Can I Get A Whoop Whoop? Let's Hear It For The Ladies...

Hi, all!

Friday has come around again!!  Can you believe another week has already passed? Time flies when you're having fun...  I hope you're ready to get your whoop whoop on!!

If you're like me, you're working on a lot of things that you can't show right now - but I hope you've got some things you can share! This week I've got a special whoop whoop for the ladies in my quilt ministry sewing group!!

Last Monday our children's minister emailed me asking if our ladies could make some chair pockets for a class room at the elementary school just a few doors down from our church. The ladies were agreeable, so I got all the supplies together so we could work on them last Saturday at our regular monthly meeting.  He needed 25 of the chair pockets, so I thought we might get a good start on them, and then I would hopefully have a few people who could help me finish them up during the week.

Look at all those wonderful workers!!  We really got the Sweatshop rolling, with an assembly line on those chair pockets - - and look what we managed to make in one morning!!

All twenty-five of them - finished!!  And here's what they look like in place...

The teacher was so excited - and the kids were too!!  Isn't that awesome?  And I was excited that I didn't have to spend any time this week finishing them up....  so a huge whoop whoop for the ladies of the Piece*Love*Quilt ministry!!!

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And just because, here's a picture of both my girls from this week - just hanging out watching Sleeping Beauty!

Emmy deserves a couple of whoop whoops this week - she learned how to sit up all by herself without tumping over too much, plus she got approved to get a cochlear implant!!

And Lilli has managed to learn how to read eight words ending in "-at" - and today read a list of words ending in "-ot"!  I don't think we'll be able to spell stuff around her much longer - we'll have to learn a new code!!

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So that's some of my "whoops" for the week!

What have you been working on?

Tell us!!  We want to whoop with you!!

The party will stay open until Sunday night...

Be there or be square!!

Hugs!

Sarah

Make-A-List Monday - Crunch Time!!

Hi, all!

Monday again - does it seem to anyone else like time moves much faster in the fall?  Seven weeks until Christmas - that means it's crunch time!!  But first of all, let's look at last week's list...

1.  Make a back for Lilli's Christmas (gift) quilt.

2.  Quilt that quilt while I have time without her here!

Done!  No pics, though, because I had to hide it this morning...

3.  Finish cleaning up the junkroom boxes.

99% done!  Why does it seem there's always something that hangs around even when you think you're done?

4.  Get all the learning and craft stuff together for Lilli.

Done!  She was so excited this morning, she played with about six different things for 15 minutes or so each!

5.  Sew up a back for Emmy's Christmas (gift) quilt.

I didn't get to this one yet - but Emmy won't know if I work on it while she's here!

6.  Make some more dump-and-sew blocks if time permits.

Didn't get to these either...

I realized I haven't shown any progress pics of Emmy's stocking lately - so here's where it was the last time I showed it...

...and here's where it is today!

 

I'm at the point of doing all the backstitching, so the whole picture is slowly coming into focus.  I can't wait to get this finished!

So now let me share with you the complete lunacy that I have taken on just seven weeks before Christmas...  I have decided that I need to make, before Christmas (and some of them are actually due a few weeks before Christmas) five quilts, four pillowcases, a nightgown, a messenger bag, a scarf, and a wall hanging, plus host two Christmas parties at my house.  (I'd also really like to add two more quilts to that list, but I'm not hopeful that I'll be able to do that.)  Whackadoo!!  But I worked on getting everything organized today; tomorrow will be cutting so that I can sew on things as time permits!  Now here's the list for this week...

1.  Cut out two quilts.

2.  Cut out and make four pillowcases.

3.  Cut out the nightgown and the messenger bag.

4.  Make the scarf.

5.  Sandwich the wall hanging.

6. Make a back for Emmy's quilt.

7.  Take care of any ministry needs that arise.

8.  Finish stitching Emmy's stocking.

9.  Bind Lilli's quilt.

It seems so strange not to have a list of ministry quilts on the list - but I guess it's a good week not to have a stack of ministry quilts to make!!  Of course, as soon as I say that, we'll get five requests...  I just need to really take advantage of the time I have to get to work on those Christmas gifts!!

In other news, I started keeping both my granddaughters again today, and it went very well!  Some funny moments - Emmy kept looking at Lilli as if she were wondering why Lilli was here, and one time Lilli got in my lap and gave me a huge hug, and Emmy looked at her, with a look on her face that clearly said, "Hey, that's MY Nana!"  When I said something to Lilli about it, she looked at Emmy and said, "She was my Nana first!"  It's really cute to see them together, though - Emmy has a very special smile that she reserves just for Lilli, and Lilli adores her little sister and is very sweet to her.  It's going to be fun to have them both here together!!

And now, the question is - - - what are you working on this week?

Hugs!

Sarah

Can I Get A Whoop Whoop? Let's Hear It For Krista!

Hi, all!

Here it is Friday again - are you ready to get your whoop whoop on?  I sure am!  I haven't done a whole lot this week except for putting stuff away from the Great Junk Room Muck-Out - and that doesn't make for great pictures.  But I did quilt a top for a new friend that I want to share with you!!

Krista is a friend of my niece's - and I'm happy to say, a new friend of mine!  She pieced this amazing quilt top for her mother-in-law, using 'Bama fabrics - a true hardship for her, since she's not a 'Bama fan herself!  

My niece asked if I would be willing to quilt it for Krista, and of course I said yes!  Krista did a great job of piecing this - nice and flat and beautifully pressed!  It quilted up like a dream..

I used a pretty double loop random meander on this, which is very simple but looks really elegant.  It fit in very well with the fabrics Krista used - lots of girly swirly prints.

She even managed to find some 'Bama fabric for the back, too.  She says it will make her mother-in-law very happy - and isn't that a great reason to make a quilt?  Whoop whoop for Krista!!!

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And now it's your turn!

What's made you dance a happy dance this week?

Share with us - we want to cheer right along with you!

The linky party will stay open until Sunday midnight...

Hugs!

Sarah