I am writing this post during the last few hours of the last day of February and was hoping to have four Flimsies to show for the month I did not have any Finally Finish which I don't think has happened very often since I started blogging. I only managed to sew three flimsies and the fourth one is on the design wall waiting to be sewn. This month was busy and for once did not involve having spent too much time with the darling Granddaughter which only amounted to only four days-let's not do that again. Rather, much time was spent on Hubby's Mohs surgery on his scalp and he was told to limit his activities for two weeks which meant no visiting or traveling until the stitches were removed. Thankfully, they were removed right before our ten-day vacation to Austin, TX and, yes, I was able to go to QuiltCON for one day.
Unfortunately, I was not able to walk around much since my Piriformis ailment, or as I call it, pain the butt, was acting up so I spent a lot of time finding any available chair for me to stretch my leg. I managed to meet up with Kathleen, Kathleen McMusing, one of my Bee Sistas, whom I have exchanged many e-mails, phone calls and even a FaceTime chat. This was the first time we were going to meet in person and when she asked how she was going to recognize, I told her look for the tall Asian woman and she responded, yeah, right, meaning she thought I was joking since she assumed I was short which I have to admit isn't a wrong impression. I'm 5'8" and imagine her surprise so we shared a few laughs about it (middle photo and note my legs were bent so as not to look too tall-hee- hee). I forgot to give her a Thank You Hug for hosting the Awesome Ocean QAL. I'm really sorry that I missed seeing a lot of the Bloggers I follow whom I did not know until I saw their IG posts and I appreciate the ones who posted photos of the quilts since I didn't spend too much time look at the many wonderful quilts exhibited. If you saw someone sitting around a lot at the Handi Qulter booth, it was me. I spent so much time there I am now considering if one is in my future and Hubby even was in agreement and it wouldn't involve him buying a motorcycle. I know if I decide to finally get a long arm, I know I can count on Kathleen, who is a Whiz on her Sweet Sixteen, SS Tabitha. Even though, I didn't get to meet any fellow bloggers, I did happen to meet up with Pam, an old quilt friend from over 15 years ago.
Update/Correction: I absolutely hate when this happens, but I realized that I forgot to include that Kathleen and I also met up with Liz of Savor Every Stitch and almost by chance. She had just posted about an improv bag she made and I suspected that meant she was going to be at QuiltCon so I sent her an email. Liz lives twenty minutes from me, came to my house once, and we communicate by email. So it was funny that we were both going to be at QuiltCon at the same time since we seem not to be able to get together more often. If I was going to have a quilt daughter, it would be Liz. Sadly, in my excitement of seeing her, a photo of us together was not taken. Since I wrote my post based on my photos, that is why I forgot to include her. Since my leg was aching so bad and Liz only had a short time to shop, our time was brief but wonderful. It was fun going to the long arm machine booths where Liz demonstrated her skills--she is a natural. P.S., Liz is almost as tall as me.
Update/Correction: I absolutely hate when this happens, but I realized that I forgot to include that Kathleen and I also met up with Liz of Savor Every Stitch and almost by chance. She had just posted about an improv bag she made and I suspected that meant she was going to be at QuiltCon so I sent her an email. Liz lives twenty minutes from me, came to my house once, and we communicate by email. So it was funny that we were both going to be at QuiltCon at the same time since we seem not to be able to get together more often. If I was going to have a quilt daughter, it would be Liz. Sadly, in my excitement of seeing her, a photo of us together was not taken. Since I wrote my post based on my photos, that is why I forgot to include her. Since my leg was aching so bad and Liz only had a short time to shop, our time was brief but wonderful. It was fun going to the long arm machine booths where Liz demonstrated her skills--she is a natural. P.S., Liz is almost as tall as me.
Now back to the three quilt tops or as I like to say my Flimsy Excuse for February. I decided that after being caught up with my Awesome Ocean Quilt Blocks, I would treat myself to some easy sewing of strips and squares and I couldn't stop at just one top. .I'm just showing photos of the three, sorry for the indoor shots, and will provide more details once they are a Finally Finish which hopefully some of them will be in March.
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| Highland Room |
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| Zingy Zebra Stripe |
And in case you're wondering, here is my almost #4, Citron Canyon:
We'll be making up for lost time in March and will be heading to the Grandparent House next week for visit #1. Visit #2 which will be later that month, will involve celebrating the 3rd birthday of the darling Granddaughter. Don't tell Kathleen, that I'm now behind on the Awesome Ocean QAL and need to catch up with sewing the Tony the Turtle and Mr. Manatee Blocks which I hope to do before coming up with another flimsy excuse.
Here's hoping for an early spring because tomorrow it's going to be a 50 degree day with sunshine.
