Quilting New Year's Resolutions for 2015???

[clhdabb]

I've been MIA for far too long. I can tell because so much has happened on the Forum. Feels like the good old days! Barb I love your doll & Beverly your beautiful hearts made me really smile. Lorna & Annis I am sending you best wishes and I hope things are much better for your DGS and DD. Ritzy! Doubly good news! How exciting! Annis, your bed runners are wonderful and Geneva I love your tropical quilts! Lois, the bionic bag is terrific, but as it would be the first I ever made (zippers---eeek!) I think I will follow your advice and get more experience before I jump in. Dawn, next time you come to my neck of the woods (I mean concrete jungle) call me!!!!

[sewengel]

Lois, those bionic bags are amazing, but last fall our Stitch and B____ group decided to make them as a group. Well, after many, many, damn it!!s we renamed those bags the Damn It Bag!! They are great bags, but have your seam ripper ready. hehe

Sharon in Snow last night, Colorado

[Reetzbobeetz]

Lois that bag is amazing! Congratulations. :cheer:

[AuntJo]

Lois your bag is wonderful !!

[rehak]

Lois, your bag is gorgeous!! Thanks for letting us know how it went. I just went and bought the pattern. Not sure when I'll make it, but it looks really cute and useful!!

[genevacarroll]

Lois,

What Wendy said! Wow!

Geneva

[genevacarroll]

Lois, looks like you did a really great job on the Bionic Bag! I haven't been on the forum, having decided I'd rather be spending the time in the sewing room, but I was getting e-mail reports of comments and had to log on to see this amazing bag. It's super!

[genevacarroll]

Well, it's not a great job, but I have about 1/2 finished my first full FMQing quilt today. It looks awful in all honesty, but it's full of love and I'm so happy I burst out of my fear! It's a new day! I'm telling you all here, so i will not lose heart and I WILL finish it, boo-boos and all!

[Renata]

Love, love, love the bionic bag, Lois! So functional and so pretty, the fabrics look great!

Geneva, I totally agree with you on the yellows in the first version of the quilt--the second one looks so cohesive and beautiful. I would not change a thing about the combination of fabrics you used there. Congratulations on being at the end of the road on weddings, now it is your time to relax and enjoy when this last one's done! But, it sounds like, with your move to such a beautiful location, everything's more relaxing!

[ajclapp]

Lois, that bag looks wonderful. I would like to make one of those someday. It's been a long time since I sewed in a zipper and made anything that wasn't flat except for a pillow.

The sleet/freezing rain has started again. I'm prepared this time with a full refrigerator of groceries. My car is still out in it because there is a dishwasher and microwave stacked in the middle of my space in the garage and no one to help me move it. But the sun will be out tomorrow so it should melt quickly and it looks like next week will bring spring like weather just in time for spring break.

Right now I have another batch of chicken soup cooking for my DD. Tomorrow I'm going to try making some beef broth. She needs to get more protein/fat in her diet. We're expecting big improvements over the next few weeks.

No time for quilting right now. Still a lot of bookkeeping to do. But am enjoying seeing what everyone else is getting finished. Hope to get back to it soon after my CPA appointment next week.

[Lorna1021]

Lois, your bionic bag and needle minder are awesome. I may have to break my resolution and get those patterns.

Annis, prayers for your DD.

[twiglet]

Well done Terrie a new achievement we all get warts :cheer:

[rehak]

I look forward to seeing your quilting, Terrie. I'm sure it looks wonderful!

[jansk44]

Wow Lois, love the bag. I plan to make one soon. You fabrics are beautiful.

Terrie, congratulations. I am hoping to overcome my fear this year and tackle free motion.
Janet k

[ajclapp]

Finally, enough snow for some real snowmen. Not at my house though as my winter clothes are still packed at my country home and I'm at my city home. They will have to work fast because it won't take long to melt with the sunshiny day. Normally this would be a quilting day for me, but since I'm doing my work, my DD's work, my DSIL's work who is still recovering from a knee replacement, and living in 2 homes while trying to get a retreat center going there's not enough time. No wonder I feel like I'm going around in circles and not getting anywhere. And the doctor thought my DD was the one that needed anxiety medicine! Thankfully there are some doctors that look for the cause rather than just treat the symptoms. Now to quit procrastinating and get to work.