Thursday morning (2/20) was peaceful and heavenly. Michael turned the fire on and we both sat in the living room, reading our books and enjoying the ambiance….I truly love those mornings together.
I finally finished a book on my kindle and headed to the studio to be a bit productive (quilting was cancelled for the day due to the threat of very inclement weather).
I got Sandy’s quilt loaded up:
and kicked off the quilting:
I had a few breakage problems in the beginning, but then they seemed to settle down.
While that was stitching out, I started to sew together my chandelier QoV:
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Michael had a routine, follow-up doctor appointment Friday morning (2/21) and I spent a long time pulling together a blog entry before dropping back to Sandy’s quilt. I spent the rest of the day doing that…quilting on Sandy’s quilt and working on my newest QoV and getting some setting triangles cut:
until 4 PM when I headed upstairs to bake more bread:
-and make Elephant Chicken Soup for dinner….so very yummy!!!!
We ate dinner while watching WALL-E….it was even better than I remembered.
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Michael left for golf on Saturday (2/22), even though it wasn’t even 40 degrees outside! Iris came over for a new project. Many months ago, I ordered simple/plain dresses for her 2 girls, hoping to do some embroideries and sew them on. For various reasons I decided this was a stupid idea and no one would like it (mostly based on my experience in our own family...and hearing from friends about their daughters-in-law and grandchildren).
Finally I decided that she would be honest with me and that I should just ask whether she liked the idea and thought the girls would wear the dresses…..she LOVED the idea and spent an hour looking through my embroideries and made a list of the ones she liked.
We managed to get one stitched out:
before it was time for her to head out and pick up her girls. I can hardly want to see this project finished!
After she left, I fired up XENA, determined to finish the quilting on Sandy’s quilt…and by dinnertime I was done:
And 10 years ago....
*** I had my patience tested....I'm negative. ***
*** Best Childhood Memory: Falling asleep on the couch and waking up in bed. I miss teleporting like that; it never happens anymore. ***
And something to think about: *** A dead battery can't charge a dead battery....stay away from people who can't charge your spirit when you need a jump! ***
Beautiful embroidery! The bread looks deeeeelicious 🍽️.
Love Sandy's quilt! The colors are very soothing. Great unicorn embroidery! Cannot wait to see both dresses completed.
That embroidery is fantastic!!
Definitely liked the setting triangles on the chandelier qov, can't wait to see the whole thing complete.
I love the fun unicorn design on an outfit! You will have to share the completed dresses!!!