Still Here

Yes, we're still here!

It has been an embarrassingly long time since I've posted.

I was afraid this would happen after I started working.

I really don't have an excuse other than we've been busy and I was sick.

Not much to report.

We've been roof shopping.

We decided on a roofer and a color.

It seemed like it took forever to get to that point.

If all goes well (AKA the weather cooperates) we should have a new roof before the end of April.

The boys and I are now on Spring break! Woo hoo!

We don't have much planned for next week.

The one thing I really need to do is work on my full-sized quilt.

My goal is to be more than halfway done by the end of our break.

That leaves me roughly two months to finish hand quilting and bind it.

We'll see how it goes.

This was taken when I had three rows left to quilt on the Confetti table runner.

I have since finished the middle.

It took me a few days to decide how I wanted to quilt the border. 

I decided on feathers.

I have never done feathers.

I didn't have the patience to order a template online.

So I grabbed one of my old drafting tools, a french curve.

I'm so glad I kept all of my old tools.

They have come in handy on more than one occasion.

So much so that I keep them with my quilting supplies.

I used the french curve to draw the "stem" of my feathers.

Then I drew the feathers free-hand.

I'm about a third of the way across the first side and I'm loving the way it's turning out.

I can't wait for this to be done.

It will look really cool.

My mom gave me this old tin full of pins her mother used.

I ended up tossing all of the old pins as they were too small for my quilting needs.

I filled it with my ever growing collection of thimbles.

The one on the right is called an Aunt Becky's Finger Protector.

It seems to be one of my favorites so far... I just need a lot more practice.

...and in-case you're wondering, it's sitting on my full-sized project.

I'm just not willing to post many pictures of it until it goes to it's recipient.

In a nutshell our days have been eat, sleep, work/school, repeat.

I hand quilt between the end of my job and the end of Dwayne's job.

Although I may be doing less of that as I substituted as a helper on the preschool bus once last week.

My job is to buckle and unbuckle the kids on the afternoon route.

I've been asked if I can sub on several more occasions after spring break.

We figured I'm there anyways might as well earn some more money.

You want to pay me to ride a school bus for a couple of hours? Yes, please.

:)