Going into the shop

So sad.  My machine needs to go get fixed.  So sad.  I have so much I need to do.  This comes at a very bad time.  I KNEW I should have taken it over the summer.  Bad Jen!  Bad!

I'm was working on my blog anniversary/birthday giveaway and my machine started acting up again.  It ruined my very cute and almost finished project.  :(

So before I go any further with anything, I'm going to drop it off today and beg them not to keep it forever.  I have a Halloween costume to finish, giveaway stuff to do, birthday gifts to create.

UGH!

Since posts without pictures are boring, how about a new one of Punk?  Today was picture day.  Blogger keeps turning my pictures around.  I have cuter ones of her.  This isn't it.

Enjoy your day!
Jen

Renewed Interest

Earlier this year I participated in a pinwheel block quilt along.  The last few blocks that we were "assigned" didn't come out too well and I scrapped put the whole thing aside.  I really wanted to finish it so that I would have a nice bed quilt for my bed but I wasn't happy with my results.

Then I was seeing a quilt layout out in blog world and I really liked it.  Sharon is working on one and so is Kim.  I originally wanted to do this block layout for my jelly roll sampler (and I still am) but I wanted to play around with a couple of my pinwheel blocks that I really didn't care for.  So if I messed it up, I wouldn't be totally heart-broken.

This is what I did today.  I really should have finished quilting the pinwheel table runner since it is a gift and the party is next Sunday but I didn't feel like it.

What do you think??  I'm really digging it.  I'm not going to use the hand-dyed for the blocks but it's what I had on-hand here at home as a solid to play with.  Now these 2 blocks are uniform in size (15").  My pinwheel blocks were all ranging in size 1/4 inch or so and I was getting discouraged.  Not any more!  And with bigger blocks, I don't have to make as many for my queen size bed!  LOL!  I would LOVE to do larger blocks; add another border around in white but my largest square ruler is 15".

Now when I'm bored or don't feel like working on my to do list, I will continue with my pinwheels and hopefully next year, I will have a finished quilt for my bed!  I have to work on getting my jelly roll sampler finished first.  I want to give that one to Punkie for Christmas.

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!
Jen

Trip to NYC....

Well, ONE person guessed right!  Not that it was a guessing game but she mentioned it in her comment...

I went here...

MARTHA!  My cousin got tickets to see the Martha Stewart Show.

Eh.  It was okay.   The show wasn't very exciting and we walked away empty-handed.  I've been watching her show the last week or so and every show... free stuff.  Our show?  NOTHING.  Even today, the audience got the October issue of Everyday Food, a Martha glue gun, a 20% off coupon for the UPS store, a calendar AND they got samples of apple cookies. 

BOO Martha!  But it was cool to be in her studio.  Wanna see?  The pictures are crappy due to all the high voltage lighting.

The cool part?  The show was live.  So if you happen to be watching the Martha Stewart show on Tuesday morning at 10:00.... that was the show I was seeing in person. 

This handsome guy was the guest...

Victor Garber

And here are a couple pics of the Queen of Crafts herself... OH!  And my cousin got her question answered by Martha!

All and all, it was a nice morning/early afternoon in the city.  We didn't hang around for too long.  We went to the show, had lunch and caught the 1:30 train home.  We were all exhausted from getting up at 4:00 a.m. to catch the super early train.

Now we are going to try for Rachael Ray tickets.  I can't stand Rachael Ray but hey, it's something to do!

Enjoy your day!
Jen

Doing something fun tomorrow...

Today was a disastrous day at work.  My laptop crashed when I got into the office - it was working fine when I was home.  I opened a high priority ticket to get it looked at and fixed at 9:00 and when I left at 3:00 because I was SO TIRED of sitting, waiting and staring at the 4 walls in my office... they still hadn't shown up. GRRRR.  Waste of a day.

But tomorrow?  Tomorrow I am taking the day off.  And I'm getting up REALLY EARLY.  Actually, I'm not sleeping at home tonight.  I'm spending the night at my cousins' house instead of getting up extra, EXTRA early tomorrow morning.

AND we're taking the 5:56 a.m train into NYC.

Curious now?  Well you'll have to tune in later and I'll tell you what I'm doing in the big city later this week.  :)

Jen

Friday Night Sew In Results

I did get a little bit done yesterday.  I would have liked to get one more thing done but it didn't work out.  I was tired.

I finished the pinwheel table runner top that I started.  It needs to be quilted but I want to see if my LQS has the Blush fabric.  They did carry some of it once upon a time.  I'll just need to hunt for it.  If not, I'll find a soft brown to use.  This is for my cousin in celebration of her 40th birthday.

Next is part one of my embroidery project for myself.  I like it.  Hopefully my vision comes through when it's all done.

I did wash some Halloween fabric to make pillowcases for Punkie but I was too lazy to walk down into the basement to get it out of the dryer.  Which reminds me... I think it's still down there. LOL!

That's it.  Feels good to get something done.  Now I'm going to concentrate on getting Punkie's Halloween costume done and the table runner quilted.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Jen

I've been M.I.A.

Hello there.  I hope all is well with everyone.  I haven't posted anything in almost a week.  I haven't had much going on in the sewing/quilting world, really.  I went back to cutting and prepping fabric for a quilt top that I started months ago but again, I have put it aside for other things.  Cutting is B.O.R.I.N.G. 

I started a pinwheel tablerunner for my cousin for her 40th birthday.  I'm making it out of Blush.  I have one pinwheel made.  I had big plans to sew some yesterday but Amelia and I had a very late night out on Saturday.  She and I didn't get home until almost 1 a.m. on Sunday morning so we were both tired and just plain lazy yesterday.  I walked into my sewing room yesterday about 4 times and each time walked out.  I just couldn't concentrate.

What I do have is a new "To Do" list for the rest of the year.  I'm sure you don't want to hear about it but I'm going to list things here so I don't forget.

• blogiversary/birthday giveaway items
• work on Amelia's Halloween costume
• embroidered wall hanging for me
• pinwheel tablerunner
• finish cutting fabric for B/W/G quilt top
• Dandy Bag for Abby
• Basket for Katrina (order fabric)
• throw pillows for Amelia's bed
• cut Yellow Brick Road kit for Amelia
• make a Nifty Notes for me (Carol has made several and they are too cute.  I have the pattern, just haven't use it yet)

Sorry for the most boring blog post but I felt I should post something.  Hopefully by the end of the week, I'll have something with pictures to show you.

Enjoy your day!
Jen

Sew Picture Perfect Giveaway!

Jodi is having a Back to School giveaway on her Sew Picture Perfect blog.  Go on over and check it out!

Enjoy your day!
Jen

Friday Night Sew In

I haven't been able to join the last few months.  I think the last one I participated in was in June.  September's FNSI is on the 17th.  Are you going to join us??  Go here to sign up!

Enjoy your day!
Jen

The last one... for a while

Tomorrow we're going to a birthday party for my friend's daughter and I made her... can you guess??  LOL.  You should know by now.  I made her a pillow.

I think she will like it.  Since she can't find anything with her name on it out there in the stores.

That's about it.  I've been working on cutting out a quilt but there's a lot of cutting and I'm getting bored with the process.  But I'll work through it since I would like to get it done so that I can start piecing it.

Also.  Today is my 6th wedding anniversary.  We don't have much planned.  I think we're going to go out to dinner tonight somewhere.  AND today is my 2nd year blogiversary.  I'm sure I'll have a giveaway soon in celebration.  Probably around my birthday next month.  We'll see.  I want to make something for it.  I just need to find the motivation to be creative.  I've lost it.  :(

Enjoy the holiday weekend!
Jen