I love weekends!

This weekend started off with my brother, his wife and their granddaughters coming for dinner and a swim. Here are the little girls floating in the pool (don't worry there is an adult under the air mattress). I'm not around little children very much right now as I don't have any grand kids...thank you Lord...and I forgot how much energy they have...lol...I was tired when they left, but it was fun!

On Saturday Jay took his Mom to a wedding in Kansas so I scheduled an all day sew day with Kathy and Susan. Kara and her friend Jacob came later in the day. Jacob worked on his sketchpad although Kara had him sewing just a little bit last night. I forgot to take pictures of everyone, but it was a fun day! Here are my Nearly Insane blocks that I completed yesterday.

And here's a start of the block I feared!

 

I'm not going to use this little le moyne in the block, but it is my first attempt of 3 to get it right. This one is OK, but I paper pieced it and it's a little thick. I finally gave in and started hand piecing the stars which I should have just done in the first place, but no I had to waste about 3 hours messing around with it! :o/

I may get to work on some more NI blocks today. Oh and the heat finally broke a tiny bit because we had a cold front last night. Instead of getting up to 104 like yesterday it's only supposed to be in the 90's....lol We did get rain though which is much appreciated!

Audition time!

Okay now what does everyone think? I think I might like it....adds interest....perfect color of white/off white & red....a little insane and different from others I've seen.

 

Wonderful giveaway!

Would you look at pattern that Helen from Hugs N Kisses has just finished?!

 

So go on over to her blog and leave a comment because she's going to give away one set of patterns and if she gets enough comments she'll give two away! Since I'm almost finished with one stitchery project and red and white are my favorites, maybe I'll win!

Still mulling over sashing options, but I'll definitely cut some fabric today to audition and I'll be sure to show everyone. Thank you for your opinions!

Opinions needed please

Okay here is my Nearly Insane up on the design wall, minus a few of the half blocks.

 

And here is a picture of the sashing and cornerstone fabric that I'm thinking of using.

 

I would need to order the red & white/cream sashing from BunnyHill. If you click above it will take you to a better picture of the fabric. I already have the cornerstone fabric and I love it, but I just need some reassurance I guess.
I also finished my 8th Truly Scrumptious block and prepped the 9th one to start stitching on tonight.

 

Oh my gosh...I just heard that Michael Jackson died today...wow, he's just a little bit older than me...weird. I'm not going to get into his personal life, but I know that I really, really enjoyed dancing the night away to his songs in the early 80's...fun times!
Please if you have time give me opinions on my choices, I'd really appreciate it!

Red & White quilt....done!

At least the top is pieced....I still have to get the back ready and then I think this quilt will be the next to go to the longarm quilter. Pay no attention to the gravel pile, that's my husbands and the neighbor cats really like it as well.

 

No work was done on the NI blocks yesterday, but I did finish stitching on a Scrumptious fairy last night. I'll post a picture when I get the border added this afternoon. One more and I can make a quilt out of these little cuties.

I just realized that Christmas is 6 months from today.....AHHHHHH where does the time go?!?!? Seems like we just got done with the holidays around here. I'm looking forward to my sister and her husband coming for a visit in July. Pam and I are going to sew. She hasn't every really learned to make quilts before and I'm going to teach her. I am so excited for her to be here and Larry too of course! :o)

Well tonight is Dear Jane night so I'd better dust off that pile and figure out what I'll be working on. I don't think I've looked at Janiebright since last month, but once a month is better than nothing!
Later,

34 down and how many more to go????

Here are the 2 newest Nearly Insane blocks. The first one went pretty fast and the second one....well it took a bit more time.

 

 

I think there's nearly 100 pieces in that 6" block! I'm not sure why my blocks always photograph all wonky. They really are very square most of the time.
I'll try to post pictures of my Red and White quilt top tomorrow, but right now I'm going to watch the Dangerous Catch show with my husband.

Yummy fabric...

 

More red & whites for the Nearly Insane

 

And some fabrics just because I like them :o)

 

Now if I could only get my sewing mojo back. I intended to sew like the wind yesterday, instead I sat and watched hours of The Deadliest Catch with my husband. It's very addicting, really it is! I did do some handwork while sitting. I guess I didn't feel very well, but I think I'm on the mend today.
The visit with Emily was wonderful. We went to Sarah's in Lawrence (Emily & I) and I think we were in there at least 2 hours. They probably have between 7 to 10,000 bolts of fabric and no I'm not exaggerating, so it takes some time to get acclimated.
I like it because you can find new fabric and old, but it takes time as they don't have kits or even many fat quarters, which I don't buy anymore anyway. They kind of un-thread/cut the fabric on the grain and I've not seen that done any place else.

Happy Father's Day to all of the wonderful Dad's out there. I miss my Dad everyday, but today most of all. I'll try to make this day extra special for my husband, he's such a great dad to his girls. Well I'm off to make some breakfast!