Yes, interruptions do occur...

While videotaping my class lessons, interruptions do occur. Like this one:

What is a hobby?

According to hobbyride.com:

A hobby is something someone does outside of his or her profession in
order to relax and to relieve stress. A hobby is usually something the
person enjoys doing very much.

I couldn't agree more with that statement. A hobby is most certainly something you enjoy doing and most of the time it is done for fun and relaxation.

Many times hobbies also crossover each other. You may be a sewing/quilt fanatic, but that doesn't mean that scrapbooking, jewelry making, beading, cross stitch and knitting can't be something you enjoy doing as well. There's lots of info on hobbies at http://www.hobbyride.com/.

So, in your spare time and when you decide you want an additional hobby, check out some more fun craft hobbies!

You never know what you will find!

Among my organizing a couple weeks ago, I found the USA patriotic wall hanging I was looking for a month ago. I always keep my finished projects together and couldn't for the life of me understand why it wasn't where the rest of my finished samples are kept.

Since I store all my class projects in these totes, I must have used it to demo in a previous class and stuck it in there instead of where it should have been.

Organizing your sewing room can be a great benefit to you! You might find some lost treasures that you have forgotten about!

Be sure to check the posts on my sewing room tour for helpful hints and ideas to use in your own room!

I actually won a prize!

Last week I received an email asking me for my mailing address so I could receive my prize of 20 yards of fabric!

Of course I was delighted!! It seems I am never at the winning end of prizes or drawings, but I guess somebody has to win and this time it was me.

This box was crammed full of fabrics. The box looks about ready to split apart!

And here are the fabrics inside:

More to add to my fabric stash! :)

Merry Christmas!!!

May you all enjoy the time spent with family and friends and celebrate the true meaning of Christmas!

graphic courtesy of www.allposters.com

A quilt in less than 5 days - part 7 FINISHED

Binding is finished, quilt is pressed and on its way to its new owner!! I think I'll make another one, but with a few more days scheduled in to complete it! :)

stitching down the binding

finished!! :)

A quilt to stitch in less than 5 days - part 6

I'm right on schedule! The binding is stitched on and ready to tack down on the back. A couple hours of hand work and it's complete!!

Having trouble attaching your own bindings on your projects? Check out this post for how I attach my binding to my quilts and wall hangings.

A quilt to stitch in less than 5 days - part 5

Yesterday was a terrific day for quilting!! I wasn't able to devote my entire day to the quilt, but I'm satisfied with what I was able to get done.

All the stitching in the ditch around all the blocks and border is complete. The green outside border is quilted with freehand loops. And I was able to get all the blocks marked for diagonal stitching.

Which, btw, I have started using a new kind of marking chalk instead of the marking pens I have used in the past and it has worked wonders! I'm so happy with it and will let you know what it is and how I've used it soon!

According to my calculations, which I deem to be pretty accurate this time, I should have at the most 5 hours of quilting left!!! I should easily be able to get that done today. My binding is made, I just need to stitch it to the quilt and the tack it down by hand. I'm just about done!!

My goal for today:

Complete the quilting - 5 hours max

Stitch binding on quilt - 1 hour max

Then all I will have left for tomorrow is to tack the binding down by hand and press it and it's done!!! Hip, hip, hooray!! :)

marking chalk and ruler

quilting the outside border