Yea, It Is a GOoD day!

I love this little charm I picked up in the Unity church bookstore. The Unity wings mean alot to me having grown up attending services at Unity Village, Missouri, sometimes with my parents, but also with my grandparents. The tiny hanging charm says "believe."

The quilter's group met at Altanta Unity church today. Our fearless leader, Theoan, has been busy at her sewing machine. Under this batik beauty are TWO more quilt tops completed from the mystery task we each took on. Mine is still in pieces. My ONE that is.

I did, however, finish sewing the binding on my Flower Shop wall hanging. I am in the picture so mom can see my new short haircut. My fantasy of growing long hair again is abandoned.

Flower Shop soon to be done.

Yesterday I spent the day quilting Flower Shop (pattern by Renee Plains). I dragged my feet, but figured I needed to get it done. Minor flaws (trust me, most crafting flaws are minor, if we keep a healthy perspective on life) kept me from finishing it. It is like I lose enthusiam when I don't get things "right." That has been a problem of mine ever since I can remember. Seriously, quilts are beautiful when they are quilted. Minor flaws (even major ones) be damned. Today, at the church quilter's group, I will apply the binding. Mom and I have been having discussions on why I insist on doing bias binding. She says it isn't necessary; I need to try new things. I will be up there on Saturday (flying AIRTRAN) to spend a few days.

Ta Da!

And thank you to Pam at Patchwork Cottage in Lawrenceville for helping me select the binding fabric.

Renee Plains "Flower Shop" progress

At "Thimbles" Friday night I got back to work on the "Flower Shop" piece I began at "Primitives" in Missouri. I have all the blocks fused. Oh wait, let me tell you a little about my first fusing. There are big differences in that fusible web stuff. It helps to know what you are doing. I had forgotten the web I'd bought in MO, so I stopped at Hobby Lobby on the way to Thimbles to purchase more. There were so many types; I did my best to get what I needed, but the stuff I bought was dreadful. The web part would not stick to the sheet no matter what I did. I just hope I didn't do any damage to Chris' iron or ironing sheet. I had some of the other web at home, so that is what I used today, except on the pots because it wasn't wide enough. Also, don't look too close at the pots; at least all my flowers face the same way! (Oh, freaking DUH! I just checked Renee's picture, and I can see I did all my flowers facing the wrong way. Well, GEEZ, at least they are CONSISTENT!)

Next thing is to remember what Pat told me about stitching the fused items down. I will have to do some practice stitching before I work on the real flowers.