This & That...

I have the day off...am supposed to be at Jill's house in Wausau visiting with our sister, Joyce. If you remember from a previous post, Joyce lives in Alaska and with all of the volcanic activity, hasn't been able to leave for her vacation. Until today. whew. But, because she left 4 days later than planned, we had to cancel our visit. I am very disappointed, but am happy that she made it out of Alaska. Now, here's hoping she'll be able to get home when she wants.

So, what am I doing on my day off? At this moment, I am eating a cinnamon crunch bagel from Panera Bread...ohhhhhh, so yummy! And, I am reading blogs!

Later(after a bit of cleaning), I'll be working on my quilt. I have the quilt top, backing and binding all ready to go. Now, to just put it all together. I'll be quilting it, which is something I have never done. Which you could probably figure out, since this is my very first quilt. Well, except for the blanket I made for Kaylynn (two pieces of flannel with batting between the layers...tied that one) and the lap quilt I made for Kimmer (tied that one, too...but, remember, did the whole binding thing and everything!).

Anyway, I'm thinking just straight line stuff...okay, let's use proper quilting techno-terms...straight line quilting to make it easier on myself. However, I love the stipple/free-motion quilting look. I'd have to do a lot of practicing on scraps, first, if I decided to do that. Depends on how anxious I am to get it done, I guess. We shall see, hey?

Here's the most recent photo of Kaylynn...her mom sent it to me yesterday.

OH...and I can finally show you! Here are 2 pieces of awesome fabric...
And, here's what I made with them...a grab bag for Brenis! I got the free pattern here.
And, of course, my post would not be complete without a photo of Tag E. Butt. See that yellow blanket? It's supposed to be between Tag and the sofa. What is he thinking when he does that?

Depending on what I get done with my quilt...I may be back...ya never know!