Miscellaneous

That cough I treated with slushies and chicken soup turned out to be bronchitis. Most of my family has been sick with bronchitis and pneumonia. Having learned that pneumonia is contagious, I will be more aware from now on. We are all on the mend after major drugs, and even though I had to cancel one Friday Night Free for All, we are back on schedule now.

This past Friday we gathered at the new location and everyone likes the new digs. It is so much easier to keep clean and is brightly lit. I can seat 6 to 8 quilters comfortably and a few more if they don't mind rubbing elbows.

BFG's gathers tonight to work on our ninth block of the NQA block of the month. It's my turn to have the block done ahead of time so, of course, I did it today. It's really a pretty block. I find that I have to square up each unit to 4-1/2 inches before I put the blocks together as nine patches, or it won't work. It amounts to shaving off no more than an eighth of an inch but seems to make a big difference, and this way I don't lose any points when I put the blocks together with the sashing and cornerstones.

I have the prettiest t-shirt quilt on the longarm. (That's a statement you don't hear very often.) The t-shirts are all from long distance runs and marathons, sashed in turquoise, with a border of running fabric in the same turquise and greens on cream. It really is quite attractive and is the last one I must finish before Thanksgiving.

Still have a line-up for before Christmas though! No matter how hard I try, the Christmas deadline always sneaks up on me and I find myself coming in early, staying late, and working on Sunday afternoons to get them all done. It's a good time to make extra money though so no whining. Therefore, don't ask, I can't squeeze in another quilt before Christmas. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!