Oh my! The purple shadow coloring on the latest trapunto piece was hard to achieve. I began to question whether it was even possible, but finally, after buying half-yards of 6 different purples - I found the ONE! It was a satin, instead of cotton quilting fabric and worked great. I can't post pictures yet because it is a gift and I wouldn't want to spoil it.
The 4-H fair starts Friday, and I turned in a small wholecloth quilt in the misc. catagory. The ladies checking items in suggested that catagory instead of the baby quilt because mine is more formal, and not really baby-ish, although it is that size. I hope, hope, hope, that it does well. The kids want to go to the fair on Friday so maybe I can find out how it did then???
On the home front, the kids are just certain that Tim & I are breaking some kind of child labor laws because we are making them do the dishes and tidy the kitchen nightly. We divided it into three parts 1. wash dishes 2. dry dishes & vaccuum kitchen 3. tidy kitchen & dining room. Now, I'm really proud of myself for figuring out that the worst scenerio for the dish washer is to find dishes left over from last night, right? So the dish washer is the tidy-upper on the night before they wash - - are you with me?? That way if THEY overlook something in their clearing off the table or cleaning up the kitchen, it's their own fault and they deserve to wash it! I bet $20 bucks they don't overlook much after it happens once! So, tonight is Ellen on dishes, Max on tidying, and Marci on drying. Hopefully there will be less whining, but I'm not betting the farm on it, LOL!
I'm a mom of 3 kiddos (Max-May of '93; Ellen-June of '95; Marci-August of '98) & wife to Tim since Oct. 1990, working part-time as a church secretary. I have a business, calico kat quilting, doing longarm quilting out of my home. I enjoy quilting, scrapbooking, and homemaking.
