every quilt tells a story
And Therese has a story for this quilt. She had been working on it than went out. When she came home, she smelled a funny smell. The quilt had fallen off her sewing table and landed on an electric baseboard heater. The entire center of the quilt was scorched.
With no extra fabrics on hand, Therese appliqued the flower to the quilt to cover up the scorch marks. I should have taken a picture of it from the back; they were really quite bad.
Quilted with Bloomin Stars
Thank you for all your kind comments on the loss of Abby. We knew it would be soon; she would have been 17 this fall. She was apart of our family for 13 years and was greatly loved.
like the energizer bunny i am
That's what I felt like yesterday. Even with yesterdays drama I still managed to complete some quilting projects. Or get them to the quilting stage.
First, I got my disappearing 9patch table runner together. I've decided to not go with a border. I'm really pleased with how this has turned out.
Next, I finally got my doll quilt quilted. This wasn't meant to be a doll quilt. In fact, I'm not ever sure if it qualifies for a doll quilt, I'm just calling it that. I bought a scrap bag of fabric and had originally planned on putting the strips into a baby quilt backing. Instead, I cut the strips in half(there is another piece like this) and added the two little borders. Than I quilted it. I did it on my domestic machine and did a loopy meander. Dare I say that this little quiltie took me roughly 3 hours to quilt? Yes THREE hours!
The quilting is no where near perfect; some of my loops look very square lol. But for a first time, I think I did good. I maybe should have used white thread instead of gray on the back though lol.
Next up? The last of the sock monkeys. There's been another baby born!
First, I got my disappearing 9patch table runner together. I've decided to not go with a border. I'm really pleased with how this has turned out.
Next, I finally got my doll quilt quilted. This wasn't meant to be a doll quilt. In fact, I'm not ever sure if it qualifies for a doll quilt, I'm just calling it that. I bought a scrap bag of fabric and had originally planned on putting the strips into a baby quilt backing. Instead, I cut the strips in half(there is another piece like this) and added the two little borders. Than I quilted it. I did it on my domestic machine and did a loopy meander. Dare I say that this little quiltie took me roughly 3 hours to quilt? Yes THREE hours!
The quilting is no where near perfect; some of my loops look very square lol. But for a first time, I think I did good. I maybe should have used white thread instead of gray on the back though lol.
Next up? The last of the sock monkeys. There's been another baby born!
when will i learn?
This much thread,
For this much quilt?
I think this is the 3rd time this is happened in the past few months lol.
And yes, there was just enough thread to finish the quilt! *whew*!!
For this much quilt?
I think this is the 3rd time this is happened in the past few months lol.
And yes, there was just enough thread to finish the quilt! *whew*!!
a third blog post??
Three in one day? wow lol!
I have to share what happened today. Today was the fourth week back to school since the Christmas holidays. Every Monday since, we have had one kid home sick. I wasn't feeling well last night so I had decided to stay home today and just relax.
I had just gotten home from dropping off B and M when I got an email from M's teacher. She was outside when B hopped over a chain blocking the pathway and he tripped. He ended up falling face first into the pavement.
Surprisingly he wasn't bleeding but his lip was swelling pretty good. She gave him an ice pack and than sent me an email letting me know.
I was just replying to her when the phone rang. It was B wanting to come home because he hurt. So back to school I went.
The office seemed surprised to see me; B was back in his class but I wanted to check on him just in case. I thought with him back in class, maybe he was okay.
I get to his classroom and his teacher was so happy to see me. She's going on how he needs to see a dentist right away; that she had sent him out to look for the missing part of his tooth but he couldn't find it. Um, what am I missing?
Turns out B was the one missing something. A good chunk of his front left tooth. His adult front left tooth.
The picture doesn't show how bad it was( I really should have grabbed my camera and not just my cell phone lol) The split/crack actually went almost up to his gum. And of course our dentist isn't open Mondays. Thankfully he is apart of a larger dental office and we were able to get into another dentist as soon as we could get there. I raced home and grabbed Jim and off we went.
After some xrays, they applied some freezing gel(that B promptly said tasted like slug lol) and we started waiting. Every once in awhile the hygenist would come and see how much feeling he had left. Than it was time for this.
Now I DO NOT do needles. Needles and blood are pretty much on the same level for me. I had all but one of my baby teeth pulled when I was a kid; I know how much these needles hurt!
The dentist had that needle in and out so quick! I told B when the dentist finished that he had just had a big needle in his mouth. He didn't believe me until I showed him. The look on his face when he saw how big it was; priceless lol!
Freezing kicked in pretty quick and we were literally out of there in under 15 minutes after that and home by 11:30.
The dentist is fairly confident that there wasn't any nerve damage and that the tooth shouldn't die. Fingers crossed.
Here's a really bad picture of the *new* tooth. B was pretty excited that he got to spend the day at home and not at school lol. And Jim and I are pretty excited for extended dental coverage!
I have to share what happened today. Today was the fourth week back to school since the Christmas holidays. Every Monday since, we have had one kid home sick. I wasn't feeling well last night so I had decided to stay home today and just relax.
I had just gotten home from dropping off B and M when I got an email from M's teacher. She was outside when B hopped over a chain blocking the pathway and he tripped. He ended up falling face first into the pavement.
Surprisingly he wasn't bleeding but his lip was swelling pretty good. She gave him an ice pack and than sent me an email letting me know.
I was just replying to her when the phone rang. It was B wanting to come home because he hurt. So back to school I went.
The office seemed surprised to see me; B was back in his class but I wanted to check on him just in case. I thought with him back in class, maybe he was okay.
I get to his classroom and his teacher was so happy to see me. She's going on how he needs to see a dentist right away; that she had sent him out to look for the missing part of his tooth but he couldn't find it. Um, what am I missing?
Turns out B was the one missing something. A good chunk of his front left tooth. His adult front left tooth.
The picture doesn't show how bad it was( I really should have grabbed my camera and not just my cell phone lol) The split/crack actually went almost up to his gum. And of course our dentist isn't open Mondays. Thankfully he is apart of a larger dental office and we were able to get into another dentist as soon as we could get there. I raced home and grabbed Jim and off we went.
After some xrays, they applied some freezing gel(that B promptly said tasted like slug lol) and we started waiting. Every once in awhile the hygenist would come and see how much feeling he had left. Than it was time for this.
Now I DO NOT do needles. Needles and blood are pretty much on the same level for me. I had all but one of my baby teeth pulled when I was a kid; I know how much these needles hurt!
The dentist had that needle in and out so quick! I told B when the dentist finished that he had just had a big needle in his mouth. He didn't believe me until I showed him. The look on his face when he saw how big it was; priceless lol!
Freezing kicked in pretty quick and we were literally out of there in under 15 minutes after that and home by 11:30.
The dentist is fairly confident that there wasn't any nerve damage and that the tooth shouldn't die. Fingers crossed.
Here's a really bad picture of the *new* tooth. B was pretty excited that he got to spend the day at home and not at school lol. And Jim and I are pretty excited for extended dental coverage!
bag ladies
It's been a while since Bag Ladies had all gotten together. This time we descended on Marcia's.
I'll admit the (fake) spider in Maria's kitchen got my heart pumping pretty good. Not what I was expecting to see lol.
Marcia made the cutest dolls for her girls for Christmas. Tonight Marcia was making little shoes for them.
Sarah working hard on another messenger bag. I didn't get a picture of the finished product sadly. It is so cute!
Andrea started cutting out a beautiful flannel quilt. For some reason I don't have a picture of her working hard. All I've got is this lol!
Cindy and I decided to work on our Thangles blocks. I was very happy to see that I only had 3 more blocks to finish. Now to start assembling the quilt!
Once I got those finished, I made some 9patch blocks for a table runner giftie I've been asked to make. Love the Wildflower Serenade line.
Again, it was another fun Bag Ladies night. Even if a lot bags weren't created this time around lol. Can't wait until the next one.
I'll admit the (fake) spider in Maria's kitchen got my heart pumping pretty good. Not what I was expecting to see lol.
Marcia made the cutest dolls for her girls for Christmas. Tonight Marcia was making little shoes for them.
Sarah working hard on another messenger bag. I didn't get a picture of the finished product sadly. It is so cute!
Andrea started cutting out a beautiful flannel quilt. For some reason I don't have a picture of her working hard. All I've got is this lol!
Cindy and I decided to work on our Thangles blocks. I was very happy to see that I only had 3 more blocks to finish. Now to start assembling the quilt!
Once I got those finished, I made some 9patch blocks for a table runner giftie I've been asked to make. Love the Wildflower Serenade line.
Again, it was another fun Bag Ladies night. Even if a lot bags weren't created this time around lol. Can't wait until the next one.
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