2nd finish for 2026, pouch quilting,

I took a half sick day off Friday afternoon. I was not feeling good. I was still feeling the pressure in my chest, neck, and lower jaw. This is the weirdest cold I have ever had. I worked on quilting the green baby quilt, got the binding on it and now it is done! It finished 39" x 45.75". All it needs is a label, which is a story for later on this week.

Saturday, I quilted the sandwiches I had put together for the curved top pouches. I decided to start on the ones I planned on quilting with yellow thread. I still wasn't feeling great so I took many breaks, but I managed to get 15 quilted. I finished the last 5 on Sunday morning.

The pouches are now cut out and ready for finishing. Here they are on the table with the other pouch sandwiches that need quilted. My plan is to get them quilted and trimmed, then start the process of finishing them.

I am going to start quilting the orange pile so I wound bobbins and pulled out the Sulky rayon thread I will quilt them with. I have a lot of this Sulky thread and would like to use it up. These pouches are a good way to use up some of the thread I have.

I made a pot of chili.

I decided to go around the studio to clean up stuff. I had this pile of end cuts from making the zig zag quilt

I sewed those together to make four patches. They are now pressed and ready for trimming. If I alternate the 4 patches with a solid patch, I think I have enough for another baby quilt.

I put together a ruler, cutting mat, my rotary cutter with the 4 patches and will trim them at lunch.

I was doing laundry in between other tasks. I did get a label made and sewed on for the t-shirt quilt finally. It is all packed in a box ready for mailing at lunchtime today.

I ran out of energy to cut any fabric for the thread beds, but Sunday when I got up the heaviness in my chest, neck and jaw was gone and my teeth didn't hurt anymore!  I feel great today and I will continue to keep taking that elixir.  I think it has helped my itchy skin too!  

We did get a bit of snow last night - about a half inch. It snowed all day Sunday but it was so fine there was no accumilation. It is still snowing, but it is suppose to end in a couple hours.

Quilting has begun and thank goodness it is Friday

I got about one third of the green zig zag quilted last evening. My goal is to get this done this weekend. I won't hand it off until March 4th so for once I will be ahead of schedule!

My other plans are to start quilting the curved top pouches, make some thread beds, and get that t-shirt quilt shipped. Have a great weekend!

Pin basting, chicken, and a new calendar

Quilt is pin basted, bobbins are wound, and the sewing machine is all oiled so I am ready to start quilting the green zig zag quilt.

I needed put the last two packages of chicken in the crockpot to cook yesterday before I went to work. I deboned the chicken and will pack it tonight to vacuum seal it before freezing.

Yesterday the General Superintendent passed out calendars to us that featured pictures of the bridge job. Here is December 2025 showing on the upper right the SB new bridge which is for both north and south bound traffic until the north bound bridge is built. The other bridge is the existing bridge which is being demolished and the new north bound bridge will be built close to same place.

Ready to pin baste

I was not feeling great yesterday. I have this heaviness in my chest and I'm still coughing so I didn't get much done last evening. The baby zig zag is ready for pin basting.

I had my monthly wellness appointment with my chiropractor/kinesiologist/functional nutritionist and told him about how I was feeling. He ran out of the room and brought back this herbal elixir. I started taking it as soon as I got home. I mix a teaspoon with water and I need to take it 3 to 4 times a day. It is some nasty tasting stuff, but if it helps me get rid of this lingering cold I don't care! I learned real quick that if I get something else to drink after I take it, the taste subsides quickly.

When I went to check the mailbox last evening I saw the daffodils are already coming up.

The green zig zag quilt progress

No messing about last evening! The top is sewn together! I have enough of one of the green fabrics that I will use it for the backing.

Tonight I will trim the top and hopefully start pin basting it.

1st quilt finish for 2026

The t-shirt quilt is finally done! It finished 64" x 77".

I had made a trip to the store Friday after work and chicken breasts were on sale for $1.99 a pound! What a deal! They had the skin and bones, but the regular price is at least $3.50 a pound these days. To say the least, I stocked up. Sunday I spent a lot of time cooking and deboning chicken. I still have two packages of chicken to cook. There are 3 very large half breasts in each package. Tonight I will vacuum pack the cooked chicken into two pound packages and freeze them so it will be quick to put meals together. In between processing chicken I sewed the binding. I have a question, do any of you press the binding toward the raw edge after you machine sew it on? I don't remember when I started doing this, but I like the crisp look it gives to the binding on the front.

I also got a few rows of blocks sewn together on the green baby quilt. I would like to get this done by the first of March because I will be over at the home office and I will be seeing the lady I am making this for.

Quilting done but not without a goober

Yes the t-shirt quilt is finally quilted! I even found the black Kona I will be using for the binding. My goal is to get it bound and shipped this weekend.

So I finished the quilting, turned the quilt over to trim threads and found this goober of lint and thread! What the what?

So I had to carefully mess around, clean that up and requilt the area.

Have a great weekend!