Trying to finalize the equipment for my bike. After consulting with the group and veterans of this tour, I changed the type and size of tires THREE times. I think the bike store just stopped answering when they saw my phone number. I had to leave the last instructions on voice mail!!!! Bottom line - it is DONE.
I purchased one of those luggage scales and when I weighed the rack and the trunk bag for the bike - they weighed in at an astonishing SIX pounds. I have decided to NOT take that bag (I can feel my anxiety rising!!!!) Yes - I think I did accomplish my goal of getting rid of TEN pounds off the bike. NOW I have to focus on getting rid of MY ten pounds. Just waiting for Roll up the Rim to be over. I know - that is SO PATHETIC, but one has to have their priorities. Roll up the Rim, THEN lose ten pounds.
Checked heart rate again this morning (I'm getting on a big kick of heart rate training) and my resting heart rate was 50!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm very impressed - now let's see how I fare on the metabolic testing that I am scheduled for next week. This is where you find the maximum heart rate. I am NOT looking forward to that. It is a TOUGH test.
However - I did manage to get some quilting done.
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| Customer quilt - DONE |
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| Detail of quilting |
I have to tell you a story about this quilt. A NUMBER of years ago (around 2000 - the year, not the number of years!!!), I did Block of the Month for a couple of local guilds. The blocks were all 12 inch and they were blue and white. Some people made entire quilts from one block or you could make a sampler using all the blocks. And look - people are finishing them - like this one!!!!!!!!!!!!! What are the chances of that!!!! I know one other person who is working on one of these quilts. I have one that needs to be quilted of my own and I think I have the original quilt in the "to do" basket because I want to change part of it.
OK - had to dig the quilt out.
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| Here is the Blues Clues quilt |
I had it custom quilted and I was open to experimenting. OK - so I didn't know what I was doing, but I remember wanting to experiment with this quilt and part of it bothers me. Remember it was MYSELF that choose the thread colours and designs - NOT the long arm quilter.
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| An all over design with DARK thread on the blocks - I DO NOT LIKE THIS |
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| The quilting I choose for the white sashing - diamonds in DARK thread - what was I thinking????? |
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| So (and because I have NOTHING else to do), I decided to rip out the sashing quilting and I will redo it in white. I don't like what was done in the blocks, but I think I will leave that. |
I have learned though - if the thread colour had of been slightly LIGHTER - the effect would have been a whole lot different. Live and learn!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I also managed to get the sleeve on the latest quilt that I am binding. I was going to put a temporary sleeve on this quilt, but decided that I would likely never use it as a lap quilt, so it gets a permanent sleeve. The quilt is now back in the Monday bucket so I can finish the binding and the sleeve this week.
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| Sleeve on BASKET quilt |
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| Also managed to get the two borders on the snowflake quilt |
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| Got the backing done. I had the BIG piece in my stash and purchased a small piece (just enough to make the backing big enough - no EXTRA fabric for me!!!!) |
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| The binding is also done and it is in the "TO BE QUILTED" bucket |
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| Including a note to remind myself that this binding is 2 3/4" NOT 2 1/2". The quilt is flannel and it is nice to have that little extra width |
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| A bit more cut of the FOUR Hopscotch quilts from the construction fabric. I am missing 1/4 meter of one fabric (and I can't get any more of it) so must search for a different one today and then there are three fabrics left to cut. |
Getting things organized for an upcoming retreat and I could NOT help myself. I looked at the 2013 shelf and pulled out a bag (OK - so I filled a bag with projects that are cut and ready to sew together)
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| Bag of projects - ready for the retreat |
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| Doesn't even look like a dent was made in the 2013 shelf. |
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| And then there is all this that is waiting to be done!!!!!!!!!!!! |
One of my biggest problems is HOW TO GET RID OF THIS EXTRA stuff. I have tried shelves, boxes, bags and whatever and for the most part, I get it all put away, but there is EXTRA and there doesn't seem to be room to put it away and it is the same every year!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mind you - some of this was pulled from those shelves and I am supposed to be working on it. So I guess this is the ACTIVE stuff. One day - yes one day - I will get this done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| My basket of bindings (note the corner of blue on the left - that is the blue quilt that I am ripping out the quilting). It is NOT just bindings in there. It is entire quilts that need some work done on them or perhaps just a label. |
I had to snap these pictures of M because they were too funny...............
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| Let's just relax while figuring out what to do!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| Cutting out the muslin for the prom dress prototype |
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| The white dress ready to be worked on????? It is still laying out on the table!!!!!!!!!!! |
Now how was I able to get that much done????? Well after all the open door stuff stopped, and M was home from her epic trek on the elliptical, she offered to make dinner. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I could hear her chopping veggies, cooking chicken and she made an AWESOME stir fry.
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| Cooking dinner!!!!!!!! |
And she even tidied up the kitchen when she was done!!!!!!!!! Who has possessed my child????? I am very PROUD of her (although we have our moments), and having her do this kind of thing - well I know she won't starve or have to eat peanut butter sandwiches when she leaves home!!!!!!!!!!
As I look at my desk this morning, I realize that I am a shuffler. I get things organized for the day (and have touched MANY of the papers MANY times). I know I should pick up ONE piece of paper and deal with it. I DO NOT. I guess I should set a goal - deal with ONE piece of paper every day, is better than shuffling five and not getting anything accomplished.
Crap - there are so many rules or things that need to be done - it is hard to keep on the straight and narrow!!!!!
Well someone is coming to use the long arm today, so I am going to attack my sewing/quilting TO DO list and try to get some of that table cleared up. Although tackling the cutting table stuff is first priority. Ever notice that the busier you are - you have to spend MORE time tidying up!!!!! I do try to keep up with it as I go, but I haven't quite dealt with all the stuff from Monday.
On that note - I am out of here and off to work.
Have a great day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ciao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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