Yesterday was completely jam-packed with Basketball and shopping; thankfully Paul volunteered to drive us so I was able to complete most of my school planning while traveling to the game one hour out-of-town.
Today, however, was devoted mostly to machine time :0)
Since Angela posted a Mr. Linky for the 2012 Scrap Challenge, I chose to start the day with some green scraps. Two more Jack-in-the-Box blocks completed to join the red blocks from January; in addition to the "bonus triangle" squares that are being planned for a scrappy border on the final quilt.
When those were completed and scraps tidies up, I looked over at my design wall and frowned.
My wall hasn't been touched since the end of December; sadly I KNEW this was going to happen, too :( I set out to change that today!
After sitting back and staring at the wall for about 10 minutes, I finally said, "NOPE! A 3x3 doesn't work for me!" Therefore, I looked in my 2.5" scrappy squares bin to see what I had an excess of....
Another blue block, brown block and my first black block were pieced. Yes, Yes......a 3x4 layout is much more pleasing to my eye.
It was a chick-flick day in my quilting room! By the time I broke for lunch, I had completed "
The Lake House" and "
Maid of Honor." Sadly, I never got back to the Rainbow Scrap 2011 blocks once back downstairs after lunch.
Instead, my
Orca Bay kept staring at me everytime I walked back to my sewing room. After seeing Andee's progress, I knew if I just tackled piecing the rows together, I would feel so much better. Therefore, with "
The Notebook" playing in the background, FINALLLLLY all the rows are completed, weeks after I first attempted piecing the center together, and the outside border waiting patiently.
In the meantime, I've been making quite a dent in my Jamestown Landing leader-ender units. The first of the broken-dish units were pieced today. As always, another successful Sunday!
Yup! In the mood today! So I decided to start the morning by tackling the Orca Bay borders!!! Agh! One of the "B" words :0) 
Admittingly so, I am avoiding heading downstairs for quilting. I'm simply not in the mood....
We've been dog-sitting this past week for a friend's Jack Russell. She's quite non-hyper for a Jack Russell, and I must admit....it's been nice to come home to a wagging tail every night.
Hmm....I wonder how much sweet talking we would need to do to Dad in order to land ourselves a nice, small "house-dog." ;)
We have my parents and niece & nephew up for a weekend of ice fishing. Cassie's final basketball tournament was yesterday, so once we returned from the school, the boys went out fishing and the rest of us found other "things" to do. My tasks were mainly school related....and relaxing. Today hasn't look much different, 'cept there wasn't any basketball, and the girls joined in with the fishing expedition. I spent one hour pressing HSTs for the Jamestown Landing leader-ender project in my sewing room, but.....that's 'bout it! Then, spent 2 hours napping.....and then a couple of hours writing tests and planning for the upcoming week.
Since Angela posted a Mr. Linky for the 2012 Scrap Challenge, I chose to start the day with some green scraps. Two more Jack-in-the-Box blocks completed to join the red blocks from January; in addition to the "bonus triangle" squares that are being planned for a scrappy border on the final quilt.
My wall hasn't been touched since the end of December; sadly I KNEW this was going to happen, too :( I set out to change that today!
Another blue block, brown block and my first black block were pieced. Yes, Yes......a 3x4 layout is much more pleasing to my eye. 
Instead, my Orca Bay kept staring at me everytime I walked back to my sewing room. After seeing Andee's progress, I knew if I just tackled piecing the rows together, I would feel so much better. Therefore, with "The Notebook" playing in the background, FINALLLLLY all the rows are completed, weeks after I first attempted piecing the center together, and the outside border waiting patiently.
