WIP Wed 8.17.11

it's been small things.
I joined the Across the Sea QAL.
I think I'm doing it twice. (I have a bunch of friends having babies.)
Version #1 will use:


Version #2 will use this:


or this (though the orange may come from 1001 rather than be a solid):


I'm still working on my Make Mine Modern stuff....haven't gotten very far.
I'm seriously worn out from painting and moving furniture at school...plus trying to shift my sleeping pattern back to school mode isn't working so well. Blarg.

No sewing today...

but I did get loot from a pinata.
and my classroom is looking FABULOUS.
wooooooo.....

Just one block...

today:


I saw "The Help" today. Loved it...but I loved the book, too.
Y'all should see it...or, you know, read it.

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.