Slow Sunday Stitching

We have had some glorious rain in our state this past week, in addition to very cold conditions.  We had sleet and hail on some days.  I noted these clouds in driving around, some looking pretty ominous.  

This week was our quilt guild workday at my house, which meant I needed to clean of the kitchen and dining room tables so we could have some clear spaces to work.  We cut the batting and binding for quilt tops that have been donated and then bag them up so we can pin baste them in two weeks.  The ones that are long-armed are just bagged up with the batting and binding.  

This week I also tried to embroider another mermaid for the sweatshirt grandson Jaeger had gotten me for Christmas.  I did it once, making it as a patch using dissolvable stabilizer, and I just fused it on my sweatshirt.  

Well apparently the dissolvable stabilizer wasn't the thing to use, and the stitching starting coming apart around the hair and edges, so I took it off.   I tried to do it directly on the sweatshirt but that didn't work, and ended up getting a thread nest and when I tried to cut it off it made a small hole in the sweatshirt which I was able to mend.  

I next thought I would make a patch again, but use a piece of felt as the base.    I guess my  machine decided it needed a spa day because it did this next.  

So I took it over for maintenance.  Will try again when it gets home in about a month.  

I've accomplished a lot this past week, most of which are for blog hops next month, which  can't show yet.  I finished the top for my Dust off a Quilt Book Blog Hop.  I need to get some fusible to do a little bit of applique and then it will be ready to be quilted as soon as the backing arrives.  

I also got caught up on the SAHRR (Stay at Home Round Robin).  The last round prompt will be announced on Monday.  

Two of my grandchildren are back in town.  Kyleigh just got back from a quick trip to Hawaii.  She has a friend who is a flight attendant and was going to Hawaii and invited Kyleigh for a quick trip.  There was a 40 hour layover so Kyleigh and Madilyn enjoyed a couple of days.  Jaeger is also home from University of New Mexico for the weekend.  We enjoyed a wonderful dinner at our favorite Mexican restaurant in town.  The boys as usual were razzing each other.   

While speaking, and waving my hands around, I somehow managed to knock Jaeger's little dish of Habanero hot sauce onto my new jacket!  

What I will continue working on for Slow Sunday Stitching is my Valentine stitching from Bird Brain Designs.  

I'll be linking up at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.  Head on over and see what everyone has been up to.  

Thanks for stopping by!