Hurry up and wait

Yes this is the story of my life. I am waiting for inspection reports on my Mom's house and the appraisal will happen in three days. Then the hurry is on. We will have 2 weeks to finish selling and moving things in the house.

Today my Brother is in town from Arizona. My sister is to come tomorrow. They will both leave on Thursday.

The Summer days are slipping away and Fall is in the air. Cool in the mornings and warm by afternoon.

Need to get some groceries bought and also get some banking done. Never enough hours in a day. I did get my carpets cleaned yesterday here at my house. Well the traffic pattern was cleaned. Things had been spilled and it was long over due.

The one good thing of all this extra work of late is I have lost 11 lbs. I do need to work on some more weight loss, but I am thankful something has worked in this respect. Chris

Katelyn

This little stinker and her older sister spend half the day yesterday overnight and half the day today at our house. 

She figured out she could sit on the chair and watch TV. It was PBS cartoons. She was so funny sitting there. She then figured she could stand up sitting in that chair and not fall. 

She will be a year old in three weeks, but still likes to be picked up and carried. She is a chunk and it becomes a back breaking effort after a while. 

The top is a 3T and the pants are 2T. I just bought them this morning. No more baby clothes for her. Her Dad was built like this and her oldest sister was too. All babies are different. 

It felt good to take a nap, but had two phone calls so I finally got up. Chris

I am here

Up this morning. Should be sewing, but I am sitting here in the dark typing this post. The rest in the house are sleeping.

I have been reading several blogs for long periods of time. They each and everyone have their own methods of doing their brand of quilting. I have learned and also questioned many of their methods. I still in the back of my mind question some of the methods of construction  they use to get a quilt made.

The reason I am posting this is to question am I doing it right? I guess if it works for you then it is right. I come from a garment sewing background and not from the craft side of sewing. I see steps that maybe don't serve a purpose to me.

For example sewing strips together to later cut them apart to make 4 and 9 patches. I think a scrap quilt is in theory a scrap not a controlled elements. This is my warped mind working overtime.

Everyone has their own take on terms and how he work them into their own quilting. No one way is right or wrong. Doing it your way is perfect for you.

Are there any morthods you question in your journey of making a quilt? Chris

My Day

My days are long and trying. This is just part of what has to be addressed each day. It is a challenge to say the least. We are getting through it and her pain is managed better now.

On a good note. I got to sew for about an hour and a half this morning. I got borders sewn together for a quilt top. I had to stop because I needed to press. I still haven't finished with the sewing room so a pressing station wasn't set up yet.

I woke at about 4:45 am and kept quiet and went into the sewing room and just started working. It felt good. I have bought a baby monitor so if I am needed I can hear her. It works well.

I think tonight I need to pick up some more around here and get ready. Now remember I have a lot on my plate,  but I am going to take the two little ones for over night Saturday until about noon on Sunday. They are good for me and Grandpa knows he has to help. It is the last time this will happen until after Mom is gone. They have no one else to watch them.

I am warning their Mom and Dad that if the kids step out of line they will be in time-outs. I know my son will be ok with that. I think Mom will to.

I am going to try and lay down in a little bit. Have to get those naps when you can. Chris

Raining

I am itching to sew. Been busy this morning though. Laundry is started and I need to try and nap some. I am wore out.

I still have so much more to clean out and find a place for and no energy at the moment. Just finished lunch and I need a breather. It poured rain about a half an hour ago. The humidity was really high outside.

I might just go and fill some bobbins and see how far I get in a half an hour. Chris

UPDATE: I got twenty minutes in. It will take awhile to get a handle on the feed dogs and how they track. I am using the even feed also. My husband just came and said we need to change the element on the hot water heater. To get to it I need to unload a closet. Never fails something has to go wrong. Chris

Where do I begin

This is only a fraction of what I have brought home. Started and not finished and not sure on some of it if there is fabric to finish.

Some are scrappy  so they will be easier to complete. The blue and white blocks can be a center for other blues and whites so not worried as much about them.

This has definite colors and I have to dig to see if there is enough. I think it will make a twin size with the blocks that are finished. Maybe if I take the rows apart and re-configure them I can stretch it out. 

Over the last few days I have showed you what was in one closet. There is another whole closet to get into. It has tops and partially quilted quilts and it is full. If I don't get started on some of this I never will even get a quarter of it sewn. 

I know there are some orphan blocks and I will make some sampler quilts with those. Now to get it all here and get the steam on to get something accomplished. Going to have Mom help me go through some of the tubs today and help me determining if there is enough fabric to make larger quilts out of what is started. Have a good one. Chris

What a day this has been

Well it finally arrived. My husband and the neighbor went today and got the cabinet. The house is being inspected as I am typing. We went in this morning and cleaned a little and got the machine packed up and got it moved here.

This is the machine. It is a Pfaff  7510. It is called a Creative. I will have to read the manual and learn about it. I have had Pfaff's before, but not and Electronic one. 

My Mom bought this cabinet and it was styled after the Koala cabinets. She had the acrylic plate made for it and it has an extension piece to add more space for larger quilts. It goes over the drawer. It is all plugged in and ready to go.  

This is still going on in  the room. I plan on getting it cleared up over the next couple days. My husband surprised me and said I didn't have to get rid of the other machine and cabinet. We will leave it in the room and when I want to sew in the living room it is on rollers and I can bring it out to sew with it. There will be times that I need to be closer to Mom and this way she can see I am sewing. I have showed her some tops I have completed and she is amazed I have as many done as I do.

We are getting things done slowly at the house. I have to drive my husband there because he hasn't driven for 14 years. His disability hinders him from doing this task. So I can only be gone for a short period of time. An hour or less without some one here is about all we can get by with. I know we will have to be closer to her in the future.

Got to get dinner out of the oven and work a little more. Chris