March UFO Moving to the Finished List

I'm working on my 2019 UFO Challenge list.

I'm behind, very behind.

So now I am going to work on catching up,

2 months at a time. 

It might be the excitement of my new to me Sweet Sixteen.

Who cares why,

I'm just excited to be quilting again. 

So the March UFO is quilted and Daisy approved. 

I'll head in now and trim it and sew on the binding.

It's always good when the binding is premade so the mojo keeps flowing. 

I have bobbins wound for April's UFO that is all basted and ready to go.

Easy Street is up next. 

Bur first I have to change the needle in the Sweet Sixteen.

Cross your fingers for me. 

Welcome To The Family Sweet Sixteen

I've been wanting to upgrade my beloved Brother 1500 machine to a 

Handi Quilter Sweet Sixteen machine.

I've wanted one for a few years and lately started looking seriously.

I looked at new, 

I looked for used.

There are not many used machines on the market.

I looked in 3 states and recently found one 3 hours from me.

Yesterday we took a road trip to north western Washington to test drive one.

Who am I kidding, I knew I was bringing it home with me.

She is now set up in the living room.

I played with her for quite a while last night.

I watched videos and played some more.

I'm confident in my free motion and I'm ready to start quilting.

Today I had to put off quilting to get a couple of quilts basted. 

I am so behind on my UFO Challenge list that I pulled the 

March and April UFOs off the pile and basted them.

I'm about ready to wind a couple of bobbins and 

be brave and start quilting. 

I hope to soon be moving these and several others to the finish page. 

9pm Update

The learning curve is quite curvy but I'm having so much fun!

Family Fun at the Beach

 Crystal, Mike and kiddos came to the beach for a little vacation before school starts.

So much fun!

 Clella loves to cuddle with my little Jessie,

he avoids her if he can. 😉

But if I put him on her lap and she covers him with a quilt,

he'll lay there as long as she does.

Granddog Sadie refuses to be left out!

Tony dog found his spot too.

Clella learned embroidery and is now working on a stitch sampler.

I didn't mind at all when she asked if she could have some of my threads.

I did make her up a supply bag and boy oh boy,

she picked up the stitches so fast!

Big funny with these two.

It's all about the matching hats.

Kiddos take turns helping with the meals.

Corbin loves to help with breakfast.

He was so proud of how awesome his table looked. 

He id a great job.

Every morning is hot cocoa.

Most every evening is S'mores.

Sometimes if you are going home early,

 S'mores are for 2nd breakfast. 

When Gramma begs and whines,

Elliot caves and gives her the foot massage.

This man child melts my heart!

I love my just sitting back and watching everyone to their thing!

Lots of card games and Yahtzee.

The traditional family camping photo.

I think I need to print and frame this.

I cry when they leave but 

after a few minutes, 

I'm ok but

It sure is quiet!!!

Hello August!

What happened to Judy in July.....

what is she doing and why isn't she posting???  

Could it be the dog days of summer?

Or

Could it be because she has nothing exciting to post?

Or 

Could it be because she is playing too hard?

Or 

Is it because she is a champion procrastinator? 

I quilted this UFO wall hanging.

It still needs a trip through the washer and dryer.

Then I'll share the finish.

I've been dehydrating extra broccoli from my small deck garden.

We've eaten a lot of it but I want some for winter too.

We spent a lot of time at the beach.

This is the back corner of our lot and it was a small jungle.

We paid for the whole lot, we want to use the whole lot!

So we borrowed our son's tractor.

I say we like I did so much work.

Nope, I mostly stayed out of the way.

Our friend Bill was a huge help!

I took a big bag of half square bonus triangles 

and cut them to the size I need for my new leader/ender project.

I'm doing the new Quiltville l/e project that can be found in the tab section of her blog.

I forgot my rotary cutter at home and was quite mad at myself over it.

Ernie was going to get some diesel for the tractor 

so I asked if he would look at Jack's for a rotary cutter.

He did, they didn't have one.

So my super sweet husband went to Long Beach and found one at Dennis Company.

Oh how I miss the quilt shop there!!!

The poop deck is gorgeous.

Our friends Pam and Bill comes over and waters when we aren't there. 

I couldn't have flowers without them.

Mean while, back at home,

my hydrangeas exploded. 

Absolutely gorgeous this year.

We've been putting wood stove ash on them all winter and spring.

I think it helped a lot!

I made some wine bottle carry bags as gifts for friends.

They were fun, quick projects.

I had to have one too. 😉

I'm UFO busting some of my embroidery work.

This is quite cute up on my sewing room wall.

I have my next embroidery UFO out and have started working on it.

I've also decided to start some wool applique and 

have a couple of kits ordered.

This week we've had fun watching this silly guy 

at his baseball camp.

We brought him home with us 

and had to have pictures in front of the hydrangeas.

I'm ready now for a big quilt basting party in my living room. 

I am ready to quilt again.

I'll be back when I'm back.

Hopefully a bit more often now.

See you soon, thanks for stopping by!