Hi All My Crafting Buddies!!

Rosey...Welcome!! So glad to have you join us. Sounds like you do a little bit of everything. I'm jealous! You live in Alaska and a log house no less. Bet it is beautiful.

Linda...My very first Double Wedding Ring quilt I did the hand quilting on. I have also machine quilted a queen size quilt, but I hate having all that bulk over my shoulder. Right now I send my quilts out to be done, but I hope to buy a long arm quilting machine in about 5 years and be able to do my own, plus make money on the side.

Well ladies, I'm happy to report that I lost 2 lbs. I'm back to what my tickers says. Now to stay on track and FOCUS!!

Make it a good day!

Cheryl

It was sunny first thing this morning . . . but it's fading fast. I've had no time for anything but work, work, work this morning, unfortunately. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Cheryl . . . knew you'd make it. Congratulations. I'd love one of those gigantic guilting machines but they are huge and well over a thousand dollars and they only do a certain number of patterns anyway. . . so think I'll have to pass, for all those reasons.

Have a good day, everybody. Keep on doing the good stuff.

Cheryl-Congrats on your loss!!!!

meoww-"A gigantic sphere of yellowish-orange fire arose from the eastern sea this morning, and now it fills the sky. Some of the older ones think they have seen this before, long ago, but the younger ones feel much afraid."
YOU CRACK ME UP!!! Our sunny weather is gone replaced by cool and rainy.

Cyn-I sell some jewelry and fused glass pendants. Dont make a whole lot, but it helps feed my bead habit.

Rosy- Sounds like you keep busy with tons of crafts!

Well, I finally pulled out the slippers the bride wanted beaded, and gave them another go. (I thought I had finished them, but she wanted MORE beads added!!-now they're pushing gaudy!) Can't account for taste.

I went for a 4 miler this morning with my neighbor. I did a turbokick class later in the morning too! I'm so addicted to exercise. I'm thinking about changing my goal weight. I'm the size I wanted to shoot for already. (I thought I'd need to weigh less.) PLUS, if I loose anymore, I'm afraid what little boobs I have left will dissappear! I'd prefer for that not to happen. Anyways, I'm happy with how I look (aside from wishing to firm up my abs a bit more for swimsuit season) and I feel very healthy. SO...I'm gonna see what it takes to maintain where I am now with exercise and healthy eating and decide in a little bit what to do. I'm open to ideas/suggestions if ya got any!

I think I might start beading a cross pendant I have due for a class sample. Then got lots of lessons to teach (piano) this afternoon/evening! Have a great one!

Hey there, you crafty lot . . . where is everybody . . .

Goodness Artsy, you're a pianist too? Talk about well rounded and that is definitely not a reference to your shape, you gorgeous, skinny thing. Practicing maintenance sound like a great plan for you. You can always decide later if you feel you want to lose any more. You are right to level-off at somewhere that your body is content to be. I really don't think we need anymore undernourished movie-star types in the real world.

Nothing much exciting around here . . . busy, busy, busy. But I hope to get a few days for crafting (and more laundry) in the near future.

I've now got two jackets ready to get going on as well as the ponchos for the GD's. Plan to do purses to match the jackets, if I have enough fabric available and I think I will.

Can you tell, I'm in a quilting mood right now? Although I have to admit to buying a cute cross-stitch kit today . . . a little "Red Hat Society" saying. I'll just stick it in the pile for now.

Have a great day, gang. Move it and shake it down the road to better health.

Hey guys...

The good news is I am down 5 lbs!


The bad news is I have a stomach bug!

Hope everyone is doing well! Will check in when I feel like typing more.

Beth

Hi gals-Well, I got some inspiration and finished all my class samples. I was going to deliver them yesterday afternoon, but we had a class trip to our teachers studio, and went long and I had to be back into town for a blood donor appt. I guess I'll deliver them all on Thursday.

Just got back from a really cold 3.6 mile walk. (The bank temp. claims 31!!!) My fingers are having trouble typing they're so cold. I have a spinning class at 10 and the seasons first softball game at 7 tonight!! I'm gonna be busy today cuz I also have neice and nephew to babysit this morning, and lessons to teach this afternoon.

Beth-Hope you feel better soon.

meowee-Matching purses sound pretty cool! How old are your granddaughters?

Have a great day!

Good Morning, Crafty Ladies . . .

I too have some good news and some bad news . . .

Let's get the bad out of the way first . . . I gained .8 this morning. Why oh why does the nasty little scale- hate me? I don't deserve this. I was good this week. Can't even blame it on TOM at my age; although I do know that the body still cycles to some degree. Anyway, this too will pass. Just hope it's soon. In the meantime, I refuse to change my ticker and I shall repeat the following sentence every 15 minutes for the rest of the day. If you keep on doing the right stuff, the rewards will surely follow.

and now for the good news . . . looks like I get the rest of the week off from the work-project. Quilting here I come. Yay! And the sun is shining, too.

Beth . . . hope you feel better soon. And a great big ATTAGIRL on the five pound loss. I made it green because I'm sooooo jealous.

Brandy . . . sounds like you have been really fun-busy. The GD's are 10 and 3 . . . DIL had such a tough labour with the first one it took her a bit to decide to have a second. Yep, it was a lot easier the second time.

Anyway, have a great and glorious day moving and shaking the world. See you soon, gang.

Hi ladies-Looks like it'll be a nice day out here. I'll be spinning at 9, and not sure about later. I took a day off from the morning walk thing. I'm glad we did cuz I'm a little tired.

Softball game-we had to forfeit. We started a week earlier than expected and 3 of our girls are in exams at college. 3 others just didn't show even though they said they would. Not the best way to start the season. ANYWAYS, the other team stayed and we scrimmaged for an hour and had a blast.

Cheryl-Great job on the lost pound!!!

Linda-Hope your still hanging in there with the positive reinforcement quote. I think matching purses would just be SO adorable on girls that age. You gotta take a pic when you're done! Glad you're gonna get some time away from the work project.

Have a great one!

Hi there . . . After my partial meltdown of yesterday, I'm back in the groove for today. Actually yesterday finished up OK in total; just not exactly what I would call a balanced diet . . . too much starch and fruit. Not bad from a weight control point of view but not too good from a diabetes control angle.

Sun hasn't put in an appearance yet today, but it is forecast for later so I certainly hope they are right.

Thought I'd pop in here to say hello before getting back to my quilting projects. Actually the jackets and purses are for my SIL and myself. The ponchos are for the girls, but you've definitely got me thinking of matching purses for the girls too. I have lots of that fabric left over.

See you soon, ladies. Keep on moving and shaking and heading in the downward direction.

ooohhhh-you've just gotta make matching purses for the girls!!! They'll absolutely LOVE them!!!! My niece (almost 4) has walked into my house and started crying because she has no "pretties" on!!! (She knows I'll find some piece of jewelry she can have) She cracks me up sometimes!

Well, I had a bad day yesterday. Didn't feel right, ate to much and slept to much. Feeling better today though. 4 mile walk this morning and going to a class this afternoon. I'll do my best eating wise, but I've been having some serious issues with giving into things I know I shouldn't be eating.

Have a great FRIDAY!!!!!

Not only are the basics for the purses cut out so are the major pieces for mathing hats. And I finally got the first (larger) poncho finished. I like it. Hope Pumpkin (nickname of the older GD) does. The little one gets called Peanut.

Don't you just love the way they learn to manipulate us so young. It's so much fun spoiling them . . . especially when you can send them home for somebody else to cope with later on. I always tell my son and DIL "that's why grandparents where invented".

Don't chastise yourself for your bad day. We all have them from time to time. I know there are lots of things I should never allow into the house because I have no control around them. The other side of that story, of course, is that we have to learn how to handle these temptations eventually. Sometimes I think it would be so much easier if we could just stop eating completely. Quitting smoking was hard, but not as hard as losing weight.

You have a great day. It's beginning to look like this is our own private forum. Wonder where everybody else has gotten too? They'll probably wander back eventually. See you later.

Morning crafters.. sunny here today in alaska and my dh has gone to a sports show with friends soooo thats gives me time for myself..now that hes retired my time is not alwys mine..cheryl what kind of new sewing machine do you have? i just got a new paff this past fall and love it.. before that i had a viking( it was 25 yrs old tho and i retired it to my dd house).. im working on a cheater quilt.. you know the preprinted baby panel ones.. altho im hand quilting it..recently did some bead work for a beneift.. made a beaded pouch necklace.. pair of earrings and a barrett on leather.. it had been awhile since i had worked with beads but picked it right up again.. forgotton how much i liked to do that craft.. am getting to know you all and i love all crafts..not sure what the day will bring but hope its a good one for me and all of you.. rosey

Rosey...My husband bought me a Brother Innovis Embroidery/Sewing machine. I haven't used it as yet. Once I start a quilt on a certain machine, I finish on that machine. My other machine is a Brother 8500 embroidery/sewing machine. I plan on doing a lot of machine embroidery for my grandkids and the rest of the gang in the coming months. This new machine I'm going to love. 1st, you thread around three eyes, push a button and it threads the needle with a puff of air. 2nd, I can sew and fill a bobbin at the same time. 3rd, You don't have to take the embroidery unit off to sew, like I have to on my 8500. It also has a lot of built in Disney designs. Tomorrow, I'm going to take it out of the case and get familar with it.

Cheryl