I have a baby quilt sandwiched and hope to quilt it today.

No superbowl for me. If the quilt gets finished, I will be reading.

Theresa

It's chilly and rainy here in central Florida. We haven't seen the sun in about 10 days, and it's getting old! I think tomorrow is supposed to be clear but still chilly, but it's supposed to warm up to the low 80s for at least a few days next week, thank goodness! :)

I just finished a pp bird of paradise top. I started it on a 4-day weekend two weeks ago. I spent much of the 4 days on it, most of last Sunday, and today, so it took a while.

I finished the last applique piece for a wall hanging called Civil War Anniversary. My plan is to hand piece, hand applique and hand quilt the whole project, though I didn't like hand-piecing the blocks. If I find I still don't like hand piecing when I start assembling the pieces I'll go ahead and machine sew it. I'd rather get it finished than have it sitting around forever because I'm not enjoying the hand piecing.

Donna

Well, my plans went south quickly. I was cleaning out the bobbin area before putting in a new bobbin and a small metal piece came off in my hand. I have no idea where it fits in so I guess it is off to the shop next week.

I do have another machine I could use but I was so bummed, I walked away.

And just then DH announced he had lost a tooth filling so off to the dentist we went. He still isn't driving from his stroke last June and last week, he spent a day in ER after a TIA.

Maybe tomorrow I will feel more like sewing.

Theresa

Theresa, so strange having 2 small scrappy metal disasters right at the same moment - makes me think of strange comings and goings in the cosmos.

Donna, I'm in Central Florida and although I'm sure people up North are laughing at us, I know what you mean, how do those people ever survive the Winter anyway?

I'm sewing the binding on the back of this Jewel Box quilt. I'll show it when I finish. Of course as I usually do, I changed up things and instead of making all the patches different colors I used the same fabric throughout, although it is a multicolored (blue, green, purple) swirly thing. Anyone who shops at Joanne fabrics will recognize it immediately.

I hope to finish putting my grandson's big boy quilt together tomorrow. it is Dogs in Sweaters by Elizabeth Hartman. Maybe I can actually get it on the frame this week. My grandson just turned one, and I figure that he will end up in a real bed soon.

No quilting for me again this week, but I sure am enjoying the sunny, warm Southern California desert weather. I've been playing a lot of golf and had my best score ever last week. We have company coming next Wednesday for four days, so I know I won't be quilting then. I've pretty much realized that I probably won't do any at all until I get home in April. Oh, well. Swimming and golfing are fun too.

Theresa, I can't believe you got an immediate appointment. My husband lost a crown, it took two weeks for an appointment, found out he had an abscess and another two weeks to get an appointment to have the tooth pulled with an oral surgeon who happened to have a cancellation, otherwise it would have been six weeks. And no offer of an antibiotic, which I think would have been prudent but hubbie went without me. Fortunately, no pain through any of it.

Bev, he was lucky to get in so quickly, in an hour. And your husband must be very ‘strong’. Last year, I had an abscessed tooth which wiped me out for days before getting in for an appt. Then came antibiotics and a crown. Paying for that was the really painful part.

Theresa

No quilting this weekend. 18 days after my mother-in-law passed, so followed my father-on-law. We were in Chicago for services again this weekend. It has been a rough January for my family, but especially for my husband. :-(

My condolences to your family, Char. My parents died six days apart in 2009. One death is hard enough; two are really difficult.

Oh Char, so very sorry. I am sure there are lots of happy memories to sustain you all.

Theresa

Oh, Char, I'm so sorry! Sending lots of warm thoughts your way.

Donna

So sorry for your loss, Char. Life sure does throw us some curve balls!

No sewing for me for a while. We are in Tulum, Mexico for a month. I did start quilting my brothers American Legion quilt before we left Arizona and will need to finish it when we return. It will be for a raffle for their post. Theresa, my DH needed a crown & filling before we left Colorado. Our dentist couldn't promise it would be done - even with a rush charge - in two weeks, so DH said to forget it. My mom & sis have gone to Algadones, Mexico - just south of Yuma, AZ for dental work for years. We called her Mexican dentist and got an appointment. We drove over to the parking lot on the American side of the border near Yuma from Phoenix on a Monday morning, walked across the border and went to his appointment. She took x-rays and said both teeth should have crowns. Okay. His next appointment was the NEXT DAY! We stayed overnight in Yuma and went back. There was a rush charge for the crowns to be ready the next day ($10!) Total for TWO CROWNS and x-rays was $810 US!! One crown at home was over $1500! The dentist went to dental school in the US and actually lives in the US and goes back and forth every day! Crazy.

Sue

Sue, the neat thing about our dentist is that the crown is made in office while you wait. He does a laser scan of the tooth area then creates the crown using a 3d type machine. Neat to watch. Worth the price for one day service.

Theresa

Char, I'm very sorry to hear about your family's loss. You don't know how hard it is to lose a parent until it happens to you.

TY all, I think I've been in a fog all month. Looking forward to spring and warmer weather.