The Calm After the Storm {Longarm Quilting}

I know it is backwards because the calm is supposed to be before the storm, but I am praying for some calm after the storm.

Boy, what a storm it has been since I last posted on WIP Wednesday last week.  I am actually in shock when I look at the calendar.   Bronchitis.  Croup.  Ear Infections.  Sinusitis. 

  

A scrapbook retreat in between!

It was a war zone!

We also knew Button was due for surgery for ear tubes and adenoid removal this past Friday.   But he was bumped unexpectedly to Thursday!  Which really messed up all of my plans for this action quilt.

I was supposed to be quilting all day Thursday.  

Instead?  I had to manage it while Button was still in recovery mode on Friday.

 Fun. Times.

I know! I know!  If you have been with me awhile, you might remember that I swore off all future school auction quilts!

Not my finest quilting job, I will be perfectly honest, but it was done and finished for the mom that made the top!   I am really only sharing it because I think it is a really great idea for a school auction project! 

She and her mom pieced the quilt top together.  It was really neat to hear her talk about how her mom dusted off her machine and might start get back into quilting again!

Instead of stumping a bunch of third graders and asking them to draw something for the derby theme "Run for the Roses"?  She printed off coloring pages for her classroom, had them color them, scanned them,  and printed them off on fabric.  

She did mention that she wishes she had printed just the coloring book images and let them color with the crayons directly onto the fabric.

My job?  Quilt!  I simply did a meander/stipple quilting in black thread on the sashing and border.  I didn't capture it in the photos, but you get the idea, right?

At first, I tried a few different things for the blocks, but finally settled for invisible thread.

I made the binding and attached it for her too.  I have to admit, she considered it a favor...I considered it awesome because I love doing binding.  Am I the only one that could bind quilts all day long?

The good thing about the whole thing? 

I am back in the quilting saddle.  Lots of sew-jo going on around here. 

Keep your eye out on Instagram or Facebook and here!

Father's Day

I think Mr. Boss and I would agree that his Father's day was much like my Mother's day.

Just another day!

I had BIG plans for a gift for him, but my computer issues, prevented it on Friday.  

We did fit a few fun things..

My new printer (my old one decided to act up this past week too) has this cool thing where I can link to the internet and print Crayola Coloring pages directly from my printer.  A push of a button and we had two different Father's Day pages to color.

Bunny was DELIGHTED.  He may be 10, but he still loves to color with crayons.  Button was so intrigued that he wanted to sit on my studio stools like a big boy.

How am I doing Daddy?

 

Do you see that curled up tongue? 

Takes after his mother.  If you look carefully, you can see me doing the same thing while I am concentrating on anything...sewing, cooking, ironing, laundry, scrapbooking....and I am doing it right now while I am blogging!

Later, Button watched his daddy doing some yardwork.

The guy never stops!  If he does, he is asleep!

Button can't wait to help him!

Sometime during nap-time, I opened the package I received Saturday.  I wrote more about our Molly Bear HERE on my Butterfly Kisses blog.  I almost felt bad that there was a bit sadness on his special day, but if he is anything like me, it is hard to forget the one that is missing. 

After nap time, they went out for their "pooh" time. 

 Every Sunday, you can find these two all alone in the pool right before dinner.  I sometimes join, but for the most part, I think it is there special one-on-one time together. I just work on the laundry and ironing and watch the action!

And don't worry the older ones showed their faces a few times, sitting and watching the U.S. Open, eating his yummy pulled pork roast dinner.

But now back to our regularly scheduled programs...some quilt projects this week!