Another suprise bag and declaring war

I received another bag of fabric yesterday. This one had some good stuff along with the polyester gabardine and some double knits.


There is enough of this flannel to make a receiving blanket.


There is a nice piece of a striped jersey knit and an interesting linen print. I don't know what I would ever use the knit for, but I may find a project for the linen.


There was quite a bit of this blue and green fabric. I need to figure out if it is 100% cotton. If I remember there is a test you can do by burning a piece of the fabric to figure out if it is cotton or not. I will have to google that unless someone out there knows.


And lastly there was this great piece of 52" wide fabric that I think would make a fab quilt back. There is 3 5/8 yards of it and it is vintage drapery fabric. It is 100% cotton. I don't know if I will ever use it, but it's pretty cool.


Spring is around the corner in Ohio. It has been very cold the last few days, but the sunshine has warmed the ground and the daffodils are poking up. The deer don't like daffodils, but they love tulips and crocus so therefore all I have are daffodils. I just wish daffodils came in more colors.


Today I am officially declaring war on the deer. The daylilies are just starting to come up and they have chewed them off to the nub. This one was not more than 3/4" out of the ground. So every night before bed, I must go out in cold, rain, snow, or whatever and make sure I cover all the plants.


It is going to be a busy weekend. I have received a few more alterations to do and I need to concentrate on quilting K's improv quilt. Tomorrow is the battle of the bands that my nephew is participating in so that will take a chunk of time. I have to say that whenever I go see him play (a reminder - he is 13) he always thanks me for coming and supporting him. What a good boy. If I could figure out how to download a video off my camera and post it on this blog, I would do that but I haven't got a clue.

Have a great weekend!

Where have I been ..

still wrestling boxes at work. I have been so tired that nothing else has been getting done. This is one box that has been sitting on the island for a week and a half and will get attacked today along with four more boxes and several rolls of drawing shoved underneath the island. My boss complimented me on how the office is looking so much better with all the work I have been doing with the files.


I have done a little more quilting on the improv quilt. It is looking really good and I am sure K will love it.

Progress on the Improv quilt

I wanted to just stay home and sew this weekend, but that didn't happen. Friday night turned out to be a good time watching my nephew play and then again Saturday night with his bandmates. On Saturday night they had technical problems and my nephew's wireless unit for his guitar was not working so he had to plug in. Well, he likes to leave the stage during his solos and walk through the crowd, so I ended up helping with the cord so it did not get tangled as he moved thru the crowd -crouching down so I didn't block people's view.

I did get some quilting done on this quilt. Here is a shot of the back and the front. I am really going to have to focus this week and try to get as much done as possible since next Saturday I will be gone all day. My nephew's band is in a Battle of the Bands contest and it is an all day affair with 12 bands participating. It starts at 3 p.m. and ends at 9 with my nephew's band playing at 8 p.m. The cool part is Ripper Owens is going to perform at 9 p.m.

Quilting and more snow

It is hard to take a picture of snow and capture it. This is at 5:50 this morning as I begin to shovel the 3 inches of very heavy snowman packing snow. The wind is howling although I didn't get cold. The roads were terrible on my way to work. I could not go more than 20 mph, but I made it in one piece so I am a happy camper!


Here is a shot of the driveway. This is how fast the snow is coming down. The snow on the right is where I first shoveled and where I shoveled on the left shows what accumilated after 30 minutes. It is suppose to continue to snow until 1 P.M. today.


The quilting has started on the improv quilt for my friend's daughter.


Tonight my nephew is doing a solo show at Ripper Ownes resturant/bar in town. Ripper filled in for Rob Halford of Judias Priest for a number of years. Saturday night my nephew's band, Retro, is playing at resturant/bar that they played in December. The management was so happy with their performance that they wanted them back. The rest of the weekend is quilting and getting those alterations done.

Have a good one!

Suprise bag

An acquaintance of mine gave this garbage bag full of fabric that was one of several given to her.


The fabric almost all turned out to be polyester is every form - knit, texture, silky, double knit, and gaberdine. There were a few homespun plaids, but they did not feel like they were all cotton. I was nice of her to think of me, but this is going to the goodwill.

It's back ...

the snow, that is. It was all gone for a few days and POW! here it is again. I shoveled 2 1/2 inches when I got home after work and this morning there was another 4inches to shovel. When I got to work I even had to shovel out my parking spot - the plow guys had just started on the lot. I need a nap!

This is my brother's car in my driveway with the yard stick on the roof.


6 1/2"

The weekend went fast!

I had a good time Saturday going to the bulk food store for cheese and spices; meet up with a friend, P, and went over to the quilt shop; then we went over to see the twin girls. This is the only piece of fabric I bought at the shop, but I did sign up to go on a bus trip with my friend to the IX center in Cleveland to a Sewing and Quilting Expo. It was only $30.00 and that included the ticket, the bus, one free class session, and a gift bag. This way P and I can just hang out together. P has gone to this before and her favorite part is just seeing all the new stuff the vendors have.


Aren't they cute?



My friend, K, came over on Sunday and we got the quilt for her daughter pin basted. It took all afternoon to make the back. I am just glad it is finally ready for quilting.


Here is the pieced strip we made for the back.


I trimmed down these t-shirts and started to sash them together Sunday morning. I have some cool fabric in my stash with baseballs and bats on it and I plan on using that for the binding. This is a donation piece for the local rec center. My brother is good friends with the lady that runs the place and she use to be in charge of the baseball league.