No Sew Green Block Swap.......

quilt top is done...yah

Now, mine will not look like anyone else's. Not even a chance. I screwed this thing up so bad. I had one block that only finished 11" instead of 12". I'm sure it was something I did. So, I trimmed them all to 11". On some of them it really trimmed off to much. I even flipped some of them the wrong way for the top. I actually really like how this turned out.

I really need to stop making quilt tops and quilt the stack I have. It's out of control.

However, I have a Scooby Doo quilt in the works and need to get it finished. So the stack will have to wait a bit longer.

Bear Tracks

OH MY..........

i found out tonight they don't call it "bear tracks" for nothing.....

for me, it was a real bear to put together

and it was totally my fault

i woke up this morning with a migraine

the meds (zomig) will totally knock out the migraine and your mind with it

i'm good for nothing the rest of the day

i started to come out of the "fog" about an hour ago, so i thought i'd try a few no sew green blocks

this is what the bear tracks should look like....

here's what mine looks like........

......and i'm totally ok with it

Two words..........

Green = Yummy

Blocks for the No-Sew Green Block Swap

OK, just imagine that upper left hand corner block is dark green in the middle, and just a tad lighter on the corners. Sorry about the picture. I've managed to get these four completed, other than trimming them up a bit. These are so fun!

Only 8 more to go. But, guess what? I can't find the block I left for myself. I'm sure it's here somewhere and if not, I have plenty of the fabric I used to send to everyone else.

Hopefully, I'll get a few more done tonight. E had a really bad day at school, so I'm not sure how much I'll get done. I might have to wait for him to go to bed, and then work. Bless his heart....it breaks my heart. I'll stop now, or I'll be in tears. Ya'll just remember my E in your prayers.

More Dresses and other stuff...

WOW, Wednesday since I last posted. Shame on me!

But, I have been busy, I promise.

walking

gym

blowing leaves out of the back yard and cleaning off the deck

more walking

more gym

getting some Kentlee love

very little sewing

appliqueing

playing with E on these beautiful sunny 50 degree days

taking E to the skateboard park (that's a hoot)

more walking

more gym

very little shopping :(

turning people into the police (shame on me again)

making "tree time" BOM's (see images on the right)

Here's more dresses in various stages through the process. I'm really enjoying these so much.

My cousin has now fell in love with the yo yo maker and here's what she did for me. She borrowed mine and now wants her own. This was her fabrics. However, this week, I sent her home with a stack of mine, since she's making them for me.

So, here's why I turned 3 ladies into the police. We were eating lunch yesterday and 3 ladies came in wanting a seat by the window. They argued and argued with the waitress over which table would be the best to "see". Then the oldest lady yells...."we got a baby in the car". Me and TJ stopped dead in our chewing. I asked TJ just to be sure I heard what I thought I had. Yep, that's what she said. Within 5 mins we were ready to leave. I told TJ then, I was calling the police. It was in the 30's yesterday and we still have tons of snow on the ground. To cold to have a baby in the car. I don't care if it was asleep or not. If your that hungry, you'd better hit a drive thru and not a sit down BUFFET. We left and as I was about to call 911, there was a police sitting in his car watching traffic next door. We told him and he was very alarmed. Before we could get out of the parking lot (I did not want to hang around to see what was going to happen, I'd imagine there's now a DSS investigation) he was over there looking at the baby and going into the restaurant. I know I did the right thing.

See you in June....

The Dr. should never leave anything "up to" me. haha

Nothing major showed up on the MRI. However, he still thinks I have a small tear that is not visible. He gave me two options: let him "scope" around and repair the tear, or try some physical therapy and readdress this in June. DUHHHH........see ya in June Doc.

Seriously, he said the physical therapy would either help or make it worse. I would know right away if it was going to make it worse. Now......I'll check out this physical therapy, but if I have to pay my copay twice a week, I'll have to abort that. My best guess and the docs, he'll be "scoping" around in my knee after June. *fingers crossed it don't get much worse before then, if it does I'm to call him for a quicker appt* I can still walk with minimal pain. Just no weights or squats, nothing that makes my knee completely bend.

My mom looked at me like I was crazy when I told her my decision. haha..........

See You in June Doc. (i hope)

Summer Attire Required Finished

I showed this as a quilt top the other day. Now it's completed. I wasn't sure how to quilt it, I started 2 different times to quilt it and didn't like it. So, I just echoed around each swim suit piece. I love the back even more than the front.

Another quilt for the children's home.