Correction

In my last blog entry, I said that I thought I only had one UFO left to finish - then found an OLD one that is applique'.  I was wrong... I had two left before finding the applique' one - 1. I call this Donna's quilt.  It's for a distant cousin and it's being made mostly from fabrics that I inherited when her sister passed away.  2. is The Quilter's Teddy Bear.. which is paper piecing and is probably at least 1/2 done; it's just a matter of getting it back out of the tub and finishing it up.  I haven't worked on it in probably three years... I messed up and didn't follow the designer's instructions to put the paper on the top of the fabric; I did it the way I had learned in previous paper piecing projects.  This wasn't a problem until I got to one particular spot - and that's where I stopped because I was totally confused until I read the directions again.  3. is the applique' quilt... baskets of flowers.  I haven't checked so I'm hoping that I still have the fabric I was using for the baskets and I know I'll have to come up with other fabrics for the flowers. and then I found number  4. and possibly 5.  I still have Harley Davidson t-shirt blocks that one of my brothers gave to me to make into quilts for patients at the VA hospital.  I know there's enough blocks (and t-shirts waiting to be cut into blocks) for at least one quilt.. and there might be some shirts left that I could make into another quilt if I mix the 'prints' from the fronts with solids from the backs of the shirts.  I also have the scraps left from the t shirts that were already cut up and used for quilts and I think I should take at least some of them and make another quilt ( or two); they won't be 'fancy' with images or prints but I'll bet they'll still be warm and cozy.  Somewhere in my stash are some preprinted blocks that are partially embroidered; I should get around to finishing them, too... not counting them as a  UFO for some reason; I really should.

Monday, I went to one of our local quilt shops hoping to get another yard of the cute dog print that I used in the center of the quilt I showed in my last blog.  They had it... just 1 1/2 yds left on the bolt... it came home with me and I'll get to make a second 'big border' quilt, this time for my personal stash ( which means it will be saved for a future grandbaby).  When I purchased the fabric for the first one, I got 3 yds of the 'backing' fabric, so I'm sure I have enough.  If not, the shop still has quite a bit of that print left plus two others that co-ordinate with the 'center' fabric.

Tuesday, we had people here replacing our home's skirting and our front storm door... As one of the men was leaving, he asked me what that big machine was in the living room and I told him it was my long arm quilting machine.  He said it looked pretty scarey to him lol.

Yesterday morning, I finished a doll quilt for donation. - a smaller version of the puppy quilt.

I've also been making fabric hearts for The Preemie Project.  I tried taking a pic of the three I've done so far, but my camera was acting up and wouldn't let me.  So cute and simple to do...and for a great cause.  They are given to parents when their baby is admitted to the NICU.  The heart is worn against the parent's skin so that it absorbs their scent;  the heart is then placed in the infant's bed.  Check out their website and join in if you feel called to do so.... http://www.thepreemieproject.com

With all that I've been doing ( doll quilts, fabric hearts and Strings for Siren), you'd think that my scrap stash would be getting smaller, but it's not!  I really believe that it's multiplying!!

I'm dieing to start a new quilt top, but am refusing to until I get some of the already completed tops onto - and then off from - Mo'e.  But I always come up with some reason not to load any onto 'him'... I need to practice feathers for the Sticks and Stonehenge and the San Antonio Star quilts, I need a new template/acrylic tool to do the Baptist Fan on the Mountain Majestic, etc. etc.  I'm going to the Grand Rapids AQS show next Wednesday and I'm hoping that I'll find the Baptist Fan tool there... if not, I'll have to order it online so there's no sense in loading that top on until I have the tool.  I should just 'bite the bullet' and load a practice piece onto Mo'e and get to the feathers; I just don't feel like it :(.

There is still so much that I want to try and quilts I want to do... just can't seem to get myself around to do it.  I don't have the energy/ambition; always feeling like I need a nap.  Going in for blood work on the 17th and when the dr. has the results I'm going to talk  to him & try to figure out what's going on.  I should not be feeling this 'tired'; I shouldn't be needing a nap three hours after I get up from six hours of sleep.