Scattered Piecers' Sad News

This afternoon I recieved an email from Polly, one of my fellow Scattered Piecer's. She had received an email that our sweet Penny, from Spain, had passed away. Penny was the so loving, and selfless and always full of information and great websites to visit. She spent many hours collecting our pictures and stories and anything she could to put together a really special newsletter each month.

Bonnie, just talked to her in the chat room yesterday so this was quite a shock even though we knew she was in poor health. I'm sure it will take some time for it to sink in and there will always be a huge hole now in our family circle.

Penny, thank you for making me feel welcome in this group and for all your warm and encouraging, enlightening emails. God Bless You!

hugs,
Rain

Another Weekend Without My Bobbin Case....

Drats....I'm starting another weekend without my bobbin case.  I'm too lazy to set up my old machine so this will be a weekend of no sewing!  What's a girl to do?  Well, I had an idea!

 

This will surely help my new year's resolution of completing some of my UFO's because I have about 4 applique projects that are on that list.  All but one of these are Block-of-the-month kits that I just never got around to doing each month they came in.  So my idea was to get caught up on my Applique!  I am going to do all of the January blocks in those Applique projects while I'm waiting on my bobbin case to come in.  Then next month hopefully I will have enough motivation to catch up on the February blocks....and so on and so on....or should I say.....

 

.....and SEW on and SEW on!

I Can't Find My Bobbin Case

First of all....Happy New Year! I know I haven't posted in a while but you know how the holidays can get! In fact it got so hectic in my sewing room that I lost my bobbin case! Seriously! I was up early one morning before Christmas, quietly working in my sewing room. Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse kind of atmosphere. I was changing my black bobbin to white. I guess I got distracted, or got up and fixed another cup of coffee. All I know is that when I got back on task the bobbin case to my new Brother was gone! Vanished! I check trash cans, thread bags, under over and in every single inch of the sewing room. It has just disappeared.

So needless to say I didn't sew any during the holidays. Thankfully I was finished with any last minute gifts so the loss wasn't critical. The bobbin case has to be ordered but I hope to pick it up this week and get back on track this weekend!

I have several New Year's Resolutions that deal with quilting that I will share. Maybe making them public will make them happen!!!

1. Make a list of UFO's and start whittling it down.
2. Do more of my own quilting. It is what I bought the new machine for, after all!
3. Vow to not start last minute Christmas Holiday projects. All gifts must be done by Thanksgiving! Wow, this one will be tough because Quilt Festival is barely over and I always find something cool to give. But if I stop the pressure of finishing at that date it will make the season a whole lot easier. In fact, one of my other resolutions was to devote Nov. & Dec. to scrapbooking. These two months hold my boy's birthdays and I think it will seem special to them if I work on their books around their birthdays. See....I have a plan!
4. And last but not least, I hope to journal and record finished projects more frequently in this blog.

There it is! In writing! Wish me luck!