I am still here, too…

What is going on?  I, like Diane, have been in a major funk the last few days, too.  And I really don’t know why, other than that I am sick and tired of my day job.  It is sucking the life out of me.  Then I feel bad for feeling that way, because I try [...]

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Saturday Posting

I love Saturdays.  This was a good week/bad week.  DS & I had a nice visit with my parents, and got our yearly eye exams done.  New contacts and new sunglasses for us both.  I went to the LQS, bought some more colors of thread to have on hand for stitching bindings.  Ya never know [...]

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Sunday Report

I got off to a good start on my cousin Carrie’s quilt today.  I got the four center blocks completed, and the other 32 blocks are started, with the first light and first dark rounds completed.  I am so honored and excited to be making this quilt for them.  I hope it comes out as [...]

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Starting a New Project-Edited to add a QUESTION??

Now that I have the binding on Mom’s quilt to the handstitching stage, I can officially start on my next project.  These are the fabrics for my cousin’s quilt, a commissioned king size for their bed.  She hasn’t even seen the fabrics, just told me they wanted brown and cream.  This is what I purchased.  [...]

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Saturday Progress Report

I got the binding sewn onto the front of Mom’s quilt, and have it trimmed and ready for the hand stitching.  I also did one block on my starry log cabin UFO.  Only 76 to go!  I soaked some muslin in Bubble Jet Set and ironed it to freezer paper sheets for future quilt labels.  [...]

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Only 77 more to go…

Judy L has been discussing UFO’s on her blog.  Thanks a lot, Judy…you guilted me into pulling this old UFO back out   I started this in either 1998 or 1999.  I sewed up a storm on it, until…..I got to the part of adding all those last logs that will make the stars when [...]

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4 Things Meme

I’ve been tagged by Nancy H.
4 things you may not know about me
1 I’m a big NASCAR fan
2 I pray for turtles and other animals to make it safely across the road when I see them.  If possible, I might stop to help them.
3 I was named after my uncle, Randy Matson, Olympic silver medal [...]

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What I have been working on this week.

I know I haven’t been blogging much the last few days.  That’s ’cause I’ve been quiltin’!  Got this customer sampler finished.  I didn’t get good pics, and I regret that, but here is a bit of it.

Next customer quilt is a panto.  It’s a lap size with pretty blue & white toile.  I’ll be using [...]

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New Blog Ring

Notice the link in my sidebar to a new blog ring, for MQ Resource.  Suzanne Earley started it, in conjunction with her new online machine quilting forum, MQ Resource.   Come join the party! 

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Favorites Meme

Ok, it’s taken me days and days, but I think I finally have the favorites meme done!  Today, after I got off work, I loaded a customer top.  A ”Hidden Star” sampler.  I’m actually very excited about quilting it.  I’m not freaking out nervous!  Can you believe it?   I want to do some fun feathers in it.  First, I have to finish the [...]

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