Pillow forms

DD and I worked on these together for a summer project.

It's an art project for special needs kids and making the pillow forms out of leftover batting reduces the cost.

It is stuffed with leftover batting and the fabric pieces from squaring up.

We have 7 made and need about 70 of them.

Lots to go, but it's a start.

Prairie Moon organization challenge

I need to take a photo of my floor, which is much cleaner than befoer.
The challenge this week is to

Clean up the area around your sewing machine

It's been much worse than this, but I think I could come up with a neater area with a little effort. 

I have lots of stuff to the right, and need to evaluate it for actual use.

I like having the bonus hst ready to sew when I need an ender.

Fall Table Runner

I worked on the binding a little at a time.

If I keep my wrist straight, then I don't have any troubles.

Makes it interesting, but it is done.

Stash report

Judy has us keep track of what our stash is doing.

Used this Week:                              1.45 yards

Used year to Date:                        12.29 yards

Used this Month (March   )              1.45 yards
Added this Week:                            0.00 yards
Added Year to Date:                     18.35 yards
Goal:                                           100.00 yards

Yards to goal:                               87.71 yards

Net Used in quilts 2016:              23.04 yards 

A couple of other fun facts are:

Prairie Moon is doing a 350 blocks challenge this year:
Number of equivalent blocks:               122

Perimeter in inches                               1526

Number of UFOs finished this year:   10.16

UFO Yardage Used                               22.57

Amount of yardage used in UFOs          98%

I am working UFOs that are not quilts.

It's helping me mentally.

I hope this thumb/wrist gets better soon.

slowly

Do you ever get someone that thinks it is their responsibility to point out that you should do something different from what you did?

I've had it happen often, and I don't care for it.

Had a lady walk into my studio and tell me I should have had different cabinets put in.

Would I like a couple of changes, sure, but I like my cabinets.

What right does she have to tell me anything like that.

How rude is it?

I've had folks tell me I needed to post different types of photos.

Do they really think that it helps me to have them tell me that?

Is it their right to do it?  I think NO.

Do they know the circumstances that a photo might have been taken? NO

Do they know someone did it for me and I thank them for that?

Do they know if my photo editing program is having problems? NO

Is it polite to tell me to keep posting photos and that I need to do them better (their way)? NO

It is rude.

Well, I guess I got that off my chest.

It's been bothering me all day to the point that I didn't even care to quilt.

Horrible of me to let it get to me like that.

With all the stresses in my life right now, I do NOT need picky people commenting negative things.

Please, if you don't have something positive to say, keep it to yourself.

My blog is really for me.

I love that others stop by, but it is mine to keep me motivated that I am really accomplishing something.

If it is ever to be turned into something else, then there would be changes to it.

Until then, enjoy what you wish and be polite.

I did try to do some binding.

It is very difficult to grip with my brace on or off.

My wrist is tired and I probably only bound 1.5 sides in about 2 hours of binding and resting.

The positive is I have 1.5 sides done.

I've also started to sew the second border on the T-shirt quilt.

I am sewing Dazzle together as the leader/ender.

I'll not have folks being critical stop me from my love of quilting.

Sorry for the rant, 

Pillow with string blocks

I took two string blocks and cut them into 4 pieces.

I framed some of the fabric I wanted to use

I used the fabric to border the 4 patch.

Pillow is done.

2 UFOs used to make 1 pillow.

Many more strings, but not the right colors.

Prayers please

3 generations of women in our family.

If you would please keep my Mom in your prayer.

She was just referred to hospice tonight.

I pray that her pain is relieved and she can remain comfortable.

Thanks in advance.