Time Escapes Me

I'm not sure when it was (perhaps last Thursday), but I was able to re-sew the pieces that were
in error and finally move on to the next step!  There are two parts to the next step and I was 
only able to complete one of them.  At this point, any little bit I can accomplish is 
an 'Atta-Boy' for me!
It really is difficult juggling the kids, work, and housework and finding time for extras,
like Quilting.  School is back in session this week too, so let's just add another hurdle to 
my schedule!  I'm taking Friday off of work and hope to find a bigger window of time to 
make some headway, but, as always, I have to be a little cautious with my plans.

I hope to post some more pictures soon!

How are YOUR crafts coming along?  

Lisa's Scrapbooking Pile

this is a test!!!! I think I might have learned how to do this....scary. Let me know if I did okay. As you can see I have lots to do.....there is more underneath that pile too.

No pictures to share today, but I was able to rip out all of my mistakes last night.  Yippie!
I'm back to where I was before I began on Monday!

I should post a picture of me sewing these days.  I have my 'cheaters' on and lots of
light!  I can still thread a needle though, so I figure that things aren't so bad.  :-)

Happy Friday!

One Step Forward....Two Steps Back

So, I encountered my first weekend with my new quilting adventure and, as I thought, I wasn't able to accomplish anything.  There's just too much to do to catch up with the week.  Monday came and I was tired.  I got home and made myself quilt.  I just kept thinking about how good I'd feel if I had something accomplished.

This "leg" of the quilt I have to sew 4 part A's, to 4 part B's.  I sat at the machine

and started sewing.  Aw, not so bad after all.  I finished all 4 sets and took this beautiful picture:

Nice, huh?

Then I started reading what I would have to do next....on another day, of course.

I actually ended up re-reading what I did today only to discover that I sewed

part A to part B wrong!!  UGH!  I had about 10 minutes of  'free time' left.

I decided to embrace my mistake right then and there. I was able to rip out one

of the 4 strips and decided to sew that one set...

Only to find out that I sewed that one wrong as well!  Double UGH!

So, above you see two sets that are both sewn wrong...but still pretty looking?!

Now I still have 4 strips to rip apart and resew.

Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow..

Baby Steps....

 

It's back to quilting for me!  I'm so excited.  I hope I can find the time to continue working on this.  Ideally September 11th would be a great completion time, but I'm afraid that just isn't very realistic to have 2 lap quilts completed!  Here is a picture

of the pattern I'm working on.

I rushed home from work on Tuesday and started to lay out all of my materials. At the end of 45 minutes I completed 4 out of 5 of the strips I needed cut out!   As you can see, this is Max's quilt.  It has the Disney Cars pattern.  He loves the characters:  Mater and Lightening McQueen.

On Wednesday I feel I made real progress.  I completed cutting out the 5 strips and even sewed the first batch together!  Below are the 8 strips I have that are cut and sewn.  I laid them next to each other so I could get an idea of what it will look like. Moving along!  YEA!