Monday night stitching

I ran a few errands last night after I left work. When I got home, I had a bit of home improvement to take care of and by the time I got the dogs and myself fed, I was too tired to head to the basement to quilt.

I almost just went straight to bed, but I decided to do a bit of stitching. I had laid out the last 3 corner triangles for Easy Street Monday morning and I got them assembled last night in about 20 minutes. And then I laid out one of the setting triangles!

The step calls for 12 of the setting triangles so I need to get busy! I'm really like how this is looking and coming together!

Design Wall Monday - 6/17

A bunch to show off today!

I got the Sweet Treat quilt top finished yesterday.



And the backing and binding made. I barely had enough of the red leaves for the backing so I added in a piece of the green. Busting some fabric!!



And now that Sweet Treat is off of my design wall, I have added the first triangle of Easy Street. I actually laid out the last 3 of the corner triangles after I took this picture.



And on the frame is this quilt that Emily made. The quilt is off the floor now.



See what others are working on at Judy's blog.

Stash Report Week 24, 2013

Quite an eventful week this week for my quilting!

I bought fabric to make two Road to Llano quilts from Judy's pattern. The purple and gold is for my cousin who is going to Ashland University later this summer.



And the greens will be a king size quilt for my mom and dad.



The colors for both are much better in person! All the fabrics were picked up at Fabric Shack.

In order to start these quilts, I am trying to finish up the Sweet Treat quilt. I got the fabric cut and added to the quilt for the last two borders. I need to get the binding cut and the backing made.



Hopefully, I can start to turn this report around shortly!

Fabric added this week: 31.63
Fabric added YTD: 102.33

Fabric used this week: 1.78
Fabric used YTD: 40.04

Net Fabric Used: -62.29

Quilt #15 off the frame

Friday night, I finished quilting quilt #15 which is for Gillian.



I used a white So Fine and silver Bottom Line in the bobbin and the Daisy Duo panto.



I also ordered the Magic Genie Washers for the bobbin and had one in for the last two rows and didn't have any issues with nesting or extra thread. I'm anxious to try it out on another quilt to be sure it has helped resolve the issues!

Book Review Thursday - 6/13

I have been off a day all week. Tuesday felt like Wednesday and then I had to keep reminding myself on Wednesday about a meeting after work and then all day today it felt like Wednesday again. Luckily, I am remembering that it is Thursday and writing my book reviews! :)

I finished Where We Belong by Emily Giffin and I must have taken it back to the library without a picture. Eighteen years ago, Marian had a secret baby and gave her up for adoption. Now, the girl is knocking on her door wanting answers and to get to know her birth parents. Unfortunately for Marian, this doesn't fit easily into her life plan and she didn't keep in touch with the baby daddy. She also didn't even tell him that she was pregnant.

This was a bit of a change from Giffin's usual storylines and I enjoyed the flow. The story changed perspective to follow Marian and then Kirby, her daughter, but it didn't feel disjointed the way that sometimes happens. This would be a great summer read!

 I read the Women's Murder Club books 11th Hour and 12th of Never in quick succession. Each book was 6 discs which just isn't long enough to solve 2 mysteries and hear about the main character's lives. It makes you wonder if James Patterson is just phoning it in to his co-author Maxine Paetro.

In book 11, Lindsay Boxer is pregnant and chasing down a serial killer and investigating a scene where several severed heads were displayed.

In book 12, Lindsay has the baby and has to go back to work early because a professor is dreaming of future murders that start really happening and a woman's body goes missing from the morgue. And Richie can't handle both investigations.

Between the two authors, you would think that they could fact check well enough. But to have the power go out and the character to try the cordless phone and think it will still work... Seriously??? The base is plugged into an electrical outlet for a reason. Surprisingly enough, it didn't work. Thank goodness they got that part right. Things just wrap up way too quickly in these two books. It seems like there is hardly any investigating that goes on and all of a sudden, the cases are solved.

What are you reading?