It's been a busy week. Lots going on at work and home. The backing for Viri's quilt sat draped over the backing roller until Friday. I worked late most nights and then came home and made dinner. But the quilt is now on Millie and ready to start quilting. I probably would have started it but my daughter and grand kids were here and well, we have talked about priorities.
While they were here, Rorie, my 3 year old granddaughter, helped me get all the thread ends buried on the Christmas Lemonade quilt. I had left them to bury at the end of quilting. Not a mistake I am going to make again. It is a lot easier to bury them as you go. Rorie helped me find all of the ends and would pick up my needle threader every time I dropped it. But the thing she did, that she felt was the most important, was to get all the threads off my clothes. Apparently it bothers her to see me covered in threads. My kids would just let me go out in public that way. But not Rorie. She is very handy with a lint roller.
I also got the Christmas Lemonade quilt trimmed up and ready for binding. I may just get that sewn on this week. I can turn it and hand sew it down while watching TV.
Once again I managed to go into a quilt shop and not buy anything. That is the second time I've done that. I went to Sew Blessed Quilts on Friday afternoon. I had taken my car in for service and it was only a short distance to the quilt shop. So I dropped in. I had a nice chat with the woman that was there. I also saw a jelly roll and layer cake in a fabric line I liked. It was the grunge stars. Very pretty. I may have to buy it.
So obviously I am not going to get the two girls quilts done before I go visit at the end of the month. Just over two weeks before I leave. I could do it if I wasn't working but alas, I do enjoy that paycheck. There is something about being able to pay your bills and not having creditors calling that is rather pleasant.
Any way I am still making progress even if it is slow going. How are your projects coming along?
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