heather ross had a sale today. last year, she said it lasted 2 hours before everything was sold out. the year before, longer.
today: less than 40 minutes!!!
i did manage to send in a request and got the confirmation screen. my request was pretty open as to what i'd like and submitted about 10 minutes into the sale. fingers are crossed that there's something left for her to fill my request.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
belated birthday loooooove....
i came home friday to this:
a belated birthday present that hubby had ordered well in advance of my birthday, but just showed up. isn't he a sweetie?!?!
it's fun to play with so far. lots more to learn and get used to, but i watched the demo videos (most of which i had already figured out...but if you've never used a computer before in your life, it'll show you how to do EVERYTHING you need step by tiny step). there are almost 5,000 copyright-free blocks in the default library. sigh. all at my fingertips instead of the books. and fabrics you can already drop in. it's pretty darn cool.
of course, i love my books. i love flipping through them, the tangible pictures and ideas that spark other awesome ideas in my head. but how will i ever draw out a quilt layout on scrap paper again? ok. so i have that right here on my work desk on a yellow sticky pad. i'll still do it over and over again.
EQ7 will spoil me though i'm sure. it'll spoil hubby, who is learning to quilt, too. and it's currently installed and activated on his computer until i get a new one that won't hate me since it wants retirement and i'm forcing it to work past it's prime. did you know you can activate and deactivate it an unlimited amount of times? so once i get my new computer, i'll deactivate (but not uninstall) it on hubby's laptop, put it on mine. if we want to travel somewhere, i can deactivate it on my desktop, reactivate it on the laptop and poof! i can travel and still design.
i've been sewing and embroidering my fingers to the bone still... even if my postings haven't shown it. this commission quilt takes up pretty much all my time at home - kiddo comes in to my studio and reads me his homework every night. the dog loves to jump all over the WIP when spread out on the floor for size and positioning. and my heart races, wondering if they'll love it just as much as i hope they do in the end.
a belated birthday present that hubby had ordered well in advance of my birthday, but just showed up. isn't he a sweetie?!?!
it's fun to play with so far. lots more to learn and get used to, but i watched the demo videos (most of which i had already figured out...but if you've never used a computer before in your life, it'll show you how to do EVERYTHING you need step by tiny step). there are almost 5,000 copyright-free blocks in the default library. sigh. all at my fingertips instead of the books. and fabrics you can already drop in. it's pretty darn cool.
of course, i love my books. i love flipping through them, the tangible pictures and ideas that spark other awesome ideas in my head. but how will i ever draw out a quilt layout on scrap paper again? ok. so i have that right here on my work desk on a yellow sticky pad. i'll still do it over and over again.
EQ7 will spoil me though i'm sure. it'll spoil hubby, who is learning to quilt, too. and it's currently installed and activated on his computer until i get a new one that won't hate me since it wants retirement and i'm forcing it to work past it's prime. did you know you can activate and deactivate it an unlimited amount of times? so once i get my new computer, i'll deactivate (but not uninstall) it on hubby's laptop, put it on mine. if we want to travel somewhere, i can deactivate it on my desktop, reactivate it on the laptop and poof! i can travel and still design.
i've been sewing and embroidering my fingers to the bone still... even if my postings haven't shown it. this commission quilt takes up pretty much all my time at home - kiddo comes in to my studio and reads me his homework every night. the dog loves to jump all over the WIP when spread out on the floor for size and positioning. and my heart races, wondering if they'll love it just as much as i hope they do in the end.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
aaahh... hermine....
i'm looking outside my office window - a floor to ceiling plate glass type - at t.s. hermine. oh hooray. great wind (i'm wearing a dress today. what's wrong with me!?!), lots of rain and dark skies.
she's actually sitting over brownsville right now, but we have the dirty side. yes, we can use the rain here but some days you just want something nice, peaceful and quiet.
like all sorts of things in my home and work life. nice, peaceful and quiet would be very very welcome right now. it's hubby's birthday today and he's at home with the furbabies, both of which couldn't stay off my WIPs.
she's actually sitting over brownsville right now, but we have the dirty side. yes, we can use the rain here but some days you just want something nice, peaceful and quiet.
like all sorts of things in my home and work life. nice, peaceful and quiet would be very very welcome right now. it's hubby's birthday today and he's at home with the furbabies, both of which couldn't stay off my WIPs.
inspector matisse
the cat had to inspect my commission piece.
power's arranging assistance
the dog had to help rearrange my bee blocks.
last week at my office, we had building maintenance where we had to put all of the office furniture, wall stuff, computers and files all into our conference room, then move it back out for the maintenance in the conference room. it's full of fumes and stinks in here. we had computer issues. we had power issues. both on separate days and both required us to close the office early. i'm waiting for today's power outage with hermine and the storms...
today, mom is going in for the first of her multi-step surgeries on her eyes. she could very well end up blind, but this is her chance to save it instead of knowing it is definite. she is an artist; she needs her eyes. mom is completely drugged up this morning to relax her before surgery since she has to be awake. **shudder** we had an interesting IM session this morning... something a little like this:
mom: dad looks weird
Me: you're making me laugh a lot.
wanna come to my office and sniff paint fumes?
mom: who's ther
i have apn of reen i made spot yeterday
Me: huh?
mom: none of these words spell anything
later, she told me that my father smelled like easter eggs. not just any easter eggs (still working on what exactly that smells like....) but the ones that aren't fizzy, but have the wire. her words. i can't wait to show her the conversation we had. there was another one on my hubby's FB page wishing him a happy birthday. she is completely loopy.
seriously though...today's surgery is no laughing matter. keep her in your prayers and thoughts that it goes well and that she recovers quickly. it'll be a couple weeks before she can see from today's surgery and then they will work on the other eye. in the meantime, i'll keep sewing hexies together during my lunchbreak and have a nice dinner tonight with the family.
oooohhhh... that lightening was REALLY close. and i'm waiting to see if the building management ever fixed my window leak above the ceiling tile. should be fun!!
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