Friday Night Sew In - IS HERE!

Ok....

• chocolate - check
• salty snack (dill potato chips-looked/sounds interesting) - check
• wine - check
• down one child - check
• sewing area cleared and cleaned - check
• eating dinner - check

Start time is 7:00 pm!!
Ok...I think I'm ready!!

I've decided to work on 3 projects.  First I'm going to make my two BOMs, I have already cut - the 12 Days of Christmas and the Tonga Back to Nature:

Next I'm going to cut out 2 tops using this GREAT Lovebug fabric.  The girls each want one:

Lastly, I'm going to FINISH my Ocean Tranquility Bargello center - don't know if I'll get the borders on tonight, but definitely plan on getting the remaining third section on:

 Ok, it's ON ---who's doing this with me??  :)

Sunday Design Wall

I try not to post twice in a day, but need to keep up with weekly routines for my blog!

I missed this past week's Friday Night Sew In - - with good reason, my husband drove from Maryland to spend a weekend with me and the girls, so Friday night was spent out listening to a two man band enjoying the company of my husband and eldest daughter (youngest was spending the night with a friend).

So, as I look at what my plans were for last week's design wall, I'm not happy with doing it this week.  I know why now I put the UFO away in the first place- - it's just too busy for my taste and I don't enjoy working on it.  It might just end up in the "to give away" pile now.

Now, what the heck can I do?  I have about 30 UFO's I can pull out, I have some holiday things to sew for gifts, I have 4 BOMs to catch up on. . . . . .mmmmmm, well I've decided to finish this one up:

My Ocean Bargello, I have 2/3's done and need to cut and piece together that last third, then add simple borders.  It would be nice to have it done and ready to quilt.  It takes a lot of concentration to do this, I've add to rip out 14 rows once and won't do it again.  So, this will be my week's project - - along with a few other diversions!

I do have to "whip" out a apron and a few pillowcases for tomorrow nights guild meeting- - crossing fingers we have it.  They close everything down here when there is 1" of snow.  I really want to go to guild meeting!

Plan on spending Sunday doing a lot of prep work for my classes I'll be teaching in the new year at Gina's!

Hope you weekend was wonderful!

Thank you!

I received in the mail yesterday a winning prize of Floriani thread!!  I love this thread for machine embroidery and had no clue I was in the running to win it!  Thanks to Ms. Rhonda's generosity, I won :)  Check out the other great responses to her post regarding ends of threads.

I've been doing sewing (of course) and finding new routines with school becoming more fine tune, including my working schedule.

I did pull out my bargello this weekend and promptly ripped out 8 rows and had todo those strips and realized I really need to share and document this project becuase of all the things I'm learning.  Look for that upcoming series this weekend, but here is what it looks like on my design wall (this is only 2/3's of it):

My design wall is 72" (6 feet) wide....and I have about another 20" of strips to make and add on, then several borders.  This is going to be huge and perfect to hang off my queen bed!

My friend Eleonore will be quilting it and we have discussed what we are going to do.....just need to get it done!

I'm doing more commission work this week, hoping to finish up my first lonestar!