Headed Home

Sitting in the airport in Kansas City waiting to board my flight home. MQS was great again this year.

I had some terrific students in my classes, and got to see friends. Spent, most of my money between superior threads and sew batik.

AND, "Solar Powered" placed second in the innovative whole cloth category.

All in all a good ( exhausting) trip , but I'll be glad to get home to Don, Chloe and Harry!

Got to go, time to fly!

And they're gone!

Whew!  The quilts are done and out of here!  Thanks for all your words of encouragement the last couple days.  My friend the UPS guy just left a little bit ago with my overnight package to Kansas.  And ho boy, was the price of procrastination high!

But done and gone is good...maybe next year I'll be better organised....or maybe not,lol!

Here are the last minute photos taken just before going in the box... not set up properly cause I had to hurry, but at least minus the bedpost this time ;)





Now to finish up the final details for my classes.

Binding Marathon

I am at the 11th hour...the deadline for arrival is Thursday at 5pm. Down to the hand sewing now,bindings,sleeves and labels.

And of course, I can't find my favorite binding needle.

Two entries: "Seasons of the Moon" and "Solar Powered"....those two entries translate to

6 bindings
2 sleeves
2 labels

My fingers are already sore!

I'm just thankful there is such a thing called "overnight express"

the quilting is finished!

Whew, what a relief!  Of course there are still a million things to do...trim,wash,block,bind; add sleeve, label and bling.  And attach the 4 Moon Quilts to the wholecloth.  But the big stuff is done! I feel as if a huge weight has been lifted from my shoulders.

I took some quick photos... they'll give you an idea of what it will look like all put together (minus bindings and bling, of course).  The photos aren't the best but that's all you get until it makes it debut at MQS .

The wholecloth background ...I didn't bother to move the bedpost for the photo :)



With the  4 moon quilts sort of pinned in place



above Sultry Moon



below Sultry Moon



above Harvest Moon



below Harvest Moon



above Snow Moon



below Snow Moon



above Jellicle Moon



and below Jellicle Moon



Thanks for following along this journey with me!

A good and productive day!

So I might be able to preserve the little bit of sanity I have left.  Everything worked like it is supposed to and I got a lot done.  I probably am tempting fate, but I feel I can finally see the light at the end of this tunnel!  I just hope things hold together for a few more days.

Here is today's progress.











I think I deserve a nice glass of wine for all that hard work!

The Day from Hades

First of all when I got ready to post the lesson for my class at 6:30 am...I had no internet connection.  It was restored about 7:30.  BUT...I had no wireless. All three of my computers (and iPad) are wireless. Don's is the only one that is hard wired to the modem.  Obviously, none of the files I need are on his computer.  But with the help of a jump drive I was able to transfer what I needed to his and finally get my lesson posted.

Don't know what the heck is wrong with the router.  I did all the troubleshooting...spent hours on the phone with Linksys and tried everything...it says there is a signal, but All of the computers in the house say there is not.

Finally, out of desperation, we called comcast and scheduled them to come out and set up their wireless network.  They can't come until Thursday, so no wireless till then.  But at least a solution is in the works.  I'm just tired of fooling with it.

So, now it's 2pm, and I've yet to turn on the gammill.  Well I do, and while I'm running the programed warmup, I noticed excess oil dripping from the bobbin area and I grab a cloth to wipe it up....do you know where this is going? (Hint, the machine is running)

Yep, the spinning hook grabbed that cloth and of course locked up tight.  Can you say STOOPID? duh. I turn the motor off,  take the throat plate off, and very gently rotate the hook by hand to get to cloth unwrapped. Every thing seems fine, so I resume my warmup.

After I get it all threaded and go to check my tension, etc... It won't pick up the bobbin thread...no matter what I do.  $%#^&.

So I take the throat plate off again, inspect the hook very carefully, hoping I didn't damage it.  I can't see any damage, but as I'm rotating the hook by hand, I notice it dosen't line up right with the needle.

Okay, so I re-time and now everything is working perfectly. WHEW!

But it is now 5pm.  So I decide to start my background fill...I'm really getting short on time.  I got a little done, but then decided to just quilt for the day...I'm so frustrated by now I'm afraid I'll do something else stupid and get even further behind.

Better to wait and start out fresh in the morning.  But here is the little bit I did get done.



Not too bad, considering the day.   Tomorrow will be a better , and I will get this done and shipped on time!

Motifs are done!

Tomorrow I start on the background fill. I forgot to take a picture of the Harvest Moon section, and I'm too tired to go do it now. So all you get tonight is the last one...Sultry Moon.





Oh look, it's wine thirty! :)  See ya!