August OMG - RSC 2018 quilt is completed.

 There is a child under this quilt! It is fresh out of the washer/dryer this afternoon. I hear it is now cuddly.

This is my August OMG quilt finished - bound and the label attached and written on. 

I'll be linking up with the August OMG finish tomorrow.

The kids have completed day 1 of virtual school. Seems they are just doing slide show's the first couple of days and the standard paperwork for the parents to fill out. Somehow I got all the homework! Some teachers are rocking it and some are struggling. Let's hope the kinks get worked out but all in all - it went well today. Both my kids had one of their electives today (Emily had Ag and Aidan Critical Thinking (robotics)), their 'social studies' and science. Tomorrow they both have ELA (language arts), Math and their second elective which is life skills and thinking ahead to careers instead of PE. 

Sounds like so many are in the classrooms in our part of the county, they will be wearing masks all day long as there is no way to social distance. Let's hope the masks do their job and keep people safe. 

A finish!

I did a lot of hand stitching yesterday..... the binding is done on my Squared Away 2018 RSC quilt. I did machine quilt it a bit last Sunday and Emily helped make the binding mid week. It took 3 nights to get the 300 inches of binding hand stitched down. I'll have to take a photo later.... someone has it on her bed already and might have slept under it last night!

**Edited photo taken and added to the post! 

I took the kids to pick out notebooks and folders for school yesterday. They are starting virtual Monday following the bell with teachers teaching either a full period of kids in school OR a full period of virtual kids.  I figured they still needed all the normal school stuff so they went to pick out their things. When we got home I had them check their school portals thinking they might have put their schedules up a day early..... and they were! We will see how Monday goes! Emily has Agriculture first semester and Culinary second semester. Aidan has robotics. Instead of PE - looks like they have a career research type class? We will see what that is all about this week as their second elective.

I did cut out another Endless Diamond block this week. I finally made templates from my paper parts onto my template plastic. I have had it for years and it is nearly gone! I might have to find another sheet of it soon.  Now that the binding is done, I'll start working on hand stitching this block today. All the sewing lines are marked on the back. I decided to make my templates the exact size of the block - so that I am tracing my sewing line onto the fabric around the template and then I cut out using a 1/4 inch all around.  I had made a few templates in the past where they had you use the seam allowance as well but I think this way is easier and quicker.

Linking up with Kathy and the other slow stitchers today.

For those that know how my week was - my mouth is feeling better today and the swelling is almost all gone. A couple more days of antibiotic and root canal is scheduled on Sept 2. I will be so happy when that is all done and behind me.  Hubby update - the shot he got in his back a few weeks ago helped with the sciatic but not his back pain. Unfortunately, the sciatic pain/numbness down his leg has been coming back over the last week. I believe his check in with the nurse is this week so we will see where we go from here. 

RSC Saturday in purple.

Not much sewing this week but... I did make some nine patches last Saturday to go with the stars. I believe I have 4 more stars left so I need to make 4 more nine patches.

The 2018 RSC Sampler quilt Squared Away is machine quilted and the binding is attached to almost 2 full sides as of last night. I'm shooting for another side today - this one finished at 70x80 so 300 inches of binding to stitch.

Linking up with the RSC. Looks like I need to finish up Purple for next Saturday! Where did the month go? Kids start virtual school on Monday. We will see how it goes.

Friday....

 I attempted to start stitching the binding last night.....

But Mom... this is so comfy! Silly Peanut. I think Aidan came in at that point and picked him up so I was able to quickly grab the quilt and spread out a part to work on before he made a bed again. I got one side done while watching the end of Sister Act and the beginning of Sister Act 2. This quilt is my August OMG - so I have a little over a week to get the binding stitched down and the quilt notes written on the triangle I actually remembered to tuck in a corner when I machine stitched the binding. 

I remembered to bring my camera outside with me yesterday one of the times I checked on the chickens with Emily. I grab a handful of their feed and let them eat out of my hand.... which is fine until 'Fred' decides the soft part of my hand is food! And keeps pecking the same spot! Silly Fred. That is the one Greg named on a whim and when he tried to change it Emily decided she liked Fred! That is the middle one with the most white.  The one reaching under her to eat is Lilly (Aidan's chicken who does not like that Emily named his Lilly instead of Aidan's chicken or Chickolata!). The one on the right is Emily's Emma. Mine is named Molly and she is the darkest red one we have and the biggest. Aidan's is the smallest. 

I think this one is Emily's Emma..... although they all like to get onto our shoulder. For me... if I have Molly and she goes to my shoulder, Fred will try and fly and land on my head. It does feel like I am in Hitchcocks film 'The Birds' occasionally. 

And just when we thought August 2020 was the 'going back to school fun' Mother Nature decided to pull this. Is anyone else looking forward to 2021? I might actually stay up until midnight for once on new years..... just to make sure the calendar year changes!  Let's hope some wind shear knocks them down and they don't join up in the gulf. Kids are instructed to do their online virtual orientation today and the video on how Microsoft Teams works. That is the one platform they will use this year.  We will see on Sunday what their schedules look like. 

Feeling better today.

 The antibiotics and tylenol/advil combo seem to be working. I do know when it is time for another dose though!

Yesterday someone insisted she wanted to make binding. So I laid out the RSC 2018 quilt and we auditioned a few fabrics. We decided on grey and I had enough. I cut and sewed them together. She did the ironing to press it in half. I machine stitched it to the top. Now it is waiting to get hand stitched to the back. It will take a while - I believe this one is 70x80.

While waiting for me to cut and sew the parts together I mentioned the little magic stars were ready for their layout. She played with it and came up with this setting. These are pretty tiny - I think each one is 4 inches?

Nothing new.....

I have not really worked on anything since Sunday. I did manage to get 'enough' machine quilting in on the RSC 2018 quilt that I think I am calling that one done and waiting for trimming and binding.

Since then.... zilch. Nadda. Nothing. Cause.... after picking up the kids from Grandma's the toothache that had been bothering me got really bad and I went to bed..... around 8PM!

Monday... lots of phone calls, no they can't get me in until Thursday... well maybe Wednesday. A long day of pain..... and swelling.... Tuesday morning I called and said swelling and this is an emergency. I got in within the hour! X-ray's.. Yup - need a root canal. Antibiotic and a referral. 2 hours later with lots of phone calls... figured out how our insurance works and found the ONE endodontist in the whole of Ocala who takes the insurance.... with a referral. Had to call the dentist to explain what form to put the referral on so insurance will pay. I have to say - the endodontist office was awesome! They called while I was at horses yesterday with Em and Greg handled scheduling. The receptionist said he did a great job! 1.5 hours to numb and clear out the area and I get to go back in 2 weeks for the actual root canal once the swelling goes down. I get to watch carefully and if it swells more or difficulty breathing I get to go to the ER ASAP! So, that has been my fun week.

The receptionist when she checked me out mentioned to go have a shake or iced coffee. Still numb but you know what.... I stopped at twistee treat on the way home and got a chocolate milkshake. Took advil and tylenol and I'm waiting for the numbing to go out...and the pain to start. I set a timer on my phone for the next dose of anitobiotic.

Think I'll turn on the Tampa hockey game and pull Emily's purple crochet blanket out. 

That's the update from my household. Let's hope tomorrow is a good day. I will be working tomorrow... since I logged off at noon Monday and did not get more than 2 hours in yesterday and 1.5 hours in today. Got to make up that time.... the disadvantage of being hourly. At least I have 4 work projects I am juggling so plenty to do. 

Slow down Sunday.....

 Every week Kathy reminds us to slow down and breathe. Sometimes, I actually listen =)

Last night I finished stitching the 4th block of Endless Diamonds while watching the Tampa Bay Lightning play in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Time to prep another block today

Yes, 2 of them really need a press... and that bottom right pink will need a third try. That pucker....

I also made a little progress on hand quilting the cat and mouse. I hope to put a couple of hours in on this today. I outlined the mouse but I have not decided what else to add for stitching in that block. At least I'll work on outlining the other mice in this row while I think on that.

 A little machine work will happen today as well - I have my RSC 2018 quilt pinned and needing some machine quilting (or tugging as it is a big quilt for my little sewing machine!). Who know's... maybe I'll have a binding to add later this week by hand?

Linking up with the other slow stitchers at Kathy's Quilts.