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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 29, 2014

Make-A-List Monday - October 2014

Technology is the bane of my existence.  It is a constant irritant and a source of misery.  




As I was preparing to write this blog post, my camera, with most of my pictures, decided to stop working.   

I spent much of today trying to retake the pictures that I could.  Unfortunately, many of the pictures from our most recent Awesome Adventure are gone.  

I'm hoping that a local camera repair shop will be able to recover the pictures from the memory card.  
In the meantime, I will persevere with the pictures that I still have.



September 2014
(in review)


1.  Spend quality time with my favorite grandsons. 


We were able to spend lots of time with our little guys this month.


On a recent sleepover, Ryder enjoyed saying
 "Good night" to the moon with his granddad.



We had a lot of fun just using our imaginations in our play.








Although I lost most of the pictures from the Please Touch Museum, I did have a few on my phone. 


2.  Start to gather fabric for a commission quilt.

No progress.


3.  Continue to work on three Advent calendars for my three children.



I hope my three children will have many years of fun with these Advent calendars.



4.  Complete my Skill Builder Quilt top.




The original quilt pattern had twenty blocks but I decided to call it finished after twelve.  

To try to make up for the deletion of eight blocks, I added a pieced border.  I am very pleased with the final quilt top.


5.  Complete my Sugar Block Club quilt top.

This top is almost complete.  I am adding a flying geese border so that is taking a little more time.  It should be done in the next few days.


6.  Work on the "Delightful Stars Quilt-Along"
 sponsored by The Quilting Gallery.



I had some great pictures of this quilt top on my camera but I will have to be satisfied with this picture that I still had on my phone.

This quilt top is gorgeous.  Many thanks to Michele Foster for her creative genius in designing this quilt.  I can't wait to see the next quilt you design.


7.  Work on seven  LeMoyne Star blocks for the McCall's Make It Your Way quilt-along.

I am almost done with these seven blocks but I don't have any pictures to share at this time.


8.  Complete piecing, quilting , binding and labeling two Quilts for Kids quilts.

I have finished piecing and quilting one of the quilts.  I have only finished piecing the second quilt.


9. Work on the September Globetrotting 
block sponsored by Pat Sloan.




10.  Work on the September Aurifil quilt-along block.



11.  Work on the September step for the 
Tell It to the Stars quilt-along sponsored by Judy Laquidara. 

I was able to piece both colorways of this quilt into three rows.  Unfortunately, I lost the pictures but hopefully I will have pictures next month.


12.  Work on the September
Wishes Quilt-Along block sponsored by the 
Fat Quarter Shop.




13.  Complete quilting the  four quilts currently loaded on Annie:  Baby Samplers and any other quilts currently on my Git-R-Done List.

I finished quilting all four Baby Samplers.

 

14.  Bind and label Tumelo Trail and The Land Before Time, that I recently finished quilting on Annie.

No progress.



15.  Work on The Village Quilter Strip Club quilt called Heartstrings.

No progress.


16.  Work on a few Lucky Stars paper-pieced blocks by Elizabeth Dackson.

No progress.

17.  Work on The Village Quilter Strip Club quilt called Basketcase by Cluck Cluck Sew.

No progress.


18.  Work on a few blocks for my
 Black and White sampler.

No progress.


19.  Make a Crazy Quilt using Shar Jorgenson templates by Omnigrid.

No progress.


20.  Work on a quilt called Fit for a Hero, a quilt by Judy Laquidara.

No progress.


21.  Work on The Village Quilter Strip Club quilt called Grandma Mary's  9-Patch.

No progress.


22.  Work on some of the blocks for the 
Country Threads Sampler.

No progress.


23.  Work on a quilt called Candy Striper by Anita Grossman Solomon.


No progress.



24.  Work on a few blocks for Julie Herman's 

No progress.


25.  Work on The Village Quilter Strip Club quilt called Uncle Sam's Quilt.


No progress.


26.  Work on a few Dear Jane triangles.


No progress.



27.  Work on the following BRODY Projects:

Civil War Tribute
James River Blues
Daisy Dazzle

Prepare a few more Brody Projects.

No progress.


28.  Attend the Quilts for Kids workshop at Pennington Quilt Works.

I turned in my Sampler quilt. I started working on two more quilts during the workshop.


29.  Attend Saturday Sampler workshop at Pennington Quilt Works.


This is the new Saturday Sampler.  This is not my picture.  It is from the PQW website.  My quilt will be done in shades of blue.



This is the first block. 


30.  Attend the PA National Quilt Extravaganza in Oaks, PA.

The quilts at this show were gorgeous, as usual.
Here are two of them:




And here are some very tired quilt show attendees.






October 2014


1.  Spend quality time with my favorite grandsons.  

2.  Start to gather fabric for a commission quilt.

3.  Work on a Christmas Stocking for little Logan.

4.  Complete my Sugar Block Club quilt top.


5.  Work on seven  LeMoyne Star blocks for the McCall's Make It Your Way quilt-along.

6.  Complete piecing, quilting , binding and labeling two Quilts for Kids quilts.

7. Work on the October Globetrotting 
block sponsored by Pat Sloan.

8.  Work on the October Aurifil quilt-along block.

9.  Work on the October step for the 
Tell It to the Stars quilt-along sponsored by Judy Laquidara.

10.  Work on the October
Wishes Quilt-Along block sponsored by the 
Fat Quarter Shop.

11.  Complete quilting the quilt currently loaded on Annie:  Crazy Eight,  and any other quilts currently on my Git-R-Done List.


12.  Bind and label Tumelo Trail, The Land Before Time and four Baby Sampler quilts that I recently finished quilting on Annie.


13.  Work on The Village Quilter Strip Club quilt called Heartstrings.


14.  Work on a few Lucky Stars paper-pieced blocks by Elizabeth Dackson.

15.  Work on The Village Quilter Strip Club quilt called Basketcase by Cluck Cluck Sew.


16.  Work on a few blocks for my
 Black and White sampler.

17.  Make a Crazy Quilt using Shar Jorgenson templates by Omnigrid.

18.  Work on a quilt called Fit for a Hero, a quilt by Judy Laquidara.

19.  Work on The Village Quilter Strip Club quilt called Grandma Mary's  9-Patch.

20.  Work on some of the blocks for the 
Country Threads Sampler.

21.  Work on a quilt called Candy Striper by Anita Grossman Solomon.


22.  Work on a few blocks for Julie Herman's 
Toes in the Sand quilt.

23.  Work on The Village Quilter Strip Club quilt called Uncle Sam's Quilt.

24.  Work on a few Dear Jane triangles.




25.  Work on the following BRODY Projects:

Civil War Tribute
James River Blues
Daisy Dazzle

Prepare a few more Brody Projects.



26.  Celebrate my DDIL's 30th birthday.


27.  Celebrate my birthday.


28.  Attend the Quilts for Kids workshop at Pennington Quilt Works.

29.  Attend Saturday Sampler workshop at Pennington Quilt Works.

30.  Celebrate Halloween.


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

Sharyn

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