Mea Culpa

Yes, you are right.  I did not post a Wednesday WOW this week.  My schedule got rearranged and I was not home to take pictures on Wednesday.   Of course, that is no excuse.  Trouble is, when my days get swapped around, I lose track of the calendar completely!  Wednesday becomes Thursday, and Saturday is Friday, while Friday is Tuesday.  Aaaaaargh!

Plus I've been very bad at posting, as well as reading your blogs.  I do need to get my act together one of these days, huh?  All I can promise is I'm working on it.  I've got lots of pictures to share, just need to put words with them!

For today, I will show you my worktable some time this week.  I thought about coming up with a catchy term for Saturday.  The first one was 'What's Up on the Saturday Scene' - which acronyms to WUSS.  Er, maybe not!

How about I just show you a picture without the fancy word work?

Messy, as usual.  The doll that's been here for months now has a face and hair!  Woohoo!

Wednesday WOW - September 1

Yikes!  What happened to August?  We are almost at Labor Day - much too soon for my comfort.  Fall will be upon us before you know it.

I'm afraid I will still be working on these blue stars, though!  Sometimes it feels like it will be forever!  But I did get quite a bit done today.  This was one of  my stitchin' days at the LQS and it helps to devote a block of time to the one project. 

The little doll is visiting me this month as part of a traveling doll exchange.  I get a different one every month.  Fun!

Wednesday WOW - August 25

My goodness!   Where has the month of August gone???

So.  Here is the worktable today . . . an absolute mess!  It is past time for me to take a cleanup day.  Finished a couple of projects this week, so now might be a good time.  Not that aren't more half-finished projects.  LOL!

Pieces of Friendship

I signed up to swap puzzle pieces with the Pieces of Friendship Yahoo group.  Pieces of Friendship is the brainstorm of Pat W and she hosted one of these swaps last year, too.   You can see more about these little puzzle pieces on this blog.

So, I spent some time making little crazy quilt squares.  I'm not really a crazy quilter, but I can embroider and I'm always drooling over some of the pretties out there.  Here are some of the pieces I made.

After I sent mine off, a package came back in a really reasonable time.  Wendy did a great job of coordinating everyone's pieces.  This is what I got back.

Starting at the lower left (blue) and moving clockwise, they are from  Wendy, Karen, Nicki, and someone who forgot to sign the back.  Oh no!  If you recognize this piece, let me know who made it please.

I tried to take closeups of mine and the ones I received, but apparently this is a skill I need to work on.  LOL!  Maybe I will figure that out by the next swap.  Here is what my Puzzle Wall is looking like so far.

Looking forward to filling up that wall.

 

P.S.  I started writing this post a month ago!  I needed to look up a web site . . . and then something else . . . and then . . . well, you get the picture!  Stumbled across it today, so you get to see it after all!

Wednesday WOW - August 18

I may get this quilt top finished one of these days! 

Wednesday WOW - August 11

It's too hot to go anywhere!  Too hot to do much of anything, actually.  But I got some work done on the blue stars at least.

The blocks are done and I've been playing around with layouts.  So many options!

What Was on the Worktable . . .

. . . but I forgot to take pictures for Wednesday WOW!  Aaargh!

If you look carefully at these two blocks, you may notice something.  They aren't the same size!!   And yes - they are supposed to be!  Another aaargh!

So, when I would normally be taking a picture for Wednesday WOW, I was ripping out seams.  NOT my favorite activity!

But, this project is progressing - however slowly.  Once the stars are finished, there will be some borders/filler blocks/and so on.  Still contemplating how to place them.