2008-3

This quilt is called Hearts and Rails, I think.
This is the very first "Pinhead" project. It was started in 2002. I finished the top rather quickly but it has been sitting in my pile of completed tops for all this time. I had to buy new binding for it because I could not find the binding that came with it! I think it is a pretty good match. I finished sewing the last side of the binding before I went to work this morning. Work is really getting in my way these days.
I made a stop at Intown Quilters this afternoon to check out their doings on the Shop Hop. I was good. Bought NO fabric, although I did buy a new turning 20 book. Then I headed up to Stitch 'N Quilt to pick up the next finsihed quilt. There will be another one ready next week. Too bad I did not win the lottery! I am feeling really good about my productivity so far in 2008. Now I just have to keep it up!

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.....

and the road in Atlanta is paved with fabric this weekend. I could not wait to get through with work today so I could go sown to Sweet Home. Then I go to get in my car...and the keys are locked inside...SHOOT ME NOW!! But I was rescued by a couple of the guys I work with and the car was unlocked. The one guy told me since I lived in NY, I should know how to break into a car. Funny but I did learn a good trick today as I watched him crawl through the trunk.
Anyway after a delay, i headed down the road to Conyers.... Melisa has some of the most beautiful fabrics....I told Mike I wanted it all. He offered to sell me the store...Yeah right! At any rate, I did more damage there than I intended but I bought some pretty stuff. And now I am back home. I won't put it in the sewing room because........
There was a message on the machine when I got home that another quilt is ready to be picked up...Yikes. Sew faster, Karin!!

Cindi called me and now I have her blog address. We are just a bunch of blogging crazies!! It is a good thing that (1) Sweet Home is not too close and (2) that I have to work tomorrow. I had a really good time this afternoon.

Second thoughts...

Today is the beginning of the Atlanta Shop Hop. I decided I was not going to do it this year (for obvious reasons!!). I have resolved to use up some of the vast amount of stash accumulated and complete UFO's.

Since making this decision, I have completed backs and bindings for 10 quilts and 8 of them have gone to the quilter. Yesterday I picked up the first one and started putting on the binding. I should finish this task after work today. Or......I could make a quick trip to Sweet Home just for a peek! I may have to have a meeting with myself to explore the options a little more. In the meantime, I guess I'll start the morning and do the work thing.

Potporri...

When I awoke this morning, I was eyeball to eyeball with Henry. He had tucked himself in among my pillows during the night. We don't like to be cold! Laurie told me that Bailey is enjoying their new bed and she also had her head on the pillow. Now all know that I am a "cat person" but Bailey is my granddog. Laurie got her new bed last week and when I saw it Sunday, I was concerned that my geriatric dog would be able to jump up. It is one of those tall beds. I told Laur that she needed to get "steps" so Bailey could get to bed. We made a trip to Petco and for $80 bought the steps. So you ask...will Bailey use them? The answer..no. Steps were returned on Sunday afternoon.
So tired of the cold.....it will be winter again for the nexr couple of days.
Stitch 'N Quilt called yesterday afternoon and the first quilt is ready to be picked up. I'll head over there after work. This is the quilt started in 2002 or'03. I'm on to the lining of the "good to go" bag.

Weather in Atlanta

So yesterday afternoon was beautiful...nice and warm, no coat weather. This morning early the rains came....in buckets...ahead of the cold front. Tonight it is supposed to go back down into the 30's. Enough already!
I got up a little earlier than normal this morning...all slept out. I went back into the sewing room and did the 4 remaining blocks for the outside of the "good to go" bag. I can't wait to go home so I can work more on it. I am thinking that I can use some of my accumulated batting and make some more. Lord knows I have enough fabric in my stash to go into business!

Spring

Oh how I am waiting for you, Spring. I know you are near...the daffodils are blooming and also those pink trees are beginning to pop allover. The robins have returned. When I lived in NY the robins arrived way before Spring but it is different here. Surely the Bradford Pears will soon be covered in those little white flowers. I love them. Meanwhile Flip on 11Alive is reporting possible snow flurries in the mountains in the middle of the week. If it is not going to rain, I WANT IT WARM!!
The rest of the weekend was not very productive. I made an appointment with the couch. Henry and Spiff decided they would grace me with their presence. All was right with the world.

Pictures of the finished tops