About Me

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New Jersey, United States
I am the wife of a wonderful husband and the mom of three super adult kids and their spouses. I also proudly have five adorable grandsons. I happily taught preschool for 25 years. When I'm not with my grandsons I spend much of my time indulging in my "Quilty Pleasures."

Monday, September 28, 2015

Make-A-List Monday September/October


September
(in review)

1.  Spend quality time with my special grandsons 

Lots of fun outings this month!!!

A trip to the Philadelphia Zoo:

LOTS of playground time:







A trip to Terhune Orchard:











Ooops!






Library Trip:


MORE hiking:



Sleepover fun:




Scrubby Bear:

Cutie Patooties:


Ryder is ready to get the critter in the attic!


2.  Piece, quilt, bind and label at least one "Quilts for Kids" quilt.  Attend the Quilts for Kids workshop at Pennington Quilt Works

*Annie is still not working.  In fact, she may have died an early death. 
 I hope to know soon if she will be fixed or if I will have to replace her.
Replacement is not exactly in the budget but she is seven years old and longarm technology has changed so much in those seven years.  I may have to break down and do some quilting with my DSM.  


3.  Attend September Strip Club at 
The Village Quilter




4.  Attend Septemberfest in Veterans Park.






5.  Attend the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza XXII in Oaks, PA.

Some of my favorites:






6.  Make a Trick-or-Treat bag for little Logan.




Now the boys have matching bags.

7.  Start planning a Card Table Playhouse for Ryder and Logan.

I have my plans for the playhouse.  I hope to get the fabric I will need for this project in October.

8.  Make quilts for two of my friend's new baby girls

I was able to complete one quilt before Annie stopped working.


Welcome to the world, Olivia!

9.  Dear Jane  leader/ender project

Slow but steady progress on this leader/ender project.

10.  Aiming for Accuracy II by Mishka's Playground: Lessons 12-14



11.  September block for Pat Sloan's 2015 Mystery Quilt:  Vacation Time




12. September block for Calypso Kaleidoscope by Quilt Addicts Anonymous




13.  Blocks 9 & 10 for the Arcadia Avenue Quilt Along sponsored by Sassafras Lane Designs





14.  September block for the Quilt Doodle Designs 2013 Block of the Month



15.  Julie Herman's Toes in the Sand quilt




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

*See above.

18.  Bind/label any quilts finished this month 

* See above.

19.  A quilt for Logan - ABC Chenille

Still working on this project.  The blocks are sewn into rows.  Now I have to sew the rows together.

20.  Candy Striper by Anita Grossman Solomon

I was able to put together two baby quilt tops and two full sized quilt tops from the blocks I made.







21.  Dancing Stars



No progress on the orange highlighted projects below:

22.  PQW 2013-14 Saturday Sampler - Cutting Corners

23.  Lucky Stars


24.  Grandmother's Fan


25.  Just Takes 2


26.  Quilt Square Quilt Along


27.  Crumb Quilt


28.  Zippy Strippy Bags


29.  PQW 2014-15 Saturday Sampler  


30.  Work on the following BRODY Projects:

Civil War Tribute

Glory Box Table Runner

Cool Breeze
Stain Glass Windows

I have worked on Cool Breeze and Stain Glass Windows but they are not complete yet.



October

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 October Strip Club at 
The Village Quilter

4.  Attend Ryder's preschool to talk about quilting.

5.  Celebrate my DDIL and my birthdays.

6.  Celebrate Halloween.

7.  Purchase fabric for a Card Table Playhouse for Ryder and Logan.

8.  Make quilts for my friend's new baby girl

 9.  Dear Jane  leader/ender project

10.  Make a Frozen pillowcase for each of my little grandsons

11.  Make a Pineapple Tote Bag

12.  Make three soft books for Christmas presents

13.  Aiming for Accuracy II by Mishka's Playground: Lessons 15 & 16

14.  October block for Pat Sloan's 2015 Mystery Quilt:  Vacation Time

15. October block for Calypso Kaleidoscope by Quilt Addicts Anonymous

16.  Blocks 11 & 12 for the Arcadia Avenue Quilt Along sponsored by Sassafras Lane Designs

17.  October block for the Quilt Doodle Designs 2013 Block of the Month

18.  Julie Herman's Toes in the Sand quilt

19.  De-Bone some men's cotton shirts into usable quilting fabric

20.  Complete quilting the top currently loaded on Annie and any others on my Git-R-Done list

21.  Bind/label any quilts finished this month 

22.  A quilt for Logan - ABC Chenille

23.  PQW 2013-14 Saturday Sampler - Cutting Corners

24.  Lucky Stars

25.  Grandmother's Fan

26.  Just Takes 2

27.  Quilt Square Quilt Along

28.  Crumb Quilt

29.  Zippy Strippy Bags

30.  PQW 2014-15 Saturday Sampler  

31.  A Quilt for Chase

32.  Work on the following BRODY Projects:

Civil War Tribute
Cool Breeze
Stain Glass Windows
Double Slice Layer Cake Quilt


Until Next Time.....Happy Stitching!!!

Sharyn