It’s that time again…first, how did I make out on my challenge list for the week?

1.  finish Month One of the Border Creek Station mystery quilt - I am happy to say that I am ALMOST finished.  I have all the cutting and all the sewing done.  All I have to finish is trim approximately 40 (forty) 3 inch squares.  I already did the other 36 - 3 inch blocks.  Plus all the other parts.  I just got bored of trimming.

2.  finish my valentine cross stitch exchange piece - I finished the stitching and need to sew it into an ornament and gather some goodies to put in the package.  I’ll be mailing on Monday so I’ll get this done this weekend.

3.  work on my zig zag quilt that I started and worked on one weekend in the fall.  I think I have one row of zigs and zags done - didn’t even go near it

 

It was a long week of working hard and hearings so I wasn’t in the mental place to work in the evenings.  But it’s now the weekend, no more hearings for a while, I can allow myself to relax and have fun.  WAHOO!!!!

So my projects for next week will be:

1.  Sabrina by Mirabilia - YES!!!  She arrived in the mail last night.  I had fun fondling the silk threads, shaking the packages of Mill Hill beads, and stroking the linen.  Sabrina is my focus cross stitch piece for 2010.  So the plan for the week is to get the fabric on my lapstand, order the remaining DMC threads I need (I spent a wonderful evening going through my floss and pulling the colours I had already), and put a few stitches in. 

2.  Finish my valentine cross stitch exchange piece - Mailing is on monday so I have to finish this during this weekend or I’m TOAST!

3.  Border Creek Station Mystery Quilt - finish trimming the final 3 inch blocks

4.  start my doll quilt exchange piece

5.  go to my hand applique class on wednesday night!!!!  Yay!!!

You know, it’s only little things I need to do this week.  I may actually get it all done.

I was taking a peek last night at Val’s blog (http://www.pastimesonline.ca/vals-quilting/) and she has a sneak peek of the Journey of a Quilter’s first block.  She is still taking sign ups.  I’m trying to be really strong and not give in.  I really can’t afford it right now…if it was a month from now though…LOL.  But also…she has a sneak peek of the Kitten tales first block…oh joy oh joy oh joy.  but I notice, there are yo-yos.  I’ve never done yo-yos before!!!!  Actually I’ve never done “stitchery” before.  In my needlework guild I’ve learned a lot of different ways to do needlework but not this.  And I’ve been a cross stitcher forever.  This is definitely new territory for me.  What if I do it wrong!!!!!

Anyway, I’m off to go to town to do laundry (some day, I want a well…water delivery sucks) and stop by my local quilt shop to pick up the fabric I need for wednesday’s class. 

Ta ta for now!

Vivian