Quilting like a Maniac- Relaxing through Quilting.

I still seem to have the stomach flu, and that means I need to take it easy.  But when you're ADHD that's very hard to do.  You can slow down but it's hard to stop completely.  My cat has it down pat, how to relax.  Someone once told me that it shows how safe the cat is with you when he sleeps with his stomach exposed.  When both my husband and I are home together this is usually how the cat sleeps.  You can't quite make it out but his toy mouse is just above his head.  He loves that toy.... So I relaxed and tried to stake it easy yesterday and today.  I cut up two of the blocks I was behind on the Harry Potter Quilt by SewFresh.  I cut the pieces for the train and for the logo of the group.  Both are ready to start sewing. I also sewed and quilted another block, Dobby.  I love how it turned out.  My husband was laughing at it.  He wants me to make a pillow of this.  Take a look yourself.  Do you think it would make a great pillow? I've been doing ci

OMG!!!!  I won the prize for August's OMG!!!!  Read about what I accomplished here.   But I was sooooooo excited to get an email from Elm Street Quilts saying that I won the thread kit!!  So excited and so useful as well. Well, school starts tomorrow here in Surrey, BC and that means I won't be sewing so much.  It also doesn't help that I'm sick with the flu right now, but life goes on and so do I... I finished one quilt that has been just sitting there on my desk for a year...  It's a paper piece by Tartankiwi,   She has some really beautiful patterns that are not for the faint of heart, they're from medium skill to very advance (her quilt patterns) and though you might want to do one right away, start with a few of her free ones.  This one was one of her free patterns ( find it here ) but now it cost $4 approximately.  I was lucky to get it when I did. I have done some purchases from her (couldn't resist), and got the zebra face  as well as the