So much to do so little time ;-) ha-ha

I’m sitting here trying to plan my day while nervously thinking about my daughter-in-heart as I call my daughter-in-laws… Well this morning one of mine has checked into Overlook Hospital,NJ to deliver our grand-daughter ;-)  as you can imagine it’s going to be a very special day! So I am trying to focus and keep busy yet available to jump in the car at any moment to make the drive from VA to NJ with Grandpa Bill to view this miracle as soon as we can. ;-) We just have to be patient and await the news…My morning walk is completed with hubby.
So till then I hope to be working on Brynn’s [long in the making] baby quilt.

Brynn's quilt in process on design wall

It’s going to be a GRAND DAY for sure!!!!

Supposed to be a studio day…but somehow I’m on the computer or phone?

This posting will be short since I had decided today would be a studio sew day and thus far I’ve played catch up on the computer, email, and phone?

Why oh why is it so hard to focus? ;-) Anyone have the secret? Please share with me…. I have about 3 projects going as usual…..and of course yesterday while taking a day trip to Dayton VA Quilt Patch I came across some fabric I think will be great to put with some of my cyanotypes. ;-) what do you think? See lost my focus once again….

I also completed the quilting on another old piece just to keep practicing on the HQ16. I’m getting so much more comfortable with the flow of the machine…I’m loving the possibilities this machine brings….

Time for me to clock off this computer and GET BUSY SEWING!

Today sure seemed like a blow off day?

I’m a little frustrated today…it always seems I get so much more completed in my mind then in real time? Do you know what I mean?

So I completed the first quilt top I made while studying with Nancy Crow…. I decided to use it as a guinea pig or test piece to see if I could manage to tightly free motion the piece using the HQ16? So I have no regrets since I knew it was just a test and heck at the very least I figured it could help me start to get used doing straight lines on the HQ16. Not always an easy feat.

So not sure you can see the difference? But the first photo is how it looked last October as a top and the second photo is how it looks now that it has been quilted and binding out on. My next photo is a close up of my erratic lines lol  it’s quite a new feeling trying to do straight lines on a mid arm for me. Thankfully I remind myself it was meant to be an opportunity to learn. ;-) 

Oh well a good thing about today: I did get a long walk with hubby in this morning…he mentioned to me this evening he reached over 13,000 steps today on his step counter starting with our 5000 steps this morning,  then he worked all day rebuilding the grill which put him up and down the stairs many times to fetch this or that…. I made it to the pool this afternoon besides so maybe I finally made the 10,000 mark for my own steps. Isn’t that what one is advised to do each day if possible? Oh well….who knows, who cares? lol  One thing though this day is almost over….. Hope tomorrow seems more productive for me.