Fish Friday

I baked another batch of fish this morning... I also mananged to stitch quite a bit on my Round Robin... I only have one side left to complete the first round... I think it looks really cool... I will share PICS of my 1st round and my friend's first round when my round is complete... Knitting is going slow... I'm not sure if I will finish all 75 rows tonight or not... I hope so... I think a new color will renew me... I went to church but they didn't have Stations... They realized that this was done last year and since we have new Priests they weren't aware so hopefully they will be able to set it up and have it next Friday... I'm going to really miss it if they don't do it this year... I've been going during Lent on every Friday since 2005... I headed over to my oldest program to talk with his teacher... I signed some forms and picked up his IEP... I then headed to the PO to mail something... Peanut had ST... She seems to be having stranger anxiety about it but settles in after the ST has been here a bit... I'm not sure why she is sooo upset... She really doesn't like it when I leave her... I didn't think this was common at 2-1/2... I thought it was more of a 18 month old thing and then they out grew out... She has been more clingy then the boys when it comes to being with someone other then mama... At least she isn't too upset when I leave her with daddy... It's more she's mad she can't go then upset because I'm leaving her with someone other then me... We are supposed to have some pretty nasty weather tonight and it is going to be frigid again with the -40 wind chills... YECK! I thought we were done with that weather... I guess not... Is it March yet?

Milestone Thursday

I am now officially 24 weeks... I've been thinking about what to strive for during this Lenten Season... One of the things I'm going to work on is only being at the computer when the schedule says it's computer time not just any time I happen to not be doing something... I waste too much time sitting here... I didn't do any sewing this morning on the Round Robin because I spent the morning removing stitches from my opps... That was harder then I thought it was going to be... Those stitches were sooo tiny!!! I finished and now I can continue on with my project... I am up to 55 of 75 rows knitted on my blessings blanket so I have been busy with that... I'm going to try and make it to 75 and start the color change tonight if I can... I stopped a friends to drop off a compact she needed... I also ran to the store for the one thing forgotten... I also made a trip to the PO to mail a package... My oldest had a landmark session today in ST... It is the best session they have had in MONTHS!!! She had a student with her today and will be with her every Thursday... So, maybe he was showing off?!? Today he broke his timeout streak... Oh well... I'm going to try something with the schedule tonight... Hopefully it works...

Round Robin Project - Quilting

I just started a new and exciting quilt project with my good friend, Ruth in Indiana... We met online VIA a Carol Doak Yahoo Paper Piecing Group... It will be one year in March... I signed up as a 'little' sister hoping someone would adopt me and help me along as I learned all the wonderful things about Carol Doak's Paper Piecing Patterns for Quilt Tops... Ruth was in the 'big' sister group and emailed me asking if she could 'adopt' me... I said that sounded like great fun... We have shared many emails over the months and grown close... She is an experienced quilter, seamstress and cake decorator... She's also quite the traveler... Many things I enjoy and hope to enjoy in life... Her children are grown and she has been blessed with one grandchild so far... I don't participate in many of the group activities because of my lack of experience and unpredictable life with raising a growing family with many young children... I never know if I will make a deadline or not so I hesitate to sign up for things with deadlines... So, we came together and decided to do a fun quilting project just between the two of us... Ideally you have a group of 5-7 women for a project like this... We are doing a project called a Round Robin... This is how it works... Each of the members of the group makes a center block... You then pass your block to another member who adds a 'round' or border to your center block... Your block circulates through the group and comes back to you to finish... So, when you are done you have a fabulous quilt worked on by many friends... You can set up many rules as to what color or patterns you wish for your quilt or you can leave it up to the 'imagination' of the next quilter to add on a 'round'... I have never made such a quilt and thought about doing one on my own... Ruth and I came together and decided we would pass our quilts back in forth and do a modified version...
Here is Ruth's Center on which I have to add the first round:

Here is my center on which she has to add the 1st round:

Next we will mail them back to the owner who will add the 2nd round and mail it back to the other member for a 3rd round.. Etc... We will continue back in forth till it reaches the 'desired' size... At that point we will sandwich, quilt and bind it... We are using quilt blocks from Carol Doak's all new book Mariner's Compass Stars... I hope you enjoy seeing the photos as each round is completed... Check back often for updates... If you like to learn more about Paper Piecing visit: Carol Doak - Quilting Books, CD-ROMS, Patterns and more! To join the Yahoo Group dedicated to Carol's Patterns visit: CarolDoakQuiltingGroup : Carol Doak Quilting Group