Happy Halloween

 We are off to "trunk or treat" at church with our neighbors.  Ryan is a minion, Anna is Raggedy Anne, and Sydney is an angel.  They all made their own costumes this year.  Didn't they do a great job?

First though, I finished putting the blocks together for Mai Tai Sunrise.  I'd love to sit and admire it for a while, or maybe even iron it, but we are off to celebrate fall.  

Happy Halloween

 A panda a bee and a zombie walk into a bar......
Actually they just walked around the block.

17424 steps later (Sydney got a pedometer in PE class)
With an approximate loot of 5 pounds per child (Ryan wanted to weigh his for a contest at school)
3 very tired children collapsed into bed while their parents raided the candy stash.

I hope you all had a happy Halloween.  

Starry Starry Night

It was still a bit of a blustery day today.  I would have loved to spend the day hanging around the house and sewing mindlessly.  Though there was a some of that, there were also a couple of Halloween parties, a Lego practice and the usual weekend routine.  Most of my mental and emotional energy was spent on my mom who had some complications after a medical procedure on Friday.  I was ready to fly up to be with her, but I think things are more stable now and I'll wait for next weekend to go up and spend time with her when she is out of the hospital.

I have been trying to clear things out recently and dug out this unfinished quilt that keeps popping up from time to time.  Anna designed it to go with her room but then got a fancy bed in a bag from Noanie instead.  I didn't want to abandon the quilt, but didn't feel the need to complete the original queen sized design either.  This seems to be about twin sized, and though it won't cover the entire bed, It will still be nice to have an extra layer to snuggle under.

Instead of the 10.5 inch squares I've been into for quilt backs lately, I went with 12.5 inch squares this time.  There is a wide variety of blue pulled from the scrap bin, the stash and the project box.  One of the bits I pulled out was a panel with a world map on it.  It is kind of fun to see random bits of continents popping out for no particular reason.  Sydney still hasn't forgiven me for the boxers on the back of her crumb quilt, I wonder how Anna will feel about map bits?

I devoted my "snow day" on Friday to finishing the string blocks for Jamestown Landing.  I'll have to count to make sure they are all there, but I think I have enough now.  Just a little more trimming and this one will be ready to go.  

BOO!

Happy Halloween

 No sewing tonight.

  The last s'more has been eaten, the candy stashed and the children are snug in their beds.  

Some Sort of Sewing

I started putting the borders on Spinning Stars, but Sydney really wanted me to finish her Halloween costume first.  She is going to be a mummy.  The base is a pair of long underwear onto which I sewed strips on muslin (easier said than done).  Kurt warned me not to make it too perfect, I don't think he needed to worry about that.  Anna is going to be Lady Gaga and needs me to sew balloons onto a leotard while Ryan is going to wear the chain mail that Kurt made for him.  First though, I want to get some borders sewn on and some backs pieced.  I'd love to set the quilting frame up again and finish a quilt or two in the near future.  I've got my eye on Veterans day  in a couple of weeks.  A nice three day weekend should be just about perfect in so many ways.