Border -1 Down 13 to Go

I did one of the border pieces for my BOM. There are 14 total and I have one down!  It was a challenge, but hey I am up for a good challenge! Let me know what you think ....

BOM: March

I finally got March BOM finished today! I am really thrilled about it.  It went pretty smooth with a very small bump in the road.  It's amazing how much fun I am having with applique. Did I just say that. I was really scared of it but now I am facing my fears and doing it! Another thing I am going to scratch off my NOW list. Oh NOW is something I have yet to blog about! Perhaps I should!  That is for another post!

I got a Wall!!!

I got a wall! Not just any wall! A design wall! So does that mean they expect me to do something with it or do I get to go in my Play Area and stare at it??

Well I did it with lots of help! My husband Richard, put it up  for me...what a guy. I guess that what husbands do when you been married for 29 years....

Tom Russell was a huge help on it and Tom thank you for all of your valuable and free advice on it! Something tells me that Tom will be collecting on that advice.....  Tom a huge Texas thank you!!!

So it went into stages.

The stage before it began, my daughter painted the room in her Trading Spaces Phase and she still is in that phase... everytime I go to her house something is different!

The 2nd stage.. I went to Lowes and priced "foam" Insulation. I picked the blue one .... it was best for what I needed it for!

The final Stage of it! The Flannel goes up.  I went to Hobby Lobby and picked it out. It works for me and I am happy!!!

The entire room is getting a face lift and this is all you are going to see of it. I am in a limited space but it will grow a bit... it will be shared room and there will be a futon in it.... So I guess if My family wants to visit me while I am playing.... they will have a place to crash !!

BOM February

Wow I never thought I would get to this point with this particular block! It drove me crazy. I couldn't get it to play nice for anything! How dare it miss behave!!


Well with advice from a Quilting Yahoo Group, I finally got it to play nice with the help of Elmer's Glue Stick. Who would have thought that Elmers would be a part of my quilting life. It had been a huge part of my life while growing up, going to school with me and school with my children. It's invloved with my building of matchsticks .. that is another post :) and now it's quilting with me.

I will start on March's block soon and start on the border blocks. It has been a journey!!

UFO's ??

UFOs?? What are they ?? To most people they are unexplained objects in the sky.... Well in this girls case and many of her friends they are unfinished projects.  For quilters shouldn't it be UFQ (unfinished quits)??

Why does one person have so many unfinished things??? Do we get bored that easily or is it to keep us from pulling our hair out?

For me the UFOs... I find things I want so I move on to the next. My goal for this year is to get as many as my UFOs out of the way... be it quilting, red work (my newest project) and crocheting... I have a zillion things going, but this is what keeps me sane!

I keep adding to this journey and you know what.. that is okay... it's my journey!

BOM January

Well.. this is my first attempt at fusible applique!!

What was I thinking? Am I insane?? What is this?? Oh wait, it's part of my NOW list. I want to learn new techinques this year and well here it is!!

I am really proud of this!

Yes there are mistakes, Yea I know! I believe in the Amish way of doing things. Where only God is perfect. Good thing he is because I am so far from perfect as you can tell!

Yia Yia's Garden Section 2

2nd section: White 102; dk green 31; dk red 53; med green 15; lt green 15; red 15....

The total count is now at: White 257; dk green 33; dk red 122; med green 27;  lt green 27; red 21; white print 6

Total English Paper pieces so far 466