That "four letter word" got in the way Again!!

Can you believe I missed a couple of posts yet again? That four little word I don't like to say got in the way, yet again. You know the one? Starts with "W" ends in "K" and has "OR" in the middle. Yah! That one!!! But never mind....we will start again.

I've been super busy, as you already have guessed, but not much of it has been sewing. I have put in a few hours at the machine and it sure feels good. I even created a little wall hanging and it won first place at Quilt Day 7. The theme was Canadiana and what would you think would fit the bill? Moose? Beaver? the Nickel? Heck no! I thought of something so very near and dear to my heart!!
Yes, my Timmies!! and the idea came to me the weekend before the event. But that wasn't the best part!!
See I speed read and sometimes "miss" the important part. Well I really did it this time...I thought it was 100" minimum....but it was MAXIMUM!! This was originally approx. 28" x 32", which meant I had to cut this baby down to roughly 25 inches square! What a challenge! and I only started to put it back together the Friday nite before it was to be shown. I did win even though there were only 8 entries, but it was a win. Moral of the story, "as in quilting you measure twice and cut once; so read twice and twice again, then and only then do you proceed!!"

More projects next week ... yes I have some catching up to do!!

Sew happy you read this today,
Choux

Comments

  1. WandaMay 2, 2013 at 10:22 PM

    Shirley I figured out that if I type up several posts when I have time and schedule them to post in the future I can keep to my schedule of one post a week and then if I want to post something else, I can still do that.

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  2. Marlene @ KISSed Quilts . comMay 2, 2013 at 10:36 PM

    Congrats!! Very cute.

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  3. AnonymousMay 3, 2013 at 1:15 AM

    This is so lovely good work Shirley.
    Love
    Frank and Suzanne

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  4. BethMay 7, 2013 at 6:30 PM

    Congrats!!! So happy you won!

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