Sunday Open Studio

I love the 4th Sunday of the month Open Studio at Quilter's Way in Concord, MA! It's 5 hours of stichin' and bitchin' with friends! What a way to spend the afternoon. :) I have missed going as it is was one of the those items cut from the budget when I was unemployed last year. But we are off to go sew/quilt/laugh the afternoon away!

I am hoping to work on my jackets, the totes for the kiddo's, make binding for the baby quilt, and finish fussy cutting the other two baby quilts I started at FUF  this past week.

The camera is back, so I plan to take some pictures at Open Studio... but I didn't... I forgot to bring the camera with me to Open Studio. Ah well it was a great time! There where seven of us in Open Studio today. We all where doing very different projects.

I brought a few projects to work on that I have been trying to get done. Fussy cutting a couple of baby quilts, cut the crayon tote fabric, cut the sleeves of hubby's favorite shirt from long sleeve to short sleeve (the elbow had worn thru), and pinned the sides of one of the sweatshirt jacket that I had started in December.

It is great to be able to spend a block of time just cutting. It was wonderful to be able to just do the preparation to just sew over the next few days. So, I am off to sit with my sewing machine at home, as I did not sit with my sewing machine at Open Studio. :)

Thanks for stopping by :) Ciao for now!

J :)

Sunday Sewing

One issue with working a 40 hour work week is that I miss my sewing time... I am going to have to follow Victoria Findlay Wolfe from Bumble Beans advise and just play for 15 minutes at a time...

In the meantime, I have been sewing the basket liners for the bassinet for the new baby due to arrive April 3rd, this weekend. Maybe I am tired... whatever, I am making mistakes... so this is the basket that I am making the two liners for...

This is one liner that is correct...

This is the 2nd liner...

So that you are not guessing what I am talking about, check out the two elephants... they are upside down. Which means that I put the end flaps on wrong. I am off to rip them off and resew them correctly... not my idea of a fun time.

I am also working on the baby quilt, I'll have to take some pictures soon!

Ah well, thanks for stopping by, Ciao for now!
J :)

1st day...

So I have been searching for work for over a year... Today was my 1st day back in the corporate working world.

I have taken a temporary position, which I am happy to say, Was very nice to start at today.

I will be sewing/quilting on the weekends as I am wiped out from not working a straight 8.5 hour work day. Add to that the 1st day jitters... Makes for a slightly stressed day. But I survived and am looking forward to tomorrow.

In the meantime, I need to get the baby quilt for our new (April 3rd) grandson, basket liners, and a few crayon totes for the big kids done between now and the end of the weekend. I hope to do at least twenty minutes a night... We will see how that goes. Also want to make a mini quilt for the wall in my cube :)

Thanks for stopping by, Ciao for now!
J :)

Suffering with a Cold... again

The problem with not hanging around with children on a regular (24/7) basis is that you pick up every cold bug that they bring around when you are with them.  This past weekend two nieces and a nephew where at my mom's and one of them had a slight bug... yup, I caught it (another one!)... ah well, the price one pays to hang around with the kids. Loved hanging around with them then, not a happy camper right about now...

Which means that I did not get to play with my serger, nor will the grandkiddo's be coming over to hang out this week, nor did I go to the guild meeting last night... major bummers.

Today I am starting to feel much better, though I have gone thru about 3 boxes of tissues... I am already planning on cutting the backing for the baby quilt, cutting the 3rd, 4th, and 5th AG size sweatshirts, and sewing the blocks for the Guild's 2013 Raffle Quilt. That should keep me busy... maybe I'll fit in some time to play with my V-day gift as well...

Thanks for stopping by, Ciao for now!

J :)