Thursday night

Another night of restlessness, so here I am. It's snowing hard outside right now, so not sure if I'll get out tomorrow or not to take my Mom to get her hair done. She'll be upset if we can't go, but it's not worth risking our lives for it. 
I finally finished hand sewing on the binding for my community quilt tonight so that felt good. I'll hand it in next week at our guild meeting. Tomorrow I hope to get down to my sewing room and work on my other 2 quilts that I'm trying to finish. 
I also finished our January newsletter tonight -whew! I love doing it, but it does take time. Hope everyone doesn't think it's too long as hubby informed me tonight that "most newsletters that I've seen are only a few pages long". Oops! I did counter with the fact that I use a large font for easier reading and that means each page can only hold a few items. Not sure if I convinced him or not. 
Hopefully the snow won't last too long, but I do love seeing it fall. 

Snow Day= Sew Day

Had a lovely day sewing today as the snow fell outside. Can't think of a better way to spend an 'inside day' (as we used to call it when I worked in a school). Just about finished quilting a Community Quilt and hopefully will add the binding to that tomorrow. Finally finished appliqueing the last circle on my daughter's 'Circle Play" quilt also -now I can add those last 4 rows and get that ready to quilt.
I'm slowly trying to finish off those UFO's that have been taking up space in my sewing room -sure feels good, but it's not going to get done in a day or probably not in a year. I've vowed to 'only' buy fabric if I need it to finish something and absolutely can't find anything in my stash that will do. Wish me luck on that one! I knew I had UFO's and kits, but it was only when I had to pack up (thanks to friends, Sharon & Marilyn for that!) and move this last summer, that I really realized just HOW MUCH I really had and it was an eye opener to say the least. I've been quilting for a long time and think it was just easier to forget about some projects rather than finish them. No more! I've challenged myself to finally get them done, even if it takes a long time to do it.
Thanks to my quilting friend, Barb, for the title today -just thought it was a great saying!

Wade's Quilt

This was a 'Sampler Quilt', meaning each block was a different pattern and learning experience. It took me 2 years to finish, working on it off and on. This is the original photo of it in 1986 (when it was finished), so we can see how it's faded a bit.

Fireplace cover

I made this quilt completely by hand -had no idea it wasn't a good pattern("Mariner's Compass") for a relative beginner of course!  We used it to cover up the fireplace in the winter, before we installed a proper fireplace (we were young and poor!). It was attached to a piece of plywood. Not sure what happened to it, but I don't have it anymore. Made it int he spring of 1986.

Log Cabin Wallhanging

Made this in the Fall of 1985 using a 'quilt as you go' method. It was huge, nearly 8 feet square, but I wanted something big to put on the tall (15') wall in our family room. It weighed a ton too, so good thing we hung it on a heavy duty rod. Don't have it anymore as it didn't make the downsize move to the townhouse in 2001. Hope someone else is enjoying it now. Machine pieced and quilted as you go.. You sew each strip onto a piece of batting and backing fabric and when you're finished the block it's already quilted. Then you join all the blocks together on the back. Haven't made one using that method since.

Baby Quilt for Danny

 Made this baby quilt in 1986 for my cousin, Kim's first baby -Danny Dametto (he's now 25!) Machine pieced and quilted with flannelette on the back.

Rose/Blue Baby Quilt

Made this baby quilt in August 1986-not sure who received it. I was now starting to do patchwork squares and trying to match up the corners. Backed it with some baby flannelette. I believe I used polished cottons as they had a sheen to them.