The Virtual Cookie Exchange Blog Hop is coming up December 6-9th. This is the 8th Virtual Cookie Exchange hosted by the fabulous Carol @Just Let Me Quilt. I have participated in the last 3. People exchange their favorite cookie recipes, Christmas traditions/or Christmas projects.
December 6
Another busy week has flown by. Tuesday would have been our 46th anniversary. My girls, son-in-law and 3 grandchildren took me out to dinner that night. We had an excellent dinner at Carmelita's, a family owned Mexican restaurant we have been going to since we moved here 43 years ago.
Wednesday was quilt guild, and they had a Quilt's of Valor presentation to 9 individuals which was very touching.
Then a couple of appointments like getting my teeth cleaned, and a bone density scan.
I had a surprise package this week from an internet group of quilters I belong to. They put together this comfort quilt when John passed away. It is just beautiful.
There were a couple more cute pictures of Rigby this week. He is at the stage he is teething now, and keeps on chewing on everything, including my arm at one point. He looks so innocent here. He's become a little butterball though!
I did finish a couple of Ella Maria Deacon blocks this week. I did this one over because it didn't sit flat. It's a little better this time. The one on the top is the redo.
I also finished up this Kathy Schmitz embroidery I had started awhile ago.
For Slow Sunday Stitching this week, I have two projects to work on, neither of which I have started yet. One another Ella Maria block, and the other a Kathy Schmitz embroidery.
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Monday, November 15th
Tuesday, November 16th
Wednesday, November 17th
Thursday, November 18th
It has been another whirlwind week for me. I did get my parts for the Handi Quilter Moxie on Friday, but unfortunately they sent the wrong sized cord. So I will have to talk to them again on Monday.
Grandson Keaton was promised when his brother went to college, he would be able to get a pug. They already had 3 dogs, but he was promised a pug when he was the only child at home. They have been looking for a pug, and he finally got a pug puppy this week named Rigby. He is so cute, and I got to meet my new grand-puppy this week.
Wednesday I got together with with 7 single ladies from the quilt guild for lunch, all widows. We had a really nice lunch at an Italian restaurant I had never heard of. Unfortunately I made a poor choice. I got a Caesar salad, which was fine, but then I got an Italian sandwich. I get migraines, and tend to stay away from meat with nitrites in them, as they cause migraines. Well I had a migraine all afternoon after that.
That night I had recovered and daughter Kristen, her husband Jeff, and Keaton took me to a Mexican dinner, with ice cream afterwards.
Friday morning I had a meeting with a mini group from the quilt guild and was able to get some of my Ella Maria Deacon blocks done.
The other thing I have been working on this week is my project for the No Ring November Mug Rug Blog Hop which starts on Monday, and also happens to be my day.
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Just a reminder that the No Ring November Blog Hop is starting on Monday, hosted by the fabulous Carla @Creatin in the Stitcks. I can't wait to see what everyone has made. I am almost finished with my project.
Monday, November 15th
Tuesday, November 16th
Wednesday, November 17th
Thursday, November 18th
It's been another busy week, a lot of driving around. Monday I went out to Lowe's looking for the paint cards for Bonnie Hunter's mystery starting the day after Thanksgiving called Rhododendron Trail. I ended up going to two Lowe's to get 4 cards! This is the first year I haven't met other quilters at the paint chip section.
My son-in-law John needed a ride to the airport really early on Thursday morning, so I was at their house at 4:45 am. I don't usually use an alarm, I just wake up. But I was worried about not waking up, so tried to set an alarm on my I-phone for 3:45. First they wanted you to sign into a Health app, and told me I was not getting enough sleep. I finally set an alarm on my I-pad but was worried about missing it, so I was awake off and on most of the night. That day I tried to nap, but not able to. Got a headache, and sort of felt like a zombie the rest of the day.
Meanwhile this week, I got most of a quilt quilted on my new Handi Quilter Moxie but then something got stuck, and I yanked the carriage, and did this. I am holding a cable that attaches to the back of the machine, and hooks into one of the stitch controllers on the back of the machine. I apparently sheered off the connection, so I am currently awaiting a new cord and stitch regulator. I need to figure out what keeps getting caught on the back of the table so I don't do this again.
Meanwhile I have been a chauffer for grandson John this week. Apparently someone at Adventure Club (after school program) tested positive for COVID. Because Klara had COVID earlier this year, she got to still attend Adventure Club. Because John didn't, he could go to school, but not Adventure Club before he got tested again. So I had to pick him up after school two days and drop him off at home.
My old Bernina was finally finished with its servicing after 6 weeks, and I was able to bring it home again. This is the one I like to quilt on. I decided that since the Moxie was out of commission, and since I had signed up for another machine quilting class next year, I needed to graduate from the one I started last Fall. This was the Free Motion Academy by HollyAnne Knight @String and Story.com. I was supposed to graduate last December, but John started going downhill last November, then had all the therapies coming in, and it just didn't get done. I had planned to graduate in the Spring class, but that didn't happen either, and then John passed away and I couldn't even think about it.
I plan to graduate with this fall cohort. The two requirements for graduation are a sampler with the 30 motifs quilted on. The other requirement is a whole cloth quilt, the size of a FQ. My sampler had 25 motifs stitched on it. So I spent the week watching the last 5 videos again, spent time doodling them, practice stitching them, and then stitched them on my sampler. Now all I have to do is figure out what I'm going to do on my whole cloth quilt.
My daughter and tall grandson Keaton came to take me to dinner tonight, so I had him hold it up so I could get a better picture outside.
I have signed up for a class by Karlee Porter early next year on Graffiti Quilting and want to have graduated from the Free Motion Academy.
What I will be working on for my Slow Sunday Stitching is stitching the binding down on my sampler quilt. I will be linking up at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching. Head on over and see what everyone has been up to!
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Monday, November 15th
Tuesday, November 16th
Wednesday, November 17th
Thursday, November 18th
It's time to link up a goal for One Monthly Goal at Elm Street Quilts. Many thanks to Patty for all she does to keep us motivated.
My November One Monthly Goal is the same as last month's which I didn't get to work on at all. It is to quilt and bind this quilt which is my present to my sister for Christmas.
Another week has flow by, and it has been a week of ups and downs. I was able to do a little sample quilt on my new Handi Quilter Moxie. I only had one snafu, when one of the cords got caught up and I didn't at first figure out what was going on. I didn't take it out though as it was a sample, and it is sitting at the back of a cabinet.
