This and That

Things have been hectic here in Wyoming, but I have managed to find time to sew.. I've gotten a quilt for Joey, my niece, finished and it was a week before the baby shower it was done.  I'm also almost done with a quilt for a dear friend, I will post pics when I give it to her. CLD has also quilted 2 quilts on the frame.  The first one he did was for his cousin, Joey.  then he did a train track and Thomas one for himself.. I've also gotten a few small projects done.  I will try and get pictures uploaded.

Help CLD Win a Ride!!

Click on the link and help Aaron win a ride on a steam engine!!

Rodger is trying to win a ride for him and Aaron on a Steam Enigne!!

If you want to help it come through Kemmerer, Wy please put that down as your hometown.

Any help you can give would be GREAT!!!

Thanks

It's worse before it gets better!!

Mom and I are going to pick up our "NEW" Quilting machine and frame.  We are getting a Handi Quilter Fusion and studio frame.  In order to get the machine to fit in the basement we had to rearrange 3 rooms.  Now it is getting close to our yearly we need to organize this mess so we can work better adventure, so it just came a month early.  

We started by having to rip the quilting out of a King size quilt mom had started on the  Bailey machine because the backing messed up. We spent last week doing that so we would be able to take the frame down and start the rotation. We have now worked for 3 days straight on moving things around to get them to all work together. We had to move the cutting tables into the quilting room, the sewing tables into the cutting room and the new quilting machine will go into the sewing room.  This also included moving a 6 foot table from my house since the set up we have at mom's for my sewing machine wasn't going to work in the in set up.  There for awhile yesterday it seems all we were doing was moving one pile to another.  Last night before I headed home it seemed like we were making progress in the right direction. Just Keep Swimming!! Just Keep Swimming!!

As we have been going though things we have found lots of quilts that still need quilted so we won't lack for things to practice/finish with the new machine.  I'm looking forward to getting the new machine.  I used it several month ago to finish up some projects.  It was very nice.

One advantage to this rearrangement is "The Cool Little Dude" (CLD) (my almost 4 year old son) will have his own desk!  Now just to get his machine working.. He was telling a friend the other day that he would sew more if his machine worked.

As we have been moving stuff around somethings we have been looking has shown up. Like my dad's sleeping bag.  But the bag of fabric I bought for a Block of the Month still has not been found.

We are also going to do two of the mystery quilts this holiday season totally from scraps. As both mom and I sew there we have gathered LOTS of Scraps, because you just can't throw away any fabric.  I will try and take some before and after pictures.  We have started making beds from the scraps, that would be hard to use in a project, for the dogs at the local no-kill shelter. 


Well I'm off to work on a PIG before I have to pick up the CLD from school.


Happy Quilting!!!

Definition of PIGS

I'm sure some of you are wondering just what is a PIG!!  Well a PIG is just a different term for a UFO (Unfinished Project).
PIGS stands for Projects in Grocery Sacks
If you are a crafter of any kind you probably have some of these.  They might not be in sacks but they are filed away some how.  I'm starting this blog in an effort to get rid of some of those PIGS.  This year has been somewhat more successful then others in getting those projects finished.  I've made an effort to not buy new fabric, use what I have and not start too many new projects.  I want to continue this into the new year.  I'm hoping this inspires some of you to do the same thing.

The best place to start is by listing all of your projects. It can either be in one craft or all the crafts you do. Because we all know a crafter just doesn't do one thing!!

So get those lists started add working toward the PIGS flying the coop!!!