Originally Posted by ibex94

Janice -- thank you!!!

Kass -- gorgeous sun and the quilt you are making.

I am going to a quilt show tomorrow so maybe I'll be superinspired to create when I return.

Billi, I do not have a design wall. I have to pick everything up and put it away or the cats will sit upon it. My father-in-law and husband probably wouldnt be too happy with me if I set up a design wall in the dining room. Its bad enough that that is where I put my sewing machines... but we use the cabinets to set up buffets when we have guests so they don't complain too much about the machines in the dining room...

Originally Posted by terriamn

I just put together 3 donation tops for Wrap a Smile. Just need to add a small border to each of them to give a more finished look. Will quilt hem when I need a break from the boom blocks. Came home from lake on Sunday afternoon and going back this afternoon, enjoyed my sewing time. Hubby has the next three days off and we will head back out there this afternoon.

Originally Posted by moonwork42029

Working on while we wait....

Packing up 2 rooms so we can have carpet laid in them this Friday ... (Major Pain in the Asterisk)

Making "pillowcase" dresses for my 5 yr Granddaughter that broke her elbow a couple weeks ago. She started kindergarten with her arm in cast and they needed "easy on/easy off" dresses/clothes. She'll have it in cast at least 3 more weeks, then they will take out pins and see if she has to have cast after that for awhile.

Making rompers for other 2 granddaughters so they don't feel left out. 7 & 10 yr old ... but just got the patterns for them....now I need extra hours for that project.

And finally.... making other blocks for a different project group ... way behind on them.

Of course full time job and all the nasty laundry/house stuff too.

Originally Posted by GramE

love the wedding quilt! Does that block have a name or is it your own creation?

This July has been full of dogs for me. Boarding has become so expensive, "Let's call GramE!". So in addition to my own dogs I had 3 maltese/shih tzu mix puff balls for 10 days, they think the world revolves around them! They went home & 4 days later in comes 2 poodles with manners, thank you. But 4-5 dogs is too many for me, an old woman who thinks two dogs is too much many days! So grateful for a fenced in backyard.

But I'm trying to get my sewing refuge ready. New blade in rotary cutter. Using up bobbins with little bits of thread left on them. Taking inventory, still need a new WOW. Still need to clean my iron & wash my board cover or at least put a different pillowcase on it. Thought maybe I would sew the pieces of my "summer" table top together. Just in case it stays undone for a bit I put Christmas on the back! My wall actually still has my Boom 16 blocks on it. Finishing up the last one today.
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Originally Posted by GramE

And if anyone besides me needs a mental reminder on which group is which, my mental gymnastics tells me Topaz is twenty and Opal is only fourteen. Some of us (me) need more help than others!

Originally Posted by joanelizbay

Wish I had room for a design wall! I usually just lay the blocks out on my bed and rearrange them on there. Still need to put the orange Boom 16 together..just not enough hours in a day and found out yesterday I have to have cataract surgery sometime soon..Knew my eye was getting fuzzy but didn't know if it was allergies or what. Eye dr yesterday said right eye is candidate now and left can wait..ugh..always something.

Originally Posted by Janice McC

Good morning, Topazers. Topazites? Topazians? Topaziacs? (That one sounds like a med!) Oh, dear. Good morning, Boomers!

I've printed the shipping labels so you will start receiving your tracking numbers directly from USPS.com. (Ibex94, you will get an email from me later today or tomorrow with your tracking #.) Packages will go out tomorrow afternoon so most of you will have your F8s on Friday, with the remainder arriving on Saturday if all goes as planned. Just in time for the weekend.

Yay, Topaznians! Yep, like that one.