I feel like Paul Revere with that title. LOL! But, I am excited about my daughter's family visit. She called last night to say they would be here in 2 weeks!
Just barely have enough time to finish my granddaughter's baby doll quilt. I will have to stop working on my string quilt and my cross stitch project and finish that little quilt.
Maybe I should just machine stitch it together with the backing?? What do you think?
If I go ahead with the tying, I can tie it every 2 or 3 inches. The quilt top measures approximately 24"x 26". If I tie every 2 inches, that means I will have 12 across by 13 down which equals 156 ties. Am I capable of finishing that many ties in 2 weeks? and then do the binding?
The binding is another question. I always do bindings by hand! Should I hand bind or machine bind? Help me out folks what would you do? It's really not a big quilt, but I also have to organize, stash, clean, dust, vacuum and child proof the cabin for their visit. My granddaughter is only 2 years old, so I have to go over the cabin with a fine tooth comb to child proof.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. I will start finishing it tomorrow. Today my "dance card" is already full of preparations for the visit.
I will post the final decision as to the finishing of the baby quilt. Let me know what you think!
Keep on quilting!
Aveli
Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Saturday, July 13, 2013
A visit from our Youngest
This past week our youngest son has been visiting us while he was on vacation from work. What a treat!
It is always great to have him come to visit us. Even though he only lives 3 hours away, it is difficult to get our schedules on the same track.
So the first thing he says when he gets here is that he is going to barbecue. Even though it wasn't until yesterday that he got an opportunity to do so, it was nice to hear. He always makes a great meal!
This time he barbecued 2 whole chickens. They were scrumptious! And today we get to enjoy more of the leftover chicken. Makes for great sandwiches. . .especially when combined with the indian pueblo bread made by the Santo Domingo indians. Yum Yum!
Sadly, he had to leave today. He goes back to work tonight. :(
While he was here, I was working on my string quilt. Making the blocks that is. I started thinking about making a little doll sized quilt for my granddaughter. They are scheduled to visit some time in August, so I bought my granddaughter a small baby doll. That way she could have a "baby" to play with while she was here. Now I am thinking she would have more fun if she could wrap the doll in a blanket. And of course, a simple receiving blanket type would not do. . .it has to be a quilt!!!
So I started sewing the feeder blocks that I make while working on a project. You know, a little piece of paper with leftover pieces of fabric on it. I am using strips of 8 1/2" x 2 or 2 1/2". I mainly want to conserve the amount of trash I throw out so I recycle my printer paper and print on both sides of the paper. Especially when I am trying out new layouts for my quilts. After printing on both sides, I cut some into fourths for note paper, i.e., grocery lists, notes to self or husband and so forth. Some of the printer paper goes into providing foundation paper for the feeder blocks. I cut the printer paper in half to make two 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 pieces and then take those pieces and cut them in half again and end up with the 8 1/2 x 2 1/2 strips.
I layed out the feeder strips into a size that would enable my granddaughter to wrap the doll. I didn't like the layout. So now, I have added white strips between each feeder strip. It made the blanket larger and looks nicer I think.
I will finish sewing it up and take pictures tomorrow and post them here.
It is always great to have him come to visit us. Even though he only lives 3 hours away, it is difficult to get our schedules on the same track.
So the first thing he says when he gets here is that he is going to barbecue. Even though it wasn't until yesterday that he got an opportunity to do so, it was nice to hear. He always makes a great meal!
This time he barbecued 2 whole chickens. They were scrumptious! And today we get to enjoy more of the leftover chicken. Makes for great sandwiches. . .especially when combined with the indian pueblo bread made by the Santo Domingo indians. Yum Yum!
Sadly, he had to leave today. He goes back to work tonight. :(
While he was here, I was working on my string quilt. Making the blocks that is. I started thinking about making a little doll sized quilt for my granddaughter. They are scheduled to visit some time in August, so I bought my granddaughter a small baby doll. That way she could have a "baby" to play with while she was here. Now I am thinking she would have more fun if she could wrap the doll in a blanket. And of course, a simple receiving blanket type would not do. . .it has to be a quilt!!!
So I started sewing the feeder blocks that I make while working on a project. You know, a little piece of paper with leftover pieces of fabric on it. I am using strips of 8 1/2" x 2 or 2 1/2". I mainly want to conserve the amount of trash I throw out so I recycle my printer paper and print on both sides of the paper. Especially when I am trying out new layouts for my quilts. After printing on both sides, I cut some into fourths for note paper, i.e., grocery lists, notes to self or husband and so forth. Some of the printer paper goes into providing foundation paper for the feeder blocks. I cut the printer paper in half to make two 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 pieces and then take those pieces and cut them in half again and end up with the 8 1/2 x 2 1/2 strips.
I layed out the feeder strips into a size that would enable my granddaughter to wrap the doll. I didn't like the layout. So now, I have added white strips between each feeder strip. It made the blanket larger and looks nicer I think.
I will finish sewing it up and take pictures tomorrow and post them here.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Trip to Vegas!
Yes, we went to Vegas today! And home in time for Supper!
Las Vegas, New Mexico, USA that is!
95 % of the population of the U.S., maybe the world, do not know that there is a Las Vegas, New Mexico, USA. It has been here way before the usurper in Nevada.
It is on the road known as the Santa Fe Trail and used to house some very famous people in the 1800's and 1900's. If you are ever in the vicinity, just off highway 25, north of Santa Fe, take a tour of old town Las Vegas and some neighboring streets. You will see the Plaza Hotel that used to host all the cattle barons when they were selling their cattle or at the end of a cattle drive. Side streets have beautiful Victorian houses that many barons, cattle and railroad owners used to own in times gone by.
On Grand you can visit the "Rough Riders" museum which is dedicated to the memory and memorabilia of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders. Take a road out of town and take a nice hot mineral springs bath. Then, go visit the "Castle". The railroad made this spectacular hotel to house all the employees while they worked the railroad, later it became a college. Why Castle? Because it looks exactly like a fairy tale castle.
Did you know that the famed boxing champion Jack Johnson trained and fought here? Neither did I until I saw an article in the local paper. The Amtrak Railroad Station has some very interesting historical pictures of the late 1800's, or early 1900's.
True, you will not find a single slot machine or roulette wheels here. But if you take the highway a few miles away from Las Vegas there are the Indian owned and run Casinos.
Well, I guess I am done being the tour guide! LOL!
As I said, we went to Vegas today! We went shopping for those last minute things that are necessary when you go on a trip. We will be leaving Saturday early in the morning.
Any orders placed at my website www.avelisquilts.com will be filled after we get back from California on June 22.
Thanks for your patience!
Keep on quilting!
Aveli
Las Vegas, New Mexico, USA that is!
95 % of the population of the U.S., maybe the world, do not know that there is a Las Vegas, New Mexico, USA. It has been here way before the usurper in Nevada.
It is on the road known as the Santa Fe Trail and used to house some very famous people in the 1800's and 1900's. If you are ever in the vicinity, just off highway 25, north of Santa Fe, take a tour of old town Las Vegas and some neighboring streets. You will see the Plaza Hotel that used to host all the cattle barons when they were selling their cattle or at the end of a cattle drive. Side streets have beautiful Victorian houses that many barons, cattle and railroad owners used to own in times gone by.
On Grand you can visit the "Rough Riders" museum which is dedicated to the memory and memorabilia of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders. Take a road out of town and take a nice hot mineral springs bath. Then, go visit the "Castle". The railroad made this spectacular hotel to house all the employees while they worked the railroad, later it became a college. Why Castle? Because it looks exactly like a fairy tale castle.
Did you know that the famed boxing champion Jack Johnson trained and fought here? Neither did I until I saw an article in the local paper. The Amtrak Railroad Station has some very interesting historical pictures of the late 1800's, or early 1900's.
True, you will not find a single slot machine or roulette wheels here. But if you take the highway a few miles away from Las Vegas there are the Indian owned and run Casinos.
Well, I guess I am done being the tour guide! LOL!
As I said, we went to Vegas today! We went shopping for those last minute things that are necessary when you go on a trip. We will be leaving Saturday early in the morning.
Any orders placed at my website www.avelisquilts.com will be filled after we get back from California on June 22.
Thanks for your patience!
Keep on quilting!
Aveli
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