January 2009

Two Quilts Quilted

January 22, 2009

Whew . . didn’t think I was going to get them both done.  I’m tired!  First, I quilted the swirly blocks. For those who might have been thinking I was never going to do anything but Baptist Fans, this was the last one for a while.  I took the templates off the machine and there’s [...]

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Pinch Me!

January 22, 2009

Go ahead  .  .  pinch me!  Did you do it?  I didn’t feel it!  I knew it . . this is too good to be true. I hate secrets but today, within one hour, I’ve had two fantastic, incredible, totally not expected, wonderful things happen, and neither of them can I tell all the details [...]

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Another Chad Story

January 21, 2009

Oh, he was so cute!  We were living in Texas and I think Chad was 3.  We moved there when he was 2 and left when he was 4 so it was some time in there.  The rodeo was in town and if you’ve ever lived in small town, Texas, the rodeo is a big [...]

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So Close to being DONE!

January 20, 2009

18 quilts!  5 quilted, 13 not quilted, NONE totally finished.  But the packet is ready to be mailed to AQS.  Those editors are amazing people.  How they can figure out all my instructions and turn it into a book is beyond me.  As I went back to edit some of those first instructions that I [...]

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Mr. Meticulous

January 19, 2009

He didn’t get it from me!  Chad spent a good bit of time Friday night ironing shirts.  I think he had about 18 dress shirts that needed ironing and he ironed at least enough to take to school this week.  One of his roommates has an iron and ironing board so Chad was thrilled to [...]

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Stash Report Week 3, 2009

January 18, 2009

Time for the third stash report of 2009.  How’s everyone doing?  Can you believe January is already halfway over?  Time flies when you’re having fun, huh? I had nothing added this week.  Here’s the snapshot of my spreadsheet: And, here’s the breakdown: Fabric Added this Week: 0 yards Fabric Added Year to Date: 0 yards [...]

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