Miss Ellie's quilt

Miss Ellie's quilt is done!

Small Mister and I delivered her's and her brother's on Saturday.  It was the first Saturday in ever so long that I had some quiet time.  My Beloved was doing a demo at the Houston Area Blacksmith Association.  That took all day.  I sat, stitched, and watched movies.  It is easier to get the hand stitching done when there is no one who needs anything.  Saturdays have been chaos theory in action around here.

We lost the bake element in our oven yesterday.  Fairly spectacularly.  I put more energy into finding that part then I ever did in getting the hard drive fixed on the computer.  I guess that tells you what is important in our lives.  I had to laugh at myself hard.  

I also have the materials to fix my boat.  My Beloved, a skateboard, and my boat.  Not good.  But that is life.  I am trying to be better about not feeling devastated when things I love to use get broken.  

quiet afternoon

I came home to a quiet afternoon.  We were not caring for Small Mister today.  And I came home to my early birthday present hung on the wall.  I had asked my Beloved for a print of this flower picture he took and edited.  I came home to it printed, framed, and hung.  There is also one of just the petal but the reflection was such that it would capture well.  I love these.  They are hung above my work table so I get to see them when I am working.

This quiet afternoon meant I got some time to bind quilts.  Almost halfway there!

And without Small Mister helping, I finished all the nine squares for Baby Nacho's quilt.  This pleases me.  I have started on the back squares.  There was not enough time before or after dinner to lay them out.

It was a nice afternoon.

more pinning

I have been spending a lot of time at the sewing machine this weekend.  Mr. Gray's quilt has been quilted.  I just need to bind the edges.

Miss Ellie's quilt is pinned.  My helper was fast asleep.  I was able to get the first bit of quilting done before Small Mister woke himself up.  It was a nice way to decompress from work.

mr. gray's quilt

Mr.  Gray's quilt top and back are done.  This is exciting to me because I have been making them (his sister's too) all through out the holiday season and up to now.  I have been working on them with every other project.

I had enough batting in the house that Small Mister and I worked on basting the quilt together.

The Tall Short person was squishing zombies on her phone while we worked.

We actually finished the basting of this quilt tonight and I started the quilting.  I have to buy more batting for Miss Ellie's.  I hope to get them done soon so I can walk them across the street.  

I do have to admit that I like making the nine squares.  I have four more planned and I admit one of those is for me.  I am making mine out of silk and cannot wait!

Miss Ellie's quilt

Miss Ellie's quilt top and back are put together.  It was strange but I did not like how this quilt went together on the floor when I laid it out but I like it now that it is sewn together.  I have found that I really do not know what I will think about a quilt until it is done.

The back turned out well too.  I made it simpler then normal because I need to make a back that carries a theme that I can transfer to her brother's too.

I did a lot of this sewing while I was making Christmas presents.  I would sew a seam and put together a bit of the quilt.  I am doing the same with her brother's.  It will be interesting to see how it comes together and how many other things get marked off my list while I am doing it.