Sunday Sewing

Sunday Sewing at the Quilt Shop...

Yes, this really is the inside of the Cambridge Quilt Shop in Cambridge Massachusetts. I am typically there on Friday night for Finish Up Fridays. One of the members of our happy band reserved the basement classroom for today from noon to 5 pm. It was great to be able to sew for a large chunk of time!

I am working on a few projects at this time (surprise, surprise, surprise!!!) one is the b-day quilt, another is thank you mug rugs for some special people (think sewing machine), and then I am making a T-shirt quilt from T-shirts of a young women who passed away on January 5th after battling breast cancer for the past 14 years. 

She was a wonderful women, my girlfriends niece, who fought a hard fight for so many years. As the years passed, she came to live in T-shirts and sweats. She was at her mom's house for the past 7 or so years. The quilt is for her mom. It is so hard to loose a child. Krissy will be missed, but I hope to keep her positive attitude in the T-shirt quilt. 

I have to update my quilting WIP list... I know that some of them are threatening to become UFO's... not a good thing. Also on my list is to clean out my stash closet... yes, I said closet... a walk-in-closet to be exact. So it will take a little bit to get thru it. 

We where talking about "shopping in our stash" as New Year resolutions... I confess, this is one of mine. I really need to either use, donate, or trade that which I have in my closet. 

How are you doing with your resolutions? Well I do hope!

Off to eat dinner, thank you for stopping by! 

Ciao for now!

J :) 

Contemplating...

Have you ever had one of those moments that you really need to think about what you are doing? Yes that was me this morning (already).


A good friend asked if I was going to be joining in the weekly FIUF group, that was not what I had to think about, as I had told someone else that Friday's are Off Limits!


What I had to think about is... "I need to make some clothing for Ms. E's American Doll (Birthday Present), finish sewing the jacket I was making before Ms. Piggy, do the sewing on the jacket for the class I took... And start a major birthday quilt..." Ok, so my "To Do" list seems to be expanding too fast and I really need to finish the items on the WIP list before I start another...

 

Add to all that excitement and I may be getting another machine... my aunt called to ask me if I would care for another one as the person who has it now can't find the parts in TX where they live. That will be a trip to the local dealership to have the machine serviced. I'll have to wait and see... 
I really am excited :)  As it is always nice to get a new (even used - as it is new to me) sewing machine... Does it show that I love to sew? And No, it is not a Singer... but I could not resist the picture...

Back to that growing To Do list... 

So this is Not my pile of fabric scraps... though it really could be... it does look like the pile of projects that I need to get back to...

I do have a few to finish... and a few birthday's up coming... Nothing major, well... I think turning 5 would be considered major for Ms E. With that I am off to find some fabric to make some clothing for an AG Doll... Now where did I put those patterns...

Ciao for now!

J :)

Back to the sewing machine...

Home again from class :) Ah yes it is done! Just have to prep for an exam within the next few weeks. In the meantime I have some projects screaming my name real loud!

Talking about projects, I was on FB and there is a group Quilt N Bee that posted the following challenge:

Join the Finishers . Just leave me a comment and I will add you to the group.

Ok Quilt N Bee is going to sponsor a UFO party for 2012. Here are the basics.

Find all of your UFOs
Post how many that you have along with photos of all of them we will set up a facebook group for THE FINISHERS 2012
At the beginning of the month let me know how many you plan to work on and finish.
At the end of the month post how many you have finished-along with a photo
Each month (the 5th of the month) the one with the most completed will be awarded a prize-if there is a tie we will draw for the winner.

Are you on Facebook? Have you "Like" Quilt N Bee? Their FB link is here. If your not on FB, don't worry... You can go to Quilt N Bee's Blog... As well I'll post my UFO's and WIP's and the progression on finishing them up.

Sew it is back to the sewing machine to finish up projects and enjoy the rest of Sunday evening as my hubby watches the football game on TV.

Ciao for now!
J :)

4th Sunday of the month

Time for a late cup of coffee and I hope you enjoy today's rant...

Every 4th Sunday of the month is a quilting studio at one of my local quilt shops (about 17 miles from home) for 5 hours. I am working on getting my WIP's done, but the list keeps growing... Ah well.Today I finished a couple of WIP potholders for my aunt, who I will be visiting this week. Worked on a thread portrait that was supposed to be done today (it's not, but I will work on it and send it as a late present).

While getting my supplies together for studio, on Saturday, I realized that my short list of projects really has about 15 - 20 more projects to add. Yes, it does appear that there are some UFO's (UnFinished Objects) in among my stash. They are going to have to be finished! 1at they need to be added to my running list of WIP's that I will need to update on a regular basis.

I have missed going to Sunday Open Studio for the past three months. Time fly's when life has you running like crazy! Last time I was there was February! March I was on a family trip, April was a family issue that I needed to attend to, and May was a local (if you call New England area local) family trip. I have missed the therapy session that occurs at Open Studio. There are a few of us that have become regulars. It is much like "Finish Up Fridays" my other quilting therapy session that I have missed more than I have been able to attend over the past four months.

Well, I did not name this blog incorrectly, Life has been getting in the way of my quilting!

Hope you have enjoyed today's rant and enjoy your coffee.
J :)