Quilt camp

I am off to quilt camp in a little while. have to wait for it to get light out! Don't like to drive in the dark anymore. This year is a new adventure as the location and date were changed. This is year 8 or 9 of this annual event. It is August this year instead of Sept and an emergency change of location as well.
So it is somewhere outside of Dahlonaga. I just need to load the car with my stuff and I am good to go. I have not packed any clothes yet...who needs clothes...when I get out s suitcase, the guys get "funny". I wonder if others' four-footers act the same? Don't need more than a couple of outfits and clean undies...not much to pack.

doubt that much will be accomplished in the next couple of days but I know that I will have a good time.

Camera is packed..pictures to follow

Quilt Inspectors at work..

Last evening I finished sewing the last rows together of Long Road Home. It is our latest Thimble friends swap. Lots and lots of little pieces. After I finished it, the boys had to check it out. Spooky takes his job a little more seriously than Wild Willie, as you can see! Now I have to make a decision about the back...piece it or get a wide back fabric. What do you think?

After I finished the top, I finished the book "The Help". I want to see the movie but I wanted to finish the book first. I really enjoyed the book. I am glad times have changed in the South from the sixties.

One more week until quilt camp..woot woot!!

Summer lethargy

I have not done much lately except eat, work and sleep. It has been just too hot to do much else. While vegging on the couch, I have been reading a bit. Right now I am about half way through "The Help"......read a little, nap a little.

I decided perhaps today I should do a little sewing. I am working on our latest Thimbles swap. Kristie has finished hers. It is a good thing since I had to go to Pat's blog to look at the picture for the construction. Sew a little, nap a little.....

Then I decided I should figure out just what projects I have started and not yet finished. Preliminary list includes:
Roll, roll cotton boll-I need to make a back for it
Emily Jane-the Silver Thimbles project......luv,luv luv it...it is not really started yet
and the Thimble swap #4 ..pieces for the top all done just needs to be put together
I know there are lots more but I think I will concentrate on these....
BUT quilt camp is the 18th and I have fabric ready for that one as well

The Henry Report

H e was not a happy camper yesterday! But the saga goes back to the weekend. He was unable to sleep in his usual place (on his pillow, on the bed) as it was too warm. The ac people came out and fixed the unit temporarily. Monday the new furnace/ac was installed. Ah the house is comfortable again. But by Monday evening, I noticed the thermostat would not go below 80 and i heard the fan running all night.
I had to wait until Tues evening for the guys to come back-had to go to work to pay for the new furnace/ac! The temp in the house at 5PM-91 degrees. The repair guys came when they said they would -coo dos to Ace and A. It seems a weld did not hold. It took several hours for the temp and humidity in the house to drop but by bedtime, we were all comfortable and Henry did indeed sleep in his usual spot!

Don't you love surprises?

I surprised my BFF Kathy yesterday and it makes my heart sing. When the Morning Star quilt top was finished (ages ago) I knew I wanted to give it was going to be for her. That was back in late winter (I think). I finally finished it and sent it off this week. It arrived yesterday. Of course, the temp in Mahopac has been just like here-high 90's and humid. And no central air. Only one as special as my girl would be so excited about receiving a quilt when it is so darn hot out!
Kathy and I have been friends for more than thirty years. We have been together through thick and thin. Remember she was the one I dragged to Alaska last year. I just wish I was not so far away from her now.

And now for another surprise (this one for me)-my air conditioning unit decided that it would give up the ghost day before yesterday. I woke up during the night and knew that there was something wrong. It was so uncomfortable in the house that the guys took to sleeping on the floor. No pillow in bed for Sir Henry. When it got light out I checked outside and the lines were iced over. The air conditioning guy came yesterday morning and added some freon but the unit has outlived it's days. The replacement will be installed tomorrow $$$$$$$$$$$$ But at least it is now comfortable in the house!

90 little blocks completed on the new swap. Need to get some red fabric.

Big Brown stopped here...

I think it was Monday when I saw this at the Fat Quarter Shop. Oh so yummy, 1-800-GOTTA HAVE! I didn't order the darkest set. It is called Primitive Gatherings by Moda. The darker pieces are a really rich brown.

I have been working on the latest Thimbles Friends Swap. I have 60 blocks made. 30 more to go ( before beginning to put it together.) I need to get a turkey red fabric for the setting triangles. Lots of teeny squares to make this block.

Hot steamin' Thimble Weekend

These are the backs of my latest quilt finishes. Above is Lilac Hill. I love this fabric sooooo much! I had lots of it. I made a schnibble and deliberately made it off center. I think it made it a bit wacky interesting.

This is the back of our last Thimbles Friends Swap. I think we did this swap last fall. The pattern on the front is Morning Star from Nickel Quilts. I started the back with orphan quilt blocks ala Bonnie Hunter. These were from an online pattern thing-I think from Moose on the Porch. When I finished the blocks, I did not like my color selection for a whole quilt. I think it is kind of fun in the back. Vicki did the quilting which really shows well on the back.

Yesterday was Thimbles. I spent the time cutting one and half inch squares for our next Thimble Friends Swap. Also visited with Miss Alice and Ayla and their mom.