Monday Madness

I'm hoping to get a lot accomplished today. Saturday night I finished the first dozen pincushions. This morning I started stuffing and shutting 17 more. I think I'll get another batch going as well.

I finally basted the next topper and will probably start on the quilting today. I should also try to quilt a motif per day on the flower quilt so I can get it finished. Usually I'm really excited once I get to that outer border, but the markings are so hard to see that it's hard to get motivated to work on it. I may try to finish the next topper, too, as all I have left are the leaves and yo-yos.

I have dishes soaking in the sink, I have to do our business billing and some general straightening but other than the "usual" upkeep and a load or two of laundry I should be fairly free. Our older two play softball and with Ruthie getting older and a little more predictable I decided we'd go to as many games as we can...unfortunately today is cold and breezy and it's supposed to rain, so I'll be keeping her home in all likelihood this evening.

Ruthie loves her magnadoodle! She can often be found drawing on it and her scribbles are now more deliberate lines and shape looking objects. She's a little out of sorts this morning and right now is watching her favorite movie, I'm hoping that it helps her mood some and my smiling girl returns.

Our oldest daughter, Rebekah, is in cosmetology school Tuesday through Saturday each week. Friday is prom, so she is doing a test run on her sister's hair today, they are in the kitchen at the moment trying a new updo. She'll wash it out in a few hours because she doesn't want her boyfriend to see it before Friday, when we'll drive out to the school so her sister can do it for her for the big event.

So now it's time to run, I'm hoping to have most of the chores and work of the day finished by noon so I can concentrate on my sewing projects for the remainder of the day (well...when not making dinner and busy with the kiddos!)

Happy Quilting!

Sue and Ruthie

Where to Start??

The events of the last few days have been mind-boggling. Much of it is almost too complicated to go into because without all the details one wouldn't get an accurate picture. Suffice it to say that both of our teenaged girls now have boyfriends and our oldest son is what I call "dancing around the edges" with a nice girl from church. They are clearly interested but not quite declaring themselves a couple.

In the midst of the craziness, I got a package in the mail. This came from Connie. She sent some adorable sewing cards for Ruthie and a wonderful pattern and lovely fq's for me. Thanks so much, Connie! The pattern is an interesting way to machine piece trapezoids so they make hexagons. I'm anxious to try it and will go through my fabric to see what I can find that will go with these to make this quilt.

The first dozen pincushions should be finished today and I'll maybe piece some more. This is the night my husband goes to bed early because of jobs early Sunday morning, so I often stay up and sew for a while in spite of having to get up for church in the morning. I'll see what's up with all of my kids and if I feel like handwork I may move to the family room and watch a movie. If I feel like machine work I'll stay in my sewing room and work on that.

Among the possible tasks for today is basting the next topper to be quilted (this is likely to happen) and also to baste the album quilt since I'm now quilting the outer border on the purple flower quilt. Basting the album quilt is less likely because it's seeming like a monumental task at the moment. That usually means I'm better off waiting until another day.

My husband, Ruthie, Lucas, and I may be taking a walk this afternoon to the Gigi's Playhouse grand opening. It's a Down Syndrome awareness center and we're going to see what they have to offer.

It will be one of those days that I call "nicely busy." Not a scheduled "I have a million things to do and not enough time to do busy", but my favorite kind of day. A list of things I enjoy to choose from and no real pressure to do any of them on this particular day.

And here is Ruthie, peeking around one of her new sewing cards.

Happy Quilting!

Sue and Ruthie