Valentine Sewing Party ----Part 2

Update @ 09:33 CST

Good morning Ladies! I know that the party is officially over

but

I am going to continue partying today.

I really want to finish this quilt

so that I can use it next month.

So

I will do updates, but not as many. There will be

more breaks (like the "Cookie Party" that I promised my Little Person,

taking DH to work, and the bedtime routine).

Here is where I left off:

I was quilting along on my quilt.

I will continue in a few moments after I start a load of laundry.

(Somebody's gotta do the dirty work)

See you later!

Update #1  @ 13:47 CST

One load of laundry down...Two to go

One "Cookie Party" for the Little Person done.

Complete with TONS of sprinkles. YIKES!

And all of the

machine quilting done on my quilt!

It is trimmed and ready for the binding.

I think that I will use the dark pink fabric for the binding

but it will have to wait until later on tonight

because it is time to drop DH off at work.

I'll check back in later on tonight.

Update #3 @ 21:27

The bedtime routine is over.

The binding strips have been made.

and sewn to the quilt top.

And now it is time to sit and enjoy some mindless TV!

Ladies, it has been so much fun sewing with you.

Enjoy the rest of your evening.

Until Next Time...Happy Quilting!

Valentine Sewing Party

OK Girls, its 08:20 and I am ready to go!

(My Little Person gets up early and I only have part of the day to myself

because my DH has to work this afternoon.)

So, let's get sewing.....

I am normally a RED kind of a girl and I am RED all year long,

so I am trying something unconvetional/different.

I am going to use pink & black.

I am not sure yet if I am going to use these:

or these:

They were part of my purchases from Lanie.

I have designed my own pattern and I am going to

let the fabrics speak to me.

So, now I am going back inside to start sewing

before the neighbors think that I am crazy for being up so early!

Update #1 @ 10:17 CST

Woo-Hoo! They (i.e. DH & Little Person) are gone for the morning!

However, DH doesn't understand why he has to leave the house

and he doesn't get exactly what it is we are doing. Oh Well!

Little Person is happy because it means playing at the park

all morning long.

So, I am dressed in my quilting attire----yoga pants! Elastic is a requirement

because of all of the eating that is involved.

IPod is BLARING my favorite dance music and

I am singing along in my BEST American Idol voice!

I finally decided to do use both of the fabrics:

I even got a few things sewn together.

Now I am going to take a quick peak at what everyone else is doing

but

not too long because my people will be back eventually!

Update #2 @ 12:12 CST

O SCRAP!...THEY are BACK!

Are you serious??????

And my studio floor looks like this:

They are BACK and I am having a design crisis!

I pieced all of the BLACK blocks together and

I don't like them in the layout!

UGHHH!!!

So I dug around and I think I will use this:

Chocolate brown....(because I have been eating chocolate) and pink???

Anyway, at least my people brought me lunch!

Enough typing...need to do more sewing

because my DH leaves for work in 3 hours,

which means that Little Person will

be bothering me (and less sewing)!

Update #4 @ 14:32 CST

Tick...Tock...The sewing clock has to stop!

It is time for my DH to leave for work and this is why I have to take a break:

hands everywhere!

feet everywhere!

and fabric disappearing to make a race track!

But here is the update:

The blocks and rows are sewn together.

I didn't plan on adding a border, but I am thinking about using this:

Oh well...I'll think about it and decide later.

I will rejoin the group after the bedtime routine (dinner, bath, and a story).

You can't mess up the routine!

Keep working and I will check on you later.

Update #5 @ 19:45 CST

I'm back! Finally put the Little Person to bed willingly! Yeah!

Before I start sewing on my borders,

I am going to check on everyone because I know that some

people are already done.

Update @ 16:31 CST

Uhhmmmm...Is anybody still out there?

Well, I am finally done with my quilt top

and boy is it pink!

Now to baste the thing.

Note to Self: " Self, next time choose something more manageable!"

Update #6  @ 22:11 CST

Basted and ready to go!

I am going to put on my quilting gloves and get this thing quilted.

I stll have 2 hours after all.

Update #7 @ 23:08 CST

Ok Ladies,

my arms are tired of quilting and my eyes hurt,

but

I had an awesome quilting along with all of you!

I actually got a lot of machine quilting done.

I plan to continue the party tomorrow morning

because I am determined to

finish this quilt by the end of the weekend!

Until Next Time...Happy Quilting!