I have one baby quilt to bind and another to quilt and bind. I hope to get them done this weekend. I want to play with a 1946 Singer Model 66 sewing machine that my cousin gave me, and I have told myself that I cannot do it until those quilts are complete!

Jackie

Linda,
my sewing machine is in the shop so I pulled out a queen size quilt I am hand-quilting (and have been for years!) Got one square quilted while watching a movie last night, will try for another tonight ...
9:00 Easter service then DS & girlfriend are coming for dinner - but not until 6pm so have all day to hand quilt!

Sue/polardream

A little gardening, a little cooking and I'm sure there will be a little sewing as well. I want to finish the current hand applique block and I really need to get started on one of the two baby quilts I have to make. And I MUST prepare the backing for the QOV that I'm handing off to the long armer on Monday.

But so far all I've done is the gardening and it's 4pm on Saturday!

Kate

I am quilting a donation quilt today...I'm embarrassed that it's been in the closet several months waiting for me! DH is in the choir and I play handbells, so we have 4 services tomorrow morning...we have to be there at 7 am. DH's family is having a gathering in the afternoon/evening; I'll wait to see how I feel after church tomorrow before I decide whether or not to go. I've had some kind of cold/sinus bug for most of 2 months now.

The good news is I am off Monday! They give us a holiday the day after Easter to recuperate from Holy Week. I'm hoping to bind the quilt I'm quilting today and get started on 2 more minis on Monday.

Donna

Sure! Although so far today it's been serious housecleaning. :(

I weeded in the gardens for 5 hours yesterday and I am stiff, sore and sunburnt. I went to a quilt club meeting this morning, but that will be the only quilty thing I get to do this weekend. I usually don't get my machine out on the weekend when DH and the kids are home because I take over the kitchen. So, I won't do anything until Tuesday. I have been knitting up a storm!

I'm going to try to do a little bit.

This is the time of year when the weather decides what I do. If it's nice, I'm outside working in the gardens. If it's cold or rainy I'm inside possibly quilting at the very least piecing something together.
In the last three days I've spent just under 10 hours cleaning out two garden beds. I've got three more to go not including some fairly large areas with leaves that need to be raked up and then I start on the yards at cottages and the rentals.

I had hoped to quilt, but it doesn't look likely, LOL. Our occasional gardener and his son had an opening this afternoon, so we had a great big garden cleaning. He has a regular groundskeeper job at a private school, but comes out to some "regulars" as he desires.

We'd already set up for next weekend, but when they became free, we had to take advantage. So much freeze damage, and my DH is scheduled for eye surgery next week, and isn't allowed to bend over. They were an absolute blessing. DH is an absolute grump, because he feels he isn't doing enough!

We are shrub pruned, trees are trimmed away from the roof, and we're on schedule for compost digging in next week-end with plantings of more veggies than one can shake a stick at.

I have my son (a grad student away from home), and a recently widowed neighbor and her daughter coming for the holiday dinner tomorrow, so am cleaning house now. I'm pooped.

I'd love nothing better than to sew for an hour, but, well, it'll all be there Monday!!

Enjoy, everyone!!

Happy Easter to everyone. We had our turkey Easter dinner today and will enjoy the leftovers for the rest of the weekend.

Tomorrow is special church services for us.

Spring is just arriving here with the perennials just starting to peek through and the temperatures are warming so it feels really good to be outside. The lawn can be raked and I can shake up the mulch a bit.

I always have something to quilt if I feel the need.
Jeane

Every chance I get! Our schedule doesn't change much since MIL likes to keep hers regular. So today will be another Sunday. If it is beautiful outside I'll get out and walk/ride some, but quilt this evening.

beverly

Does thinking about sewing/quilting/planning/feeling fabric I just received count????

Yesterday I worked on the custom quilt and this morning I made the block for our next Round Robin exchange. Also spent a few minutes working in the yard yesterday and had a friend from work come out to mow the overgrown grass/weeds for me.

Today I need to clean house, grocery shop and make two quiches for our Round Robin dinner here Monday night. Also hope to continue work on the baby quilt for my customer. I only have a little more hand quilting, then the binding to sew on and hand sew down on the back.

Teresa

Last night I finished a twin sized 'Bunny' top, a crib sized butterfly top and stayed up till 2:30 putting together a yellow rose lap top. I try to get several tops done before quilting them.

Then this morning my BF oldest son & wife came over to tell me they are expecting in December! His younger son and neice are due in Sept & October - 3 little bundles of joy for the holidays this year! They all want special baby gifts and know how long it takes me to figure out the patterns and finish, so now I have another to work on :)

Hope everyones Easter was wonderful,
Marie

I had hoped to! And did, just as not as much as I would have liked.

Friday, my dh and I went on a horseback ride. I can't remember the last time we did that (we used to do it every weekend!). So, Saturday I was a bit sore.

Saturday we spent the morning cleaning up the yard and getting ready for about15 family members over for a birthday dinner (3 March birthday, some out of town). In there, there was a special event at our church for the kids (I had fun, too!).

Sunday after church was laundry and time in the kitchen. I had hoped that would be my time to quilt, but I got very little accomplished.

For a long weekend, it sure was short!