Poor ANNIE is sick. =(
My beloved long arm quilting machine stopped working about 3 weeks ago. I took her to the repair shop and they worked on her while we were in Hershey. I received notice while on vacation that she was ready for pick-up. I brought her home and set her up but unfortunately she was still not working properly.
I called the shop (which happens to be over an hour each way from where I live) and they said that their repairman lives in the town next to mine and that he would stop by to see what he could do.
When the repairman came he played with her a little bit and got her running.
Hallelujah she was fixed!
or so I thought...
The next day she started doing exactly the same thing. I called my repairman, Stephon (We are on a first name basis now. It turns out I went to school with his sister and my husband was his physical education teacher and football coach) and he is coming on Friday to pick her up and take her back to Doylestown. He suspects it is her C-Pod which will not be good news.
I'm not sure how much actual quilting I will get done this month while I wait for Annie to be repaired. There is a rumor that a new C-Pod might be back-ordered for 6 MONTHS!
UGH!
Hopefully Annie will be repaired in the near future and I can get back to quilting all the tops I am creating.
Now for some good news:
July
(in review)
1. Spend quality time with my special grandsons.
Here are some pictures of fun things Ryder and Logan did this month:
Here are some pictures of fun things Ryder and Logan did this month:
And a few videos:
2. Piece, quilt, bind and label at least one "Quilts for Kids" quilt. Attend the Quilts for Kids workshop at Pennington Quilt Works.
I only finished one quilt this month because of my broken quilting machine.
3. Attend Saturday Sampler workshop at Pennington Quilt Works.
4. Celebrate Shea and Don's birthdays.
5. Attend Quilt Odyssey in Hershey, PA with my family.
The quilts were beautiful, as always. Here are a few of my favorites:
Family Time was wonderful!
6. Attend July Strip Club at The Village Quilter.
The quilts were beautiful, as always. Here are a few of my favorites:
Family Time was wonderful!
6. Attend July Strip Club at The Village Quilter.
7. Present Katie and Brian's Memory quilt for baby Kara.
I can finally post pictures of my friends Brian & Katie's baby memory quilt.
Welcome to the world
Kara Paige!
8. Make a quilt for my friend's new baby boy.
Welcome to the world
Grayson!
9. Aiming for Accuracy II by Mishka's Playground.
I did not get to work on this project this month.
10. Bind/label: 5 table runners, Mexican Cross, Watermelon Mania, Aiming 4 Accuracy/Surf & Sun, Garden Patch, Heather Spence Fall Mystery Quilt/Mum's the Word, Slice Twice Isn't It Nice, Jungle Fever, An Oldie But Goodie, Celtic Solstice and Follow Your Heart.
All bound and labeled:
I did not get to work on this project this month.
10. Bind/label: 5 table runners, Mexican Cross, Watermelon Mania, Aiming 4 Accuracy/Surf & Sun, Garden Patch, Heather Spence Fall Mystery Quilt/Mum's the Word, Slice Twice Isn't It Nice, Jungle Fever, An Oldie But Goodie, Celtic Solstice and Follow Your Heart.
All bound and labeled:
11. Heather Spence Designs spring mystery quilt - Double Cross - to benefit cancer patients.
12. Make a Frozen pillowcase for little Ryder.
12. Make a Frozen pillowcase for little Ryder.
13. July block for Pat Sloan's 2015 Mystery Quilt: Vacation Time.
14. July block for Calypso Kaleidoscope by Quilt Addicts Anonymous.
15. May, June and July blocks for the Arcadia Avenue Quilt Along sponsored by Sassafras Lane Designs.
Here are the May and June hexagon blocks:
16. July block for the Quilt Doodle Designs 2013 Block of the Month.
17. Complete the final steps for Quiltmaker Magazine 2015 New Year's Mystery: Auld Lang Stitches.
18. Complete quilting the top currently loaded on Annie and any others on my Git-R-Done list.
Not much quilting this month because of Annie (see above) The quilt top currently loaded is Back to Square One made in January 2014.
19. Black & White Sampler blocks
20. Crazy Quilt using Shar Jorgenson templates by Omnigrid.
21. Fit for a Hero, a quilt by Judy Laquidara.
The center of this quilt top is done. Next I will work on the pieced border.
22. Grandma Mary's 9-Patch, a strip club quilt by The Village Quilter.
No progress on the following highlighted projects:
23. Country Threads Sampler blocks.
24. Candy Striper by Anita Grossman Solomon.
25. Julie Herman's Toes in the Sand quilt.
26. Uncle Sam's Quilt, a strip club quilt by The Village Quilter.
27. Dear Jane triangles.
28. Work on the following BRODY Projects:
Civil War Tribute
*James River Blues
Daisy Dazzle
Glory Box Table Runner
Cool Breeze
James River Blues quilt top is complete:
August
1. Spend quality time with my super grandsons
2. Piece, quilt, bind and label at least one "Quilts for Kids" quilt. Attend the Quilts for Kids workshop at Pennington Quilt Works
3. Attend Saturday Sampler workshop at Pennington Quilt Works
9. Make quilts for two of my friend's new baby girls
10. Aiming for Accuracy II by Mishka's Playground: Lessons 9-12
11. Bind/label any quilts finished this month
11. Bind/label any quilts finished this month
12. August block for Pat Sloan's 2015 Mystery Quilt: Vacation Time
13. August block for Calypso Kaleidoscope by Quilt Addicts Anonymous
14. July and August blocks for the Arcadia Avenue Quilt Along sponsored by Sassafras Lane Designs
15. August block for the Quilt Doodle Designs 2013 Block of the Month
16. De-Bone some men's cotton shirts into usable quilting fabric
17. Complete quilting the top currently loaded on Annie and any others on my Git-R-Done list
18. Candy Striper by Anita Grossman Solomon
19. Julie Herman's Toes in the Sand quilt
20. Uncle Sam's Quilt, a strip club quilt by The Village Quilter
21. Dear Jane triangles
22. PQW 2013-14 Saturday Sampler - Cutting Corners
23. Just Takes 2
24. Crumb Quilt
25. A quilt for Logan
26. Grandmother's Fan
27. Dancing Stars
28. Quilt Square Quilt Along
29. Lucky Stars
22. PQW 2013-14 Saturday Sampler - Cutting Corners
23. Just Takes 2
24. Crumb Quilt
25. A quilt for Logan
26. Grandmother's Fan
27. Dancing Stars
28. Quilt Square Quilt Along
29. Lucky Stars
30. Work on the following BRODY Projects:
Civil War Tribute
Daisy Dazzle
Glory Box Table Runner
Cool Breeze
Until Next Time...Happy Stitching!!!
Sharyn
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