One-woman Quilt Show

Pat Fox, head of the quilts showing at Skidompha Library in Damariscotta, asked for suggestions. Says I, "How about a showing of string quilts?" Pat says, "You're on for April."

That means I need to make and/or finish 6 quilts by then. I have one that I call my Freddy Moran copy plus a couple of finished tops. I've got them ready to quilt and will get going on that this coming week.

February posting

Guess it's time to do my posting for this month. Some people manage every day - I'm really lucky if I do it once a month.

Here is a pile of QAYG (Quilt As You Go) blocks I've finished. There are 96, enough for 2 quilts. I've mailed them to Nebraska for there Heartstrintgs sew-in in March.

Socks - Hand and Machine Knit

This pair of socks are hand-knit with 2 strands of Wool Ease. It's a pattern by Joan Hamer and it's really quick. They're nice and thick. I'll be donating these at the next Boothbay Harbor Charity Knitting meeting as well as the red machine-knit ones shown next.
These were knit on the bulky machine using "I Love this Yarn" from Hobby Lobby. The pattern is from Knitsings and I really like the look of the heel. Here's a close-up of the heel:

The Heartstrings quilt group is doing a pillowcase project this weekend.
Tomorrow I'll be mailing off 15 pillowcases to Alycia in Colorado.
If interested in Heartstrings you can go here to find out more.

New Year's Resolution

Now, let's see. I haven't added anything here since last June. I can't believe I've been so slack. I got sick in June right after I went to the Fiber Frolic and just never quite got back into the swing of keeping up with my blog.
I have now created a part-time job for myself. I really need to stop dipping into my savings each month just to get stuff I 'need'. I look at the 'Help Wanted' ads in the local papers hoping to find the perfect job - you know, short hours, close to home, etc. Well, I think I now have the perfect job - I am selling on ebay. My current goals are to raise enough money to go on the bus trip to the Vermont Quilt Festival in June and to get a Kindle. I can set my own hours (3 hours a day), it's an easy commute, and I don't have to deal with temperamental co-workers or bosses. I get to work on the computer, wrap packages - like all the things I did at AGA Correa. I think I'm going to like this.

For now I'm going to be selling stuff I've collected so that will be good. Getting rid of things now instead of leaving everything for someone else to deal with.

Radio Shack to the Rescue

My Kodak Easy Share camera took less than 20 picture before the batteries died. This will never do. I thought I'd need a AC adapter and then I would only be able to take pictures as far as the electrical cord would allow. But that isn't what happened. I now have a card (which I never had before) that holds over 700 pictures and a Digital Card Reader/Writer to use for getting pictures into the computer. I guess using the camera for transferring pictures really sucks up the battery life. I'm going to try this for awhile and if I'm not happy, I'll go with a charger and rechargeable batteries.

Clamshell Auction ufo

I bought this partially finished quilt at Clamshell's auction a couple of years ago. It's bad enough I create my own ufo's (and believe me, I have plenty) I feel the need to save others. This quilt was over half hand-quilted and I thought I was going to finish hand-quilting it. Wrong. I loaded this onto my quilting frame and finished it by machine. It came out pretty good except there are tiny rust spots where the safety pins and been left in it for a long period of time. I won't be able to donate this one to charity but I'll bet I can find someone who'll take it. Peter? Rachael? Colter?