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

I didn't enough sewing done today...

because I had to get my eyes dilated at the eye doc.
That was approximately 5 hours ago and I still look like I've been at a Grateful Dead concert.
We have the lights off in the house because my eyes still hurt.
Luckily, this time I didn't get a migraine. (I'm super sensitive to light changes and have gotten migraines the last 2 or 3 times I've gotten dilated.)

My goal tomorrow is to pin baste two quilts.
Sat's goal is to finish piecing another top.
I'm going to link up to the Finish Along Sat or Sun. I'm sure I'll still have some UFOs.
And that's ok.
I'm still having a good time....

How did it get to be Wed already?

I've been tooling away at some projects, and *Cough* I may have started a few *cough* more.

Layout decided for red, black, and grey quilt. I'm going to use 2 extra blocks for pillows.

Back pieced for Stained Quilt.

Pieces gathered for back of Sew. Happy. Sewing to commence soon.

Begun: charm quilt out of 2 in squares. Right now I'm just chain piecing.

Pulled stack for another Stained.

Still UFOs:
apron for Pirate
charm quilt for kid
paper pieced tangerine mini
secret project
still need to choose Pretty Little Pouch design

I zumba'd tonight. Gah. I'm gonna hurt in the morning. Is it wrong that I was a bit relieved a college girl thought it was too hard to finish the class?

It's a Monday, but I've got a semi-finish!

I sewed up my Stained Quilt from the QAL.

I love it. So does the Pirate.




I've got a panel for the back done as well.

It's on the list to finish next week. I'm trying to get a whole bunch of tops to at least basting level before next Monday so I can quilt up a storm.

I made some scrappy blocks over the weekend, to clear up a bunch of stuff in my scrap bin.
I've got some string blocks to do as well.





I need to add to a panel on the last one. It was the first one I did and the others got bigger.

I've also got a giveaway coming soon. Some Malka...woooooo!