Quilting like a Maniac- Relaxing through Quilting.

 I've been overly tired from teaching in this time and age.  Although everyone thinks that teaching two courses is easy, it's not.  And truthfully, I teach two blocks per class, so it was four classes instead of the two everyone is talking about.  The school term switches over the 2nd week of November and goes until December, and with only one class (a double class again) this term with a 1/2 day spare, I think I can manage a big project this time.  The HST quilt by Lee A Heinrich at Freshly Piecing.   I have all the material, and I have the paper work to make perfect HST squares.  I have not even started this quilt, but it's a new way of doing HSTs and it's suppose to be easy to do, so I'm trying it. This is my first goal.  My 2nd goal is to complete another door for the Barn door set up that I have in the dining area.  I want to make something artistic.  It's something to start to make the house more welcoming. Hooking up to Elm Street Quilts for November. 

 Well last blog entry I said I was going to do two for one quilts and finished two different quilts, and guess what?!  Miracles of miracles, I got both done! The first was going to be a Christmas gift for a friend but certain situations came in and I'm giving it to him next week.  It's perfect for a man, and about 60 inches both ways.  Take a look,  it's called Oh Deer...  yes, great name.  One block below. Look at the antlers.  The piecing was stitch and flip, and there were a lot of pieces. The full quilt is four deers, that are very large finished squares.  Then I added a border. the backing is deers as well, and a nice brown. In the end, I loved it.  Looking great and how I want to make one for myself  :) This quilt is on my list of "To complete" for 2020, and it's a done deal.  it was on the list from AQS and now done. But that was not the one that I said I would complete.  The one for this month (and for the summer as well) is my row by row for the year

 Well it's time to make October's goal, and I'm happy to say that I've completed the All People's Quilt challenge selection already.  So maybe this month's goal is to catch up on another one that keeps on trudging along but I don't get it done.  So here it is, my row by row.... I have 18 row by rows completed.  All are quilted.  I am using Quilt as you Go to attach them all in two rows.  I now need to make the center row because three rows of row by rows will look stupid. See what they look like so far.  Below are two more sections of 3 to add together then to the 3 more for the right side of the quilt. Need to quilt these. For the middle I have purchased a pattern from SewFresh for a seagull, a crab, and the posts that are in the water (I don't know what they're called).  I also already have from her a pelican pattern (I made this one before and gave it away to someone in Florida).  Plus I have a little surprise for the top (a paper piece design). 

 With work resuming the time spent on quilts and quilting is small, but I'm still trying to get in some creativity time.  Now my quilting has changed from creativity to a stress releaser.  Two cases reported in our school and we continue to work.  School is two blocks a day with lectures of 2 1/2 hours a session.  I prep 4 classes in total (2 different classes in each of my blocks) and prepping for all.  Marking is piling up, but exhaustion is bigger.  I don't know if I can keep up this pace but quilting does help to release the stress. But I did get my September's goal for OMG completed.    Hanging with pride.  Here's my initial blog entry saying I was going to try to get it done.... The pattern is by Elizabeth Hartman.  It's called Dwight the Deer.  I'm calling it Oh Deer!!  since it was done during the Corvid era of going back to school with this.  The pattern is easy, but label all your parts because there are a lot of pieces.  But it makes a good size block