Falling Behind

on my blogging, but there really hasn't been much to tell.


Last Sunday, I finally got around to making the bowl cozies for relatives up in Saginaw - five for the kids and two for the adults.  I mailed them out on Tuesday and they received them on Thursday and were already using them when I sent a message via facebook to see if the package had been found where the post office left it.

Thats been about it sewing wise, other than working on my Christmas Row by Row - 9 reindeer this month ( no pic yet).

I have been doing embroidery, though... at night, while 'watching' my programs.

Here's the pattern....

and here are the first two blocks... don't let the pics fool you - they are BIG.... 15" squares.

there are basting stitches in both blocks because you have to back the fabric with muslin ( to keep threads on back from showing through).  I THOUGHT I was using a dark blue embroidery thread - it wasn't until after I finished the first block and needed to think about getting more floss that I thought I had actually used a dark blue/green.  When I went to Walmart to see if they had any, I realized that it's really a dark green... which I thought might be a problem since the fabric for the surrounding blocks are dark blues, but I think it's going to work out ok.

Block three is on the light box waiting for me to finish tracing the pattern and then basting to the muslin so that I can get started with the embroidery by the time my programs start tonight.  So far, it's taking me an average of about six hours for each block.  There are 6 blocks sized at 15" square - the rest are 'bigger' in one way or another.

In between all of this, I'm doing SOME housework BLEECH! and watching the new class I signed up for on iquilt.com... "If you can feather, you can freehand".  I wasn't sure it was going to be something that I would learn anything from, but was willing to try it for their sale - and I have learned a little - enough to say I've gotten my money's worth :).  We'll see how much I've learned once I get some practice fabric onto Mo'e and try doing it myself. -- that won't be til Monday or later, though.

Off to do SOMETHING - not sure it will be quilting - might be more - sigh - housework/laundry or might be just taking a nap.

TTYL