How Time Flies

Oh my goodness, am I ever a bad blogger!  I can't believe it's been so long since I posted anything.  It's not that I didn't have anything to say. I think mainly I haven't blogged anything because I haven't sewn a stitch in what seems like forever.  This was supposed to be a blog about my quilts, but I've seemed to lost my quilting "mojo".   I guess when I lost my sewing room I haven't felt much like sewing anything. Poor excuse, probably, I know. I sewed and quilted for many years on the dining room table or desk, so this shouldn't be an excuse. 
I'm off work all this week, so I need to make a real effort to get that sewing machine back out, and sew SOMETHING! Now that I wrote it, I'll have to follow through, right?
Ok, stay tuned! I promise I'll be back soon!

Vickie

My Christmas Quilt

I've always wanted to  make a special Christmas quilt, but just never seemed to get around to actually doing it.
the last time we went to the quilt show in columbus, i saw a really cute quilt i really liked.
called hubs over to see it, and he really liked it too.
it was a kit, and i really never buy kits, because they're usually too pricey for my budget.
it wasn't way too expensive, but just more than i normally spend at one time!
since he really liked it, though, hubby thought i should go ahead and get it, BUT he said i had to finish it for "THIS CHRISTMAS"!!
haha, he knows me too well!!

well. that was in 2010, and it did indeed get finished for THAT christmas! 
i just love it!
we decorate a lot with snowmen, so it fit right in!

Vickie

Much Better Now

Ok, the back issue finally did resolve itself.   finally started feeling more like "normal".
Thanksgiving has come and gone. Lots of great food, as usual, and it's always great to see family we don't get to see often enough.
now it's time to think about Christmas. gosh, how did it get to december already!
i'm not one who gets all the shopping done right after Thanksgiving.  i do NOT do "black friday". ever.
besides, i usually have to work anyway.
i have been known to be finishing up my shopping as the stores are closing on dec 24th!
i'm getting much better, and i don't do that anymore.
i can usually get done by dec 23rd! lol!!
my problem is deciding what to get the guys.
this year, i don't have a clue. or a lot of money to get all the stuff they would really like! :)
first we need to decorate, so that will probably get started next week.
the outside lights are up already.
hubs did a good job, as usual. only around 1300 lights so far! hehe!
was  going to add a picture from last year, but all the good pictures are on the laptop.
will add one later.

'nite for now,

Vickie

Oh, My Aching Back!

For this past week, i've been dealing with a sore back. 

I'm tired of dealing with a sore back.

I guess it really is a sign of getting older, when you can hurt your back not doing anything special.

I was cleaning up a cat mess on monday, didn't think much of it, until i realized i couldn't quite stand up straight.

So all week i've been "walking like an old lady", like hubby says. 

I've had enough of this.

I don't do "pain" well. 

I have too much to do this time of year to not be able to move well. 

I have some cute ideas for Christmas i want to sew, and now i can't sit long enough to do them. 

It's not fair!

Ok, i just needed to vent for a little bit. 

Now i'll put on my big girl panties and deal.

Vickie

Where Has The Time Gone?

Holy cow,  i can't believe it's been two months since i posted anything!
i guess my life really is that boring!
had  another week of vacation in that time, finished my blue and white quilt top, which turned out really cute, btw.
it's kind of big, though, so i'll need to have the guys hold it up for me to get a pic.
halloween has come and gone.
hubs didn't feel like decorating this year.
he usually goes really all out.
our house is usually the talk of the neighborhood. 
even the neighbors were disappointed, and gave him a hard time about not having the "spooky house'! 
guess he'll have to come up with something good next year!
can't believe it's fall already and it's starting to get cooler.
i don't like cold weather.
i love when it is 70s in the daytime and 50s at night.
guess those days are coming to an end.
winters on lake erie are not for sissies!
snow will be here before we know it!  yuck!
need to sign off and get to bed now.
i promise to post more often, just in case someone is actually reading this! :)
be back soon!

Vickie

A New Quilt?!

well, my fall quilt is done done, the log cabin needs a backing sewn, then basted, etc;
the flower pot quilt still needs the quilting finished;
then there are all those other ufos calling my name,  so what am i doing today?
I feel like starting another quilt!
for a while now i've been collecting blues and yellows.
i love the look of a blue and yellow quilt, and i've been wanting to make one for a long time.
our living room is yellow with white trim, and i think a blue and yellow quilt would look so nice in there.
even though hubs doesn't care for blue and yellow because "they're michigan colors", too bad!
that's a dumb reason to me, so i'm going to do what i want anyway! hehehe
sometime ago i bought this yummy collection of half-yard cuts of blue fabrics i've been saving for this.
i don't even remember where i got them, but they're perfect for this project.
then today i opened up a jelly roll of strips i had bought from pat sloan, but never used yet.
inside were yummy yellows! just what i needed.
so that's how this project got started today.
i'm not even going to think about all those many, many other unfinished quilt projects calling my name.
i'm going to close my ears and start cutting!

Vickie

Buffy the Mighty Huntress

so hubby calls me at work the other night, which is a little unusual, because i rarely get calls at work.
i was hoping  nothing was wrong.
he just had to tell me, "Buffy got a BIRD!" 
now, this is funny, because; a. buffy is a chubby ball of fluff; b. she has no claws.
how she managed to pounce on that poor little bird is beyond me!  she's not exactly graceful. my neighbor makes fun of her because her belly wobbles when she walks!
she was quite proud of herself, though.  although the bird managed to  fly away, he did it without a few tail feathers!   

Christmas 2009 

then she came inside ate and took a nap. those are her usual daily activities!

Vickie