Equal Rights Quilt

So yesterday I was able to go to my Mother in Laws and baste together my queen sized Equal Rights by Swirley Girls Design quilt.  It took awhile, but I did have some help.

After a bit of tugging and spraying and pinning I got the batting and top down.

Now, I just have to wind eleventy billion bobbins and quilt away.  :) 

I joined ps I quilt's  postage stamp quilt along.  She said to use 2 jellyrolls, but instead I'm using some fabric I was stashing away.  I've been wanting to do a pink and orange quilt, but had no pattern in mind. So I am totally game for using it up in this quilt.  

That's it all cut up in 2 1/2 inch strips. I'll be using white for the solid color.  I've got all of set "a" sewn up and half of set "b" sewn up.  I'm going to try to get a little more sewing in tonight, so I can catch up with this week. 

What I've been working on

Really. I do stuff around here.  It's not like I laze around eating bonbons all day, watching the soaps. :)

Since the parents have received this quilt, I can show it to you. This quilt is for my Cousin and his Wife's new baby, born 1/11/11.  I designed it all around Michael Millers Dino Dudes. I just love that print.  And since there was just enough, I backed the quilt with it as well.

I quilted about 1/4 of an inch for all the outer edges of the large squares.  It went fairly quickly, and I like how it looks. :) The finished size is right around 40 x 40.

Thank Gawd That's Over.

And by that, I not only mean my work week, I mean 2010.

I ended up 2010 out in a snowstorm for 2 hours looking for my sister in law's lost dog.  He finally turned up Saturday afternoon none the worse for wear, but I took a spill on the ice and am still feel like crap.  My feet went  out from under me, I had no hope of stopping myself, and ended up looking at stars and white lights, that were all in my head. I feel as if I've done 11 thousand crunches, and it hurts to sneeze.

But on a positive side, my husband has started a new job, it he appears to not hate it. :)  It's in town for a local company, and while he has to work out of the house every day now, he has a 10 minute commute and a car seat in his car now.

So, out with the old, and in with the new.

I have the next two days off and I plan on a whole lot of nothing.