Off to VT!

I have today off and since I didn't plan on needing the WHOLE day off, I figure I'll cook a roasted chicken for my daughter and my husband, do some laundry, pack and go. It's a beautiful day, but I know the thunderclouds are coming (probably won't see Hurrican Bill's winds and rain until Sunday when we're packing to leave VT!).

Got the moose quilt scalloped earlier this week( just the geese-red- are scalloped), so I'm taking the Moose Goose quilt with me to pin-baste, and I may get to sew the remaining machine stitiching into Father Chip's quilt (then I can have the girls do the ties at the next PbPQ mtg (Sept 1st). It's been requested by someone who has seen my Moose quilt to make another moose quilt only with different colors. We'll see how much we can do in a short time. Maybe I'll have to email the group and have them start working on blocks.

Hand-Quilting-- What a surprise!

WOW! I haven't done this in ages! And I must say I rather enjoyed it...of course, I did it outside in a chaise lounge, in the shade under a tree, watching the world go by. I even got a good protion of the quilt I'm doing worked on. I had wanted to do the quilting on my DSM, but that means I'm in limited space and feel like I'm fighting it. The only downfall, was my grandson (age 3) wanted to come out and 'play' and I kept getting up and down when he needed to be 'gotten out of trouble' (hey, Julie....! Come out and watch your son...). I may have the center panel all quilted by the end of the weekend.

Then I won't mind sewing the outer edges on the sewing machine.