I just can't win ............

So, there is no thunder and lightening, just raining this afternoon, so I plug in my Pfaffy to get the AQ done.... ? ..... Hmmmmm? Pfaffy not working!!! WHAT NOW!?! Big sigh..... I call my Pfaffy dealer, explain what isn't and is happening, and it is suggested that I bring it in to get looked at, and serviced if needed..... ? ..... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOoo................. NOOOOOoooooo............. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.......
I JUST CAN'T WIN with this AQ!!! It is not meant to get done! I'm convinced!!!!!

OK.... On the positive side, it is great that I got my label done on Pfaffy when I did, and I can finish up the rest with my Kenny.... Still sighing....

Had company this afternoon. My good friend Wk. Her and hubby Jk will be renewing their wedding vows on the 31st for their 25th anniversary, ours is next year, but we will not be renewing our vows... perhaps just receive a blessing. We had a good catch-up visit, and then I made supper.

Now I'm avoiding the sewing room..... 8-(
TV sounds good for tonight...

Here is another photo of some of my fabrics. This is my landscaping, animal, housing fabrics. That brings to mind another quilt that I wish to make.... So much to do, and plodding along tooooo slowly to get anything done!!! I still have a baby quilt to complete, but I am waiting to see if it is a boy or a girl.... Perhaps I should make unisex baby quilts from now on.... Good idea Myra!!! 8-)

It figures... just figures!!!

Got my binding cut, pressed ready to go. I finished up my label, the sleeve, and am ready to put it all to the quilt, and it starts lightening, thundering, and raining late this afternoon... Assuming that I shouldn't be using my computerized Pfaffy during all this, I stop, unplug, and decide to make supper... A couple hours later I sit here not wanting to do much, thus I watch TV as I play on the comp... My sewing will have to wait for tomorrow... 8-(

Here is a photo of my Christmas fabrics... I am hoping to make a few Christmas items this year. Table toppers, maybe little a wall-quilt... My hopes are always bigger than my motivation and energy, but I keep plugging along, and what gets done, gets done! There is always next year... 8-)

Our Crescentwood Quilt Night...

Well, I don't have much to show for tonight. Fewer gals than normal, but we had a good time...as per usual! Great bunch! 8-)

Sd made a lovely punch for us to enjoy! Thanks Sd!!! It were delicious! 8-) The gals were busy with their stitchings, but not many ready to get "photographed" yet... Only Dp had a show & tell for us to oogle over, her paper-pieced quilt... Great colors for Fall. Isn't it awesome!? I love the movement in it... Great job Dp...as usual!! 8-)

Myself, I am still plugging away at my applique on my paper-pieced Log Cabin project. I shall post a "new" photo of the quilt-top/flimsy in my sidebar once I have all the applique and stitchery done on it. I avoid bringing my sewing machine if I can... thus, I always have some handwork to bring along on my quilt outings. 8-)

I also brought along the anniversary quilt with some fabric I was thinking of using for the binding. (Was going to use the boarder fabric, but last week the green was discussed as a much better option, but had no more of that green left, thus found what I hoped would be a good substitute.) Anyway, the gals all agreed that it will work fine with the rest of the quilt, so I am going for it tomorrow! Woohoo! 8-)

Thought I would sneak another photo of some of my stash I came across while organizing my closet yesterday... By the way ladies, I am not for hire for your closets! It was a suggestion for me tonight... LOL! 8-) These are my black and whites that I have a plan for, but need to get past more UFOs first, and yes the red plays a part in it. ...?... Just thinking to myself here... I wonder where I put the pattern for this!?! ...?... Always something to hunt around for isn't there!!! LOL! 8-)

The Lord's Prayer....bottom of post.

Hello people! Just thought I would let you all know that Gina has a slide show of photos from her trip to Festival of Quilts. Believe me, you will need to have your cup of coffee in hand, and have a nice sit to watch them all! Some beautiful quilts, and some are really artsy. 8-) Go to her Quilting in the Valleys blog to see.

I thought that Quilt Pixie was on to something in her last post, thus dug in to my own mess. Even though the whole room needs tiding/organizing, I thought that what I have in this post was good enough for today.

First we have my Fat Quarters Basket. The mess, and now the tidy... I think it is time to do some cutting and make some strip quilts... AFTER I get my other stuff out of the way... 8-)







Next is the messy shelves, and then my tidy shelves! I have fabric stashed in there like you wouldn't believe!!! Well... maybe you would?! 8-) (there are boxes of other fabrics that I photographed, but will post them tomorrow maybe) In back of the front row of cottons I have my polar fleeces, cord, polyesters, etc. Very deep shelves...











While tidying I found something, folded and rolled, that I made a very long time ago. In fact, before I was married 25 years ago. I crocheted "the Lord's Prayer" about 4 times the size than it should be.
A friend of my mother's made one of these, so I asked if I could use the pattern. Well, I used thicker cotton, and a bigger hook, thus 4 times bigger... My parents tried to mount it for display, but they didn't use strong enough wood to hold it. My plan now is to have it mounted and hanging in a new church we are fund-raising for. Once it is stretched over a dark fabric the wording will show up much better....

Well, that is it for today... I think? 8-)

Monday mubblings....

Lurline is having a 100th post giveaway. A beautiful Cathedral Window Tote. Go check it out here, and take a look through her blog. She is one very creative lady!

Here is the motor bike that hubby went to pick up over the weekend... It needs better (bigger) seats and a backrest for me to go on it again... I need be comfortable! 8-)

Hubby went to pick up some lumber this morning and proceeded to add on to the existing deck. We want it fully rectangular, not with the little added part at the door. Too easy to tumble off... He will have to add a step also. He was hoping to have it all done, but had to call it quits for the day when the BBQ gang came...








DD2 had a bunch over for a BBQ tonight. A reunion of sorts.One of the gals has a 5 month baby boy. He was really taken with the fur girls... DD2 is his Godmother...

Oh I surely hope not to be a grandmother any time soon... Told my kids 5 years, not before, and you best be married, but could wait longer!!! I KNOW! I know I have no control over any of that! But I had to voice it... You know... 8-)

Wonky Bits Day! 8-)

... 7 Wonky Bitters present, and one mini wanna-be... That would be Pg's 10 year old grand-daughter. 8-) What a sweet-heart. The whole day while we were doing our stuff, she was scrap-booking her photos, and doing a wonderful job! Yay S! 8-)

First thing this morning Hc told us that we needed to be her Guinea-pigs and try a new breakfast recipe out. Mmmmmmmm..... It was a Blueberry French-Toast Bake from the oven.... Photo of the left overs. It was very nummy!!! Thanks Hc... but next time let us know ahead of time so we won't eat breaky at home first... 8-)

This is one of Lp's Watermelon Placemats. Beautiful fabrics! Her grand-daughter love corn, so she is planning to make some with corn fabric... Cute idea hey? 8-)

Another of Lp's works in progress is her Wholecloth hand-quilting... She didn't want me to snap a photo of it cause it wasn't done, but we love to see WIPs don't we!? 8-) I think she is doing a lovely job!

Last photo is of Es's Jean Throw Rug. She has made a few of them for her daughters. In this photo she is cutting it to make chenille, apparently they feel wonderful under the bare feetsies... I have my stuff all cut up to make one from 2-3 years back...?... I guess I have another UFO to add to my list!!! Sheesh! Forgot about that one!!! Thanks Es!!!

Today I trimmed my "anniversary quilt" in prep for binding..."there is an end in site!!!" I was going to make some Continuous Binding from the outer boarder fabric for it, but decided, with help for the other gals, that I should use the green that was used for the inner boarder for the binding also.... Problem!!! I have no more of that fabric left!!! I guess it be time to go hunting... By the way, if you look on my sidebar you will see a link to a Continuous Binding Chart. Very handy!!

I also did some more applique on my "log cabin/flowers" quilt today... Soon enough that one will be ready for sandwiching also... I'm getting there!!!

It were Crescentwood quilt night! 8-)

Tonight was our Crescentwood gathering night, so I have a few "show & tells" for you all... Eye candy... It is funny, the gals are getting my attention saying, "Myra, photo of so-and-so's quilt!" 8-) We were 14 strong tonight... A\ND we celebrated K's birthday too! Hope you had a nice dinner out with the family K! 8-)This is Yn's "Bag in progress" that she was working on tonight. Love the colors! A nice bag to tote around once done! 8-)
This is Sd's "Mile-a-Minute" creation! A nice scrappy look! Scrap busting at it's best! She says it's for the dogs!!!! YIKES! I think we convinced her to use it as a car quilt... Whew....
Ls is making loads of different Placemats. Every time we see her she has a different set of 4 that she is working on... You go L!!! 8-)
J spent some time laying out and rearranging her blocks at the day retreat we had on Sunday. She also managed to put a few of the rows together too that day. She brought the quilt top to show tonight, and is starting on something else now... Great job J! Looks good! 8-)
This is Dl's "Sudoku Quilt". She spent the evening "un-stitching" the numbers she had stitched in a light color on to some blocks. She decided to use black thread because it will show up better... She used beautiful fabrics in this one! Very colorful and lovely... as per D's usual! 8-)

We also had a "funny" photo, but I promised I would not post it... But I will email it to the gals! Hehehehe...... 8-)

I spent the evening doing applique. I am not completely happy with my new glasses... I still can't see the close up work as good as I had hoped. They were also giving me a bit of problems driving home, so I think I will be taking them back to see what the problem is...

Tomorrow is Wonky Bits day! I have a feeling we will be a small group tomorrow... not too many available for the day.... 8-(

Oh what a day!!! 8-)

A great turnout for our day retreat! I wasn't sure as to the numbers cause I didn't organize it, but we ended up with more ladies out than I had thought!!! Which, of course, is great!!! We were 18!!! Yahoo!

Before I show the photos of the day, I will show you another display wall layout with my charm pack squares... took the photo last night...There is just so many ways to play with these! 8-)
Now on to the day retreat photos, which by the way, was held in a community club gym... We each had a whole table to use!! Wow! We also had about 3 ironing stations, as well as 3 tables put together in order to do some sandwiching, which is what was happening first thing in the morning... Dl's Bargello... What a beaut!!! She is making it for a friend...Lucky friend!! 8-)
This small photo shows Pg doing a pillow case demonstration. She showed our other group how to make one last month. This is such a wonderful method...She calls it the hot-dog method. A hidden seam in the opening, and French seams for the rest... I shall be making a couple soon... Perhaps I can do a tutorial for you...perhaps... 8-)

Here we are taking a lunch break.

After lunch, while machine quilting my welcome quilt, I realized I was without my quilting cloves. Having my own big table, they couldn't go far... finally found them on the floor far under my table. Crouched down to get them and I got a lovely surprize. Got a nice sting on my neck from a wasp. So there I am with a bag of ice on my neck, machine quilting away... 8-) It still hurts tonight... I got stung on then neck last year at my cousin's 25th anniversary celebration (outdoor social/party tent). Todays sting came from open doors...no A/C...
This is As"s work of art! She has been a sewer for many, many years, but has been quilting for the last year... She is doing some wonderful projects... Way to go As!! 8-)This is Dd's Dragonfly wall-quilt. This is going to be a special gift for a special friend of her's... The fabrics are wonderful... She's doing a great job! 8-) This our young J. I think this is her 4th quilt she is in the process of making. I believe this one is for their bed. You go girl! 8-)

Playing around....

Playing around on my design wall today... I've said it before... I need a bigger one!!! SOON! 8-)
Upper photo I was mixing it up a bit, lower photo I balanced out the darker neutrals some... don't know which way to go... I always seem to have to have things somewhat balanced! Drives me nuts at times!!! Any thoughts?
Again, this is what I had on the board before playing today...I thought the lighter charm pack pieces were to light for the dark areas in this layout....most of them aren't even on the design wall in this photo....
Not sure which one to go with...or try another arrangement maybe?

I think I need to find me another charm pack for this prpject, or at least buy some of the coordinating fabrics. Put a little more umf into it...definitely some more burgundies... And of course buy more fabric for a boarder and binding...

Best get my butt to packing for tomorrow... 8-)

Till tomorrow's post, Goodnight all!