Stopped for the day...

by this...

and it caused me to stop because I put the stitch that broke the needle through my index finger...so I've pretty much gotten out of the mood to continue sewing today...fortunately, it was a clean stitch so I'm sure I'll be back at it in a few days...

anyhoo - yesterday I put quilted squares together for the center of another quilt (you saw the pieced squares in an earlier post) - I used the same quilted-square method I showed you in the post on 8/22 and I think it went together much better...

...the piece needs to be bigger than it is (it's only about 26"x33")...so today I was contemplating side and end panels using basic black and yellow stitching, so that's what I started working on before I was "stopped"...I think I'll contemplate  something different to make it bigger...

Conversational Tidbits...

I don't want to forget...

"If you choose the right project and work really hard, you could end up with something wonderful. 
If you choose the wrong project, it doesn't matter how hard you work:  it will still turn out badly." 

Dr. Deisenhofer, Nobel Prize in Chemistry

"Really?  That's what she chose to wear to lab today?" 

Girl about girl in the hall

(in reference to glittery shoes similar to this,

 I think,  because the only other visible

item of clothing was a lab coat...)

"I just found out my dissertation has to be completely written before I defend so it can be given to my committee; I thought it was due two weeks after!  I think I'm freaking out now."

...He defends in 11 days. 

He's been here 5 years. 

Be proud of me.

I did not smack him in the back of the head.

Finished something - at last...

I went with the blue sashing after all, and it came out pretty nicely - learned a lot as well; will be trying this technique again...

Ever have one of those weeks?

Embroidery at the Mariner's

I spent the entire weekend sitting in front of the computer going through the images we took in Virginia - one of my favorites is of this embroidery at the Mariner's Museum - combining embroidery, goldwork, photography and painting...at about 3'x4', it's a beautiful piece of art...