Color Chips

I can't help it! I've started another block for the color chip challenge.

Between coughing fits I just keep cutting. Maybe someone should put the fabric away?

Also I just received this lovely cheddar and I SO wanted to see how it looked.

I'm sold! Love it! So now (someday) I can do a real pomegranate quilt.

Take care, Brandie

It's Alive

I may live. Today my head stays stationary and moves when I do, not feeling as if I left it in another room with every step. And another good thing, two nostrils for air. That's my favorite part, being able to breathe again. Hurray!


Now for some quilty show and tell. A little block, still unadorned, but a start. My guild started a new challenge. We were given two paint chips, can you tell what my two colors are?

Next I'll appliqué some flowers in the basket. I just needed a couch project and this was it.

Thank you for all the well wishes, they're working!

Take care, Brandie

An Improvement

I must have bad karma, because I'm still under the weather. I finally went to the Dr and came home with 10 days of antibiotics. Not looking forward to taking them but not looking forward being a mouth breather either. And it would be nice to breath without gurgling or coughing. I had just enough energy to grab so probiotics for after. Glad to be home.

Yesterday I convinced my family that I needed a ride to Lowe's to pick up a few items.

I've been collecting a few antique sewing items and they have been taking over my sewing space. So I NEEDED to fix it, sick or not.

Here is a before (with a little clean up)

To an after.
I'll have you know, this took me hours to finish. At least an hour to hang the shelf. Drill one hole, rest for 15 minutes. Repeat 5 times.

I also bought a set of smaller shelves for the opposite side of the room, but I'm not ready for them. I may need to finish those antibiotics before I tackle them.

Hope all is well in your worlds and blog ladies! I need entertainment as I lay on my couch coughing up lung slugs!

Take care, Brandie

Murphy's Law

I've been so lazy this last week and wouldn't you know that it's caught up with me.

I woke up tuesday with some pain in my chest. I don't know how you feel about it, but I think bronchitis is the worse pain ever! Way worse than childbirth!
So I started with some expectorant and lots and lots of hot scalding tea.

Today it's is my head. Much better except I sound terrible.

Yesterday I decided to do something, instead of curling up with a book. I cut out a million more squares for my cousins wedding quilt.

I had begged some scraps off my quilting buddies and finally got around to cutting them out.

Have I mentioned that this will be a scrappy quilt?

With my own scraps I had enough to complete about a third of the quilt. Then I ran out. Thank goodness I have quilty friends! They really answered a need.

So what do you think of my partial layout?

It's coming along. If I can keep up, I should be finished with this in the fall.

Of course now that I don't feel 100 percent, I want to do more. I really do want to sit at my machine and quilt. I really do want to sew 100 more 9-patches.
I really don't want to do housework. I'm too tired for that!

Wishing you all a wonderful germ free day!
Take care, Brandie

LOVE

Here they are all together.
Someday I plan to make a cover for the long pillow on my window seat. I was inspired and I went with it.

If you love appliqué and you love letters, this book may be for you.
How cute would it be on a baby quilt. Just their first initial? Or monograms for a wedding?
The possibilities are endless.

Now back to the real work, quilting my king sized school houses. Arg!

Take care,
Brandie

"E"

"L"

Any guess as to what it spells yet?