Here were my spoils from the evening.  I spent maybe about $20.

A kit to make a small wallhanging.

A set of fabric – the floral is 1 yard and the other two are about 1/4 yard pieces.

These are almost half yard cuts

These are 1-yard cuts of a nice decor weight fabric.

Another thing that happens is the installation of new officers for the following guild year.  I was installed as the guilds Vice president and Membership Chair.

Here my friend Susan and I (she was installed as President)

A new book

My Aunt Kathy sent me these – they were my grandma’s.  I lost ONE of mine – a very commonly used size in all the BOM’s I work on.  She sent me the whole set.  Thank you Aunt Kathy!

Looking back at the date on this quilt- it was October 2008.  It still has not been quilted.  No surprises there with the amount of quilts that have to be quilted in my sewing room.

Barb at Bejeweled Quilts is hosting a giveaway…

an awesome giveaway!

She is giving away an AccuCut Go! If you go and mention that I sent you there (Kim West), we can BOTH win one.

If you are not interested, would you please just consider going and mentioning my name so I can win one??? 

I have wanted one of these for a while, but the only way I would ever get one of these is to win one.

Thanks!

I think I got caught up in the flurry of end-of-school activities and trying to make sure my son was caught up in all of his work that needed to be done. 

I also had a lot of things happen to me.  I am now the vice-president of my guild, The Hawaii Quilt Guild.  I was elected at the last meeting during the end of May and will be installed in June. It is a one-year term with the option to run one more term afterwards.

The day after school was out (Thursday), we went camping for the weekend.  I have been busy trying to get things together for that trip.  It was fun and I have a few photos at the beach, but I forgot to charge the batteries in my camera, so I didn’t take many photos.

We got back from the camping trip yesterday, and I just promptly took a nice long hot shower and then chilled out on the couch in the AC and fell asleep. Today we will have to unpack the car and start the wash of all the clothes.  Hubby is off work until next week, so we are spending a little time just getting things done around the house.

Pictures from the beach will be later, and I plan on doing some sewing later.

I did blocks 3 & 4.

The first block I completed turned out quite well.  Again, my pictures are fuzzy for some reason.

I also thought my second block came out ok.  I kept messing up on it, but nothing more than turned patches. 

Or so I thought.

Until I stacked them on top of one another to put them away…

That is a good 3/4” discrepancy in the block.  It measures less than 11” square.  I don’t know what happened.  I guess I will have to call The Fat Quarter Shop to see if I can get another block mailed to me.

I am now caught up with the Jelly Roll Quilt along’s blocks.

I did two blocks at my bee this past Saturday (where has the time gone??).  Sorry for the blurry pictures, I don’t know what happened when I took them.

And one today:

Five blocks down, seven to go.

This quilt was completed September 2009.

I made this from exchange blocks. It was made just large enough to cover Kirah in her car seat and not hang down and get caught in the base of the car seat.

It was taken out the day it was made and lost that very day.

1.  I always sew barefoot.  No matter the weather.  Since living here in Hawaii, it has been easier to get my shoes on and off, especially since I wear “slippahs” all the time. Even at sewing bees and retreats… off go the shoes.  I only wear them to go to the bathroom and outside.

2.  When I go to sewing bees or retreats, I have to take a LOT of projects.  I never know what I want to work on, so I take a lot of things.  So much that I get teased about it.  I never take just one or two items, usually about 2-4 projects for a short be, 4-5 for a long bee, up to 10 for a two-day retreat.  I may get bored you know.  It isn’t like I don’t have a ton of projects to choose from that I am currently working on, ya know?

3. I always have background noise in the room I am in at home.  Sometimes, it is my Ipod on the dock, but usually it is the TV.  The TV is set to a movie I have seen 1,000 times or old CSI reruns on SPIKE. 

4.  I have a little home-made iron stand (from an old tv tray) with my Oliso Iron and a bottle of Best Press next to me.  This is home and away.  I don’t like big ironing stands and they take up too much room anyway.  The Best Press stuff is awesome if you haven’t tried it yet.  I need to find out how much it is to ship a gallon here – it may just save me money in the long-run.

5.  I have to make a list of what I need to accomplish in the sewing room otherwise, I will get distracted and work on something totally off the wall or even start a new project.  I don’t always follow the list, but at least it is there and I feel better about trying at least.

I tell you, this quilt is going to make my eyes bleed and test my patience… it is SOOO out of my comfort zone.

I scrounged around my stash and came up with 10 more dot fabrics to add to them:

Why am I bringing this up?

My son came downstairs this morning and stated his favorite cuddling quilt was getting too short.  I guess that it was inevitable.

I was looking for a fabric collection that was good for a boy, but couldn’t find one.  Everything seemed too girly.  I then remembered about the fabric I won.

I will be making Pineapple Surprises from the book "Jelly Roll Quilts”.  I ordered some tan Moda Bella Solids for the background.

Hopefully this quilt will be long enough for him for a while.