Just another day at the office

Yesterday I worked 13 hours at the office.  The other receptionist hurt her back the night before, so I pulled double duty.  It made for a very long day and no quilting time... but it does provide $$.  
I work a 40 hour week in an office, but it is also a rotating 4 day work week.  There are some weekends when I have 2 days off (this one coming up), some are 3 days off and every once in awhile I get a 5 day weekend.  Those are nice, but it also means that the weekend following, I work on the Saturday.  This weekend I plan to finish up the preemie quilt for the guild, just have to quilt the borders and put the binding on.  I also hope to get the borders on mom's quilt.  Here is a sneak peek of the fabrics in the quilt.

Not sure what is going on with my camera.... I will post a clearer picture once I have the borders on.
So what are you working on this weekend?
Happy Stitching
Kate

A Typical Sunday, maybe

Since I actually worked yesterday, today is my Saturday, if that makes sense. I woke to the rain falling again, so lazed around this morning, drinking tea and reading my kobo (I love my ereader... they are the best). My current book is A Drunkards Path: A Someday Quilts Mystery by Clare O'Donohue. I read the first Someday Quilt Mystery, Lover's Knot and loved it.
So after my leisurely morning, I did a bit of grocery shopping, then headed out to the movie theatre to watch Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, Part 1. It was at a Theatre that shows older shows. Wow, I can't wait for Part 2. After finishing my grocery shopping I came home and started in on the quilt that I cut out last weekend. It is squares of various sizes and is going together so quick. I decided to make the blocks for a row, and then put the row together. I have rows one and two put together and working on row three of four. Hmmm since tomorrow is my Sunday, I may be able to get it all together and borders on too.

In the evenings lately I have been reading blogs, especially the ones in the Scrap-Basket Sensations Blog Tour. Tomorrow is Millie's quilting. The book looks awesome and by leaving a comment at each blog, you have the opportunity to win one of 10 books (one book for each blogg hostess). I have also been following the February Fab Shop Hop and visited some great internet sites. Have you ever done one of the Fab Shop Hops? It's fun and there are great prizes too. Visit FabShopHop.com

Tomorrow is Valentines Day, so I am sending out love to all my friends and family, especially my dd and ds. Also sending love to all those who don't have a significant other to share this with. Make it about you and enjoy the love around you.

Happy Stitching!
Kate

New Project

I have spent a few days with my parents and just got home tonight. While I was there, I cut out a quilt kit for my mom. It is a flannel quilt made up of pretty red, beige, sage greens; paisley and florals. This will be a nice lap size quilt for mom and will keep her warm and comfy as she recovers from her surgery. It has been a long haul, and her recovery will take months more, but I am looking forward to the day when we can start quilting and stitching together again. I will post some pictures as I start to put this together.
Happy Stitching!

Welcome to my blog

Good morning!  Well I wish I could say it was a beautiful sunny day, but it is clouded over.  Thank goodness we don't have snow here, as there is so many other places that have more than their share.  Where I live, if we get more than 10cm (4") of snow, the city pretty much shuts down.  We simply don't have the equipment to clear the city streets fast enough, unless of course they prepare for it when they start getting snow warnings.   There are signs of spring here, the daffodils arestarting to poke their heads out of the ground, and the leafs are starting to bud on the trees.

Recently I have been putting together a preemie quilt for my local guild.  It is a little smaller than the pattern called for, but it was the only way the blocks would all fit together.  I have also been working on some neeldepoint stockings, that are about 6" tall.  I had enjoyed making two of them before Christmas, that I decided to keep on going and make 5 more for next Christmas.  I also have been working on a couple of table runners, I just need to make several dozen prairie points, and then I can put them together and quilt/bind.  My most recent finished project was a Mug Rug.  I was trying to get it done to enter into Madame Samm's Mug Rug Contest, but with everything going on with mom, I just wasn't able to find sewing time.   Oh well.... I sent a picture off to her anyway, cause it was just too cute.  I joined a mug rug swap and it will be one of two that I send off.
Well if I can ever figure out how to insert pictures, I will post one of the mug rug and another of the stockings.   I think I need another cup of tea....
Until then, Happy Stitching!

PS  Looks like I got the pictures to load.... yippee!