Snow Puppies

I think the puppies have eaten their weight in snow.

Ended up with about 3 inches - it had almost quit snowing by midnight. Today is to be in the 40's - so the melting mess begins. Snow predicted for Monday - the Weatherman couldn't possibly be right two times in a row (we'll see!).

Mary

It's Snowing!!!!

No that mound off on the left is not a drift but the pool cover.
What a trip home - snow covered, slippery - took 30 minutes to go 8 miles!
And to think I was jealous of the people farther north of all the snow, now I remember it - I think I have adjusted to the South.

Ok, now that it has snowed I'm ready for spring - bring it on!

Mary

Carolina Christmas onto Step 6

I have finally finished step 5 which was assembling the blocks - 52 of one and 48 of the other. Step 6 is putting the top together followed by the borders. But once again all that will have to wait I have a few customer quilts to finish first.

I did the layout in EQ6 off of the original layout, I wanted it to be a little bit bigger to use as a coverlet for our bed so inserted the gold border to get the measurements up to 96"x96." At least this is a Christmas quilt so I have 10 more months to finish to have it on the bed by December 1st.

Quiet day here - Kasey was having surgery to repair a prolapse of the 3rd eyelid or what they call 'cherry eye.' JD was getting groomed, so I just had Joker and Sophie here to keep me company - sort of, they napped. It's Joker's anniversary today - 3 years ago he came to live with us and has been wonderful to have him here.

Well - off to load another quilt.

Mary

It's Friday

Which doesn't make much difference to me since I have to work tomorrow.

Just a quiet morning at home today with the puppies. I decided to do some stitch outs of the pantographs I had picked up over the past few months and also needed to empty some partially filled bobbins. This one is called 'In the Moment' by Anne Bright. I like the way it looks - might have to make a quick scrappy quilt to use it on -humm!

Well time to get ready for work.

Mary

Just a Quiet Day

Just a quiet day of quilting today and since it started raining it was the best option. I'm still a little sore from my accident but that is to be expected for sure.

I made this quilt top a few years back and never quilted it, so today was its day. I used one of my new edge to edge patterns by Anne Bright, it is called Luna. I liked the way it actually resembled the patterns in the fabric, a good compliment. It quilted up rather quickly and I really like the way it turned out. Next thing is to the getting the binding done.

I even (finally) added more pictures to my Webshots albums - can't remember the last time I did that. I signed up on Facebook but haven't done my profile or added any pictures yet. I finished a customers quilt this morning. And worked on piecing a wall hanging.

All in all a pretty productive day.

Mary

The Day After.....

Wow - how things can change in a split second. I definitely had an angel on my shoulder. Other than a bruised knee and some soreness all is fine. My Mustang is at the body shop waiting on the long list of parts (4 pages) to come in and hopefully be back on the road in a month - ready for 'Cruising Weather.'

Mary

Carolina Christmas Step #3

I finally finished step 3 of my Carolina Christmas quilt - thank goodness its only January I still have time to finish it before Christmas. Only 576 pieces to make these little gems. Still keeping it as a mystery quilt - have not peeked yet - just enjoying the process.

And here is the beginning of step 4 - not as many pieces only 416. This step may take me a couple of weeks also since I have some customer quilts to do.

I better get busy.....

Mary