Are you quilting this weekend? June 15-17

11 years ago

I am in Columbus, OH for the NQA quilt show. My DD and I are going to the show today. DD lives here and we plan to go to the Blues and Jazz Festival in Gahanna tomorrow. DH stayed at home this time. He is having knee replacement surgery next month and can't take the walking or the long trip to Columbus. He wouldn't go to the quilt show even if he could walk!

What are your plan for the weekend?

Linda OH

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Robbi D.
11 years ago
Linda,
That sounds like a fun weekend!! I love jazz, so that would be something I would enjoy, too :-) My mother had her knee replaced a few years ago and has done well. I hope your dh has the same success.

I have done very little quilting in the past month, so I hope to spend most of the day Saturday sewing! My mother is coming over for dinner Saturday night, so I will have to clean up the house a little and do a little cooking.

Since Sunday is Father's Day, I told my dh he gets to choose what we do. He has some property he wants me to look at, so it looks like a road trip day. I really don't like sitting in the car all day, but I will do it for him :-)

Have a great weekend, everyone !!

Robbi
tuppermom
11 years ago
I am working on a quilt for the family shelter that my sister works at. It is in Decatur, IL, a very economically hard-hit city. They will use it for a fundraiser. I am changing it a little and using pastels for the sashing pieces to give it a softer look. I also made a 16 patch for the center.
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toolgranny
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Love that quilt.

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msmeow
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I hope so. Got home about 10 last night from my business trip - 2-1/2 days of filling my head with new info on our software. It's amazing how tired I am this morning! Of course, dealing with the Atlanta airport is enough to wear anyone out. I decided their mission statement must be to screw up as many people's day as possible.

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11 years ago
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11 years ago
It's time for me to head to the sewing room and tackle the Seabreeze quilt again. I'm hoping to finish the quilting this weekend. It has helped that I worked at least an hour each day after work this past week. And it has helped that I haven't had any more machine problems!

Feeling a little sad as this will be the very first Father's Day that I didn't have my Dad here with us.

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calliope
11 years ago
My heart is with you Teresa. I remember how I felt on each landmark holiday I used to share with my parents, and although the years are now starting to dull the sharpness of it.........it's still there and at unexpected moments, something will make it seem like just yesterday.

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11 years ago
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Love your quilt Tuppermom! I am recovering from surgery and still not able to sit Indian style on my bed to quilt, so since I am limited on how I can sit and bend, I am simply tracing and cutting out fabric for my parents' 9" Card Tricks blocks at my desk for short periods of time. I started making blocks for their quilt in 2009 and all are completely hand-sewn. I have 79 blocks made and still need to make 21 more. I love this pattern cause it is so easy to make, but after working on this project for so many years I am so ready to get it completed, maybe that will happen sometime in 2013.

Best to you and have a good weekend,
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