Katydid Art

I did it! It took all day yesterday and part of this morning, but I did it!

I got the birthday quilt all layered and pinned and ready for quilting!!! I even started quilting the center to see just how bad my stitches will be.

Yeah – pretty bad, I think they’re about 4 stitches to the inch, but I’m going with the thought that any quilting is better than no quilting.

So that is one work in progress.

Another work in progress (although not quilting related) is this:

I was asked to sew a pocket onto two mesh vests for our pastor. Right now he is having to wear a “Life Vest” defibrillator. The power pack needs to be in a pocket and he wanted some light weight vests for summer wear. So I am going to work on that today.

I also wanted to share the yard sale find I made last weekend:

Yes, this ancient artifact! I’m sure the people at the yard sale couldn’t believe that it would sell, but I’m tickled with it. It is a nice hefty iron that actually gets good and hot. Perfect for pressing quilt pieces! Ever since my old iron bit the dust, I’ve been keeping my eyes peeled for a replacement. I have a modern iron and it works in a pinch, but it just doesn’t get as hot as I’d like and I have to apply a lot of pressure because it is so lightweight. When I spotted this beauty, I snatched it up right away – not that there was any danger that anyone else was going to buy it before I could get to it!! Apparently there weren’t any other quilters in need of an iron at the yard sale!

I’m going to be busy for the next few days, so I will probably not be posting from today until after Memorial Day. I have to take the car for a complimentary check and cleaning tomorrow. I imagine that will take up most of the day, since I’ll also stop for groceries before I come home. And Friday everybody and their uncle wants me to be somewhere helping them! First on the list is the other boss; one friend wants me to help her with a project she’s working on; I also need to be available to show the rental house to a prospective renter; DH wants me to be ready to leave for camping AND I’m supposed to help DS#2 with some paperwork before we go away!!!! I think some of these things are going to have to be rescheduled!!

Peace

I guess I’m repeating myself again this Monday. Here is what is still on my design wall:

The only thing that may have changed is that I moved some blocks around to avoid having the same fabrics near to each other.

I didn’t even touch my sewing machine all weekend long! Boo-hoo!

Of course, I wasn’t at home to be able to touch my sewing machine!!

DH and DS#2 made a plan for the weekend. They included me in their plan as well as DS#3 and my DBIL. We were all going to spend the weekend at the cabin and clean up as much of the storm damage as possible. This was the damage that occurred when Hurricane Sandy passed through last fall. DH and sons had cleared the driveway right after the storm but there was still quite a lot of fallen limbs and trees on the sides of the drive. So, while the menfolk took care of cutting up fallen trees, chipping small brush, splitting firewood, etc. I was keeping an eye on two DGC and fixing food and drink to keep the work crew going.

Yippee!!!!

Okay, maybe I’d be a little sarcastic if I said I had a lot of fun, but I was very happy to see all the firewood stacked at the end of the weekend and the sides of the driveway all cleared up. And, of course, being able to play with the grandchildren is fun.

Now that I am back home, I am hoping to get a bunch of stuff done this week. Crazy as it sounds, I’d like to get some housework done. Not a lot, mind you, just enough to make me feel like the house shouldn’t be condemned!!! And I really want to get the log cabin quilt finished to the flimsy stage. Plus the other goals on my list for May are calling out to me and saying, “You’re never going to get me done!” and I can’t have them mocking me like that!!

I’m going to link up with Judy at Patchwork Times. You can see what other people have on their design walls by clicking HERE. And then I’m going to buckle down and get some things finished!!!!

Peace