YesterYear Challenge

Today is the scheduled sewing day for those old projects that have been neglected and packed away.

Christine has set up a great monthly challenge to pull them out, dust them off & get them finished!

Here's how my day went:

I couldn't wait to get home from soccer today.

My plan was to get started on my Cinnamon & Nutmeg quilt as soon as I got back from soccer.

I cleaned the kitchen table off.

I got out my fabric strips.

I got my mat, rotary cutter & rulers.

I set the ironing board up in the kitchen & plugged in the iron.

I pulled out my notebook that has all of my instructions in it.

I was ready to go!

And then, I started reading...

I thought I would have to cut a few things before I started sewing...

But, NO!

I had to cut...

...and cut...

...and cut some more!

Four hours later,

I have cut:

40 large diamonds.

10 large half-diamonds.

20 large triangles.

93 sashing diamonds.

18 sashing triangles.

12 sashing half-diamonds.

And 50 of my 216 total sashing strips.

I guess I need to pay more attention to the instructions from now on.

Did you ever wonder why they always say: "Read all instructions before starting the project?"

Now I know!  

I think I knew it before, but I'm a slow learner.

Maybe this is why we often have so many unfinished projects laying around.

So, since I have 4 whole bobbins wound, I am going to get busy on Kerrington's quilt (which has been sorely neglected since soccer started).

I might even work a little on all those blocks that are cut but not assembled for my Sow Along with Randy.

Just heard the Whippoorwills!  

I love to listen to them at night!  

So glad they are back!

'Night, y'all!

WIP Wednesday...Sort of...

Well...

It's Wednesday.

I have several Works In Progress.

So, I am going to link up with Freshly Pieced  for their WIP Wednesday.

There are so many "irons in the fire" around here that I just don't know where to start.

I haven't actually managed to do much sewing/quilting but that doesn't mean I don't have any ongoing projects.

I have signed up to participate in several different blog activities.

First, I signed up for the Blogger's Quilt Festival!

 (I really need to learn how to put a button here!  Any help would be greatly appreciated!)

Then, I signed on to participate in the Red, White & Blue Blog Hop hosted by Jane & Madame Samm!

Here's a little peek at some of what I am tossing around...

 You'll have to come back in July to see what I finally decide to do!

I'm also signing up for May's YesterYear Challenge hosted by Christine over at Quilt Monster in my Closet.  You can join in...on May 5th, I will be working on my Cinnamon & Nutmeg quilt.  It's not really old, but I did start to collect the fabric in February 2009.

 And speaking of my favorite Quilt Monster, I won a table topper from Christine!  

During the Table Topper Blog Hop, I told her that my favorite of her table toppers was I Heart Love Notes!  

And her Mr. Fantastic chose me to be a winner! 

You can still hop over and see all of Christine's table toppers.  They are beautiful!

And Madame Samm has them all collected here.

I'm also getting my ugly fabric ready for the In the Bag Ugly Fabric Quilt Challenge.  I have been emailed my swap partner's information and I'm really excited to get our fabric swapped and start trying to figure out what to do with the new "uglies"!

You can visit my partner at her blog Kinda Quilty.

Well, the kids are begging for the computer so they can get their homework done, so I'm gonna be a good Mommy and let them get busy...

Have a good one!
         ~K

WIP Yester-Year Challenge

Christine at Quilt Monster in my Closet has started a Yester-Year Challenge!  Here's a link to the first check in.

The main idea is to get out projects that were started a couple (if not more) years ago but never finished...and FINISH THEM!

I don't have very many projects hiding in my closet that are that old...but I do have some fabric!

So, I started a NEW project...Kerrington's Quilt...with some old fabric that I purchased about 4 years ago. 

It doesn't look like this now...I've decided that I want to use the black squares for cornerstone and have been ripping apart those blocks.  Now that they are all taken apart, I need to re-assemble them with the other leftover prints.  I had hoped to have this in the mail by Friday (NOT GONNA HAPPEN)...

Oh, well, she just turned 2 so I guess she can't really be that excited about getting a quilt.  So, this is my NEW Yester-Year project.

I am hoping to get settled back into my routine and get some new pictures up of my projects.  I just have to get my soccer calendar caught up, rides organized and finish up our homeschool portfolio.  That should just take a few years months weeks couple more days.  

I really AM trying to be a more optimistic person!  Or convince myself that I really am Super Woman.

Have a good one!  

Maybe tomorrow I will tell you  about the 8th Grade field trip we went on yesterday...to Washington DC...with about 200 students...leaving at 5am...and returning at midnight...and the crazy dreams that followed...and how late I was for my morning appointments today...and how I "snoozed" for an entire hour this morning...BTW did you know that if you hit the "snooze" button for an hour the alarm stops going off?  I had NO IDEA!!

What did you do this week?

It's been busy around here.

I finally got some sewing time yesterday.

And it felt really good.

Hubs says when I get cranky from now on, he is just going to lock me in my room so I can sew. 

I figure I will be getting a lot crankier now.

Here are some pictures of this week's activities:

Reds & Browns. 6 1/2" blocks

Civil War. 6 1/2" blocks

Miss L's first shooting lesson

Miss M's "Charlie's Angels" stance

Miss M & the Shotgun

Miss L & the Shotgun

Me & the Shotgun...ever wonder about "the Compound" in my blog title?

My "little" Miss M

My "big" Miss M

Yes.  This is what happens on a fairly regular basis at my house.  The Firemen have dubbed our place as "The Compound".  We are NOT "preppers", but we do enjoy a little target shooting.  My husband, born & raised in WV, insists that we all NEED to know how to shoot. 

I guess we are preppers to some degree...only we are prepping for the Zombie Apocalypse...

Later I will give an update on my "Yester-Year" project for the Quilt Monster.

Enjoy your Day!!