ELNA'S

Very sad day for me in my sewing room tonight. My NEW Elna has not been working well the last couple of days. It has been skipping stitches so I thought well it's getting fixed I'll get my 26 year old Elna out, well it's skipping stitches too but worse then the new one. I have done a lot of sewing on this old one. So I guess they are both going in to get fixed.

I guess I'm forced to work on my hand stitching projects. All true quilters have one of those on the go that sit in the corner for times like this.

So my goals are to pull that project out of the dust tomorrow and get one block a week done. It's a beautiful quilt and I hope this motivates me to get it finished.

Great night at the Olympics, 4 more metals :)

Have a great day!!!!

Hello everyone,

Hope you like the looks of my new page. It has taken me hours to do but I did get to watch Canada win gold in Ice dance at the same time. GO CANADA.

Good night.

I have had a busy two days sewing and watching the Olympics. I was cutting for hours yesterday, about 6 hours, 400 2x2 squares yuk.

Our Canadians have been having a hard time getting the job done to get the gold. It was a very exciting day to be watching the games. I really thought that we would win the hockey game. Miles of chain sewing when the ski cross racing was happening, that was exciting.

Putting the blocks together well watching the hockey and two man bobsled. Five done only 20 more to go. Have a great Monday everyone.

Hope everyone is enjoying the Olympics. Last nights gold medal from the Manitoba, John, was GREAT.

I have been having a hard time deciding what to work on next. I was going to finish my mystery quilt that I started about 2 years ago but decided not to because I don't like it. My workmanship in it was not very good and I don't think I like the fabric anymore. SO I started cutting out my peach fabrics that I bought in Vegas. It's just a lap size so won't take to long. I have been doing very well with not going to the quilting store.

GO CANADA

Is everyone enjoying the Olympics. I love the winter Olympics. I was suppose to curl tonight but the other team defaulted so I get to watch the gold medal ceremony now, SO HAPPY.

I'm on a 8 day stretch at work so haven't had time to get into my sewing room to decide what to work on next. I work evenings tomorrow so maybe I can get a few hours to play in there before work.

FINALLY FINISHED

I finished the borders last night!!!! It's huge. My floor space is not big enough to lay it down and you can see that it is hard to hold up. I took one picture with it folded in half so you could see the borders better. I'm quite pleased with how it turn out. You can't see the true colors here, the green looks nicer in real life.

So what to do next?

I had a very busy day at work today so I don't think it will be a sewing night. I really have to clean my house tonight. I know at some point in the evening I will end up in my sewingroom looking at all the posiblities for the next project. My room is like going to a store. I think it's time to do something a little smaller. I saw a pattern for bed runners. They are kind of neat, just like a table runner but bigger. They are meant to keep your feet warm. Who would of thought.

Blogging

I have been trying to figure out some new things on here for about an hour now and I think I'm going to give up now. I envy those people that can fly through the computer and figure things out so quickly. So I think I will go and sew on my borders. Something I think I'm much better at doing.

All most done

Sam thought he needed to be in this picture, so I just gave up and let him in, isn't he cute. This is the center of the flannel quilt. I hope to have the borders on by the end of the week.

What quilt to do next? I only have about 15 to choose from.

Hello everyone,

Sorry I have not been around for awhile. I have had the flu for three days and have not been able to sew, or do much of anything. I'm hoping to be able to get back to work on the flannel one tomorrow. I'm so close to having the blocks sewn together.

This quilt is a quilt as you go reversable one. I did not really enjoy working on this one and will most likely never do another one.

My buddy Sam has sure enjoyed keeping me company on the couch this week-end.