A Week Full of Ups and Downs

Aliyah's Quilt

Wow, this week went by way too fast. I sure had a lot of ups and downs this week. I did not get everything I wanted to done this week but I still made progress. First and foremost Aliyah's quilt is done

 Monday went fairly well.  I needed to leave work in time to pick up Tatianna so she could make it to class. Which means I leave by 3:30 pm. That got me home about a quarter to 5:00 pm.  I managed to get the strips for the binding cut and sewed together.  I also got it sewn onto the quilt. One step closer to having the quilt done.

Tuesday I had to work late. I didn't get home until 7:30 pm. So no sewing or cutting. I did take the time to look through some quilt magazines that had been piling up. and straighten up in the studio a bit.

Wednesday, I didn't get home until after 6:00 pm. I had been having some tooth pain and I was exhausted. Still I managed to get the binding turned and clipped in placed. I love the Wonder Clips. They are so handy. 

Thursday, I went to the dentist and ended up having two teeth pulled. I was home by 1:00 pm but sure didn't feel like doing much.The whole left side of face was numb and my left eye was blurry.  But I had a couple of packages that I had ordered in December show up. I got 3 new fat quarter storage bags and a couple of fat quarters. So I spent Thursday afternoon folding fat quarters (some new, some old) and putting them away.

Friday, I cam home from work early. I should have called in. My Hubby dragged me shopping for meat processing stuff. When I got home, I read some more quilt magazines and cleaned up in the studio.

Saturday, I got the quilt binding stitched down in between helping with the deer processing.   And before going out to celebrate our 29th anniversary.  Dinner at Longhorn Steak house and a movie, Paddington 2.   I ate a chop steak to spare my poor sore mouth.

five new fat quarters

Today (Sunday), I slipped up. I went to get a few more supplies for the meat processing and picked up 5 fat quarters. In all fairness I had this Secret Santa gift, a Walmart gift card, to buy fabric with. It was from a non-quilter and was only $10.00. So It really wasn't my money I spent and I used it int the spirit it was given.  Also when I bought the fat quarters, I was thinking about using one of them for a quilt label for the quilt. But in the end, I found my printer sheets and just used the ink jet printer to make the label.

 So much for justifying breaking my resolution. Tatianna didn't let me get away with it either. So back to no more fabric purchases Unless I need it to finish a quilt.

my own design

About the quilt label, I didn't use the CD I bought. I have an Avery quarter fold card template on my computer.  (it is a free down load) I opened that template and added some clip art and made four labels on one of my June Tailor Sew-In Fabric Sheet for ink jet printers.  My label went with the quilt much better than the ones on the CD. Unfortunately, I hit print before I thought to typed in the words, which was really silly of me. But as I said I made a whole sheet and I wouldn't have any words for the other three labels yet. This way my hand writing is there for my granddaughter as well.

New Serger

I also set up my new Serger and watched the CD that came with it. I ran some practice fabric through it and got all the tension straight. Now to switch out the thread so I will be ready to put the edge on some flannel receiving blankets. 

Not a bad week, just not quite what I was hoping to get done.  Still I feel like I am making progress.
How about you?