Sounds like you & Sharon had fun! Glad you got to get together.

I'm hoping to finish the last 12 blocks of my ocean sunrise quilt. Sewed a little this morning then had mercy for my poor DH and helped out with the yard work. Of course, we started in the heat of the day (about 11:30)! I'm planning to retreat to the sewing room after I finish lunch, though.

Donna

A quilt show indoors sounds wonderful. Sounds like you gals had a great visit. Isn't it great to connect with quilting Buds you met on-line? What fun!

Cut and folded 60 - 5 in sqs for prairie points while watching tv last night under the fan then did some redwork, also under the fan. (Too lazy to get and post pictures.)

Gwen

Linda that is so wonderful that you and Sharon got to meet and shop together.

I haven't done much at all on the quilting side this summer. I have a friend that is extremely sick and has shedded 60 lbs and now needs surgery but is too weak. I have been visiting her every day taking snacks and meals to try and stimulate her appetite.

We have had a few hot days that just bring storms. For our dry country 3 1/2" of rain in 2 days is a lot. The garden looks lovely.

I put together one of those no brainer quilts of squares and rectangles made from a FQ bundle. I am planning on sandwiching it this afternoon to machine quilt. I will post a pictures once it is quilted, maybe this week.

Hope everyone enjoys the weekend, seems summer is very short this year.
Jeane

I'm doing a lot of quilting in my mind! I also have a kaleidoscope quilt going with a design wall full of the hexigons. I move a few each time I pass by and when I quit moving things around, I will start sewing them together. I doubt that will be this weekend as I have to work on the train tomorrow.

I do have some FMQ going and put a little time into that when I feel the urge.

Linda, I would have loved to be in your shoes this weekend! What fun!!!

I'm actually quilting this weekend! It feels like it's been weeks since I've turned on my machines. So enjoyable, too. I finished 2 blocks for this months lotto and cut the colored fabric and made the HST's for next months. I would have finished them too, but I ran out of white fabric.

Our LQS is turning 7 this week, so I have an excuse to go shopping this week, LOL!!

Now, back to the machine to work on my ds's quilt for a little while.

What fun meeting online friends and at a quilt show just makes it that much nicer!

I haven't done any piecing or quilting for a couple of months. I am going to get some blocks done tonight and tomorrow for exchanges and the last 2 blocks for my Thangles Buck-a-Block group at the LQS. My DD will be moving to Montreal next week for Grad School so I hae been busy helping her get everything together and packed. She is away this weekend so I can stroke fabric and listen to my machine purr!

I wasn't really quilting too much but I finally got time in the sewing room!! I count that!

Yesterday my oldest wend with grandma to a kid's lunch theater then over night. DH took DS to the soldier museum and then the car races not getting home until late. So that left me with the 2yo.

I was able to get some school planning done. Trimmed the sides of the guild's raffle quilt to get that ready to send off for quilting (as soon as I buy backing). Then I sewed 2 pillowcases for the older ones for Christmas, 2 flannel pj bottoms for DS for Christmas, a pillowcase dress for the 2yo which is now awaiting embroidery, and another plain pillowcase which awaits embroidery.

Phew! Hope to get back in there today to do the embroidery at least!

Raining again today (!) so makes a good day to sew, once little one takes a nap!

I've started cutting out for 2 belated wedding quilts - using a pattern that is primarily one fabric. I got the first one almost cut out when I found I would be short on my primary fabric. That always puts the brakes on for me until I can think my way into another solution. I thought I was going to have to reduce the size of the quilt, but in my fabric finds on Friday, one of the fabrics will work for the center of some blocks and that will let me stretch the other fabric for the rest of the pieces. I think I will do the same with the second quilt (but I probably should see how the cutting-out goes first!)That's one draw-back to quilting by the seat-of-my-pants and not going straight from a pattern - it always leaves me guesstimating on how much fabric I'll need. I also wish that my cutting ruler was longer - when I have to cut strips from fabric that is wider than 60" it is a pain to rig a system to extend my ruler and make sure I'm cutting the whole width straight!

This morning around 6:30 I went out and picked up some weeds I had pulled and took a good survey of what I want to mulch etc before winter sets in. The rest of the day off and on I've been working on my butterfly daybed cover. The pattern is more or less my on idea,the antennas will be embroidered & debating of putting on small daisies to embroidered. This is my first attempt of doing a quilt as you go method. This will keep me busy thru the winter.

I am exhausted! Thursday we went to a restaurant and had 'cultural cousine' buffet...oh my! Friday was lunch with DD and her friend from high school and they yakked yakked yakked, then we went on to meet Linda. I ran away with her to vendor tables while 'the girls' looked at quilts. I gave Linda a book I had gotten about Indiana Quilts when I lived there and told her to either keep it or she could give it to her guild. I'm trying to see that somethings get to where I want them to be...specially if I'm not using them. Saturday was family reunion at my brother's and the 'cousins' got together (they age from 27-50) and played games that only they would enjoy! That was a very long day. Today, we were gone from 9:30am to 5:30pm.....church and then baby shower. Fun but I'm glad there isn't anything else planned for me until next week-end, then I'll be heading up to Michigan for a week.

Maybe I can get some appliqueing in this week. @:)

SharonG/FL

Well, I didn't get much sewing done this weekend after all. Yesterday I helped DH with the yard work, since I'd asked him for a day trip today. We ended up going over to Tampa (about 75 miles); had lunch at a Mongolian grill - we've been pining for Mongo since the last place here in Orlando closed up a year or so ago. Then we went to the Hard Rock Casino for a couple of hours and I won $1,300 in a slot machine! Happy birthday to me! Now I can enjoy some retail therapy this week while I'm on vacation!

Donna

I'm finally done with all the planned family events that kept me from quilting on weekends! I can hardly wait for this question NEXT weekend because I think I'll have something to add.

Kate