Angie Juda

Chic n Scratch

What’s wrong with this picture?

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OMG ….. What’s wrong with this picture?

That HUGE Light!!!

I thought it was much smaller …Holy Cow .. I can’t keep that thing on my desk (it’s so big it looks like it might attack me).

So, here’s the story ….

We’ve seen the sun once in the past 7 days ….. maybe it’s been longer I’ve lost track of the days.

Every morning … like clockwork I check the weather app … it’s total gloom and doom!!

A few days ago I received my Thyroid newsletter (not sure of the official name but that’s what I call it) and wouldn’t you know it mentioned Winter Blues with women with Thyroid issues.   It suggested a Daylight … so what did I do? I ordered one … especially considering the weather forecast for the next week is CLOUDY.

It arrived today …. I will use it tomorrow  …but I’m thinking I should have done my homework a little better and found one that matched my house.  Dave is going to think I’ve lost my mind … LOL  If the light works … I’ll be happy!

It’s no secret I’m on a mission to feel better.  I’ve started using doTerra Oils … and now the Daylight  …. what’s next?

Gotta run …. . it’s time to cook dinner and I’m too tired to even think about it!!

Long Arm Quilter

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Good news …. I found Shirley’s phone number (Long Arm Quilter) and I’m taking Brooke’s quilt to her next Wednesday.  It’s not ready yet ….but it will be by next Wednesday.

So, a few of you lurkers have expressed some interest …..   I love it!

I never finished the Flower Quilt Video (part two) … but …..  the Squares and Diamonds Quilt is the same ….. just smaller.

Heres’ the Squares and Diamonds Quilt Video…..

Here’s part one of the Flower Quilt (part two was never made) but all  you do is add more blocks to make it larger.

Another video showing the Flower Quilt (also called 80 block Quilt)

See ya!

p.s. My energy level is at an all time low …. I was just fine until noon … then I bottomed out.   So ….   I ordered myself a Therapy Light (if you  have thyroid issues it has been recommended).  I’ll let you know if it makes a difference.  At this point I’m ready to try anything to get my energy level back!!

Rows are complete

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Over the weekend I managed to get all the rows sewn.

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Next up ….ironing the seams and then stitching all the rows together.

I need to find my long arm quilters phone number ….. I hope she has time to get it done before Brooke moves out!

By the way …… I made this post on my iPhone …. The picture may be too large?  If it is I’ll correct it tomorrow.

See ya later!

Butterfly Stitching

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My picture today is the three tests I did to decide which stitching to use around the butterflies.

I started with the chocolate zig zag because my old butterfly quilt has black (hand stitched) zig zags around all the butterflies.

The quilt was given to me by my boss when I moved to Nashville …. in my early 20’s (it’s too worn to share a picture).  Brooke has ask me for it …. for years!!  My answer has always been I’ll make you one 🙂

I have always loved quilts and I remember my grandmother and aunts making their blocks  ……I never got one of their quilts …  but I remember admiring them!

Every time I saw my aunt  Ima Jean she would show me her latest blocks …. how I wish I had taken the time to learn back then!  (I had too much energy and was always on the go!!)  I think it’s safe to say they would all be proud of me (even though my stuff is super simple).

So … back to the butterflies  … I decided to go with the simple and classic stitching  ….  even though Brooke loves my old butterfly quilt with the zig zag … she loves it because of the smell and the feel.

I’ve had a whopper of a headache for several days (and extreme fatigue) and the only thing that doesn’t make my head hurt worse is sewing (the machine is really quite) … if you know me you already know I simply can not just do nothing … there are so many things I love to do and doing nothing is torture!!!

I had someone ask me if this blog is about quilting … to be honest  … I like to write and I have zero plans ….what ever I’m doing at the moment is what I’ll share.    I guess you could almost call it my journal.      Brooke is moving out in January and I’m on a mission to get her quilt done so that she can take it with her … hence the reason why most of my posts have been about the quilt.

Next month is could be about something totally different (food, oils, Miss Bella, etc).

Gotta run .. see ya!

p.s. I just re-read this blog post and it’s all over the place … I know it and yet I’ll post it anyway.  We’ll blame it on my whopper headache!!