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!!
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
he's back!!!!
who you ask? art, aka IBOL guy!!
Sunday, August 15, 2010
catching up and other bits
i've been trying to catch up on some of my commitments this weekend... blocks for the august QBE swap:
working on QOVs that have been started for a while... one has been in progress since march or so. eek!! the other has been in the actual process for a month, but i started it with my friend a couple months ago when we sat down and sorted through our stash of red fabrics. both of these are paper pieced quilts and one of them is going a lot faster than the other. can you guess which is which? sigh...
friday afternoon after hubby picked me up from work, we headed over to our local library and a couple antique stores in the strip next door. i've lived in my little city for 11 years and never stepped foot in either store. too bad - they're really good stores! both wind around and go from room to room in such odd ways. at first, i figured they were offices originally, but there are closets and pocket doors into rooms that it had to be a strange little apartment complex originally.
in the bottom of one former closet was this gorgeous find:
she is so pretty. she needs a name, but i haven't figured it out yet. any ideas?
working on QOVs that have been started for a while... one has been in progress since march or so. eek!! the other has been in the actual process for a month, but i started it with my friend a couple months ago when we sat down and sorted through our stash of red fabrics. both of these are paper pieced quilts and one of them is going a lot faster than the other. can you guess which is which? sigh...
friday afternoon after hubby picked me up from work, we headed over to our local library and a couple antique stores in the strip next door. i've lived in my little city for 11 years and never stepped foot in either store. too bad - they're really good stores! both wind around and go from room to room in such odd ways. at first, i figured they were offices originally, but there are closets and pocket doors into rooms that it had to be a strange little apartment complex originally.
in the bottom of one former closet was this gorgeous find:
and she came home with me saturday morning. i just couldn't stop thinking about her and she needed a new home that wasn't at the bottom of an antique store closet.
she is a beautiful singer model 127, born september 25, 1923 in elizabeth, nj. her cords look great and the case came with her. she just needs a free estimate and we'll see what she needs to be up and running again.
look at this metalwork! the detailing speaks to the metalsmith in me SO much!!
modern day machines just don't have the same "oomph" that they once did. instead of being a work of art and functional... they're just plain functional.
she is so pretty. she needs a name, but i haven't figured it out yet. any ideas?
Monday, August 9, 2010
progress....
after what has seemed forever, i have made progress on a QOV again!!
this one is a collaboration of the ladies from quilt block exchange on flickr and my friend [K]. she and i both participated multiple months with the QBE swap and made some ourselves to go into this QOV top. after we had enough blocks, she started assembling it and i finished it up this friday night. the longarmmer request was put in and now i'm waiting to find out where i ship it off to.
putting on the finish touches was fun. it was more of a distraction from my hubby and the plumbing issue... he comes into the house and says "we need a plumber!!!" never a good thing to hear. seems our spigot for the hose on the side of the house decided to let go, well, not the spigot really, but the actual pipe split and was shooting water. at 7pm on a friday. so of course, that becomes after hours and with a minimum time slot. blah. but it's all good now and we can go back to normal daily routine!!
if you read this post and wonder why my QOV numbers seem to be jumping around...it's not you. it's me. i start QOV tops and this is the order they were started in. not finished unfortunately. and i guess i should say this is QOV #11 for the navy instead of total because i've got 2 more finishes with presentations that aren't counted in that number. i have 6 more to make for a current request of 12. i'm halfway there!!!!!
this one is a collaboration of the ladies from quilt block exchange on flickr and my friend [K]. she and i both participated multiple months with the QBE swap and made some ourselves to go into this QOV top. after we had enough blocks, she started assembling it and i finished it up this friday night. the longarmmer request was put in and now i'm waiting to find out where i ship it off to.
putting on the finish touches was fun. it was more of a distraction from my hubby and the plumbing issue... he comes into the house and says "we need a plumber!!!" never a good thing to hear. seems our spigot for the hose on the side of the house decided to let go, well, not the spigot really, but the actual pipe split and was shooting water. at 7pm on a friday. so of course, that becomes after hours and with a minimum time slot. blah. but it's all good now and we can go back to normal daily routine!!
if you read this post and wonder why my QOV numbers seem to be jumping around...it's not you. it's me. i start QOV tops and this is the order they were started in. not finished unfortunately. and i guess i should say this is QOV #11 for the navy instead of total because i've got 2 more finishes with presentations that aren't counted in that number. i have 6 more to make for a current request of 12. i'm halfway there!!!!!
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
a group collaborative QOV
some of you may remember previous posts about this particular QOV... it was a collaboration between a large group of women over on facebook, called the "quilt block swap group." our swaps there are an every other month type swap and there's an option for a "6th block" that is set aside for a charity or donation quilt. february's swap was a red/white/blue disappearing 9-patch and i was the recipient of the 6th blocks for a QOV.
i pieced together and machine this particular QOV. for some reason, there was a strong sense of need for me to do more work on the quilt than just make my one 6th block and piece it together. doing the quilting was my way to satisfy that urge.
i sent the QOV to it's intended owner recently. the recipient is active duty army and has been deployed, suffered injuries and is dealing with TBI and PTSD. he needed a quilt. i needed to make him one. i have not met him, nor his wife, but his wife and i are both part of an online enlisted spouse community. i learned of them through our little chats on the forum. no one else could receive this quilt after that... a quilt made from an online community to go to a person from another online community.
while i assumed i would not hear from the recipient or his wife, i secretly hoped i would. there's been no little hint on the forum of the quilt and no messages. and that's ok. but since the quilt was delivered more than a week ago, i guess it's alright to post this blog now. no surprises can be spoiled.
and as always, i wish as easy a recovery for the family as possible. and that the QOV helps just a little if not a lot.
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