What I've been up to since Tues...

The car is now working.
It had to live in the shop for 2 days.
I couldn't really leave the house.

So, I sewed. A Lot.
I have three quilts pin basted, waiting for some quilting action.
One of them is going to be hand quilted. *gasp*
I finished all my April Nubee blocks:






I made my pouch for the Pretty Little Pouch swap.
Then I sweated because my partner isn't ga ga about yellow, but she likes it. So, off it went.



I pieced the top for the red, grey, and black quilt.
It isn't pin basted yet.


I started sewing up one set of Skillbuilder blocks into a top.

I had to dismantle a crappily done block. Which I haven't redone yet.


I did my April blocks for the Heal Circle at Do.Good.Stitches.



I mailed off a secret package.

I joined the Add a Border group on flickr. (I know..right?! Like I needed something else to do.)
I had WAY too much fun making these starters.






I tested a pattern.

Twice..because I made a boo boo the first time. (And figured out my 1/4 in foot was bent.)

Speaking of boo boos, I nicked myself twice on the rotary cutter.
I have a new HUGE bruise on my foot and a newly fixed foot (thank you, chiro!) because I slammed myself into the wall/fridge trying to catch something falling off the top shelf...something that turned out NOT to be glass and could have fallen without incident. *sigh* I have FAST reflexed, if not good ones.

I cut into my Parisville for the Cosmic Burst QAL on Distant Pickles. I'm doing the Precious QAL and Cosmic Burst as a twofer. The Parisville needs to be made into a couch snuggler.


I got an AMAZING package from Mommy Made It! as part of the Scrappy Mug Rug swap:


I also got an amazing package from my Covert Robin partner, who will be guest posting, I think, on Tuesday.

I cut up fabric for my May Neutral and Not blocks. I'm going to finish packing them up tomorrow, so I can have them ready to mail off. April is a crazy month with parent conference prep.

I went to the Atlanta Modern Quilt Guild meeting and joined up. Woo!!!
I got to listen to the guest speaker, Melody Miller. I was uber excited to hear her. The Pirate has probably gotten tired of hearing me remind him to remind me to get up early on Saturday to go. I've been doing that for 2 weeks now. Hearing her talk made me want to buy major yardage of her next line coming out. I am still coveting the current one. (I got some typewriter fabric that is being petted. Still hunting on the red typewriters.)

On tap for Easter Sunday:
trip to the post office
dancing with bellydance partner (to Minnie the Moucher)
sewing the block for April's Neutral and Not (hopefully before the post office trip)
writing a vocab test
writing the post for the next quarter of the Finish Along.
Happy Easter (technically it is on the East Coast now)!

Guest posting...

I guest posted over at Yeung Mother Hubbard's, my swap partner for the Covert Robin.
I can't believe I haven't posted since Tues.
More coming later...

Sewing Summit Ho!

As in westward, not as in me being a ho, per se.
I got registered today! Kind of made up for the car.

My car went in..it will live at the shop tomorrow.
It will cost more to fix than I wish I had to spend. But no AC in Atlanta is not ok.

I sewed today...didn't get as far as I'd hoped.
I've pieced the red, grey, black blocks from a couple of bees.
(I still have to put on the outer border and figure out the back.)
I have to finish piecing the random back for the Sew. Happy.
I have to baste the Stained Quilt.
I am pattern testing for bijou lovely.
I made two tops. One I made a slight error on. The other came out perfectly.
I've got both basted and ready to quilt.
I'm partly done with April blocks for the Heal circle.
I had to stop short of trimming HSTs because I'm tired and don't want to mess up.
But...since I have to stay home all day tomorrow, there will be much sewing!
My goal is to get as many projects ready to mail tomorrow as possible, and Thurs get as many projects basted as I have pins for. (bad bad grammar)
I have some pouches on tap for tomorrow!
Oh, and a Covert Robin guest post to do.
I got a lovely package and I'm not sure if I can post pics of it or not....hmmm.

A mixed bag...

for a Monday.
My car had to go in.
The blower fan is in the process of expiring.
I'm going to shell out the big bucks to get it replaced before it dies in the heat.
Driving without AC sucketh, especially after Zumba.
The Pirate and I went to the Original Pancake House today.
Yum.
And we went to Stone Mountain. We climbed most of the way up.
Pirate got too sweaty, and I'm afraid of heights and have already done it once.
It was all good, but going downhill made my knee crabby.
I went to Joann's and didn't buy fabric.
I did get some perle cotton.
I came home.
Napped a bit.
Sewed.
Thanks to Hadley for the pattern!
I have these two tops for Siblings Together.


I'm hoping someone in the UK will be willing to quilt them.
I can't afford the postage for two finished quilts.

I got my New Bee block for April done.


Finally, pic of the finished Random Charm quilt, freshly washed:

Linking that one up to the Finish Along, if I still can.

Fresh Sewing Day! (march edition)

I got a lot of finishes done in March.
There was a boatload of bee blocks:
Sew Bee Blissful blocks

Nubees:






New Bee, March block:


New Bee, Feb block:
I was late...it posted March 1:


Neutral and Not March block:


The first NY Beauty block (Yes, I'm behind.):


Heal Circle of Do. Good. Stitches, March blocks:



A Pillow in the Pleated Box Pillow Sew-Along sponsored by Craftbuds (thanks, Lindsay!):



There was a mug rug for the Scrappy Mug Rug Swap:


I finally quilted (albeit really badly) my Rockin Robin:


I finished my Sparkle QAL mini:


I pieced the top for the Sew. Happy. Quilt:


I finished shopping bags for The Pirate's bday:



I made a bunch of improv-ed blocks:





I pieced the top for the Stained quilt:

I admit, I'm terrified to quilt this one. I love it a lot and afraid of messing it up.

I'm linking up to Lily's!

WOooo!!!!

One last finish this quarter. My Random Charm square quilt is done.
I'll post pics tomorrow.
I spilled Coke on my memory card and card reader and am waiting for both to dry out to see if they are functional.
*sigh*

Finish A Long Link Up

Over here, I had listed eight projects to complete this quarter.
It was all part of Quilter in Gap's Finish A Long.

They were:
1. The Monkey Quilt.
2. The Pink Tile quilt.
3. The Across the Sea boy quilt.
4. Rockin Robin.
5. My 241 Noodlehead bag.
6. Random square quilt.
7. My long overdue Dead Simple QAL cross quilt.
8. My red, grey, & black bee block quilt (using blocks from my 3x6 rounds)

The ones that are done as of right this second:
1. The Monkey Quilt

2. The Pink Tile Quilt

4. Rockin Robin (my worst quilting to date)

5. 241 Noodlehead bag

7. Dead Simple cross quilt (This is the quilt that gets the most use in the house)


Status of the Rest:
3. Across the Sea boy quilt---untouched
6. Random square quilt--back pieced...may or may not get finished tomorrow
8. Red, Black, Grey bee quilt--I'm going to piece it tomorrow or Sat. Finally chose a layout.
It's not going to get done this quarter

Other Projects I did this Quarter:
Copious amounts of Bee blocks
For the Love of Solids swap item
Mug Rug Swap
Covert Robin swap
Stained QAL top
Pleated Box Pillow Sew Along (THANK YOU, Lindsay!)
Sew. Happy. Quilt. top
6 shopping bags for The Pirate
Mouthy Stitches swap
Sparkle QAL