I am currently working on a baby quilt, so I will definitely spend time in the studio this weekend. I love making baby quilts....

Tomorrow we are working with my brother, sis-IL, nephew and his son to try to finish cleaning out my mom's house. I plan to sew Sunday afternoon after church! I have a Tulip Bag in progress.

Donna

How easily we get blown off course. At least for me! Like a dog with a squirrel!

my plan at the beginning of the month was to work on Scrap Jar Stars. Then I found all those four patches and off I went on that quilt. In the meantime, I made several chemo caps for a friend, and did up several batches of jam. I have put those patterns and recipes away and am determined this weekend to work on those stars. All the parts are cut, now to start the sewing.

Theresa

LOL, Theresa! As long as you're doing what you love, it doesn't matter what order you do them in. My DH is always saying "Squirrel!" when one of us goes off-track. :)

Donna

How funny, Theresa. A dog with a squirrel. I'd never heard that saying, but it's perfect.

I glue basted my stepdaughter's quilt last night, so I might start quilting it. I also started a quilted tablecloth for my daughter. She has an oddly-shaped, drop down table in her porch that she wanted a topper for. Of course she chose the $16.99 per yard organic cotton, and of course I miscalculated what I needed, over-bought and cut it all. She'll probably get two of them. I knew I was figuring wrong, but I couldn't find my mistake. I will always remember from now on that you get eight 2 1/2" HSTs out of two 6" squares, not four.

I also need to continue packing for my trip to Cuba. I leave next Friday. I hope you gals have a wonderful retreat. I hope to join you next year.

I'm right beside you, Theresa. All those plans.........

I really do hope to finish quilting this UFO I've been working on and then do the binding so I can start on another UFO. Sunday afternoon, DD is taking me with her to a make-and-take using essential oils. I'm looking forward to making a Pillow Spray for sleeping better and a few other things without chemicals in them.

It sure sounds like everyone is busy. It's a bit of funkville for me, I think. Have to stitch the binding to the back of some table runners that I made last weekend. That should be my goal for this weekend. Hubby is working, so I really should have bigger goals than that, however!!! Maybe I'll look thru to see if I can find the right fabrics for the October lotto block. I have two quilts that I'm thinking about - one I should do before Christmas; the other before February but ?? Where is my inspiration??

I hope to finish kitting up stuff to take to retreat. I will be in Dallas all week next week and then retreat is the next week, so I am feeling pushed for time. I did take the time last night to learn how to do a blind hem stitch on my machine and hemmed a pair of pants. I have never been a garment sewer so that was a big deal for me. :)

I love that dog with a squirrel image! Made my day.

I have one last border row to quilt on the wedding quilt (next weekend) and get the binding on it. I hope to get it finished this weekend, then finish the pillow shams. The tops are quilted, I just have to attach the cording and back (guess that requires a trip to the store to purchase the cording!).

I ordered a custom fat quarter from Spoonflower for my grandbaby's quilt (due in December). Since we don't know the sex, it has been a challenge to come up with a quilt pattern that fits a Harry Potter theme nursery! I expedited shipping so I will have it in time to take to retreat. I hope to figure out the rest of the fabrics and get them purchased. I hope to get some other things together for the retreat, also. Sounds like I will have a busy weekend! We are also dog-sitting our granddog this weekend and that is always a challenge.

Sue

Working full time for the last month is really doing me in. I don't know how you ladies to that and get so much quilting done. I'm behind on everything..have to pick tomatoes from my garden and put in the freezer to can later...clean house (maybe a little)...clean out the fridge and take care of stuff in there...do some cooking for the week...write an article for the Master Gardener newsletter that should go out on Monday...and the list goes on. If you're into gardening at all, we post a lot of the articles from the newsletter to our blog: http://gardenthymeblog.com/

Congrats, Theresa!

I plan to finish my Tulip Bag I started last Sunday. I'll post pictures when it's done.

Donna

note to bev2009 Couldn't resist looking at your gardenthyme blog! (yep, I have a passion for plants, too!). Very nice website!

I'm definitely quilting this weekend! I've slowly gotten back involved with my quilts. I don't know, sometimes I just need a break from everything...of course that's why I started quilting :)

Everyone is soooo very busy! I have two dogs and yup the squirrel analogy for us busy women is so very true...lol

I've not sewed much, finished up a baby quilt last week, and now my niece has asked for a fall quilt. Boy was I surprised, but I've found a design and pulled fabric from the stash. Maybe I'll get started by next weekend.

I was a team captain on Saturday for a local ALS walk. A friend of many years was diagnosed in August with ALS and it was the only thing I could think of to do! Yeah...I had to do something. She's a very young 61 yo..its breaking all of our hearts. On top of that I've been ill...nothing serious but a pain in the you know what (sinus issues). All I want to do is feel better and start sewing! Reading your posts is giving me energy! Thank you all!

V.

I did get all the units made for the SJ stars but had to stop for the afternoon. Canadian Thanksgiving is next weekend (while some of you are off on retreat). So I took the aftenoon to make pies. Pumpkin, cherry, apple. We will be good for a while. But what a mess I make!

Fiddle-dee-dee. Tomorrow is another day!

Theresa

Thanks, Beth. I went to write my article and then couldn't find my notes from the interview I did. I knew I took them in a spiral binder. Wrote it up best I could without notes, sent in to the editor and then decided to have one more look. There they were right on top of my desk TORN OUT OF THE BINDER. Re-did the article and submitted again. LOL

Before church this morning I finished cutting out the quilt to take to my friend at church to piece. Yeah. Hemmed a pair of pants tonight.