UFO Homework

With all this decluttering and learning how my phone works, there was one aspect of my phone that hadn't been done. How to put my pictures in the cloud. Well - now they are in the cloud and off my phone. How did I do that? Well, there are a lot of Google apps that one must learn how to use. So after a gentle push from Ronda to make that happen, the photos are now floating in the cloud. What I need to do now is start deleting some of them. There are loads that I no longer need or photo sessions with the girls that I need to select the best ones and so on.

Bottom line - I'm learning so much. My brain is positively brimming with new stuff. It's very difficult to keep up with everything - new sewing technology, new phone technology, and a whole lot more stuff. NEW NEW NEW.

However, I have to get back to the last post that I prepped before I went away at the beginning of October. It's the UFO homework from September.

This has been a super successful class or group or whatever you want to call it. Yep - it's going to happen again next year. I'll be sitting down soon and figuring out what classes, groups, etc. that I'll be offering in the new year. That'll be about mid-November if not sooner.

Let's start with Susan. She's making these blocks that are assembled with English Paper Piecing. Holy - that's a lot of work, but the blocks look amazing. This one block was her homework.

Susan's block is completed

There are twenty blocks in the quilt. I think she's completed 16 of them. She started this project in January of 2018 so that's not bad. Great job Susan. I can't remember the name of the project, but I'll get that info for the next post.

The rest of the blocks that are completed 

Dede is working on Rosewood Cottage. She's got all the stitching accomplished on the two side borders. If any of you are familiar with the pattern, you probably don't recognize those dragonflies. Nope - they are NOT part of the pattern. She added those in. The color of this quilt is stunning. It's hard to appreciate it from the photo.

Dede's Rosewood Cottage side borders

Lynne's goal was to get this quilt top together. It's the summer sew-along (2018) from Border Creek Station.  It was called Let's be Friends. She purchased a kit. I don't know if it was intentional but look at the photo. Do you see how the colors are very nicely placed with a bright block interspersed with a duller color?  The layout of the blocks looks awesome.

Lynne's quilt top

Because she purchased a kit, she didn't have any extra fabric to make a sashing. So the blocks had to be pressed in a very specific way to fit together properly. Let's just say that a wee bit of ripping and a wee bit of repressing was required to make this work. This was a slight oversight of the pattern. GRRR!!!!  One block - that shouldn't have been the case. But I digress.

Detail of the pieced blocks

Lynne had some fabric leftover so she made a pillowcase (gift or storage bag) for the quilt. What a clever idea. And this would be awesome if it were serged (I'm not sure if it was), but that would prevent the seams from fraying when it (or if) it gets washed. This is a great thing to have in case any repairs are needed for the quilt.

Pillowcase (gift bag) for Lynne's quilt top

Sharon is working on her chunk of the month. This was a block of the month from several years ago. I designed the project. She got one more section added. Getting to the end!!!! The value change from light to dark is pretty cool. I do need to finish mine - someday. It's actually called Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.

Sharon's chunk of the month

Elaine got the center section of her Stitcher's Garden quilt together. Those colors are looking awesome. It's a super quilt to learn how to use your sewing machine and the accessory feet a wee bit better. Yep - I'm working on that one as well.

Elaine's Stitcher's Garden quilt

Linda was working on an autumn quilt. The main part of the top is together. I think there's some applique or fancy quilting that's going in the center.

Linda's autumn quilt top is completed

Ronda's goal was to have the Amish with a Twist II quilt top together. It was done and ready to be quilted.

Ronda's Amish with a Twist II

I'm also working on Stitcher's Garden. My goal was to have the backgrounds of the remaining blocks quilted. Yep - that got completed. Yeah!!!

My block backgrounds for Stitcher's Garden

Laura's goal (and one for me) was to have her Kaleidoscope quilt quilted with the binding on and ready to hand stitch the binding. She finished the top, I quilted the quilt and sewed on the binding. Now she's busy hand stitching.

Laura's Kaleidoscope quilt - DONE

Diane's goal was to have her fall shop hop quilt (2018) together. The top that is. It's together and ready to be quilted.

Diane's Shop Hop quilt

Liz's goal was to get this Christmas quilt top completed. And it's done. I attempted to rotate that picture, but for some reason, rotating in that software isn't working. Back to Photoshop Elements for future rotations.

Liz's Christmas quilt top  - DONE

I like this picture better anyway. Why are quilt tops like magnets to our pets?? I bet that cat is thinking up its Christmas list.

Cat approved! 

 Liz also finished this project. It's a panel with borders.

Another quilt finished by Liz

 She did some big stitching in the border for quilting. I love that and it's something that I want to try.

Big stitching in the gold border

I had to save the best for last. Shelly couldn't make the meeting so she sent a photo. She sent several photos. Her goal was to finish the top of this Shop Hop quilt from several years ago. Great job Shelly - the quilt looks awesome.

Shelly's Shop Hop quilt

However, doesn't this picture just beg a few questions???  Is this really her clothesline? Is her hubby really that short that he needs a ladder to reach the clothesline? Well inquiring minds want to know the story of this photoshoot! It's hilarious. Thanks for the chuckle, Shelly. BTW - isn't red a derivative of PINK???

No one wanted to give up $10 that month! We've already met for October, so I have to get those pictures edited for you. That leaves two months left. How much more money will be accumulated?? I hope no more money goes into the pot! We're going to have a nice pizza lunch on the last day! I can hardly wait!!!

I'm teaching a class this afternoon and I have a few more errands (drop-offs) for this morning and a wee bit of paperwork.

On that note, I'm out of here.

Have a super day!!!!


Ciao!!!!

The UFO class

I'm being totally lazy this morning. I think I'm exhausted from the lack of sleep the night before. And travel days can be crazy even though you don't really seem to be doing anything.

I have to tell you about the plane ride. I get a check-in notification 24 hours in advance, but often don't get a chance to check in right away. DH tells me that I NEED to do it immediately as that is why I keep getting in a middle seat. Yep - in the middle seat again. Not a big deal. It's a short flight to Halifax.

I arrive at my seat to find the person in the window seat is already there. I barely sit down and the person in the aisle seat comes. Perfect arrangement - no one has to do the seat shuffle. But I swear the man in the aisle seat had ADHD. He was bopping around the plane up and down the aisle helping people put their luggage in the overhead bin. He was closing the bins. He was offering pillows and blankets. He was out of control.

He tried to engage in conversation with myself and my other seatmate, but we weren't having any of it. Not that he wasn't a nice man, but he just seemed off and a conversation didn't seem like a good idea. There was a Mom with two young kids in front of us. At one point, the guy bounces out of his seat, takes his shoes off and is rummaging in the overhead bin for what? Pillows and blankets to offer the kids. Well, they didn't want them. Good grief. And he has to point out to the flight attendant that he took his shoes off to stand on the seat to rummage through the overhead bin.

When we were finished with our drinks, he picked up all our cups and took them to the back of the plane. When the attendants came by to pick up the trash, he had to tell them that he already took our stuff to the back. Oh yes - when the food cart came by, he had to ask questions but didn't buy. Then when the drink cart came by, he wanted to buy food. He was just off! 

The guy beside me was pretty quiet except that a lady got on the plane who had the same seat. The attendants came and checked his ID and boarding pass THREE times. Good grief - what's that all about. Apparently, he was flying standby and had been traveling for days. He got to stay in the window and the other lady got bumped up!

But I survived the flight and my screen worked and I listened to my audiobook. My flight was a bit delayed and once I arrived at the airport, I had to wait for my colleagues who were on the next flight. Actually, that was a great thing. I sat in the food court area, got out my notebook and made a list of all the "urgent" things that have to be done. Technically, they're not all urgent, but there are things that need to be addressed. It's all categorized and I'm quite happy. There are multiple pages but at least it's all down on paper and no longer just in my head.

I also found a note in my notebook (which I've been ignoring for a long time - the notebook that is) that I owe my brother some money. I paid that while I was waiting. I was very productive and I had nothing else to do. I seriously needed that time. It was perfect.

We arrived at the hotel and got ourselves organized for the dealer event today. Thankfully the event is in the hotel so no traveling time is needed except to get downstairs.

OK - so let's have a look at the show n tell from the UFO class on the weekend. This has been the best class that I've ever created/lead. We are MOTIVATED to get our UFOs done. People are doing more than they committed to doing. I'm so excited about this class. Technically we are 12 in the group, and supposed to meet for one hour, but we were extra long this past week because there was so much show n tell. I plan to do it again next year and perhaps I'll run more than one session if people are interested.

Let's start with Susan. Susan is working on her Farm Girl Vintage. Her goal was to get the sashing on the blocks - she has made some big blocks, as well as some small blocks. She was also going to figure out a basic layout for the blocks. She did and realized that she needs more blocks. I'm going from memory here, but I do believe that her goal is to make a few more blocks for the next session.

Sashing is now on Susan's Farm Girl Vintage blocks

Then Susan had to tell us about the NEW Lori Holt book that's coming out. It's called Farm Girl Vintage 2.  I guess I have to get that one as well. It's not out until September and some of the blocks had been available for purchase off the internet. Check it out!

Then Susan brings out this purse. At first, I thought she was bringing out her purse and I wondered why she was doing that. But NO - this is a purse that she made. We all swore that it was purchased she did such an amazing job on it. Truly impressed with all the pockets, hardware, vinyl and other things that added to the very professional look of her purse which is for her daughter. That wasn't on the UFO list - that was a bonus!

Susan's very professional looking bag that she made

Sharon has completed the quilt top for her Winter Wonderland. YEAH!!!!!   This was years in the making and now the top is completely done including all the embroidery. Way to go Sharon!!!!

Winter Wonderland quilt top - DONE

What's up next for Sharon? She's now working on Stitcher's Garden quilt. This is the same quilt that I'm working on. Completely different look because of the different fabrics. Her blocks are together.

Stitcher's Garden

Her goal is to get two borders on the quilt. We helped audition some fabrics for the border and I think she's set for this month.

Auditioning border fabric

Elaine accomplished a lot this past month. One of her goals was experimenting with some quilting on her sewing machine for the top she had finished the previous month. Great samples of quilting and trying new features on the sewing machine. Awesome!!!!

Machine quilting practice

She had also committed to putting the last border on this quilt from one of the July shop hops. The border is on. It has a print on it that she matched at the corners. I have to say that I wouldn't have had the patience to do that, but we each have priorities. It looks awesome!!!

The border is on the July Shop Hop quilt

She had one other item on her list which was to cut her Postcards from New Zealand quilt. The blocks are cut and her goal for next month is to have the quilt top put together minus borders I believe.

Block pieces are cut and ready to sew together

Ronda was working on her Amish with a Twist II. She got the center section together. There are nine sections in total. She's going to have a wee bit more free time this month so her plan is to get four more sections together.

The center of Ronda's Amish with a Twist II

Each of us is in a different place as far as how much time we can devote to getting our UFOs done. The goal is to not go crazy - the object of this exercise is to commit to an amount of work that you know you can get done.

Laura's commitment for the past month was to make two sets of blocks. That would have made a total of eight blocks. This is for her Kaleidoscope quilt. However, she was on a roll. She got the eight blocks completed, then said - what the heck, I might as well finish the last four blocks which she did. But then she went on and got the large corner triangles sewn together!!! Way to go Laura!!!!

Laura's big triangles for Kaleidoscope

Her goal for this coming month is to get the entire top sewn together. I can't wait to see it!!!

Dede brought in her quilt from last month. I had only a small picture to share last month, but this quilt is so darn cute, here it is again in person. I love it!!!

Blizzard Block of the Month

Her goal for this past month was to sew this next quilt top together. She forgot to bring the quilt top so we had a good laugh about that!!!  She went home under strict orders to send me a picture so she wouldn't forfeit her $10 for the month. It's sideways - sorry for that.

Dede's quilt top is together

Her goal for next month is to put the borders on the snowman quilt. She and I have a date booked to get that done as one of the fabrics is going to require a mitered border.

I managed to get both of my blocks done. We met at 11:00 AM - I think I finished at 10:30!!! But the blocks are done. This is from the same quilt that Sharon is working on. Totally different look because of the fabrics. That center heart is made using pintuck fabric (that I made) and then I used all kinds of decorative stitches for the applique. Going to be a "fun" quilt to quilt!!!

Block One

Here is block number two. The center stem on that block is made with embroidery floss and my braid foot. Lots of cool techniques.

The second block of my homework

I've committed to making two more blocks for the next month.

I think that covers everyone who was at the meeting. Shelly and Liz were away and Linda didn't get her homework done because of travel. A whopping $30 got added to the kitty this month!

Diane doesn't attend the meeting but I see her on Mondays. This is her homework for the month. This is the July Shop Hop quilt from one of the years. Of course, Diane had to make hers bigger.

Diane's July Shop Hop quilt top

Her goal is to work on another July Shop Hop quilt. I'm sure she's done already - I haven't been to Monday in a while.

Diane's next project

That's so exciting to see all those older projects getting completed. It's just the best and I can't wait to get my quilt that I'm working on completed so I can tackle the next UFO. I must try and work a wee bit ahead, but this is just a super busy time!

On that note, I'd better get myself in the shower and then off to breakfast so I'm not late for the start of the meeting this morning.

Have a great day - dig out a UFO and set some goals for yourself.

Ciao!!!!

UFOs

I had a great class teaching applique to a local guild yesterday morning and then back home where we had our first UFO class. Oh my - for those of you who did NOT sign up - well too bad. It was loads of fun - we're definitely going to learn from each other and I've realized that $10 is worth a lot to me! And the others as well.

In previous classes where there was a financial penalty, I realized that it's very hard to get the money out of the students. They don't show up or they don't cough up the cash. This time, I'm holding their cash hostage. If they get the homework done, they get the cash back. If they don't, it goes into a pot and we'll decide later what happens to the money. Hopefully, there won't be any money in the pot at the end of the year. And in one person's case, I'm holding their cash refund so it's like forced savings for them!  Go figure!

We meet again in two weeks so that timeline had to be taken into consideration when deciding what goals could be accomplished before the next meeting. Just in case you think some of the goals are not big enough. The goals set were also dependant on how much time each person has to work on the project in the next two weeks.

Some of the people just needed a deadline set for them and some people needed advice or to learn a technique or figure out the next steps. We had a round robin discussion for those that needed help which was great as we all pitched ideas to the owner of the UFO and now it's up to them to sort it out.

It was interesting to see the projects that people brought. Let's have a look and see what happened.

We started off with Elaine S. She brought a "brand-new" UFO. She hasn't really started the project yet but has had all the tools, pattern, and fabric for a while. So it qualifies as a UFO. A quick lesson on how to use the Quick Curve Ruler and she's good to go. Her goal: make a couple of sample blocks to get the technique down pat before she starts on the good fabric!

Elaine S - Urban Abacus by Sew Kind of Wonderful

Lynne brought a completed quilt top that she designed herself. Hm - what does she need help with? Ah - the quilting. We chatted about various types of quilting appropriate for the top and she got the information she needed. Her homework is to get part of the quilting done and look for a specific motif that she wants to incorporate on the quilt.

Lynne M

Susan brought this quilt top. The photo doesn't do the fabric justice. The quilt is gorgeous and we told her to watch it or it might disappear. She had fabric for the borders/binding but wasn't sure which was which. We offered suggestions and her homework is to figure out what she has, which fabric will go where and be ready to cut.

Susan's quilt top

 Liz also brought a quilt top. This is from the book called Candy Cane Lane by Melinda Bula. Oh dear - I just found out that she lost her home in the Camp Fire in California and her online shop is temporarily closed. Liz has modified the quilt quite a bit from the book, but had run into difficulty with the top border. We had a big discussion about options for the top. Her task is to finish the stitching around the appliques and then make a decision on what goes in the top.

Liz's quilt top - Candy Cane Lane is the inspiration

 Laura brought Kaleidoscope by Quilt Addicts Anonymous. The center part of the quilt is together!!!  And some of the other blocks for the huge triangles (to set this medallion on point) are together. Her goal is to sort through the blocks that are made to figure out what still needs to be made and to cut everything that isn't already cut.

Laura's Kaleidoscope

 Ronda brought Amish with a Twist II by Nancy Rink Designs. She has quite a few blocks made but is missing a few. Her goal is to make two blocks.

Ronda's Amish with a Twist II

Shelley wasn't able to make it because of sketchy weather. Hey - it's January and she lives far away. We gave her a break. But not because of that. She sent me numerous pictures of her project so it was like she was here! She's making a poodle quilt and her goal is to finish the six blocks needed to sew the quilt together. I wonder what she stood on to take this picture? A ladder?? Not sure the source of her pattern.

Shelley's poodle quilt

Sharon was not here either as she was sunning herself on the beach somewhere in the Caribbean. Never mind, she's going to do double duty when she comes to the next class!

I decided to play with the group and I chose Stitcher's Garden as my project. I taught this class TWICE and only got three blocks done. That's sad - typical but sad!

Stitcher's Garden

 Some of the other blocks are started! This takes up a lot of room on my shelf and I want the space so it's getting done. Here's some of the blocks partially finished. My goal - finish Month 4 which has two blocks to do  - bits and pieces of both of them in the picture below.

My homework for the next class

I decided after the group left yesterday that I would get started while I was fired up. First road block - what color thread did I use to quilt the backgrounds of each block? That thread stayed with the project for a few years (the first time I taught it was in 2015). I put the thread in the thread box because I was tired of it falling off the shelf. 

Backgrounds of all the applique blocks are quilted

 But a quick trip to the thread box and I found this - I'm pretty sure that it's the right thread. If not - it's close enough!!!!

The thread for quilting the backgrounds

 This is going to be a fun year-long project. As one person finishes their project (to their point of finish), then they get to choose another project and from the sounds of it, there's a lot of UFOs out there.

While I was tidying up - I have three empty pizza boxes. Anyone want a pizza box to put their project in??? I suppose I could use them with some of the other stuff lying around.

Three empty pizza boxes

Guess what other exciting thing is happening today?? No - not the snow storm. Shoveling is already boring for the year. But I don't mind - it's good exercise if you do it properly.

No - it's my week to blog on QUILTsocial. This week, I'm using the HUSQVARNA VIKING Designer Brilliance 80. It's a sewing and embroidery machine. It has so many wonderful features. You must check it out. Don't forget that there's an app for QUILTsocial that you can download to your smart device. Then you just open the app and there's the latest post from QUILTsocial. There's loads of cool information on that website. Even though I'm reviewing the sewing machine, I'm still providing tons of tips on sewing stuff that you can apply to your projects.

On that note, I'm out of here. It's Monday sewing and I'm fired up to work on my other UFO from the UFO list. The hand applique one. The gingerbread boy!

Have a super day!!!!

Ciao!!!

Monday sewing

Hey - it's a great day! Yesterday was a great day - it was Monday sewing. I got loads done. I don't have to go anywhere for most of today and I'm making amazing progress on my stuff! I'm happy!!!!

I got to Monday sewing and Lynn and Diane were already set up and sewing. It's very hard to get there before the two of them. But with only three of us in the room, it's easy to work on big stuff. I took advantage of that opportunity.

Here's what I worked on. First - I should say that I had to make several trips to the car during the day to put stuff in and then to get more stuff to work on. Oh - and we had a visitor yesterday. Mary V came to see us. Mary used to sew with us and has now moved to the other side of the city. Mary brought me a present which I'll share with you tomorrow. Don't worry - I gave Mary a present back so it was more like a swap. It was great to see you, Mary!!!!!  We miss you! It's nice to be able to keep in touch with all the people that have moved away via Facebook, so I don't feel like we were out of touch!

This is a pile of stuff that I brought down to the studio. Everything is sorted and for the most part - it's put away.

A stack of stuff I worked on at Monday sewing

Not sure if anyone remembers the Kaleidoscope quilt that we worked on last year as a year-long project. Well, that quilt was on my list of quilts to get finished this year. At least so it could go in the "to be quilted" pile.

Here's a picture to refresh your memory. The quilt is called Kaleidoscope by Quilt Addicts Anonymous. It was our Block of the Month (or $10 quilt) last year at The Hobby Horse. As I was scrolling through my previous blog posts, I see that I worked on this quilt at a lot of different places.

Kaleidoscope

It's a very large quilt and I wasn't sure that I wanted another huge quilt. So this is what I did with it. We had discussed this option in the class as well but I'm not sure how many went for it.

I did the center medallion up to that big black border. Notice that I nixed the yellow in the last border as well. Then I called it quits on that part. Here's my center medallion - it's been done for a long time. Now the backing and the binding are finished.

Center medallion of the Kaleidoscope quilt

This medallion measures about 66" square - that's large enough for a nice wall hanging or a lap quilt.

Binding and backing for the center medallion of the Kaleidoscope quilt

Then I took the four corners, which have been assembled for a long time as well. Actually, I think I finished them at the retreat back in March or April. Those four pieces have been tossed around the studio and I believe there was a picture of Little Bear sleeping on the pieces.

Bear sleeping on the Kaleidoscope quilt top

Anyway, I took the four pieces and rotated them and sewed them together to get this quilt. I then added a 6" border of black. The darn thing measures 80" square!!!!  Big enough for a bed quilt or at least a good topper.

The second "half" of the Kaleidoscope quilt

And thanks to my efficiency yesterday, the backing and the binding are also done. I should mention that the binding was made at the retreat this past weekend.

Second Kaleidoscope quilt - backing, binding and top

 I was just warming up by then!!!!  I prepped the backing for the scrappy quilt that I finished at the retreat. And I joined enough of the scrappy binding pieces to get the binding. Another one ready for the "to be quilted" pile.

Scrappy quilt number 2 is ready to be quilted

Just in case you have forgotten what the quilt looked like, here's the picture from yesterday.

Scrappy quilt number two

While I was on a roll and had all that space, I made the backing and the binding for the scrappy quilt number three. It looks identical to the one above but will have a much scrappier border.

The backing and binding for scrappy leaf quilt number three

Phew - that was a lot of bindings and backings, but it felt good to get that out of the way. I crossed the Kaleidoscope quilt off my list of UFOs for the year. Yeah!!!!  And once I get this last border on the scrappy quilts - I can cross that off the UFO list as well. I'm making progress, but I know that I won't get them all done before the end of the year.

I did get the second to last border on that last scrap quilt. That leaves only the heavily pieced one to add. I made good progress assembling the bits. I'll work on it again next week and perhaps I can finish it????

The last border for the scrappy quilt

While all this progress is a good thing, can you think of what's happening behind the scenes???


Yep - there's a chair piled high with quilts to be added to the "to be quilted" pile. I need to find a container to put them in and they need to be logged on the list. I have a sit n sew next week so I'd better make them disappear before then.

Quilts to be added to the "to be quilted" pile

Let's not forget that there's another chair in the room piled with quilts that need the bindings sewn on!

Quilts that need the binding sewn on!

Something really funny happened at the end of our Monday sewing day. Everyone was packing up at the end of the day. Everyone but Sheila and myself had left the room. Two of us, but three sewing machines on the floor. Hmm - that must have been Lynn who left her machine since she was the last one to leave before us. Nope - it was a Husqvarna, so that must be Jane's who left just seconds before Lynn. I ran outside to see Jane slowly driving out of the parking lot. I drop both machines (mine and the extra one - well - not really) and I start waving my arms. Jane didn't see me and drove away.

All the way home, I was thinking how I could get Jane's machine to her. When I got home, I brought the extra machine into the house. I thought I should have a peek to make sure it was Jane's Sapphire. Well, I got quite the chuckle when I realized that it was a Ruby. Now, who in our group has a Ruby? That would be Diane. The one who is running neck and neck with me to get projects done. She had to leave early and she packed up her machine and left it on the floor. She was so excited to get a glass of wine in her hand.  So now I have her machine. Hmm - how long can I keep it???

Anyway - we did get a good chuckle out of that.

This weekend is the craft sale at The Hobby Horse. There's going to be all kinds of awesome crafts for sale. Someone asked if they could have a preview of what I'm selling. I've dug out a bunch of stuff that I've made - there are pillows, bags, ornaments, journal covers and other stuff. It's going to be a great craft sale. Be sure to come out and pick up some Christmas gifts.

My stuff to prep for the craft sale

Ronda went to Salem, Massachesetts for Halloween. While she was there, she spotted this scarf for me.

An orange scarf with skulls

 Now I have an orange scarf with skulls and one with bicycles!!!  Thanks Ronda!


Tish, who is the rebel in our group, finished off this quilt yesterday. She had started it at the retreat. There's a pattern for the quilt. It's called Over and Down Under by Bonnie Sullivan. It takes a jelly roll of flannel - Woolies Flannel designed by Bonnie Sullivan for Maywood Studio. Our Tish worked it out on her own brain power!  Looks awesome. I still have this quilt to make and I'd better get my butt in gear, but Ronda and I want to make ours bigger! Of course!

Tish's flannel quilt

We share our Monday sewing room with a before and after school program. Their portion of the room seemed a wee bit tidier than usual and I was browsing the labels on some of the tubs. Oh boy - what the heck is this???

subitizing?????

Tish looked it up with Siri and Siri told us that it's the recognition of the number of something. There were flash cards in the box and our group passed!!!!  Here's a link to the official definition. Who knew there was a word for that!


On that note, I'd better get myself organized for the day. I'm quilting one of the magazine quilts and I should be done by lunch????  I pulled fabric this morning for another urgent quilt. More on that later - it's going to be equally neat.

Oh - I should mention that if you want the 12th issue of the "print" version of QUILTsocial magazine - it's now available. You can look at it online or you can download it (for free until November 30th) to your tablet. It's great and there's some super articles/projects in the magazine. A number of them are mine, including my flange binding instructions.

Now I'm out of here.

Have a super day!!!!


Ciao!!!