I can't believe it has been 2 months since I posted anything. I was going to post weekly, kind of journaling my quilting. It seems my quilting life has taken a back seat to my Track life. Yes, Track has started. Our first meet was last Monday...cold, snow, and all. Yes, I said snow. We had a few flurries at the meet, but it snowed pretty good on the way home. It was cold, but that meet is always cold. The girls did pretty good.
I have also started beading. Beading...taking needle, thread, and beads and making jewelry (mostly bracelets). I have made some scissor fobs to sell at the quilt shop. I have sold a few. I am out of the lobster claw hooks that I like for the scissor fobs, so I haven't made any for awhile. I have to wait until next week when I go to St. Louis and look for some. I have made some bracelets. I have gotten several ideas on YouTube on how to make them. I also have some books. It has been fun. It is easy to take with me, as long as I have a place to sit and stitch, preferably with a table to sit at. I think I see jewelry on everyone's Christmas list this year.
I have been working on my UFO Challenge quilts that are due next month. I have one quilted, but cannot find the binding (if I made it), so it sits unfinished. Either have to get some more fabric or look harder. The second one is taking a long time to quilt. It is a Trip Around the World. The squares are about 2" and I am quilting my flowers in every other one. The others I am trying to quilt with a different design in each color/fabric. It is just taking me a lot longer than I thought it would. I need to go quilt tonight. I want to have it quilted before I go to St. Louis next Wednesday. I have an away Track meet Tuesday, so can't quilt that night. That means I need to finish it by Monday night. I wanted to have Alyce's quilt quilted by then, too. That way I can work on the bindings while I am in St. Louis. I will be there Wednesday - Saturday for the AAHPERD Convention. I am excited. I have not been to one since I was in Graduate School. Then it was in New Orleans. This is the first time that I know of that it has been in Missouri.
I keep loosing stuff. I can't find my book The Loyal Union Samper Quilt that we are making a quilt from on the second Saturday each month at the quilt shop. I lost Alyce's quilt top, but I found it. Guess I will go look some more and then go down stairs to do some quilting.
Happy Quilting!
