What a month so far. I spent three days at Stitch Camp where we gather to sew on our own projects, participate in planned projects and just hang with the gal pals. It was my second year at this particular camp and I had a blast. Cindy, the owner of Hooked on Quilting in Fayetteville TN did an outstanding job as always.
I finished two quilt tops. Granted, one only needed the borders and the other had the blocks ready to put together. I also worked on a small wall hanging which was one of Cindy's optional projected to work on. That was so much fun.
I'm still so new to blogging and I know it's not being read, but that's ok. I can write what I want to and will eventually figure out how to post some pictures and the binding instructions I created when I taught a short class at the local guild.
Back to work. Just took a quick break to ready e-mail and off in cyber space I got lost. I could spend all day in cyber space but then I'd never accomplish a thing but day dreaming about what I'd like to do with all the ideas I read about. :-)
Monday, January 17, 2011
Friday, December 24, 2010
Christmas Eve 2010
Ok, so this is my second post and it's been over a month since my first post as a new blogger. I seem to get overwhelmed in November and December trying to finish all I want to get done before Christmas. It didn't help this year that my son asked me to make the two grandkids Titans quilts for Christmas. He gave me 6 weeks notice. :-) Throw in Mom's major surgery earlier in the month and what a crazy schedule I've had these past several weeks. I feel like I've been living out of my car between the hospital, Mom's place and home.
The quilts were finished last night, Mom is in post surgical in-patient rehab and doing well and I've been trying to clean my two sewing rooms today after the crazy month I've had. The sunroom where my long-arm is kept is neat and tidy and I've been in this room for over 2 hours and haven't gotten much accomplished. That seems to happen when the computer is also on - which of course it is right now. I've watched great long-arm quilting demos on "The Quilt Show" today and decided to renew my membership for another year. Now I just have to set aside time on a regular basis to get the most of that membership.
I will post pictures of the Titan's quilts after Sunday so my DIL doesn't get a sneak peak at them before we celebrate Christmas with them Sunday afternoon. You can view all my quilts at http://www.imageevent.com/quilter/myquilts. I've used this site for several years and have no interest in moving the pictures somewhere else.
Over Thanksgiving my niece and her three kids were here for a visit from New York. I was able to present her with a quilt in memory of her Mom who passed suddely in 2009. "Circle of Life" was made with blocks my sister appliqued. I pieced and quilted the quilt and Mom attached the back label. Needless to say she was touched with the quilt. It was such a pleasure presenting it to her.
I suppose I should really get this room picked up so I can work on some Block of the Month (BOM) blocks I need to get done. Once the room is clean I'll feel free to mess it up again with something new.
Have a blessed Christmas. I realize no one else is reading this right now but I can pretend, can't I?
Ronda
The quilts were finished last night, Mom is in post surgical in-patient rehab and doing well and I've been trying to clean my two sewing rooms today after the crazy month I've had. The sunroom where my long-arm is kept is neat and tidy and I've been in this room for over 2 hours and haven't gotten much accomplished. That seems to happen when the computer is also on - which of course it is right now. I've watched great long-arm quilting demos on "The Quilt Show" today and decided to renew my membership for another year. Now I just have to set aside time on a regular basis to get the most of that membership.
I will post pictures of the Titan's quilts after Sunday so my DIL doesn't get a sneak peak at them before we celebrate Christmas with them Sunday afternoon. You can view all my quilts at http://www.imageevent.com/quilter/myquilts. I've used this site for several years and have no interest in moving the pictures somewhere else.
Over Thanksgiving my niece and her three kids were here for a visit from New York. I was able to present her with a quilt in memory of her Mom who passed suddely in 2009. "Circle of Life" was made with blocks my sister appliqued. I pieced and quilted the quilt and Mom attached the back label. Needless to say she was touched with the quilt. It was such a pleasure presenting it to her.
I suppose I should really get this room picked up so I can work on some Block of the Month (BOM) blocks I need to get done. Once the room is clean I'll feel free to mess it up again with something new.
Have a blessed Christmas. I realize no one else is reading this right now but I can pretend, can't I?
Ronda
Sunday, November 21, 2010
I can't believe I'm blogging
My goodness, just 6 months ago I was swearing I'll never go on facebook but I'm on FB and check it regularily to see what everyone is doing - really mostly to look at pictures friends and family post. For a lot longer I said why should I blog? Now I'm thinking - why shouldn't I blog about my quilting and life? So here it is my very first blog. I know I need a blog to connect to other blogs that I want to see so here I am. Actually the requirement (as far as I can tell) to have a blog to access other blogs is what drove me here. I'm not computer illeterate and in fact manage training for our highly technical staff of 700+ so I better know something about computers. When I'm not at work, I'm usually quilting or doing something related to quilting.
My other passion is helping out the local animal shelter. http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/TN48.html We've volunteered for the last 4 years - nearly every Saturday. My shelter visits have slowed up for the sake of quilting but I still help out by making 2 - 3 quilts per year for them to raffle off. Afterall, how many quilts do we need at the house and how many does my family need? I can still spend my time doing what I love to do and share that gift with my choice of charitable organizations.
I'm also involved with Project Linus in Huntsville, AL. I get involved with different projects where I can make and share quilts.
Speaking of sharing quilts - to get started with what I've done you can view my quilts online if you'd like.
I lean more and more toward contemporary but haven't made many of them YET. I feel like I need to finish up some of the MANY projects I have started before I start on the contemporary quilts that grab at me when I see them.
I guess this is it for my very first blog. Let's see where it goes from here.
My other passion is helping out the local animal shelter. http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/TN48.html We've volunteered for the last 4 years - nearly every Saturday. My shelter visits have slowed up for the sake of quilting but I still help out by making 2 - 3 quilts per year for them to raffle off. Afterall, how many quilts do we need at the house and how many does my family need? I can still spend my time doing what I love to do and share that gift with my choice of charitable organizations.
I'm also involved with Project Linus in Huntsville, AL. I get involved with different projects where I can make and share quilts.
Speaking of sharing quilts - to get started with what I've done you can view my quilts online if you'd like.
I lean more and more toward contemporary but haven't made many of them YET. I feel like I need to finish up some of the MANY projects I have started before I start on the contemporary quilts that grab at me when I see them.
I guess this is it for my very first blog. Let's see where it goes from here.
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