Creative Grid Rulers – Chopin – A Passionate Quilter From Texas

Greetings, well as we enter the lovely month of August, I am beginning to become accustomed to the horrible heat and humidity! If only I could quit cheating on the Celiac Diet, I would have more days with high energy! Oh well. Today is a great day! Walked and the cool towels really do help! This week was busy and not with my York Lodge blocks. Tuesday was annual ‘fun and games with the Mamo’ and on Wednesday the Den A/C went belly up! We were sooooo blessed when this happened! We found a Handyman who lives around the corner and Thursday afternoon he came over, drove to Home Depot and picked up a new unit, and by 10 AM Friday we had a brand new A/C in the Den. No fuss, no hassle, and a great person that we have now available to help Clay as he needs assistance! So life is good, and better if I am a good girl and do not stray off my very very limited diet!

Now to the important thing! I tried to have Nesting completed today, but still have a couple of evenings to applique the Red Birds and a few more leaves on the top center of the quilt along with some embroidery for connecting twigs to leaves. This is going to be one of my very favorite quilts that I have made when completed. I will hand quilt it and enter it in the SA Show next September! Here is a peek at my progress! On the top left, the quilt is not laying flat and the stem looks crooked, it isn’t. I see I may have to add some embroidery stems in the top 2 blocks! Oh well!

Update on York Lodge – I have now completed 11 blocks and have 5 in the preparation stage. I ordered a new 1/4″ foot for the D1 Husqvarna and that has made a difference. I also ordered a new Creative Grid 6.5 x 12.5 ruler and they now have changed the rulers where my fabric is not slipping on me when cutting the 45 degree strips. My blocks are taking less time and fewer mistakes in matching strips that make each quadrant. I am hoping that I do not have to remake anymore, but if I do it will be when I am finished with 30 blocks total!

Have a wonderful week – we start our Monday off with our annual eye checkup and bone density – we are hoping to be home by 2 – Hum wonder if this will happen! One never knows when heading off to San Antonio!

Nanette

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Kathy, Lori, Kerry, Emma, Tracy, Deb, Connie, Deborah, Susan, Jessisca, Sherry, Nanette, Sassy, Edith, Sharon and Bella.