Summer Project

First of all, I deeply apologize for not responding to your comment for the last couple posts.
I am so grateful for receiving all of your warm comment, concerns, and encouragement for me.
Thank you so much.

I have been dealing with some issues relating to my work and I just wanted to be isolated from anybody for a while. I just did not want to talk about my situation.
My situation is not getting better yet as far as job hunting, just hoping to hear from any recruiters for more realistic offer for now.

Instead of feeling down, (it's not my thing anyway), I am just enjoying a "Staying-home-mom" role with my daughter. Since our budget is getting tight, I decided to utilize this time to sew her summer clothes. So last week we went to JoAnn and bought a few patterns and made this dress. I let her pick the fabric this time. It is just amazing to see now I can let her do things like that!!
It took me a couple of days to make this dress and it was a lot of fun making it. I guess polka dot is coming back popular this summer.

When she spins, the dress spins with her!! (hehe) Very cute and I am so pleased with the result.

As far as quilt project, I just finished all quilting parts on the Irish chain quilt top except for the border yesterday. It was long way to come but I can see the goal now. I will concentrate on this quilt until I finish it so I will not work on other UFOs for now.


Happy quilting!!

Independence Day

Happy 4th of July!!

Independence Day parade in my local town.
Just a fun being there but great reminder why we can celebrate today.
Thank you for many men and women in uniforms as well as veterans.

Happy quilting!!

Un...

I knew that was coming eventually.
I am now officially unemployed. Today I registered a couple of job search sites and some have already contacted me to ask for my resume. You know, I thought job marketing would be hopeless but I guess there are still many jobs available, just it depends on what the people can sell to get them. I never imagined I would be one of those job seekers but once I am now and have extra time like this, I can think about what I would like to do much more seriously and positively instead of losing my temper or hiding my emotion.

As I stay home until I get a job, I can spend 24/7 with my daughter, most likely this whole summer!! I have not been able to spend such a long time with her since she was born as I had a full time job, I really appreciate this situation in a way. I know our budget will be getting tighter than ever, but my heart and feeling are getting filled with a lot of love and friendship from my family and people around me.

So please pray for me and my family and I will keep my chin up.
I know there is a hope out there.

Happy quilting!!

Friendship Star Quilt

This has been an UFO for a long time and I finally finished quilting the other day. This design is from "Prairie Children and Their Quilts" and it is about 20"x25". I followed the quilt lines as the book shows and it took me only a couple of hours to finish it!! I would've done it long time ago!!! (lol) I'm glad another UFO has completed.

I am now working on a machine applique quilt. I used to do machine applique a lot when I took a quilt class at a local craft shop. It's been a while so I like it because I can finish each block so fast but I like hand applique better.

Since the weather is nice and warm, I spend a lot of time working in the yard. The flower bed in the front yard needs to be updated so badly but due to economic downturn? I need to prioritize our budget for items to buy. YET, I just purchased "Miley Cyrus" concert ticket yesterday!!!! I know I am a crazy mama and I spoil my daughter so much!! (lol)

Anyway, our yard will be eventually organized and have a lot of flowers someday.

Happy quilting!!