Keep On Sewing On!

Welcome to the Weekend, everyone!

We are starting today with more pillow talk - because, why not?

I'm pretty pleased with how these are turning out.  

Orphan blocks plus borders, plus a bit of machine quilting, accented with binding and voila!

It helps, of course, that the pillow forms were already made and I just needed  to pop them in there to have the job done.

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Quilters All Around!

The Lincoln Quilt Guild ladies are settled in and quilting up a storm!

And I have to say they have been more than understanding regarding the water leak and the subsequent dishwasher re-installation issue.

It's always my want to provide the best retreat scenario that any group could want, and to have to turn water off while installation was going on, and then to have to run for more parts, putting a delay on water coming back on.  They were troopers!

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What About That Hexie Quilt?

First things first!  My website is back up and running.  YAY.  That is all.

Questions have come regarding that forever hexie quilt I've been working on for more than 6 years.

Oh, believe me - it's still in the background, but it hasn't made much of an appearance because the progress is slow, repetitive, and I thought - of little interest until I reach another big moment on it.

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In The Binding Basket!

I finished the binding on the String Rings quilt - but due to certain circumstances I have not been able to get a full out finished photo -

The first circumstance being the weather. It was barely above freezing by afternoon yesterday - and I spent the day flipping laundry and taking care of things...

All while discovering a water leak coming from the kitchen (underneath the dishwasher) that had been leaking into the cellar. ACCCCKKK!

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