I caught up on some of my list today...

I caught up on the Skill Builder Sampler today.

Here are my three blocks:








I'm actually loving the colors and the prints more than I thought I would. (I'm using a bunch of FQs I got uber cheap at Joann's.)

I cut into my Farmdale stash to start the Farmer's Wife quilt-along.
I've cut up the pieces for a few blocks, but I only have one done so far. I think I'm going for a mix of Kona solids and Farmdale. So far at least.



I spent part of the day trying to glue the templates to plastic and then cutting them up.
Kraken had to be locked up as she was trying to eat the tiny pieces of shrapnel.
I love her but, seriously, she'd be the kid eating paint chips since she puts EVERYTHING in her mouth. *sigh*

Woooo!

I finished the binding of the harvesty colored quilt. I got the quilting mostly done on the turquoise one, but I have to pick some of it out. Note to self: Don't straight line quilt when exhausted...
All the nine patches are done for the batik one. Now I just have to cut them up and reassemble.

I've got a lot of works in progress...

I've bitten off a lot...gonna try to finish a batch this week and add in the Farmer's Quiltalong and skill builder blocks as well.

Here's what I'm working on:



this just needs the binding finished.


This one needs quilting:



This one needs the back finished and the quilt sammich pinned:


This one is just begun in terms of piecing:


Yup...whole lotta work.

I need to get back to my camera...

I need to upload a buncha pics tonight...but my camera isn't with me right now. Evening time, I hope to post some up here...
A couple of quilt tops, an almost done scarf...a second that just needs to be kitchener stitched together.
Go, Crafty Girl, Go!

Gratuitous Plug...

Wow.  The Pirate and I just got back from the Fiber Arts International exhibit at the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester. It's only there for another week.  (Closes July 3.)  Sunday is free museum day, which means folks get in free.  This exhibit was AMAZING.

As a newbie quilter, long time knitter, weaver in a former life, hand stitcher before I got a machine...WOW.
I wish I could have taken pictures...alas, photography was not permitted.  HOWEVER, you can see images here.
If you happen to read this, and you're in Rochester, GO SEE IT.

36 before 37...

So, this isn't an original idea, but I liked it.

I'll be hitting 37 in August.

Here are 36 things I'd like to do before I turn 37:

1.  Finish the quilts I have in progress.  (Does that count as 4 things?)
2.  Take and post actual pictures of the crafty items I've completed as of late.  (ie.  this summer)
3.  Clean the library/cat room.
4.  Learn how to give the dog a proper bath (and have him semi-cooperative).
5.  Find a hamburger place in town that doesn't leave me hivey.
6.  Make exactly the right sour cherry soup recipe.
7.  Try making other fruit soups.
8.  Dye dance veils.
9.  Get better at poi.  (Maybe with veil poi as a reward?)
10.  See the laser light show at Stone Mountain.  (Yes, I've lived in GA for over a decade and haven't seen it.)
12.  Have one of my friends over for a fancy-ish dinner.
13.  Tell 5 friends how much they've changed my life.
14.  Make a dent in that book bin in the dining room.
15.  Keep a record of what I read this summer to compare with my kids in the fall.
16.  Look for a place to put up a photo show from the Hungary/Czech republic pics.
17.  Go on a photoshoot.
18.  Actually block all the knitted lace I have done.
19.  Try to teach the Kraken to let mommy sleep all night.
20.  Play fetch a little every day with Kraken (when I'm in town.)
21.  Start saving for a nice sewing machine.  (at least a little...see #22)
22.  Research a new washer and dryer before this set dies.
23.  Figure out how to do a custom header on this blog.
24.  Get a couple of my IRL friends to follow me.  (Ie.  Admit I have a blog.)
25.  Write some poetry.
26.  Balance my checkbook more regularly.
27.  Find a purple nail polish I like.
28.  Wear my contacts more frequently.
29.  Get in the habit of wearing lipstick or at least tinted chapstick.
30.  Learn to keep smiling while dancing.
31.  Practice shimmying for the shimmyathon (try to break my old personal best of 42 minutes).  (Do this even though Shimmyathon is post poned til 2012.)
32.  Do some yoga.
33. TBA
34. TBA
35. TBA
36. TBA

I saw this the other day...

and, I'll admit, I squealed.  It was supercute, and it held still long enough for me to find my phone.

*cough*

I'm not ridiculous or anything.

And, no, I still haven't taken pictures of my knitting.