Serger issue and Quiltathon progress

A few months back I got out my serger and was going to zip up some pillowcases real quick like for some Quilts of Valor Quilts. Well imagine my surprise when I went to sew and the machine would do nothing....I mean nothing, nadda, zilch.....I tried everything I could think of and resigned myself to the fact that it was going to have to go to the serger hospital. So back in the cupboard it went and I concentrated on other sewing. Well recently I made a pair of pillowcases for my MIL for part of her Christmas present and was frustrated that I couldn't serge the edges for a nice finish. Well the other day I was complaining to my friend in Ohio about this and we started talking and she started asking questions and one thing lead to another and I ended up getting out the manual......and read the troubleshooting guide.....well guess what? My serger has an LCD screen and if the presser foot isn't down it won't do a thing! Nothing, nadda, zich.....evidently when I went to use it before I was going to test drive it with something bulky and had lifted the presser foot...because once I put the foot down it worked!! I am so glad I didn't take it in to be serviced!! They, along with you would have a good laugh at my expense.

So for the first part of quiltathon weekend I was able to serge the edges of the pillowcases and I got 2 placemats made. They are also for my MIL. I went to quilt them and discovered I didn't have the right color thread for that so off to Joanns and dinner and Sat night was over. So today after work I will quilt them and they will be done. Maybe I can also whip up some QOV cases while I'm at it.....

Stash Report # 47

This past week I made some blocks for an online swap I was in. They are fall leaf blocks and it is going to be a really neat wallhanging. Otherwise it has been planning Christmas projects and getting for Thanksgiving at our house.

Totals current as of: November 23

Added: 0 yards

Busted: 2 and 3/8 yards

Year-to-Date Totals:

Added: 116 and 5/8 yards

Busted: 145 and 1/4 yards

Net YTD: 28 and 5/8 yards busted

Stash Report # 46

Oh my goodness...what a bad blogger I am...I can't believe it's been almost a month since my last post! One would hope that I have been sewing and just not had time to get in here. Truth of the matter had some things going on with my Mom that have been consuming my thoughts and really haven't been sewing much. Over the past couple weeks I did get a pair of pillowcases and a pair of potholders made for part of my Mother-in-Laws Christmas present. The blocks used in the potholders were from an online swap I did a number of years ago.

Totals current as of: November 16
Added: 0 yards
Busted: 2 and 1/4 yards

Year-to-Date Totals:

Added: 116 and 5/8 yards
Busted: 142 and 7/8 yards
Net YTD: 26 and 1/4 yards busted

Stash Report # 42!

Oh man have I had a great week on the stashbusting front. I made backings for 3 tops I had made and figured up how much fabric I have given away the past few months and my totals are now in the positive!! Finally, just when the year is almost over! LOL

Totals current as of: October 18

Added: 0 yards
Busted: 36 and 1/2 yards

Year-to-Date Totals:

Added: 116 and 5/8 yards
Busted: 140 and 5/8 yards
Net YTD: 24 yard busted

Quiltathon progress for Saturday

This morning Jim and I headed out and ran a few errands and then stopped for a quick lunch. Came home put all the meat away and put supper in the crockpot. It smells yummy! Then I sat down and made backings for 3 quilt tops! Yahoo! Finally some sewing got done while on vacation.

Stash Report #41

Well unfortunately there isn't much to report this week. I did put in a few stitches on the halloween wallhanging but that is all. Today Jim and I ripped out the carpet in the living and dining rooms and got that all tied up for the garbage man. Now to move on and start patching the holes/cracks and get the paint picked out for the walls. We won't really be doing a whole lot more to these rooms until after the first of the year. So here's a before and an after of the carpet episode today.

Totals current as of: October 12

Added: 0 yardsBusted: 15 and 1/8 yards

Year-to-Date Totals:

Added: 113 and 5/8 yards

Busted: 104 and 1/8 yards

Net YTD: <-9 and 1/2 > yards busted

Good Grief!!

I can't believe it's been 2 weeks since I last posted. Things have been a tad crazy here at home and also at work...boss came back from his summer long trip to Greece. So it's time to get used to having him around again....he's not in the best of moods as business is down...so we all do alot of smiling and nodding around him and then run outside and scream! LOL I haven't been doing much on the sewing front lately....However today I did get some more buttonhole stitching done on the halloween wallhanging. And I've got the threads pulled to the back and tied off. I might sit down and do a little more tonight, as Jim is at a business dinner and Heather went to the mall, so it's me and Eddie!