 103 of us put items in the show. This by far was our biggest and best show. We had over 520 quilts in our show. We'll I thought I would share the quilts that I was able to get done and quilted for our show. I put 12 quilts in this time. I think I had all the tops done by the end of August and had only two of of the quilts completely done (quilted, bond, quilt label, & a hanging sleeve on the back). Everything else I quilted & bond until the 25th of September. Did I mention that we also went on a trip to Florida for 5 days. Here are a few photos to look at. I also have decided that I'm going to start making smaller quilts. Tomorrow night is our Guild meeting to let us know who will receive a ribbon. I was called and my In Santa's Workshop got at least third place ( picture in an older post). I will post to let everyone know for sure. I also received a vendors choice. TaTa for now. Take care PeeWee
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