ok I did it I uploaded a pic.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Uploading some Pictures
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Thursday night
hello all, just wanted to say that I have been working on my final project for school. I am taking Medical Coding Specialist at WCTC in Pewaukee. I am doing my final project. It has been like 25+ years since I was in school doing homework:).
As far as my quilting, well, I took my younger brother to the quilt shop yesterday and told him to pick out like 16 different fabric, well, the pattern that I was going to make him well, he total changed my plans and now I will be doing a 20-something quilt for him. He has like black/grey flames,cars,footballs,checkerboard, all kinds of fabric. blew my mind and plans right out the window. I don't mind, I am making him a quilt with the fabric he picked out. I will post the fabric on my site here soon.
I also have been doing thangles, well, the finish size is 2 inches, I have no pattern for that yet. I am also doing 1/2 triangles with some charm packs that I had bought. I don't have a pattern for that either. I think I just like cutting up the fabric and then making or finding a pattern for it.:)
My husband's grandmother who is 94 yrs old showed me how she connects her granny squares together. I love the way she does it:) that was over Easter weekend.
well, time to get the little one doing his homework, me taking a shower and all of us hitting the bed.
Talk later,
As far as my quilting, well, I took my younger brother to the quilt shop yesterday and told him to pick out like 16 different fabric, well, the pattern that I was going to make him well, he total changed my plans and now I will be doing a 20-something quilt for him. He has like black/grey flames,cars,footballs,checkerboard, all kinds of fabric. blew my mind and plans right out the window. I don't mind, I am making him a quilt with the fabric he picked out. I will post the fabric on my site here soon.
I also have been doing thangles, well, the finish size is 2 inches, I have no pattern for that yet. I am also doing 1/2 triangles with some charm packs that I had bought. I don't have a pattern for that either. I think I just like cutting up the fabric and then making or finding a pattern for it.:)
My husband's grandmother who is 94 yrs old showed me how she connects her granny squares together. I love the way she does it:) that was over Easter weekend.
well, time to get the little one doing his homework, me taking a shower and all of us hitting the bed.
Talk later,
Friday, April 23, 2010
New craft table
ok, I got it, I just love it. my craft table. I know I have had it for a month or so now, but I have been busy quilting and doing homework for school. ok, all of you that told me that I should not get this table because it will be filled up quickly, you are alllll right, it is filled. I will take some pics here and post them. I have almost finished my son's 2nd quilt. I just need to put the 2-borders and binding on and then I am going to give quilting a try on my machine. I have started another quilt, it is with thangles. 2-inch finished size. also I went to the International Quilt Fest in Rosemont, Ill and that was just great. I got 5-yards of fabric(kit) with 4 different patterns. just love it. I can make 4 different twin size quilts. while I was there, I just kept seeing these small squares,triangles(about 1-inch in size). well, I got the 1-inch finished size thangles and will be making another quilt with those. When I went to my local quilt shop, I got a charm pack and started making 1/2-triangles, I put them together, and then I realized that I need more, so I went back to the shop and got another charm pack. I still don't know what kind of quilt the charm pack fabric will be yet. Ok, I have that bug, that quilting bug or should I say that I start a project and don't finish it but start another one bug:) I am going to be doing a quilt for my brother. He is going to pick out the fabrics(all 15 of them). I am going to be doing a quilt like the jewel box-similar to that. Some of my quilting friends are at retreat now, I told them that I am going with them next year. I can't wait.
Ok, now time to go and start something, just don't know what yet, I think it will be quilting:)
have fun in what ever you do.
Ok, now time to go and start something, just don't know what yet, I think it will be quilting:)
have fun in what ever you do.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
craft table finally
ok here is the deal, you do your duties at soccer and you can have the $100.00 check. Boy did I do that? sure did. That was like a deposit and when I got my duties done, I got the check back. I finally got my 8 ft craft table. I love it! I have some of my quilting stuff on it but I still need to get the room cleaned up. I have boxes and boxes of yarn. I started going through some of the boxes and all of the small balls of yarn, I put them together in a yarn cake:). I am going to start as of today make 12-rounds of granny squares. I don't care if they are mixed colors or not. I am going to try and make 2 granny squares a day/night:) hopefully. ok now I need to finish the dishes and finish up my first granny square.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
How I Got Started Quilting
What can I say, I am HOOKED:) I love quilting. I also knit and crochet. I have been knitting and crocheting for like 25 + years now. I am getting tired of knitting and crocheting. How I got started quilting. Here is my story.
I am the 3rd child in my family, my older sister,my older brother,me and then my younger brother. Well, one day at work, my younger brother called me and told me that my older brother was at the hospital the night before, he had fallen down a flight of stairs. I went to the hospital and saw my older brother hooked up to all of those machines. I knew that this was not good. It was not. My older sister lives about 3-1/2 hours away from us, I called her and told her about our brother. She came down to be with us. We talked with the doctors and they said this is not good, our brother would either(most likely) be on a breathing machine and most likely not know us for the rest of his life. Our brother was going to be a vegetable for the rest of his life. We did not want that and neither did he. So, we had to make a decision. It is the most difficult thing anyone has to do. So, when the day came, that morning, I remember exactly how the hospital room was. We(my sister,me and our younger brother) went to go and talk and have some lunch(none of us were hungry but we had to eat something). When we came back, we talked with the doctors again and told them that we have decided to let our brother go to heaven to be with our mom and dad. There was a quilt at the end of his bed. When I saw that, I felt like someone just kicked me in my chest. I knew then, that is what I wanted to do as a craft. When I saw that, I lifted a corner, and there was a little saying(I can't remember what it said) but I started to cry, my sister had asked me why I was crying, I told her, this quilt was not here when left this morning. This is my new craft, quilting. I LOVE IT!!!!!!!! That quilt was giving to my son. I wanted to give back to the community, like do charity quilts for the sick, homeless, the kids, etc. I guess you can say that my older brother got me started. Well, the story goes on, I was at work and a friend there also quilts. She told me about the International Quilt Fest in Illinois, I told her, I would like to go with her. So we hopped on a bus and away we went. When we got there, WOW, WOW,WOW I could not believe all of those beautiful quilts. It got worst when I saw all of those vendors and all of that fabric, WOW. I had never sewn before, nor did I even own a sewing machine. So I told my husband about all of this(with my brother and all) I told him that I wanted a sewing machine, so he told me to find out what it takes to get started. So on my little marry way I went. I went to the sewing machine store, got one. Then I went to a local fabric shop(which I love) and signed up for a beginners class on quilting. It has been history since then. I have made a sampler quilt(the one from the class) for our son. I started another greens/tans/browns quilt for our son. I have signed up for the Sylvia's Bridal Sampler which will take like 3 yrs and I would like to make a wall hanging quilt for our cabin upnorth as well as one for our bed. I also have made alot of new friends, loving people who have been quilting for years and years and their quilts are just so beautiful. I have learned alot since I took that beginners class on quilting. Now, away I go, to quilt.
I am the 3rd child in my family, my older sister,my older brother,me and then my younger brother. Well, one day at work, my younger brother called me and told me that my older brother was at the hospital the night before, he had fallen down a flight of stairs. I went to the hospital and saw my older brother hooked up to all of those machines. I knew that this was not good. It was not. My older sister lives about 3-1/2 hours away from us, I called her and told her about our brother. She came down to be with us. We talked with the doctors and they said this is not good, our brother would either(most likely) be on a breathing machine and most likely not know us for the rest of his life. Our brother was going to be a vegetable for the rest of his life. We did not want that and neither did he. So, we had to make a decision. It is the most difficult thing anyone has to do. So, when the day came, that morning, I remember exactly how the hospital room was. We(my sister,me and our younger brother) went to go and talk and have some lunch(none of us were hungry but we had to eat something). When we came back, we talked with the doctors again and told them that we have decided to let our brother go to heaven to be with our mom and dad. There was a quilt at the end of his bed. When I saw that, I felt like someone just kicked me in my chest. I knew then, that is what I wanted to do as a craft. When I saw that, I lifted a corner, and there was a little saying(I can't remember what it said) but I started to cry, my sister had asked me why I was crying, I told her, this quilt was not here when left this morning. This is my new craft, quilting. I LOVE IT!!!!!!!! That quilt was giving to my son. I wanted to give back to the community, like do charity quilts for the sick, homeless, the kids, etc. I guess you can say that my older brother got me started. Well, the story goes on, I was at work and a friend there also quilts. She told me about the International Quilt Fest in Illinois, I told her, I would like to go with her. So we hopped on a bus and away we went. When we got there, WOW, WOW,WOW I could not believe all of those beautiful quilts. It got worst when I saw all of those vendors and all of that fabric, WOW. I had never sewn before, nor did I even own a sewing machine. So I told my husband about all of this(with my brother and all) I told him that I wanted a sewing machine, so he told me to find out what it takes to get started. So on my little marry way I went. I went to the sewing machine store, got one. Then I went to a local fabric shop(which I love) and signed up for a beginners class on quilting. It has been history since then. I have made a sampler quilt(the one from the class) for our son. I started another greens/tans/browns quilt for our son. I have signed up for the Sylvia's Bridal Sampler which will take like 3 yrs and I would like to make a wall hanging quilt for our cabin upnorth as well as one for our bed. I also have made alot of new friends, loving people who have been quilting for years and years and their quilts are just so beautiful. I have learned alot since I took that beginners class on quilting. Now, away I go, to quilt.
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Saturday Morning 9-29-2007
Hello all, just wanted to say hey, and that I am still here. we have been very busy here, been upnorth, working. just busy, busy, busy. tomorrow we are going to great america theme park. our son is going to love it. I hope we have nice weather. my new job is busy been doing alot of overtime. I would be at work right now but my husband had to be at his work today. He rather have me go and do overtime because I get paid hourly he doesn't. I am grabbing any overtime that I can, need it for our 2nd mortgage upnorth. We got another dog, that is right, another dog!!!!
this one is much calmer then Bud was, I will be starting training with him next sat morning. We got this one from a breeder that my husband's co-worker got hers from. I had to tell my crafty yahoogroups that I will not be doing much crafting because of work. But when I get a chance, I will be doing something with one of my unfinished projects. I have not been working on the log cabin square because I went back to work. I got some of that RedHeart Strata yarn, I DON'T LIKE IT AT ALL!!!! I have started the scarf on the wrapper in crocheting and then started one in knitting, I DON'T LIKE IT AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!! Yep, they self stripe alright, that is the only one good thing about it. I don't like the roughness it has. I have taken them both apart and just did one skein granny squares with them. I have 4 skeins of this stuff. The squares come out about 14"-15" or so. I am using a size I crochet hook. I will just put them in my granny square box(granny squares of all different sizes).
Well, time to get going here, need to get the dry clothes out of the dryer and the wet ones into the dryer and then start a new load.
until next time.
oh by the way, our new dog's name is Moose, and it is a yellow lab.
this one is much calmer then Bud was, I will be starting training with him next sat morning. We got this one from a breeder that my husband's co-worker got hers from. I had to tell my crafty yahoogroups that I will not be doing much crafting because of work. But when I get a chance, I will be doing something with one of my unfinished projects. I have not been working on the log cabin square because I went back to work. I got some of that RedHeart Strata yarn, I DON'T LIKE IT AT ALL!!!! I have started the scarf on the wrapper in crocheting and then started one in knitting, I DON'T LIKE IT AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!! Yep, they self stripe alright, that is the only one good thing about it. I don't like the roughness it has. I have taken them both apart and just did one skein granny squares with them. I have 4 skeins of this stuff. The squares come out about 14"-15" or so. I am using a size I crochet hook. I will just put them in my granny square box(granny squares of all different sizes).
Well, time to get going here, need to get the dry clothes out of the dryer and the wet ones into the dryer and then start a new load.
until next time.
oh by the way, our new dog's name is Moose, and it is a yellow lab.
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