Tiny Tuesday.....

Another night of being up for an hour or two in the middle of the night... so I decided to review where I was in some projects. Must take the kindle out of the bedroom for if it happens again tonight. I believe I have 11 midget appliqué blocks to go in the set of 52. With  7 weeks left in the year, I think this is an attainable goal to have all 52 blocks done and surrounded by yellow by the end of the year. Not too bad considering I started them in January with the plan of one a week.
The acorn was today's posting, snuggled in with the rest of them! Quite a slew of 4.5 inch blocks I have collected.

Design wall Monday....

After dropping the kids to school and popping into work to open the store (just until Greg gets there after his Dad's eye appointment) I plan to come home and play with these twinkle stars.

I think I can get them to a top stage today... with hopes to quilt it up and finish it this week. Do I go with 3x5 setting for a 30x50 little top or 4x4 for a 40x40...which would need one more block to finish it off?

This is the cake the kids and Greg made yesterday.

Slow Stitching Sunday.....

I finally got some quality sewing time in yesterday afternoon! It felt so good to sew with the machine.  I got my two lime green sampler stars done and started assembling my alternate blocks.

Then to round off the evening.... I got some hand quilting in on my Hugs and Kisses quilt while Greg went to pick up Aidan from Grandma. Emily has a sleepover and will be returned this afternoon. Then we'll use some of my birthday $ to go to Yamata's with the kids - it is a Japanese steak house with the habichi grill. The kids love going there (me too!) and watching the show the chef's put on for us.

I also got a little hand stitching in this morning while the boys were busy making my birthday cake (it was last Wednesday). A devils food cake made into a cat using round cake pans..... and hopefully not a snake like the snickering little boy thought would be funny. I don't like snakes! There was a black one in the driveway when I was dropping the kids to Grandma yesterday morning.....yes, I backed up the car and called her to let her know. She came out and shooed it away. =)
This was my helper this morning while the boys were cooking breakfast. I hear our orders are up so must go let Aidan serve us our breakfast - sausage, pancakes and eggs with coffee. Just what I ordered!

Hope you get some time to enjoy a little slow stitching and relax today. I'm linking up with the other Slow Stitchers at Kathy's Quilts. Head on over and enjoy the link show.

RSC Saturday in lime green....

Ok - I looked at my header photo to see what lime greens I had in the stash... ;)
I had 45 minutes yesterday before heading to work at the Fall Family Festival at the church where we have scouts..... so I cut up my squares for the 16 patches and the twinkle stars. The two 16 patches got sewn up to show today.

I got an edible arrangement for my birthday this week. It was yummy.

The kids had a good time... and there were some old cars there for a car show. Oh boy - my kids were fascinated - especially Aidan with all the cars. He was talking out loud and said 'this is the first car made'! - The guy who owns it said 'yes it is!' and had a nice conversation with my 7 year old! Others said - watch out he is a car guy. I see car shows in my future!

Barrel train ride

Remember A&W with the roller skating delivery?

Mom - Aidan had a great day yesterday in his first day of the gifted classes. He was so excited to go to school and has not stopped talking about it. I love his math homework - mind puzzles =) My favorite thing to do!

No working for me this weekend so maybe I can get a little sewing in..... to start finishing up some of these blocks into quilts. Head on over to the RSC link party and see how others are doing in lime. I'm off to bring the kids to Grandma, then the girl scout store and then home to enjoy some peace and quiet.

Teacup Wednesday....

I got a lot of relaxing sewing done yesterday. After playing with the blocks from yesterday's post in the morning, I prepped three more midget blocks and then settled in after a quick lunch with the first Harry Potter movie and some hand quilting on the hugs and kisses quilt. I got up to the corner on the cable border - one side border is done. After picking up the kids ... it was resting to relieve the sinus headache with some hand stitching on this little teapot while Emily watched a Pooh movie. The last of the stitches were put in while the homemade sloppy joes were cooking on the stove top and roasted rosemary potato's were in the oven. The kids picked corn as their veggie =). Now if the boy would start going to bed better we'll be all set. This time change really does a number on him and it is always a rough week after a change.

Sewing today =)

I finally got some sewing time....... the four patches are now bigger!

A possible layout.

Now to prep some midget appliqué blocks for the car line.

November 1! How did that happen?

This is waiting in line at the school trick or treat on Friday night. 

It was too hot for his Ninja Turtle costume with long arms and legs so he grabbed his soccer gear - from 2 years ago! He was a Ninja to school for a bit on Friday and then for actual trick or treating last night. Their first time going door to door in a neighborhood. WAY too much candy... which will be sent into school and shipped overseas to the troops. This is T and M with Emily and Aidan on Halloween.

Another long and unpredictable week for me. Lets just say Greg worked alone Friday and I had to go in Saturday with the kids and then today... and I get to work tomorrow. For now - I'll be working Sat-Monday for the next little while. The joys of owning your own business.

Not much sewing time at all this week..... but I did cut out some browns to surround those four patches I had made with leftovers from Greg's Labor Day quilt. I think I have 25 four patches... and some other blocks that size so we'll see how they turn out. Linking up with the RSC Challenge for the brown...... and can't wait to start with the light and bright greens for November.

I've been too tired this week to even do anything at the end of the day....so no progress has been made on my hand quilting of the Hugs and Kisses. If I can prep dinner and make sure I am all set for girl scouts tomorrow night - I think I might be able to put some stitches into this tonight with my feet up while relaxing in front of the tv. Hopefully the kids get up good tomorrow for school - the time changes really mess up their sleep schedule. Linking up with Slow Stitching Sunday with hopes I can join in with some slow, relaxing, stitches this evening.