Some new starts

 Happy Friday!  I have started a couple new projects.  I think it is fun to start new things...after all, if we don't start new things, we never finish anything...right? And...it keeps quilting fun and sparkly! I still have plenty of UFO's to finish, and I will, all in due time.  These are five inch finished Baltimore Album blocks.  They are by Keryn Emmerson, from her pattern first published in 1996.  You can find the pattern here.  I have them ready to applique,

 and will stitch on them in the evenings, while dear husband is watching the news.

 I hand quilted and bound the little candle mat, made from the leftover fabrics from the mystery quilt.  It is the wrong season, but I could not help sitting my autumn candle on it, just to see how it would look.

 And a new row quilt!  I have loved row quilts, but never finished one to completion. You can find this fun, free pattern here!

And the whole row...still need some smiles on those snowmen!!!

And Rosie...she is such a little lovely dog.  So glad she is in our lives!!!



Have a great weekend,

Julie

Autumn Equinox! (Celtic Solstice)

 Finale!  I just added a black, plain border...and am calling this one done.    I like that the solid black is not a plaid...it is not stretchy, and maybe that will give the whole quilt a little stability.  I even have a backing ready, whoohoo!!

 The finished quilt...I am surprised that Rosie the poodle is not in the middle of this picture.

And...I had a few leftover units.  So, I made a little candle mat, and surrounded it with flying geese.  I still have a couple little bits and pieces left over, but I think I will put them in the orphan bin for now.



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I had a heart yesterday.  A fresh post op heart, right from surgery...valve and bypass patient.  I really love these patients...a little unstable, a challenge.  He is up in the chair eating breakfast today, 12 hours after surgery. (I called to check on him)  Love that!!


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Have a great day, everyone!!

Julie

Awaiting a final border!

 Good evening, everyone!  Above is my all-put-together Celtic Solstice.  Or you could call it Autumn Equinox, LOL!  It does kind of look like a fall time quilt to me. I tried to use what I had in the stash... Anyway, it is in one piece!!  The only thing left is to put the final border on. I don't care for any of my choices...so not sure what I will do.  I will look in the stash to see what I can find.

 But I am sure glad it is all together, to this point anyhow!!

I turned a couple of blocks the wrong way, and did not discover it until the top was together.  They are there to stay...no way I would ever take them out and fix them at this point!!


Thank you, Bonnie Hunter of Quiltville, for a really fun mystery quilt...this is your best pattern yet in my opinion!!!


Have a great night, all!

Julie

And yet some more progress...

 OK folks!!  Here we are...all the blocks are done!!  Not sewn together yet...but done, done, done!!  Whoohoo!!  I like the circles that are formed...and the pointed diamond stars....and the plaids.  I like the white; maybe it adds a little sparkle.  Most of all, I like Bonnie's mystery quilts!  Thank you, Miss Bonnie of Quiltville!! So...borders are next, and sewing the blocks together.

 ON the way....

 Whoopsie!!!  Needs a leeetle  adjustment...

And an empty bin!!!  Whoohoo!!!!


Walked 4.5 miles today...that was good...I am finding if I don't do my walking/running early...it just doesn't get done!  How about you?






Have a great day!!

Julie

Going to bed...mystery progress has been made today!

 All right then!  I have been working most of the day on the mystery...and here is where I am.  All 24 of the first blocks are done.  All the subunits are done for the second blocks.  so...tomorrow, if I have time, I will try to get the second blocks all done.

Wheww!!   another view....


My carpet is my design floor.  I call it cappuccino carpet...it is beige with swirls in it.  I vacuum well, then use it for my design wall (floor)...works for me!  I think the secondary blocks will add such a lot of charm to this quilt...hopefully!!!


Have a great night, everyone!!

Julie

Progress so far...

 Ok, I am done with the last of the units!!  This is the back of one unit...I like how they fit together...Thanks, Bonnie of Quiltville!

The stacks of finished units...yahoo!  Here come the blocks...


I have taken time out to do two loads of laundry and eat with dear husband...and that's it, folks!!

Back to those blocks!!


I will post again in a little while...

Julie

Friday Night Sew in....today!!

 I am off work today!!  Yahoo and Yippee!!  It has been busy at the hospital, so it is good to have a catch up day at the house and to have time to work on the mystery too.  I think it is so weird that I am not doing scrappy with this quilt, but hey, I just have to be a little different, don't I, LOL!!!

Kathy said that tonight was a Friday Night Sew in...well, I can't stay awake very late, and I have my sewing time today...so I am doing it now!!  I will post little progress posties throughout the day about how it is going with the mystery.  As you can see, I have a lot of little pieces and parts left to sew together!!  Here's to making it all a cogent whole!!


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FLU!!!

That is the word of the day at the hospital...not just people who have the sniffles and a cough, and body aches...but people on the ventilator, with sepsis, with organ failure, on rotoprone beds to help their lungs...Many, many people In ICU with the flu...mostly type A here, about 80%, with 20% swine flu.  50 new cases rolled in through the ER yesterday.

I know lots of you may not think flu shots are good, but I think if I had to face the kind of illness and possible death that these poor patients are facing...I would GET A FLU SHOT!!  The best you can possible get...there are different kinds...talk to your doc about it.  At the hospital, all staff are required to get a flu shot or not work.

Many other very sick cookies too......praying for everyone to get well!!

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Have a great day...updates on my progress on the  mystery quilt to come today!!

Julie