Ramblings ...

This year is almost over. August already. Next month will be a year since I've been retired. Where has the dang time gone? What have I done? Nothing. What have I accomplished? Nothing. What do I expect to get done or accomplished? Everything. But in reality it probably it will be NOTHING.

 12/11/2023

So many many many years have gone by!!! I'm surprised I even remembered my name on the blog!!! Wouldn't have thought of it but I have been searching the net of anywhere and everywhere I have been now and in the past. Was trying to find why I had sewn some up some blocks. But I couldn't for the life of me remember what the pattern was called that I had started on. Did I put the name on the baggie? NO That you have been too smart of someone as simply as me! Found it on this blog! Yipee skippy. Made my December day (what's left of this year) a happy one. The bag will be marked as soon as I get up from here ... hahaha

Another year has gone by!!!

Happy New Year, everyone!

Man, I don't keep this blog up to date, do I? LOL New Year's resolution is to do just that. To blog more.

Christmas was a nice one. Santa was very good to me. Left a Janome Horizon 7700 under the tree! Yee haw Haven't really had a chance to see what this baby can do but then again still early in the year and will have to find the time to play with it. It does look nice and I sure do like the thread cutter button on it. That will come in handy for paper piecing ... lol Don't look at date on picture. Camera year is off :( Will set that next time I snap a picture if I think about it.

Been over a year!!!

Been over a year since I've posted! Time flies, eh?

Yep, haven't really done much. But I did make a pillowcase for a friend who will be sleeping in her new home tomorrow night. First time every making one. Went by a tutorial I saw online. Very quick, very easy. Now I want to make more, more and more of them ... lol

Felt good to be at the sewing machine once more. Will have to make friends with it all over again. Do love the SewEZi table I got back in September. The one I've been wanting for over 2 years.

Off I get. Getting late and have to work tomorrow. Seahawks game Sunday. Go Hawks!!!!

been procrastinating ... as always

Have the top done, been done ... lol Even added a small black inner border to it. Problem, don't have enough of the red that's long enough to go from top to bottom on the sides. Thinking of what to put in the four corners to help with this matter. Do like the quilt top, though. Will think on it a little longer, I guess.

Started another mystery. Did the 8 appliqued hearts that it calls for. Not sure if applique is my "bag" ... haha Went searching for the longest time on the net, knew dang well I had been to a blog or site or something that showed how to set up your Bernina machine for appliqueing. Found it, tried it, it worked. Didn't have the DMC machine embroidery thread they mentioned so just used the Sulky thread that I had on hand. Ann Sutton
sure does do a beautiful job at it!!! May have to get some of that DMC if I want to applique in the future ... lol That will remain to be seen.

Having camera issues. Don't know what I did to the blasted contraption but it doesn't want to take as good a picture as I think it will or have done in the past. Will tinker with it some more and cuss it out even more.

Happy 2010 y'all !!!

Would have, could have, should have said this earlier but have been busy with work and sewing ... lol So Happy belated 2010!!! May it be as good as (if your last year was a good one) or better than (if your last year was as bad as mine). Onward, forward, don't look back. May you do better than me at keeping any resolutions that you have made ... haha

Been sewing on Ann Smith's mystery every chance I've gotten the last couple of days. Need sewing machine at work. Was naturally and understandably slow few days after NYE. Kept busy stocking this and that, though. Was so far ahead of myself Saturday felt like I didn't need to come in Sunday ... lmdao!!!

Have all the clues sewn on the mystery. Now to get it all put together :) :) :) Been having fun and so far every thing seems to be lining up. Rarity for me, let me tell you!!!! Must be getting better at sewing in my old age ... hahaha

Pics below :)

Starting another mystery

This mystery starts tomorrow but I won't be able to sew on it until after work. Did just finish up the pre-sewing of the mystery. Doing the lap/twin size that calls for 288 2½" HST's! Ouch. But they are finally all cut, sewn, ironed and squared up ... whew. Here are the fabrics I got at Joann's for the mystery. The lady was just putting out Valentine fabric and I fell in love with the doggie material! So went a searching for others that might go with this focal material ... lol lol lol Found some dog bones, some paw prints, some dalmation like dotted, and a gorgeous, to die for black!

Here's a picture of all those tiny HST's. If I wanted to turn this into a full/queen size then it would require 300 more of these!!! Think I will stick with the lap/twin. 288 is enough for me, can't imagine doing 588 of them!!! Oh, the pic got a portion of the 8½" X 24" Omnigrid, non slip ruler I got for Christmas. Am going to enjoy this ruler! Green in color. Will have to get used to that since all the other rulers I have are either a yellowish or clearish color.

Side note on Bonnie's mystery: Was working on it, my litte Blossom came down sick and with vet, surgery, hospital stay ($2,500 in all) I kind of lost interest. She is doing well now. Know she is 10 years old and that was a lot of money (at least for poor old working fool like me) but want her around for as long as the Good Lord lets me. Did do some on the mystery, though. Quite a bit actually, but I peeked ahead, shame on me! Bonnie does some fantastic patterns, but, this one didn't really suit me. Either that or the colors I picked just didn't work out well. Soooooooo ... will just wait until she posts another mystery ... ha

Later on update ... lol Just finished cutting out the rest of the clues for the mystery tomorrow. Hoping this will turn out pretty neat. The designer is Ann Smith. She has some nice patterns from what I've seen. Her last one I saved. Never got around to it yet. Still kind of picking out fabrics for it. Have the focus fabric but not all the other to go with it.

Okay, off I go. Work tomorrow so have to get up early. Will certainly start sewing when I get home!