Friday again already

I can't believe it is Friday again already. Wow, time flies by some weeks.
I am on the first day of 10 days off. I seriously hope to get some sewing, quilting
and cutting done.
On Twitter yesterday I found someone talking about free soap on Etsy. I am on up
on Etsy so I went to check it out. http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7339966
Sure enough she will give you a bar of homemade soap for Free!

I finished piecing the disappearing 9 patch, I'm not impressed. It seems every time
I see one they look great but I just don't like how mine looks. I think if I had stuck with
the same 9 fabrics all over it I would be happier with it. I guess I'll try that next time.

Off to feed the cats, grab some coffee, throw on some shorts and get sewing.

Terrific Tuesday

Well it's back to work today. Just 3 days this week so it should go by
fairly quickly.
I made 8 blocks for the disappearing 9 patch. I need a minimum of 20 so
I need to pick it up. The fabric I ordered from Hancock's was shipped yesterday.
They are SO good with customer service. That isn't easily said these days.
Way to go Hancock's.
I just noticed sprinkles on the pool. Of course I noticed the clouds when I got up,
funny to live somewhere that you actually notice when its cloudy.

Off to work and then I should get a few more blocks finished this afternoon.

I figured out that when I'm not logged in the blog doesn't show the most recent posts.
Odd, sorry there are duplicates on the last. I don't see a way to delete.

missing post

What the heck?? Yesterday I posted and included a picture and today it is gone.
Let's see what I can remember. I was saying how beautiful it is here in the Arizona
desert. The sky is so blue and so big it is incredible. I can see to the horizon in all directions.
With the occasional electric/phone line and pole it is clear. I sure wish they could find away
to bury them but I'm sure some animal would dig into them.

I got the "Emerald Forest" top done but decided it needs another border to make it big enough to go on a bed.
I'm trying to post this again but just noticed a could not contact Blogger.com at the bottom. hmmm. not liking this. I ordered the additional brown fabric that I need but
for now I'm going to start on a disappearing 9 patch.

Another beautiful day in the desert

Everyday in the southern Arizona desert is beautiful. I grew up

in southern New York and never realized just how large and blue the

sky could be. We've been here since 1979 and I am still amazed every day

at just how beautiful it is.

I worked on my Emerald Forest quilt top. Trying to make it bigger so it is more than

a wallhanging. It is currently 69 x 72, still too small for a bed. I just ordered some fabric

so I can add one last border to it, the dark brown and then it will be large enough for a

queen bed. Hopefully then I'll be able to get it on the frame and get it quilted. The quilting process itself goes fairly quickly, it seems I need a push to get them on it though. Anyway, the

fabric won't be here for a few days so I'll go back to working on another top which is the same

pattern but bolder colors.

No work for me tomorrow, yippee.

Its Friday, one of the best days of the week. It was a day off work for

me so that is always nice. I took Monday off as well so I sure hope to get

a quilt top on the frame and get it finished. It takes me so long to just do it

but once I do it goes really fast and I enjoy it.

I spend way too much time in front of the computer. Just reading or typing.

I should be doing something constructive instead.

I did go to my local LQS today and got some fat quarter blenders.

Just look at the beautiful colors. Aren't they just yummy?

I should get some more you can never have too much fabric now can you?

Where did yesterday go?

I had all intentions of writing yesterday but my son decided that I needed
to watch hours of gaming shows on tv with him. He'll be moving out in a few
months and I won't have that opportunity again. I'll enjoy it while I can. I think
we watched the Nintendo and Sony stuff on E3.
Didn't get any sewing done either. I did print off a pattern or two. I must have hundreds
of them now. I use to put them in a notebook but now just my quilting designs are
in a notebook. The patterns are clipped together with those binder clips. I do look
thru them from time to time. :)
Hopefully, I will look for fabric to put a wide border strip on a top I made. Hmmm
how do I post a picture?? sorry it is a little blurry.

Getting ready to leave for work. It takes me 30 minutes on a good day to arrive.
Actually from my house it takes 30 minutes to get just about anywhere one would
want to go. For the month of June I'm working a grueling 4 day- 7-hour a day week.
Hopefully, by the end of next week all the paperwork will be finished and I can get
to work on the next year. I work for a school district. School ended on May 22nd this
year. It will start up on August 6th.

I got the 2nd cupcake pincushion done. It looks much better but I need to figure out
how to cover the upper edge so it doesn't cover the whole "cup" part.

Off I go. Later