Quilty Sunday

Peace in the Valley is comlpleted!!!!
I also completed the four patches for orange crush mystery-they all need to be pressed and wait for the next step.
Also worked some more on Laurie's Far East quilt. Those blocks need pressing and construction of the block.
Bailey has spent most of the day on the couch watching tv. She seems to like the History channel. I guess she takes after her grandfather!!

Mushi mushi

Telephone rang this morning at 6AM. I emant to bring it into the bedroom when I went to bed last night but of course, I forgot. Laurie was calling from her hotel room in Tokyo. The connection is great-she could be calling from Alpharetta! Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of us so she was calling Sunday night. I had a really hard time figuring out what day it was when she was in India last year.
Yesterday was uneventful after the airport. I made it back up to Alpharetta and picked up Bailey and all of her paraphenalia (spelling?). Then brought her back here and settled her in. Then I went to sisters. I actually didn't feel like going but I wanted to check in with Gretchen and Becky regarding all the weeks news and Orange Crush. I am glad I went because I needed to be around friends. I was feeling quite sad at leaving Laurie at the airport. Don't get me worng. I am really happy for her-what an opportunity and adventure! I'm being just a mother and worrying about her so far from home and ME!! The older I get the more I worry about being far away from the girls. What a psycho!!
At sisters I picked up "Peace" (which was another reason I wanted to go. It really came out well and the rickrack is dynomite! When I finish the binding I will post pictures. This was the first back that I pieced and if I say so myself, it came out quite well. I am short blocks for the mystery quilt. I have to make some more strips so that I can finish. I am only short about 34 blocks, so I should be able to knock this part off this weekend.
After sisters, I came home and then BAiley and I took naps on the couch. I really didn't sleep well the night before and my couch is quite comfortable. I did wake up with an awful headache (sinus or allergy). Advil did the trick. I was going to go to the supermarket but that didn't happen. Will have to do that today. No milk-no coffee-not good!
Bailey did well last night. She is sleeping in the guest room. When I checked on her while talking to Laurie this morning, she was smack dab in the middle of the bed and not too eager to get up. After an early morning outing in the front yard, she is back on the couch. She brings new meaning to the word "couch potato". Maybe it should be "couch dog"?

Orange Crush Mystery Revisions

This morning when I got on the computer, in my email was one from my friend Becky. Good-her computer issues are fixed...well actually-she emailed this on Monday and it has been floating around since then! I know since she responded to my selections for the mystery quilt that I have since changed. BUT this morning I removed the tan as she suggested (too light) and put back the purple. So now the colors are hunter green, a medium red, purple and dark brown. I will bring them tomorrow to sisters for a better look. I have been working on the 2" strips and I think I probably have enough to begin sewing the four patches. Needs to be 300.
Also yesterday I worked more on Laurie's quilt and I have only 7 more of the blocks to construct before the assembly begins! I' bring that with me tonight for her to look at in person. Tomorrow is her big day....on to Japan. I'll take her to the airport in the morning and then swing back and pick up Bailey to bring her back here before I go to sisters.
I';; pick up Peace in the Valley tomorrow too. I am going to be quite busy!! The Frieds leave for Fla and Disney tomorrow too. Spring break...no school buses yeah!!!!!!
Sure hope BEcky gets her computer fixed soon. I miss the blogs. And I hope Gretchen has better luck with her Bernina. It is amazing how accustomed I have become to checking on the blogs for what is going on!

I think I like it....

I worked on the Far East quilt this afternoon. I cut some of the pieces for block (the block without the people). I think it is a go.....hope Laurabo likes it too

Dark thirty Piecing

I am a morning person. I do my best thinking and working in the morning. Come 8 PM, I'm done! No matter how hard I try to stay awake, it doesn't happen. If I plop down on the couch with the guys, we are all napping before long. But 5:30 in the morning-bright eyed and bushy tailed. This morning I am looking at the 2 pieces of fabric I got yesterday for the Far East quilt. I laid them out on the table last night to see if they would speak to me. This morning they did! I have made one block and I think I like it. Last night I "unsewed" the block that I made over the weekend. I think some of this fabric/blocks will be part of the back of the quilt-all is not wasted. I have a glimmer of a plan for that too!
After work this afternoon, I will cut the rest of the pieces so I can begin working on this block. I need to make 14 more of these blocks..or maybe 13-I'll see after I have a total of 14 made. I have sent so may pix to Laurie she told me that I should surprize her. So I will! Trust me Laurie!!

I think I might have issues....

either that or bipolar symptoms! So while I was sitting here at the computer this morning at dark thiry, I looked down at my orange crush main fabrics and changed them again. I am substituting mulberry red for the purple. Now my main colors are tan, red, hunter green and dark brown. I think it will go better with the scraps that I have started to sew together.
Then there is Laurie's Far East quilt. I am having issues with that as well. So after work I went back to Intown to look at their fabrics. I am going to substitute a fabric in this one as well. Talk about UFO's!
Got home and their was a message on the machine. Another quilt is ready at LQS. First I thought it was 2 calls for one quilt...then when I looked at my paperwork., I took 2 quilts in. Good grief.....Peace in the Valley and Friendship Crossing are both ready. Yikes!!!!

Orange Crush and Stuff

I am intrigued by Bonnie's mystery quilt. I really don't need to jump in on this one as I have several works in progress right now! I need to quilt the baby quilt for Sue to give to her teaching assistant, Laurie's Far East quilt needs work...I still have to adjust the design. LQS called last evening and another quilt is ready to be picked up....yeah Peace in the Valley is quilted!! I asked about the rickrack in the border and Pam(the quilter) said it went much better than she thought. If I can contain myself, I will pick it up at "sisters" on Saturday. Back to the UFO's-that is the "active" ones....I started working on an early sisters quilt last month. Have not done a thing on that one since last sisters!!! Back in the plastic bag for you. Then there is the fabric I bought last week X2 with quilts in mind-ZaZa and the fabric from Sweet Home on Saturday. I want to work on them all!!! I get myself in sooo much trouble :c)
Yesterday afternoon I went into the sewing room.....boy I wish someone would straighten that one for me-just sort and pick up...nothing in there needs to be discarded! I started pulling some 2 inch strips. Step one is to make 150 four patch blocks...I made one! 149 to go. I have to sew some more dark/light strips so I can make more blocks. Right now I have 74 pairs and I need a total of 300. But it does go fast because I did not spend very much time on sewing last evening.
Countdown to Bailey-5 days....My poor boys....I am going to move a bunch of quilts into my room for them to sleep on since my bedroom is off limits for the dog. Bailey comes right before shedding season begins as if my house did not have enough shed animal hair. Bailey sheds in clumps!