Monday again already

Woke up this morning to SNOW... LOTS of snow  :(.  Hubby couldn't even open the front door to take Buddy out for morning 'business'... they used the back door and it was funny to watch because hubby would take a step and Buddy would jump into the 'hole' made by hubby's foot ... hubby would lift his foot again and Buddy would jump into that 'hole'/footprint.  Actually it was a smart thing to do since the snow was almost up to the top of little Buddy's head.

This is the patio table out on our front porch/deck... there has to be at least a foot of snow on it.  The pics were taken from inside the house - I'm not a fool!  lol

 Here, you can kind of see the snow on the railings and how high it is... 

 Ok, I opened the door here... well, as far as we could get it open....

We are so grateful for our neighbors who help us out in times like these.  Hubby did go back and shovel the drive again later in the day - because it wouldn't quit snowing!!!  The local weatherman said it would taper off by noon - I guess he didn't say WHERE that would happen - it sure wasn't here :(.

Ok, back to quilting.... I got the sashing and borders onto Ronnie's quilt top on Saturday....

and Mr. Prissy has approved it :).

Sunday, I decided to 'bite the bullet' and do some cleaning in my sewing room.  Things were beginning to fall off tables, etc and I couldn't keep track of the things I would need when it came time to start on the last BB quilt.

Hubby took out a couple of bags of trash for me ( not just from the cleaning) and I decided to tidy up my big tub full of blue fabrics... and purged some of them.  The purged fabrics along with some faux furs and some poly/cotton blend gingham fabrics are in a bag and going to a local 'store'.  I included a couple of patterns with the furs, I think.  I only kept some of the white faux fur along with a pattern for a baby seal; I may decide to make another one someday.  Oh, and I was able to replace the nasty holey ironing board cover, too.  Oh yeah, and I found the missing decorations I had made for the Christmas tree that the guild decorated for the local Festival of Trees; it's too late, but I found them.

The room isn't completely clean, but it's a lot better.  I was able to do some sewing today without having to juggle for space.

Today, a few minutes at a time and lots of resting in between, I finished quilting the project that has been on Mo'e since at least Sept. - probably longer.  I had had the quilting almost done when I ran my hand underneath the quilt and could feel the stitches, which meant the tension was too loose so I quit working on it for a few weeks, then started pulling ALL the stitches out so that I could start it all over again.

It's not perfect, but it's DONE and right now, that's all that matters to me.  It's my quilt and not going to be subjected to the  peering eyes of quilt judges or <gasp> the quilt police.

The thread and bobbins I ordered for Michael's brown quilt arrived today so tomorrow I'm going to slowly start loading the backing, batting and top onto Mo'e so that I can start working on it when I feel up to it, if only for five or ten minutes at a time.  I keep saying that I'm just going to do an all over edge to edge design, but knowing my penchant for custom quilting, I could end up doing that.... we'll just have to see.

And I still have to get started on the last BB quilt, which is a gray/black/white one for Paul.

Ok, I'm calling it a night... I know it's early ( about 7:30) but I got up at 6 this morning and can't remember the last time I took a nap - at least a couple weeks ago.... anyway, I'm tired.

take care....

stay warm SOMEHOW

ttyl