Loaded on the frame...

Early this morning I had to make a trip to Paintsville to pick up some horse feed. This is the town where Richard goes to college but the feed store opens the same time that he has to be at school and closes the same time that he gets out, so he can't pick it up unless he gets out of school early.

So I followed him up there and stopped by Walmart as I was waiting for the feed store to open. I needed to pick up some cording for the baby crib bumper pad that I am getting ready to make to match that Camo fleece crib blanket. I'll probably be starting on that sometime this week. I've never made one but I'm sure I will figure it out. :) Oh and I picked up a couple small bags of polyfil to make a couple of pillows for the nursery too. While I was there I picked up a couple of fabrics. The cream prints are just to add to my stash of lights. I mix those in a lot with my scrap quilts. The reds I bought to put back for my red/white quilt that I am wanting to make. They feel fairly good for Walmart fabrics. Oh and I grabbed these two fat quarters that were 97 cents each just to throw in the stash. After I got back and unloaded the feed and put everything else away, I headed up to the sweat shop! I loaded this Strip Twist on the frame that I pieced a few years ago. It measures 55x60....something. I forgot the exact measurements. :) It is just a lap quilt but when I get it finished I can mark another one off my list.

The lighting up there was horrible today, it was cloudy and I don't have my overhead lights installed yet. I took this photo trying to show where I quilted that first pass with the machine but it didn't show up. I am using a panto called Foliage, I don't think I've used it before. I am also quilting this with Madeira polyneon thread. I love that stuff! I hope to get it quilted within a day or two. I keep piling things on my sewing table, it's just where I keep taking projects back and forth. Hopefully this will not be a dumping ground once we get moved in. I have been piling it up until it gets full or until I need that table and then I will put it all away. I hope to get it cleaned off tomorrow.
The weatherman says that we will be getting heavy rains tonight and it is going to turn cold for the next several days so I need to bring in some firewood for the fireplace. Richard has tons of it cut and stacked, I just need to bring some in.

Chantal, my precious baby sister spent the night with us last night and is staying again tonight so I need to straighten a few things up before she gets here!!!!

Oh before I forget....I did finish that quilted baby book last night. I'll post a photo of it next time...
Kristie