Started off the day by putting Heidi Powell's
white chicken chili in the crockpot, then Kathy and I ran to 35th Ave. to get our BOM. Two months to go on this year's quilt!
I then sewed up block number 13 and 14 of City Sampler for the Chooseyourownblockalong! Each one I make is my new favorite. LOVE # 13 right now best!
Linking up to Choose Your Own Blockalong!
Then I tackled Ooh Rah! This is my BOM Quilt of Valor. I wanted to change it up and add red and I was going to have two different blues. I realized quickly that it was enough with to get this block right without changing up the blues. I am happy with how it came out though it was labor intensive!
Then I decided I should tackle this Halloween project that I had printed out and selected and cut fabric for--TWO YEARS AGO! I really don't have too many UFO's and only a few things that I have not even started like this. Really, after reading the directions I thought it was too complicated for me--and I might have been right! The tutorial is over at
Oh Fransson! Her tutorial is great with lots of pictures, but I have trouble with angles!
So here are what I think are bats (but someone else described as fat barn cats!). Luckily I did not sew the rows together til after Kathy came home to help me with the angles.
Also, I cannot count one row has one too many bats! Seriously, this was after I had had my coffee!
So in the above picture, I think I have this right but I wait to sew the rows. (I do NOT have it right!)
Kathy then helped me to stagger the rows like I was supposed to (I struggled with this part of the directions and knew I was not understanding quite right). We stepped back and I thought, NOW it is right. It was NOT!
Kathy realized I had the whole thing angled wrong--what a surprise. LOL, so below it finally is starting to look like bats!
Finally the top is sewn together and I love it! This is for my son Mac...he is going to love it--think it will become a pillow.
Tomorrow morning Kathy and I are going on our first hike of the the season! I cannot wait! I lost .2 this week despite working hard and eating right. I am still .4 from a 60 pound loss...UGH! Kathy reached 60 (YAY for her!) and I am hoping to get mine this week. I did get into a way smaller size this week (thanks Becky for the clothes!) and that sure helped me to not completely go batty! I think I need to change up the workouts some and up my game!
