Not a whole lot of finishes today.

I cut up squares for the Feeling Fussy swap.


I still plan on cutting up at least one yard's worth of charms for the Charm Wheel swap before I go to bed.

I'm just feeling wiped out.
I didn't eat enough this morning, sweated like crazy in my classroom (the AC tripped the breaker so it was dead dead dead), and got realigned by the chiro.

I napped this afternoon but just woke up feeling more tired.

I blame dehydration and whatever is clearing from the realignment.
Oh, and I still have to do my skill builder, but the pieces are cut.

Not a ton of sewing...

today, at least.
I spent much of it making my classroom spiffier. (Yes, I do treat that as if it is a word, even if it isn't.)
I'm uber sore from dancing two nights in a row. My foot keeps cramping up.

I sewed this today:


I am really proud because I designed it myself...and I had to problem solve some sewing since it's NOT all symmetrical.

It's a work in progress part of the For the Love of Solids swap. I still have a lot of work to do on it. I didn't get as far as I thought I would.

Dogs and cats, living together....(WIP Wed)

I caught her trying to play with him yesterday:

He was too tired to be interested so she tortured him by repeatedly licking his foot (which he HATES).


I've put my original For the Love of Solids swap idea on hold. I'm playing with something else:


We'll see how it plays out.

I still need to cut a bunch of charms up and send them out.

What are y'all up to? I'm linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced.

Tuesday (wait, it's NOT a Monday)?!

Yeah. I'm still picking off paint from painting part of my classroom. The most glorious moment was when I got paint on both sides of my head, in my hair.
White Paint.
Maybe I should have borrowed the dog's look:

(He's got stitches in his head from getting a wart removed, but he also desperately needed a bath to be a bed dog.)

Any whooo...it got better/worse/more hilarious as the day progressed.
I went to my friend's to quilt, but forgot to go over our plan for a round robin.
And, I left my dance pants on the ironing board at home.
*cough*
so I had to do a chair dance routine...in a short skirt.
*cough*
One of the moves involves having to swing your leg over the chair. Um...not so much.
I still have to seal up my Make Mine Modern swap item.
I've got bee blocks (3x6 and Sew Bee Blissful) ready to mail out, as well as a quilt top that is headed to Joplin.

Phew. It's been HILARIOUS today. I have more painting tomorrow. Red. My head may look like a peppermint before the day is done.

Monday Madness...

Whelp, I spent like 4 hours back in my classroom, ripping old fabric off the walls..admiring the new cushions on our sofas, pulling out staples, moving the new cubbies around. My co was painting.
Tomorrow is another painting day...we anticipate at least 2 more days of sporadic painting.
I am itching to organize folders and packets of stuff we hand out to kids on the first day.

The classroom is all shiny and fab.

*cough* unlike the house.

I didn't get much sewing done this weekend. I *still* have to label up and pack my swap to mail out Wed.
I finished my Sew Bee Blissful blocks for Jenna:



I hope she likes them.

I went to a bellydance show with friends (those who were dancing and those I ate with). It was fun. I got to dance with the August birthday folk.

I have a project in the works. If I can get the button and link done, I'll be posting it and the details this week.

Friday Finishes...

My head is still throbbing. The stupid vent thingie on top of the microwave fell off (it's been broken for an unknown amount of time...I wasn't aware it was always this way bc it never fell off before this year) and hit me in the face. I can empathize with him:

Although he's on doggie tranquilizers. Is that like horse tranquilizers?
Poor boober's mouth hurts...it's now short a few teeth.

I stayed at home with him and sewed today.
I did this last night:

I was doing a test block for the Sew Bee Blissful block this month. I fluffed it a bit in terms of sewing two fabrics together that I didn't intend to. Now i know what to avoid when I sew Jenna's block.

I FINALLY finished mom's quilt top:

I love it, but it's WAY bigger than anything I've tried to straight line quilt. I wish I could free motion on my machine. *sigh*

I finished a girl's twin quilt....very 80s...that I hope will be headed to Joplin soon.


Edit: July Modern Block of the Month, now complete:


Still not worked on:
My July Modern Block of the month (i may do it tonight)
the Sew Bee Blissful block for Jenna (her fabrics came today but the envelope was opened...I'm waiting to see if I'm missing any important bits)
my prayer flag quilt (same pattern as the one for my mom)
For the Love of Solid swap item
Label that needs attaching to my Make Mine Modern swap item...(and then pretty packing)

I've been killing time...

waiting to get the call from the vet to get the doggie.
He had to get teeth pulled (and the rest cleaned).
*sad face*
I have his bed prepped with a fuzzy towel. He's going to be on pain meds.
I finished my 3x6 bee blocks. I hope my hive mates like them.


I really like this square. I'm pondering using it for my Sew Bee Blissful crew in November. We'll see.
I got freezer paper to make a label for the pillow for my swapmate. Gonna try to finish that up and wrap prettily and pack up that parcel to go out next week.

Left to do:
my July Modern block of the month (pieces cut out)
my test block for the August Sew Bee Blissful block (still waiting on fabric from the UK, fabric cut)
decide on a design for the For the Love of Solid swap...i keep waffling on the project in general. Pillow? Wall hanging? Something else entirely?
mom's quilt (sew the freaking borders that are ALREADY cut out)
assemble the pieces (not rows yet) of the prayer flag quilt

Hrm...I'm feeling slow because of the rain...