Design Wall Monday

After about a month of regrouping and no sewing, I hope I am back on track. I have begun the applique on the Double Wedding Ring Quilt border. I have about half of what you see in the photo above stitched down. I have broken into down into sections. This is the first 1/8 of the border. Gives me something measurable. lol

Who says teachers have the summer off? I'm not sure how I did it but I have workshops everyday this week except Friday. But I really don't mind. Today (Monday) I am learning about the National Common Core Standards that the state of Arkansas has adopted. On Tuesday and Wednesday I will hear a national known author speak about reading groups (love to learn about teaching reading) and on Thursday, I will get CPR certified. 

I also have a niece spending the week with us. She is 9 and loves to swim so entertaining her is pretty simple.

What's on your design wall? Visit Judy L. and let us know what you are working on.

Happy snipping, stitching, and quilting.

Double Wedding Ring Quilt -- Revisited

I guess it's pretty bad when your future daughter-in-law fusses at you for not working on her quilts. lol

I rethought the color scheme of the applique flowers in the border on the double wedding ring.

I began using only pink/red tones and they worked well with the half of the rings that had the pink tones but not so well with the half of the rings  with the orange tones.

So I revamped the flowers and added orange tones. I do think it balances things out.  I worked almost all day yesterday and didn't seem to get very far. But it does take time to play around with fabrics to find what suits your fancy.

All in all, I got an eighth of the flower applique pinned on and ready to stitch. The rest will be easier and much quicker since my color scheme is ready and laid out.

I did sit down to begin the machine applique last night. I didn't seem to get very far in the couple of hours I worked on it. There's always tomorrow!

Happy snipping, stitching, and quilting!

A Relaxing Mini Vacation?

We left on Tuesday with the 5th wheel for Shoal Bay, the local park. The mornings and late evenings were quite pleasant. But the middle of the day was very, very warm. 

I did not take any sewing with me--only reading material. So I spent most of my time there reading. I did watch a few movies on DVD.

This was the view from our camping spot. There were only a dozen or so campers so it was very quiet and peaceful.

Love the playground. Of course, we don't use it any longer. lol  But when our children were young, we would get the spot next to the playground so they could play and we could stay at the campground and watch them.

Then as they got to be teens and took along two or three friends each, they would ride their bikes playing shadow tag and we kept up with them through walkie talkies. Those were the days.

This bird (bluejay) was around the whole time we were there. It was funny watching it frolic in the trees. At one time, it tried to land on a limb but missed and fell down to the next branch.

We returned home around noon today. It was a very relaxing time.

Now, hopefully I will be ready to get busy on all of my sewing projects.

Happy snipping, stitching, and quilting!

Things are Piling Up Around Here

Do you ever just get so into one thing that you let everything else drop?

I do that quite often. (Unfortunately, it is never house cleaning that gets my attention. lol) I have been totally focused on reading for the past month. Before that I couldn't wait to hit the sewing room each day.

Well, school is out in two days and then I'll have all day to piddle around. Hopefully get back to the sewing room and make some headway on things I need to finish.

Such as . . .

I only have about 10 of these blocks made.

This quilt top has been waiting around for about two years. It's getting tired of sitting around.

Maybe this poinsettia quilt will be my focus for the holiday this year.

I really planned to have this hand quilting finished by now. But when I start reading, I forget all about it.

The above snowflakes quilt is pieced and ready to be sandwiched for quilting.

I have started quilting "Tree Time" and planned to put a lot of quilting on this one but my mind went blank. So it's pieced and I have stitched in the ditch and it is waiting . . . waiting . . . waiting . . .

Of course, I had better get with it on the double wedding ring quilt, right Craig?

This one is my favorite and latest. I have decided what I am going to do for the side borders (I need it larger).

So as you can see, I have a full summer planned. Maybe Saturday would be a good day to begin.

Happy snipping, stitching, and quilting!