This should get your toe tapping today.  



We're off to go Christmas shopping today.

Happy  Thanksgiving!!

I hope you all are having a wonderful day.   This year will just be Don & I and I thought about just going somewhere to eat out.... but then I thought about not having any leftovers.  That's what's sooooo good about all that turkey.  So we went to the store and I got all the fixin's and I'm cooking a regualar feast today.  
I won't have to cook for days.  hahaha
Several of you have asked if Don likes his quilt.  Well....... He hasn't said anything more about it.  I guess he must think he has to keep acting like he doesn't know.  HAHAHA
I'm working on the last border now and then I have to find a backing for it.  Maybe I'll get this thing done for Christmas. 

I'm on my laptop this morning so I don't have any pics to show you.  My PC had to go to the (new) computer guy to fix a problem the (other) computer guy left me with.   Grrrrrr!! 
Thank goodness I have my laptop.  I don't use it much at home but it sure is coming in handy now.  I won't get the pc back till next week and the thought of no computer time for that long....... OMGosh just gives me chills thinking about it.  heehee

Have a great day

 Just thought you'd like to know.....  
I've been exposed! 
My cover is blown! 
He knows!  Yesterday he came back while I was sewing and stood there visiting with me and then IT HAPPENED!  
He finally asked me who I was making that quilt for!!!
!!!! PANIC !!!  Mind racing!!   
For about two seconds I thought about outright lying. 
But .... since time is running out (see that cute banner up there--there's just days left) and I hadn't come up with a good way to get the top quilted and binding sewn on without him knowing anyway..... I decided to just own up and spill the beans. 
Whew!! 
Glad that's over so now I can get on with it and sew openly.

Here's the blocks all set together.....
Once I started setting the blocks together and after almost having all of them done.... I realized I hadn't been paying attention to the blue squares.  They needed to rotate every other block to make the correct pattern using the blue stripe.  So .... after froggin' (a lot) I finally had then sew back together. 
Now I'm working on the borders.  I do have the first one already attached.  There will be another 5 to add yet.
More pics to follow.....

Yesterday was another traveling day.  I have started another series of shots for my knee so we were at the Dr. office and then stopped in to visit with our Edward Jones guy.  He's such a hoot.  heehee
Then went to lunch at a little cafe that serves great home cooking.   Enjoyed every bite.  Too much food!!   Needless to say we just had soup for supper. 

I'm going to spend the rest of today in my sewing room.  I've feeling pressure about getting Don's quilt finished.  So I've decided I'm just going to have to press on until I get it done.  Hidden or not! 

Added two more books to my shelf today.  Years ago I used to read a lot of Danielle Steel so when I was looking for books to read I was at least familiar with her.  I bought A Good Woman and finished it last night.  It was OK I guess.  But I probably will not buy any more of hers.  Not really what I'm interested in anymore. 

As you can probably tell (if you've visited my blog much) I decided it was time to change things up a bit again.  I've never been one to always keep my house the same for long so I guess my blog is no different.

The sun is shining!!   

2nd Place! 
class 3A State Volleyball 

Our volleyball girls did a great job!  The best finish for Phillipsburg ever.
And our sweet Alivia was a very big part of this win.  She finished her senior volleyball year with a bang.  Great blocks at the net.  Super kills and steady and sure all the way.
She's the cute blond holding the trophy.  heehee  
You bet we're proud!!!

So OK... more dreary grey drizzley chilly weather again these last couple of days. 
Enough already!! 
Where's the sun????????

At least my snowball bush is really pretty this year.

As I was taking pics this morning I saw this little fellow fly into the cranberry bush so I quickly snapped him. 
Looks like he's telling me off.  hahaha

I'm still working on D's blocks as often as I can.  I've decided to make him a bed quilt since he'd get a lot more use out of that than he would a snuggle quilt.  I have 30 blocks finished so far and about 10 more to go.  I thought for sure he was going to catch on yesterday when he walked in to visit with me. 
I hadn't heard him come in the house and all of a sudden there he stood telling me about something the neighbor had said.  I had two of his blocks I was working on (one in the machine and the other laying on the ironing board) and there was nothing to do!!!    I just acted like nothing was wrong and he kept taking and never said one word about what I was working on.  HAHAHA 
I knew he wouldn't get it. 

I'm really enjoying reading again.  And since there isn't much on TV that's really worth watching.... I've been shutting it off and grabbing a book. 
Much more enjoyable. 
I've two more books finished.  They were both small quick reads and nice for a change.  Tuesdays with Morrie and  For One More Day  both written by Mitch Albom.  (thanks Jess) 
I've added a new bookshelf to my sidebar to track the books I've read and I can also go to the Shelfari site and find most popular books and their descriptions. 
Fun huh?  

  I've spent the last couple of days reading Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. 

Unlike many of the recent books I've started lately .... I just couln't put this one down.   I will definitely be reading more of her novels.      
Here's the info if you're interested. 

Today I wil get back to my sewing.  Still working on a few of D's blocks as I can sneak in. 

The sun is shining today.   I miss it when it's hidden. 

I saw this on one of the forums this morning and just had to share. 

Yep!  I so identify!!

If you don't have one of these..... 

to help you do this........................

You really need to get one.  I'm not sure you can tell that there is a ridge on the back that grips the seam as you cut off the excess. 
I love this little ruler.  I use it to trim off the triangles and it's especially useful when I'm paper-piecing and need to trim the seams.  There is also a 1/8 inch ruler to use for mini-trimming.  Of course being the gadget person that I am I have them both. 
I use this one all the time....... but....... I don't think I've ever used the other one ...... yet.  hahaha

I worked on sewing more strips today and I put together three more blocks.  Don was home all day and I had to stay under cover.  He even kept coming in the room every so often to visit with me. 
What's up with that?    

I am totally convinced that pressing some seams open is the way to go for me. 

I've found I can be much more precise in matching angled seams if I press them open. (shhhhh don't tell the quilt police)  lol
And I like the added benefit that there isn't the extra layer of fabric that is there when seams are pressed to the side.   I can't feel that bump.
It takes a bit more time that's for sure....but I'm liking it.
And I 'm especially liking the accuracy that results for me.

Today I wanted to work on the burgundy quilt that I had cut out around the same time as I started Don's quilt.
It was going to be my "cover quilt".
And I don't mean to cover up with.... I mean I planned to use it to cover up the fact that I was actually working on D's quilt.
I figured If I had both cut and ready I could just quickly hide his B/W blocks and grab this one.
It's worked very well so far.  

It's a Quiltmaker pattern called Touch of Sunshine (free pattern when you subscribe to the magazine).  It will be a Queen size when finished.
The largest I've tackled so far.  But kinda scary.... because I'm such a slow poke.  If it takes me weeks to make a snuggle quilt.... goodness how long will it take me to make a queen?