Fanciful Quilts

First off - #56 challenge, aka Pretty in Pink.   While the floral fabric isn't too bad, the yellow isn't to my liking either.  But I digress. Progress! All rows done!  Still, pink overload.   You will notice they're sitting on some sort of - what is that?   Why, it's the big ironing board that I had to buy a few years ago - when I had plenty of room for it to be set up permanently (so to speak on the "permanently" bit).  And now? Yeah, there's very little room to dance.  One must dance when one has completed a project.  Guess the dancing has to be done in the hallway.   The past few days have been busy. Yesterday - tour #1 of retirement community for mom's move from Oshkosh, WI.  Lots of pros - lots of cons.  Sure wish we could have a mother in law tiny house in our backyard...that would come with a separate big ole kitchen and a chef.  On our way to another errand (after the tour), Riley commented something along the lines of

Okay - so #56 Challenge is not quite marching on, but a post titled "#56 Challenge Crawls On" doesn't quite have the impact I'd like it to have.  Yes, "marching on" is a bit of stretch..... Soooo..... Hubby Riley decided he wanted to mow the church's grass yesterday.  Not a big area but it does have it challenges - a nice sloping area - both sides of walkway to the front door of the church.  Okay, I'll go with you, she says somewhat enthusiastically. Actually it was more like "really... now?!?!?!"   He mowed. I pulled weeds one on side of the aforementioned sidewalk.  A measly 40 minutes. This morning I woke up and there wasn't a bone or a muscle in my body that didn't complain.  When did I get so old?  This had to be overnight - and has nothing to do with my lack of exercising.   That aside (whew - way aside), I did manage the unthinkable.   I sewed ALL the pesky blocks for #56.   All of them. I know darn well

Finally - a chance to attack  tackle #56 project, aka Pretty in Pink Flowers.  If you have a better name, by all means let me know.  Obviously pink is not one of my favorite colors.   To recap, this is the EQ7 drawing.... And this is what I accomplished today.... Thank you AccuQuilt.  That 2 1/2" strip die is to .... well, die for?  Okay, could not resist. Silently, I have a 20 minute daily challenge...anything Quilty.  Does setting up a huge ironing board (you know the kind - BIG...), ironing the fabric and then cutting?  Of course it does.  That big ole ironing board was a great buy - when I had the room for it.  Now it languishes in a closet....where I wrestle with it for about 10 hours to get it set up for 15 minutes worth of ironing.  Is it worth it?  Absolutely not.  But at this moment, hubby won't consider knocking the wall out between the SQS (that's Sharon's Quilting Studio) and the Exercise Room (no, we don't label it ER - but co

The adventure begins. Okay - so the challenge is a "few" days old but the adventure is finally underway. From the list... #56. For lack of a better name, "Pretty in Pink Flowers Kit" was chosen. Did I happen to mention this already?  If so, a repeat is always nice. The fabrics?  Yup - this is a repeat.  As is the name of #56. Not exactly my cup of tea - or even coffee for that matter.  However, I couldn't bear to donate or toss such well made fabric.  Quality at its highest.  Did I happen to mention earlier that this bundle was purchased without a pattern?   Measured each length.....Floral, one yard.  Yellow, barely a yard (one inch short - how weird).  Striped, one yard.   Out came EQ7. Let me digress. EQ7 and I have a nodding acquaintance.  I haven't touched the program more than a few times after I paid for a transition fee from my other laptop to an Apple laptop.  Love my MacBook Air but honestly these "transition" fees

Nothing like starting late in the year to tackle those wayward projects...whether they be panels, quilt tops to be quilted, BOMs, kits (both self made or commercially purchased).... Project started yesterday...capturing all those projects.  At first count, 52.  Didn't seem that bad.  Then I had a thought....where could go these buggers be hiding??  Yup - more were hiding.  In here....Well this is the before the great organization took place.... And this is afterwards..... Behind door #1.... where I found two more kits hiding away..... And behind door #2 ...where I found panels, more kits.... All that to end up with ... not 52 but 70.   70 projects in one stage or another .... Yes, I know that a lot of quilters have many more but to me - it was a YIKES moment. After posting the list to google docs (any time you want access let me know), I gave thought (lots of thought) to how best tackle these unfinished projects.  Each project was giv