If you are not in Houston right now.......

[Hannelore N.]

..... What are you doing??

It's half-term holidays here in the UK. So I have this week off. I'm trying to find a way of mixing necessary work (cleaning, tidying, other jobs around the house) with pleasure (fondling fabrics, making notes about future project ideas, watching TQS videos,etc.).

And I have decided to do something brand-new for me: I have baked my own bread. It turned out rather well, so I took half the loaf around to my son's house, who was suitably impressed. He never thought that his Mum would shop signs of becoming a 'Domestic Goddess' (Mmmmhhh.... There must be a quilt in that phrase....)

The advantage of not being in Houston: My feet don't ache and my bank balance isn't taking a beating.

Lorchen

[Julia L.]

Hi Hannelore,I've been a bread baker for about 30 years.Once the weather turns cool,its my favorite thing to do.My family loves it too!Since gardening is pretty much done for the year(I just have a few more things to whack down and some lily bulbs to dig up and move), its time to get back to sewing and cooking and reading. Julie

[Julia L.]

I'm working, making money so maybe, just maybe I can go to Houston next year Sandi in FL

[Julia L.]

I am trying to just find a few minutes to vegetate.

[Teri L.]

Finishing up the final details of the guild quilt show. Everything is coming together. I have a few labels to put on my quilts.
I'm adding a blog post tonight.
DH and I went to Hartford today and saw the oldest documented quilt in the US. It's beautiful.
It's chilly here in NY so working on a quilt is a good thing!

Happy quilting!
Teri

[Teri L.]

Taking a much deserved break from making grammas Swedish Potato Sausage, "Potatos Korv". MMMMMMM, YUMMY
Hard to believe the holidays are just around the corner. Where has the time gone?

Sew Long & Sew Happy

Linda

[Carla G.]

I'm working, dreaming up a new quilt and looking forward to celebrating my BD..... HOUSTON sounds like more fun though!

Carla

[Gloria H.]

I sewed the border on my winter wall hanging tonight and relived in memory our first night in Houston (one year ago today). Because we had signed up for classes we had a preview before the general public. It was so exciting. I'm so glad I have those memories to look back on. Gloria

[Betty J.]

Worked all day--especially busy this week for some reason. I am thinking about which of my 30 or more planned quilts I should make next (in my microscopic quilting time).

[Betty J.]

I also bake breads, I like raison bread , pickle sour dough, wheat. I also like to make fresh blueberry bagels. I have tried cake donuts but really don't like the donut recipes I have tried. I have made home made pasta/spegetti that was Fun. I like making my own pizza dough and dressing them up- "easy recipe",there like an Angilos pizza. I have made homemade pretzels. All my recipes come from Home and Gardens recipe book. I Like alot of there recipes. I have wore this book out and need to get a new copy,the pages are falling out. I want to learn how to make pita breads,never tried them. I have done rolls. Over making all of the above its funny because making Biscuits I have never been great at.,isn't that sad.
I have been in a baking mood also,must be that time of the year.

I have two quilts in the making another tumbling block and a strip quilt but I got alittle side tracted into finishing other quilt tops for daughter Trish - 2 identical quilt tops for Cecille & Allix and friend Theresa Mom quilt- I did there quilting,then I'm making youngest Granddaughter Sydella 1 - a baby quilt. Daughter Cinda wants me to make afew embroidery fun patches for her girl scout troop-Daisys. This will be fun easy project. I 'think' after I finish the baby quilt I'll work on some fun projects before I get back to my quilts.

[Mary K.]

I am on the road for business in New Mexico - thank goodness! It is keeping me so busy that I forget that I am NOT in Houston!

[Mary K.]

I had to stop baking bread! I am absolutely unable to resist freshly baked bread... it was making me fat! :? Since I can't go to Houston I'm spending alot of time in the studio working on my Challenge piece.

[Sandy F.]

I'm not in Houston and I am still working on my son's Big Red Quilt'. Fall has arrived and I actually saw a few snow flurries on the way to work Tuesday morning. My daughter, SIL, and my son will be home Saturday to celebrate Melissa's birthday. She wants me to make Chicken Pot Pie for her birthday dinner.

[Sandy F.]

I sure envy all of the group at the Houston Quilt Show. but never the less I am enjoying working on the quilt for the expected 7th great grandchild. Yesterday I stippled the outside border and got the binding reading to apply. I'm using Sharon Schambers method. I really like her way better than any I have tried. It takes a little more time, but is well worth the effort. I sent for her DVD on Perfect Binding so that I don't have to go out on the web if I forget a step. Have fun all the rest of you who are at home. Nan

[Sandy F.]

Would one of you mind taking a pic of me with my quilt at the show to be put in the Houston Scrapbook? I'll be at the TQS booth for the 1 pm gathering tomorrow. Today is devoted to packing and getting ready to catch the bus at O Dark Thirty tomorrow morning. We will arrive at the show at around 10 am. I can hardly wait to visit my quilt!

Pat in Rockport, TX