something old ~ something new

Something Old
I took out the quilt top "My Blue Heaven" which
was from a class that I had taken last year from
Libby Kube Hage. It's Here
Libby's was a wall quilt but I wanted to make
mine a bed quilt for a 'full' size bed. I didn't know
what to do with the borders, so the quilt went into
the UFO closet for the time being.

Every once in awhile I take out my UFOs to
see if I feel like working on one. So I took
out the 'Blue Heaven' and made a decision
about the border. I will add flying geese and
hope that it looks okay.
I like it! I had made the flying geese too large and
when I trimmed them down I had lots of fabric
left over so I added the half square triangles to the
bottom borders. Now it almost fits across my
queen size bed. I'm thinking of adding another
3" of the beige all around and then I'm finished.
This one is going to be professionally quilted;
my first ever! It just has too many seams for
me to deal with. This is going to be my "Quilt
of Valor" to my son (an Iraqi war vet)

Something New

When I first started to blog I would blog
hop to read lots and lots of blogs. There was
one blog that just fascinated me and that was
Jude Hill's "What If" blog. I just loved what
she was doing and her imagination is beyond
belief! Jude's blog is now called Spirit Cloth
and she still sews her magic!
Jude and two other talented ladies Glennis Dolce
and Elaine Lipson have group on Facebook
called "Slow Cloth". (which of course I joined)
You can read some of Elaine's ideas on Slow cloth

HERE

So, I decided to give it a try ~ On this piece
I chose to hand sew. I'm starting with a simple
idea and hopefully it will grow from there.
I'm using a piece of linen as my foundation.

Just simple but it's a start.

Computer Fixed! (fingers crossed)

I have not used my computer in almost
a month! Checked my e-mail by using
the library's computer. The problem
with my computer was that it would
freeze after it was on for 10 minutes.
I have a Gateway that is only a little
over one year old. But thank goodness
I bought an extended contract! Oh,
my monitor also went out. I had to
ship that back and now am using my
old monitor which I'm glad I saved.

Anyways, my computer is practically
rebuilt. First they replaced the hard drive
(I lost a lot of my stuff that I didn't (foolishly)
put on a CD. ) When that didn't work -
they put in a new Mother Board and fan.
Now it works great! It took my all day
yesterday to load all of the drivers and
updates from Microsoft - all 88 of them!

Without the computer; I did manage
to get a lot done.

I took a workshop from my Guild ~
The Red Rose Quilters Guild last
month from Libby Kube Hage
We did Libby's quilt "My Blue Heaven",
her own design, using
Tri-Rec rulers by Darlene Zimmerman & Joy Hoffman

I decided to make mine red, white and blue.
It still needs sashing and a border but I'm
very happy that I got this far.

The rulers are very easy to use and I always
wanted to learn how to make this star.
I think it's the same as Fifty-Four or Fight
block.

I also managed to get 2 baby quilts completed,
which I'll post during the week.

Right now I have to catch up on reading
blogs and get caught up on what everyone's
is doing.