I am blogging from my iPad right now, but it is a bit of a pain to type on the on-screen keyboard. Plus, I can’t move photos from my camera to my iPad. The camera on it and my phone doesn’t take very good photos.

I did order a keyboard and a card reader for it, but they will probably get here later in the week.

1. Complete Love Letters – Month 3 – I finished one, but ran out of fabric and had to order more.
2. 5 Arrowhead blocks – DONE.  Though only 4 got photographed. Oh well.
3. Love Letters Month 4 – Nope – I have a mental roadblock when it comes to this quilt, I guess.
4. Designer Mystery Month 9 – DONE!!
5. 2 blocks for the Super Secret Project #3 – I got one finished and started the other one.  My machine really didn’t like the fabric that was given to me and was eating the fabric.  I don’t have a single stitch plate for my 6600 yet -  so I will probably take it with me on Saturday to the Sassy Bee and work on it since that one has a single stitch plate.
6. Design Super Secret Project #4 aka my guild’s annual challenge quilt – I won’t be able to post anything – even teasers – about this until May because the members will vote on this and I know some of them read my blog.  DONE!!  I even pulled fabrics and ordered threads to start working on it next week.  It has to be appliqued so I  also traced the pattern on to the back of the base block so I can back-baste applique it.

Not on the list that got done:

4 Tsunami “quilt tops”.  I really am having fun with them.  I also pulled fabrics for 4 more “tops”.  Sunday, I worked on another quilt top and got all the units made for it.  Now just to trim the units and put it together.

Blessing Block #1 from Temecula Quilt Co.  This was such a cute block and quick, that I couldn’t pass up another mystery from them.

I sure don’t know where this last week went off to but I want it back!!  It flew by.  Before I knew it, it was Friday and I hadn’t gotten anything done on my list!

1. Quilt the five tsunami quilt tops that are done.  Get them ready for binding.
2. Again – try to get months 3 & 4 on Love Letters done.
3. Quick clean of sewing room.  It is getting a bit messy.
4. Work on Terrain Maze at the Sassy S & B Quilters bee
5. Work on Month 1 of Merry Merry Snowmen.  I ordered threads and I should be ready to start this now.

I do have to do some guild stuff this week.  The kids are out of school on Friday for a little over a week since Spring Break is next week. 

1. Month 3 Love Letters – nope not completely done.  I did get the 12′’ portion of both blocks done.  Just have to put the “setting triangles on both blocks”.
2. Make 2 blocks for Super Secret Project #3 – not done either

   Why I didn’t get much of the above done:

3. Sandwich Sunshine Pineapples – DONE!  Also quilted and bound!!
4. Sandwich Super-Secret Project #1 – DONE!  Also quilted and bound!!

I will have photos of Sunshine Pineapples after tonight’s guild meeting and a “teaser” of Super Secret Project #1.  Since it is a gift, I will have to wait until the recipient gets it in the mail.

1. Complete Love Letters – Month 3
2. 5 Arrowhead blocksLove Letters Month 4
3. Designer Mystery Month 9
4. 2 blocks for the Super Secret Project #3
5. Design Super Secret Project #4 aka my guild’s annual challenge quilt – I won’t be able to post anything – even teasers – about this until May because the members will vote on this and I know some of them read my blog.

I have a lot of “Super Secret Projects” going on lately.  Some are for gifts and some are for challenges.  I have a few posts already written waiting on the appropriate time that they can be posted so I don’t forget about them. 

1. Month 3 Love Letters – not done again
2. Sandwich Sunshine Pineapples – not done again
3. 2 more tsunami quilts (this month *may* be the last month we are collecting them, so I want to make up for not making so many before) – only one got done
4. Bind the 4 tsunami quilts I made last week – wow… the only thing I got completely done this week.
5. Sandwich Super-Secret Project #1 – nope… not this either.

1. Month 3 Love Letters
2. Sandwich Sunshine Pineapples
3. Sandwich Super-Secret Project #1
4. Make 2 blocks for Super Secret Project #3

That may be all I am able to get done this week.  I had planned to sew all day today, but since my office chair broke (boohoo!) I have to spend today shopping for a new one.  I hope I can find a new one relatively fast and cheap.

Have a wonderful week!

1. Complete Month 3  2 Love Letters  – Done!
2. Month 4  3Love Letters –Nope!  I got almost finished and majorly messed up the flying geese, so I had to track down more fabric.
3. Month 5 4 Love Letters – the problem with Month 3 made me not want to work on these anymore this week.
4. Two Tsunami quilts  – Almost done.  I just have to bind (four!! of ) them.
5. Sandwich Pineapple quilts  – not sandwiched, but I did find the backing and pieced it to get it ready.
6. Complete Cleaning & organizing sewing area- this was mostly  done!  I still have to find spots for a few things on my desk and organize a few cubbies, but it is workable!

What else did I get done last week?  Well I made a quilt top (Super Secret Project #1) and got the backing ready to sandwich it as well.

I also started on month one of Merry Merry Snowmen.   As of this writing, I have almost gotten the square-in-a-square blocks done.  I will have to say I am a wee bit intimidated by it though.

I also worked some more on my terrain quilt at the Sassy S&B Quilter’s bee on Saturday.

1. Month 3 Love Letters
2. Sandwich Sunshine Pineapples
3. 2 more tsunami quilts (this month *may* be the last month we are collecting them, so I want to make up for not making so many before)
4. Bind the 4 tsunami quilts I made last week
5. Sandwich Super-Secret Project #1

Have a wonderful week!

1. Month 7 Designer Mystery – DONE!

2. Month 8 Designer Mystery—Done!

3. Month 3 Love Letters – halfway completed

4. Month 4 Love Letters – nope

5. Fifteen Arrowhead Blocks – got twelve done

1. Complete Month 3 Love Letters
2. Month 4 Love Letters
3. Month 5 Love Letters
4. Two Tsunami quilts
5. Sandwich Pineapple quilts
6. Complete Cleaning & organizing sewing area.

Last week was a sort-of hectic week.  Tuesday, I picked up my new sewing machine – a Janome 6600.  I played a little with it that day, but really didn’t get a chance to do much sewing until Thursday.

Wednesday, I decided to re-organize my sewing area to accommodate the new machine.  I also finally was able to convince my husband that we no longer needed the desktop that resided in there.  I was prepping the room for the removal of that computer and desk.

Thursday was mine and my husband’s 17th anniversary and I went to lunch with my hubby that day. That was when I got the 12 arrowhead blocks completed.  I have 10 more to make.

Friday, My husband and I had a nice dinner out at a steak restaurant.  Not much got done that day. 

Saturday was a lot of household chores, but I did manage to get my Designer Mystery blocks caught up and most of one month of Love Letters.

Sunday, we went to the beach.  When we got home, we took the computer desk out of the sewing room and set it out for our monthly bulk trash pickup (where we can set old furniture, etc, that does not fit in the trash can)..  I do believe that it may not be there when they actually come to pick up the bulk trash though – it is fine with me.  If someone can use the desk I say “go for it”. 

No Listed Goals.  Jury duty was on Tuesday and while I didn’t get picked for a jury (my case was settled before the jury process started. I did have to wait around all day because though I was slated to start in the morning, I guess settling took a bit longer and I had to wait until the afternoon).  I was starting to feel icky that morning, but was hitting a full-blown cold by the afternoon.

1. Month 7 Designer Mystery

2. Month 8 Designer Mystery

3. Month 3 Love Letters

4. Month 4 Love Letters

5. Fifteen Arrowhead Blocks

1. Month 7 Designer Mystery

2. Month 8 Designer Mystery

3. Month 3 Love Letters

4. Month 4 Love Letters

5. Five Arrowhead Blocks

It was bound to happen.  A week when I didn’t get any of my listed goals done.  Why?  I have many excuses… lol.  Monday was a holiday.  Tuesday, Both of my kids were home from school sick (nasty VOG-related allergies) but we did make a quick run to get my new free motion foot and I purchased some 9-foot boards for my basting technique.  I will eat my words and say the foot was the problem for my FMQ woes.  Wednesday, my son was home sick again, and I got Coconut Shave Ice quilted and bound.  Thursday I don’t remember what I did – probably caught up on housework and I am blocking it out of my mind , but my 20 gross of safety pins came in.  Friday, I sandwiched Geometric.  Saturday, it was quilted, and Sunday I bound it.  So though I didn’t get things on my list done, I did get plenty done.!

I am not putting anything on my “to-do” list this week.  I have guild tonight and I have to spend today prepping for it (I am the VP and in charge of Membership so I have to prep the sign-in sheets and print membership cards, etc.)

Tuesday I have to report to Jury Duty (if when I call today after 5pm and they still need me to report).  If I don’t have to go to Jury Duty, I will work on last week’s goals plus add another 10 arrowhead blocks.

I hope your week is productive!

1. Bind Awesome!The binding is attached and it just needs to be sewn down. I will do this on Tuesday at the Tuesday Bee.

DONE!  I got it done at the Tuesday Bee – I was taking the last stitches as the others were putting the tables away.  I felt bad for not helping, but I really wanted to get the binding done since I had only a few inches left.

2. Purple Purses.I have two purses to make for “late Christmas Gifts” for the girls I carpool to and from school.

DONE!  I got them done on Friday.  I will post pictures this week after I give them to the girls.

3. Piece the backing for Geometric. I need to piece the backing for my #5 UFO for the challenge.

DONE! I got this done on Thursday. I used leftovers from the quilt top and some Bella Solid yardage I had. I forgot how much it takes to back a king-sized quilt!

4. Make 5 Arrowhead blocks.If I don’t do this each week, I will never get this UFO done.

DONE!  I got this done on Wednesday.  No photos because my camera battery needed charging and I didn’t charge it until Friday night.

Again, not much scheduled, but if I get more done, then I will be happy. The big things that need to get done are listed.

I want to go to water aerobics four days this week. I would go every day this week (M,T, W, T, F, S), but I have the Tuesday bee and the Sassy S&B Quilters Bee is on Saturday. I am looking forward to sewing with the gals. I don’t know what I want to work on yet for the bee. I might just take Geometric to sandwich since I will need two tables together to sandwich it.

I wasn’t able to go to aerobics but two times last week.  Monday and Thursday.  Tuesday and Saturdays were bees, Wednesday I didn’t feel very well and Friday was just too dang cold.  I woke up and it was 62 degrees.  Ok.  You might not think that is cold, but for here it is; and the pools are outdoors and run about 10 –15 degrees cooler than outside.

Geometric didn’t get sandwiched on Saturday.  I didn’t have enough safety pins to do it.  I realized this Wednesday and started quilting on my son’s quilt Coconut Shave Ice.  I got about 1/3 of the way done and it was driving me crazy; the thread kept breaking, it kept skipping stitches.  I tried everything I could think of.  I called the repairman on Saturday and he thinks my presser foot is not working well.  We will see.  I will have to wait until Wednesday to go pick another up.

Saturday I did start working on my Terrain Quilt though.  I also got one of the blocks for the 2011 Designer Mystery completed – photos to follow.

1.  Month 7 Designer Mystery

2.  Month 8 Designer Mystery

3.  Month 3 Love Letters

4.  Month 4 Love Letters

5.  Five Arrowhead Blocks

I am not going to put completing the quilting on Coconut Shave Ice and sandwiching Geometric.  I am not convinced that the new free-motion foot will solve my problem with the quilting.  I ordered two   Twenty gross (20 x 1, 444  144) safety pins today, but I don’t know when they will come in – so that isn’t on this week’s goal.

For my goal of aerobics, I am going to shoot for three days – it has been really chilly in the mornings and class is at 9am.

I hope you have a very productive week too!

I did get all my goals done. As a recap, they were

1. Finish prep-work for for my Folded Log Cabins – DONE!
2. Sandwich “Paris in the Fall” – DONE!
3. Cut out “Terrain” – DONE

What else did I get done? 

My machine was ready to be picked up on Wednesday.  It made me so happy!

I got four block of the month blocks for my guild completed.  I also completed from start to finish, my 12 Days of Christmas quilt.  The last thing I got completed was quilting the last half of my Awesome! quilt.  I had quilted half of it before my machine had to go in for service.

I also went back to water aerobics for three days this week. I was so sore.  But it was a good sore.

1.  Bind Awesome! The binding is attached and it just needs to be sewn down.  I will do this on Tuesday at the Tuesday Bee.

2.  Purple Purses.  I have two purses to make for “late Christmas Gifts” for the girls I carpool to and from school. 

3.  Piece the backing for Geometric.  I need to piece the backing for my #5 UFO for the challenge. 

4. Make 5 Arrowhead blocks.  If I don’t do this each week, I will never get this UFO done.

Again, not much scheduled, but if I get more done, then I will be happy.  The big things that need to get done are listed. 

I want to go to water aerobics four days this week.  I would go every day this week (M,T, W, T, F, S), but I have the Tuesday bee and the Sassy S&B Quilters Bee is on Saturday.  I am looking forward to sewing with the gals.  I don’t know what I want to work on yet for the bee.  I might just take Geometric to sandwich since I will need two tables together to sandwich it.