In the works....in my mind....

I am planning on making a Jacob's Ladder quilt. I was inspired by the following tutorial. I have 5 yards of dark purple solid and 5 yards of white fabric. I just need to figure out the sizes and how much to cut. Math....sigh.

Slowly getting back in the game....

Since I am pretty sure that my sister doesn't actually read my blog, I am going to talk about the gift I will be giving her. That is....if I get it done by then.

I am making her a table runner. It is one of those free patterns that came in one of my magazines. The table runner is for Halloween and Christmas. One side has cute candy corn. The other side has Christmas trees.

I decided that I was going to...gulp....buy yardage. I kept hearing Nonnie in my head telling me how much less expensive it is to use yardage. So....I am stepping away from my precuts and embracing cutting my own material. Nervous...but it is just fabric. I can always buy more if I need it.

I spent my Sunday night ironing all of my fabric. Now...it is ready for me to cut.  Okay....hoping for time to actually piece and put this together soon.

Podcast....I am researching a way to record the podcast on my iPhone that will actually work. I have actually recording 3 episodes that were eaten by my phone. Sigh. Once I get a good mic....I will get started recording again.

coming back.....I hope...

Hello!
I really want to come back and start podcasting again. I just need more time. I haven't even had time to quilt at all in the last few weeks. I do have a project planned as a gift for my sister. I am hoping that will help me to jump back into quilting.

Have you ever just been involved in caring for others, that you don't have any time for yourself? I have found that it makes me a BEAR to live with...when I don't get any Me time. The hubbie is letting me know....I have to take time. It is now something he is going to require. Heheheh. I guess that means that I have been a bit too mean.

I am on my low carb diet again. It is helping me quite a bit. I have already lost 32 pounds and it has been one month. The fat just melts off when I am in the first stage of the diet. Honestly....I had a diet that involved cookies, cake, and chocolate - so the low carb, no sugar diet was VERY much needed.

I miss all my quilty friends. I hope that you are enjoying fall.

Fall in New Jersey is becoming quite fabulous. The trees are just starting to change color. Lovely.

Sending you happy thoughts!
I am HOPING that this is the me coming back!
Kate

Finally....we moved...

So, the family and I have finally started to settle down.

In the last few months, we have moved from the Seattle area to southern New Jersey. This has been an amazing....scary....exciting...fabulous ride for the last few months.

In the last few months, I have:
1. Done all of the paperwork to buy a house....
2. Packed and unpacked my entire house
3. Bought a house 3000 miles away without seeing it...
4. Driven across the country in 9 days with three little kids
While working full time
AND....I finished a quilt 3 days before the move.

WHEW!

Now, I am just working full time....unpacking....and taking care of three little ones. LOL.
Oh....and getting everything ready for school.

OH....I desperately want to get back my podcast. Currently, researching a way to record that will work...

Gifts and a total lack of time....

My daughter, Banana, holding the wedding shower gift that I made from my best friend. Six placemats and a table runner. Also, a utensil holder with wooden salad utensils.
Proof that I have SOOOOO Much to learn about sewing.

Not much happening on the sewing front. I made this gift for my best friend. My other stuff is sitting there...mocking me with its incompleteness. *Sigh*

If only there were 36 hours in a day...

My world....

My front porch in our snow storm. So lovely!

So....
I haven't been able to sew. Between Working...caring for the three bears....making sure that the hubbie is happy with the state of the house ....working some more....and planning for our move....I haven't had time to sew.

For the first time...I have UFO's.

I have been LONGING to podcast. But I just don't have the time.

So....a bit of progress....

60 pinwheels are done!
1 row of my Owl quilt is together
2/3 of my Banana's snuggly quilt is done - a rag quilt using minkie charms and a random charm pack.

However....nothing else is getting done.

I need to find some time!! I miss my podcast...and my blog!

Hope everyone is doing wonderful sewing!
Kate

Words

Wow.

So I just read my podcast reviews in iTunes. Apparently, I used a word that offended someone. I used the word retarded. In the Listener comments.

Honestly, I am a product of where I grew up and the way that people talked. I know that it is not politically correct to use that term. However, I generally use it when referring to myself. And...I don't generally think of the word in the sense of handicapped individuals.

It is more an idiom of my childhood. So...I can see how that could upset individuals.

I definitely didn't mean to offend.

I apologize.

Kate