Things I've Made Recently...

I cannot believe it is the middle of February. My husband's b-day is tomorrow. And, we are suppose to get a 'wintery mix' of weather. My husband and son both have horrible colds. The school where I am an aide has been averaging about 15 students a day absent with high fever, headaches, etc. The ones that are back after being gone for 4-5-6 days have runny noses and bad coughs. Teachers have been out sick for several days at a time. I know I am next. :(

On to what I have been busy with:

First - a candle mat, reversible, for my secret pal.

Then, more work on my log cabin. I guess this really isn't a quilt as you go quilt. I quilted each block individually, then trimmed the batting and stitched the top seam to sew the blocks into rows. I am now working on the hand stitching on the back seams. Then I will sew the rows together.

Also, made a little bag for a

co-worker out of Elvis fabric she picked out.

I appliqued Clifford onto a sweatshirt for a young friend. I played Clifford during Family Reading Night at my school in November. One of the teachers was Emily Elizabeth and read a few Clifford books. This little guy followed my ALL over! It was really cute. So, I thought he needed a Clifford curled up into a heart for Valentine's Day.

And, I made a pin cushion/thread catcher for my friend. I missed her b-day in December, right around Christmas. I am still NOT completely done with this one. I still have to stitch up the open end after adding the filling. I want to use sand because it helps keep the pins sharp. So... I went out to the sandbox to get some sand. It was FROZEN! I did not even think about that happening. Anyway, today it warmed up enough that I could scrape some off the top. Now I have to spread it out to dry since it was a little damp.

OK, so my connection is a little iffy right now and the Clifford sweatshirt will not download. But, as you can see, I am not too good at it anyway! I still have to figure out how to turn the photos that are on their sides. Sorry.

So, I have been busy, just not every day.

Until next time,

Quilty Mama

Not much sewing going on here....

Haven't done much sewing again. It is cold, snowy, and windy here. My husband just left to go plow snow - it's 11:00 pm and he probably won't get home anytime soon. I am hoping for a snowday tomorrow.
I have several quilty projects I COULD be working on, but just cannot get in the mood. Hopefully I will get motivated by this weekend.
Until next time,
Quilty Mama

Nothing much this week...

Looks like this blogging thing is going to be a weekly thing. I work full-time as a teacher's aide so I don't get much done during the week. This weekend my son started practicing with a new-trying-to-start-up basketball team for 6-14 year old wheelchair (wc) users. I am pretty excited about this because I am hoping to meet some parents. He was nervous, but did great once he decided he could do this. The coaches are wc users themselves, and are on adult wc bball teams. They did great with the kids. There were sport chairs for the kids to use and it seemed like they were all having fun. I did get to talk quiet a bit with one parents and we are going to email.
My son then spent the rest of the weekend with my parents and they met us at the doctor's office today. My son had a bi-annual exam that went really well. The doc was pleased with the test results and said 'see ya in 6 months'. Yeah.
Did not get one bit of sewing done; didn't even turn on the machine. I DID get to play with the Fiesta dishes my mom gave me when they picked up my son. The dishes look great in the old cabinet that was my grandmother's. The Fiesta was hers, too. I love it! The colors are so bright and cheery.
So, no sewing this week, not pics, either.
Until next time,
Quiltymama

Log Cabin

This is the log cabin quilt I am making for MY bed. This is the initial layout. I am now in the process of quilting each block. So far I have not bought any new fabric for this quilt. Yeah, I am busting stash! I also am busting batting scraps. I was able to cut most of this 14" squares from scraps. I did have to piece a few to make them large enough. This will be the first time I have done that so I wasn't sure if I would be happy with that. I guess I won't really know until I have washed the quilt. So, we will see! I have a king-size bed so this quilt is 36 blocks square. I am thinking of adding a border also. I probably won't decide that until I get the top together.
Until next time,
Quilty Mama