I had planned to head home from work right away on Friday and get to sewing my Clamshell Pillow.
But...
Marks are due today at 9:00 am for my grade 12 class so I had to finish marking a ton of tests. Then I had to enter all those marks into the computer. Then I had to finalize all marks in the computer. Then there was paperwork to do for a couple of kids who dropped the course earlier in the semester. Then I had to print out mark spreadsheets. It was 5:20 by the time I left work and, because of a silly accident, 6:00 pm when I finally arrived home.
Then the OnlyChild pleaded with me to take her to the mall. Oh, you know, my favourite place. She did well - a dress, two sweaters, a top and I think something else for $70 - all on sale - and she *forgot* her bank card so guess who paid...? Sigh.
Saturday morning included cleaning, then dance class.
Ahhhh...Saturday afternoon was mine.
So, the story behind the Clamshell Pillow (there is always a story):
You can see in the top left that I had the shells all laid out and ready to go. Well, somewhere in there, I managed to turn around the base fabric (which was marked for placement) and ended up sewing the shells down the wrong way. Of course, I didn't notice this until after the first row had been fused and sewn. So I had to add a couple of extra rows to fill in all the white space. No big problem. I still love it. And it looks so good with my Swoon quilt because I used some leftover Ruby fabric to make it.
This was my third project for the Curves Class by Stitched in Color. I'm really enjoying this.
Yesterday I had planned to work on the Christmas Strings quilt. Becky from Sarcastic Quilter sent me some Christmas fabric that was perfect for the backing.
I made a backing from the two heart fabrics and got it all basted and ready to quilt yesterday. Then I remembered that I had a function to attend and had to leave around 5:00 pm. That meant I had to abandon all thoughts of quilting and make myself presentable. I guess quilting Christmas Strings will have to wait. My goal is to get it done before the end of the month!
If I do that, I can start something new...
8 comments:
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That's the way! We must dangle a carrot as an incentive to finish our UFO's LOL. LOVE that clamshell pillow -- I really want to do a whole clamshell quilt!
Love the clam shell pillow. It's so pretty and colorful. I share your distaste for malls ... thank goodness for online shopping.
Oh dear, but I'm glad that it all worked out in the end!
I don't miss all that marking and paper work one little bit!
Lovely! I have a clam shell my great Gram made!My pal Alice and I joke some on shopping in each others stash!Sure your Christmas string quilt will be done in time!;-)
Oh those are just adorable! And the colors so yummy in both the clam shells and set of fabrics!
I just found your blog through Heather & Megan at Quilt Story and am so happy I did. I love your clam shell pillow it is beautiful, great colors. Looking forward to more of your blog. Happy sewing!
That clamshell pillow is to die for. So cute! I will have to look into something like that. But sewing curves... gives me the shivers!
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