Sleepy Hollow

I started the Cross Eyed Cricket's  Sleepy Hollow sometime last year.

  http://www.123stitch.com/item/Cross-Eyed-Cricket-Sleepy-Hollow-Cross-Stitch-Pattern/07-2439

 I only worked on it a couple of times, and then I put it away.  It is a smaller count linen than I like to stitch on, and the linen is hand dyed, stiff, and no fun to stitch on.  I started in the middle of the chart, a very unexciting place in this chart: gray, white, off white, ecru....

It will get better once I'm done with this part, but I'll never get done with this part unless I start stitching on it.  So my goal is to work on it at least 2 hours a week.  I'll try to remember to post pictures to keep myself accountable. I might even get it stitched by Halloween.

Rethinking the Baby Quilt

A couple of weeks ago, I was my LQS, and I found 'Victorious', a Deb Tucker pattern that uses her square squared and vee block rulers.  Since I have both rulers, and the pattern was on sale, I bought it.  I am happy with the rulers, and I like the pattern.  I am not happy with my color choices.  Too much yellow, I think.  I wish I'd done the border using purple instead.

 

Right now the quilt is a good size to be a baby quilt (45 in. square).  I could tone down the yellow by putting on a purple border, but then the quilt would be big for  a baby quilt.  What size is the perfect baby quilt? 

 

To see more design walls:  http://www.patchworktimes.com/2013/05/06/design-wall-monday-15/

Stash Report: Positive Net Used!!!!

By getting my Project of Doom quilt bound, I've pushed my net used numbers into positive territory.  Just barely.  So far this year I have a net used of 1.75 yards. My goal is to continue this trend!  Regular readers of my blog are probably sick to death of this quilt. (I love it, but I'm a little tired of it too!).  If you need close ups of some of the blocks and quilting pattern: http://sewingoutofmycomfortzone.blogspot.com/2013/05/project-of-doom-bound.html

Many thanks to Jennifer Ofenstein, who provides the Quilt of Doom pattern free this site: http://sewhooked.com/harry-potter/

If you'd like to see other people's versions of this quilt, there is a flickr site.  http://www.flickr.com/groups/projectofdoom/

If you are not a Harry Potter fan but like the Hobbit, comics, Sesame Street, Dr.Who or The Hunger Games, check out
http://www.fandominstitches.com/  for free patterns. 

                                                          Used This Week: 9.25yards

Used Year to Date:  38.00yards

Added this week: 0  yards

Added year to date: 36.25 yards

Net Used: 1.75  yards

 

To see other stash reports: http://www.patchworktimes.com/2013/05/05/stash-report-week-18-2013/

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Spring!!

Spring has finally arrived.  It is warm, and everybody's yards look great.  This is one of my favorite times of the year.

 

                                                     Dutch Irises

 

                                                     Pincushion flowers

                                                   Verbena

                                                    Columbine

                                                               Bearded Irises

Project of Doom, Bound

It took 4 months, but I've finally completed The Project of Doom!  It is bound, and I stitched a sleeve on the back, so it is easy to hang.  I am done in plenty of time since the graduation party is May 25.  I estimate I used 8.5 yards in this quilt.

 

 

 

 

 

I've also finished some doll clothes this week that have been cut out for a while. A couple of dresses:

 

 

 

A pair of low rise pants:

 

They look better with the top. The top is my own design.

I estimate I've used 3/4 of a yard in total for the doll clothes.  The dresses and the top close with zippers, not Velcro. 

To see what other  people are working on:
http://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/2013/05/can-i-get-whoop-whoop-lions-and-tigers.html

 

 

Computer Problems

My laptop died last week.  Multiple problems:  turns itself on and off, keys don't work, sometimes it doesn't turn on unless I take out the battery.  All of the issues happen randomly.  I went to drop it off at Best Buy last week.  I had 45 minutes between a soccer game and the time I was supposed to meet my friend.  How long can it take to drop off a computer, right?  I mean the soccer field was about 8 minutes from Best Buy.  Well, you can't just drop off a computer at Best Buy.  You have to make an appointment to drop off a computer (who do they think they are?  The Apple Store?). So I waited in line to get an appointment, and then I waited a half hour until my appointment.

 They said it would take 3 days unless it had to be sent back to the factory.  Monday I found out that it is being sent back to the factory.  So now I'm using a clunky old computer we keep in the playroom.  I am not a computer expert.  Way back in 1986, when floppy discs were really floppy,  I worked in a lab that was state of the art.  We had PCs hooked to  automated sampling equipment, a network, a PC that acted as a server, and we sent our encrypted data to our clients. Then I had babies, quit work, and computers passed me by.  I am thrilled to death that I got iTunes and audible set up on this old computer without my husband's help. 

Today's challenge will be to try to get pictures off my camera and onto this computer.  There is no card slot on this computer.  I'll have to find the cables that go to the camera and read the manual.  I hope the cables are in the camera box. If not, I think I'm out of luck.

I've made a few more dresses and a pair of low rise pants for my niece's American Girl doll.  Now I have to find some sort of tunic pattern to cover up her belly when she wears the pants.  There are many free patterns for doll clothes on line. I've also been working on a baby quilt, and I got the Project of Doom quilt back from the longarmer and bound it on Sunday.  So lots of pictures to share if I get this camera/computer transfer figured out.