Half Square Triangles.......Will I Ever Get Them Done????

Good grief Charlie Brown, just how many of these half square triangles do I have to sew??   Just when I think I am just about finished with sewing these things I find another bag of ones to be sewn.  I have 100 of the 5-piece strips sewn together so only 20 more to be done.  Boy these will sure be cute when finished into the blocks.  Each of these triangle blocks will finish at 1-1/2 inches square.  Now that is using alot of small pieces of scraps.

Guess I better get to doing some other work for a while.  Happy Quilting,
Shelia

Who Needs Sleep Anyway?

This morning is one of those mornings where I am awake at 3 a.m. tossing and turning.  So today I decided to get up and check e-mail and maybe sew a little on my mystery.

There is still ice on the ground.....so what is up with that?  The roads are clearing but there are still some crazy spots where the entire road is still a sheet of ice, and of course some people are driving 50 miles an hour when they suddenly decide that oops I thinks that was ice......crazy!

I'm still piecing on the small half square triangles which are being sewn into sets of 5 for using in block number 1 of the mystery.  The final quilt is going to be beautiful.  Hopefully I'll be able to finish these today and be off to piecing some of the blocks.

Hope you have a great day quilting,
Shelia

Rock and Roll Club

I passed my 18th kidney stone this morning at 2:30 a.m.  This one took 2 days to get out.  Miserable 48 hours.  Hopefully that will be the last one for this year!!

There is still ice on the ground in most places, but most of the roads have cleared except for the places in the shade.

Hope you have some time to quilt today,
Happy Quilting,
Shelia

Over 10 inches of Snow Today

Today we have over 10-inches of snow fall.  Below are some pictures of our house and the snow.  Roger took the pictures when he got home from work today and I worked 12 hours in the ER today.  Hopefully it won't all ice over for tomorrow, but I expect it to be ugly driving to work at 6:15 in the morning.

Today is our son Rance's 32nd Birthday.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RANCE!!  He lives in Idaho so he is very used to the snow, this would be a small storm to him.
Have a great day quilting,
Shelia

Sunday Quilting

This has been another busy week.  I worked 60 hours this week, so I was pretty tired this moring.  My sweet husband said that he wanted me to quilt some today to relax.  What a honey!!  Since we were going to watch the playoff games I decided to set up a table in the living room and sewing on my string blocks for the Roll Roll Cotton Boll mystery quilt.  I still have 18 more to get pieced.  Bonnie is sure working us hard for this challenge.  Here is a box of the pieces I've been sewing on for the blocks.

Below are pictures of the final 18 of my string pieced blocks. I just finished them while watching the first playoff game.  WOW, I sure am glad to have them finished.  Now I need to trim these up to 8 1/2 inch blocks.

Then in Bonnie's instructions we are now going to cut them into half and sew them 4 together to make a new string pieced block. 

The new blocks will have four of the cut triangle string blocks sewn together like below.  We have to piece 20 of these new blocks that will be 11-inches square.  The remaining triangle string blocks will be used for setting triangles.

Boy this is really going to be a beautiful quilt when it is finished. I can't believe all of the small piecing we are doing for this full size bed quilt.

Mom is still piecing right along and is currently working on her string pieced blocks.  We had to piece 60  8-1/2 inch string blocks for part of this quilt.

It is suppose to be a huge winter storm tonight.  They are predicting 5-6 inches of snow after midnight tonight.  It will be interesting getting to work in the morning.  My cat Whiskers must have gotten the word from the weatherman because he has settled in for a long winter's nap out of the sun porch.

Hope you have a great day quilting,
Shelia

New Years Eve 2010

We are in Florida at Roger's Mom's house.  It is a beautiful 70 degrees here.  Since mom and I are working on the mystery quilt I decided to bring my machine and pieces with me.  I have been able to spend a few hours here and there piecing.  How wonderful to have a tranquil setting to piece away some stress.

I was able to get 42 of the string pieced blocks pieced, all of the 600 quarter square triangles pieced, the half square triangles pieced and the strips pieced that I need to cut into 4 twosies.  WOW!!  All while watching TV and visiting with family.  So glad I took my machine.

The weather was gorgeous as you can see throught the trees. 

Look at the beautiful sun rays pouring through the live oak trees.  Wonderful.  When we left Greenville there was ice still on the ground from the snow we had Christmas Day.  What a difference 500 miles makes. 

We hope that you have a wonderful new year full of special moments you will always treasure.
Happy Quilting,
Shelia