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It came down to my brothers helping with the paying of me making a quilt for my mom. The extra money that didn't get used in materials would go towards my CoCox2 fund.  So I pulled an all nighter and this is what I came up with.I don't care for the colors. But they are very much my mother and how she wants to decorate the spare bedroom. I also tried a few new things that I probably won't do again... or do differently, fleece as a backing, and no binding just putting right sides together and flipping it. It definitely needs more quilting done on it but I ran out of time.  I will probably snag it from her in the future to do more quilting or tacking on it. Now for reals this time. NO MORE QUILTS until after CoCox2 unless it's mindless work on the ONE baby quilt I have said is still in que.

 Last night was one of those 'your just not going to sleep' nights. The change up of meds was suppose to help. Oh well. I took advantage of it and all the quilting is done on that quilt. I do it by hand so it takes me a little longer. But hey its done. *woot*. I also have the binding made and pinned into place. I think I will leave the actual sewing it on until tomorrow. I am just now getting sleepy at 6, but Keeping both sides of the binding in line so the stitches don't slip off has always been a challenge for me. I don't think I should add to it. 
With the finishing of the binding tomorrow I am done with quilts for a little while. I have the one baby quilt still to do but I told my husband I want some me sewing time. I am hoping to mock up  the jacket I want to use with my steampunk tomorrow. We will see. I may end up sleeping the day away.

 Work on the quilt has halted. I am waiting on one picture. It is as complete as I can get it until I do get that picture. Dang Brother-in-law.
I also cut out the next quilt's pieces. This is one of the baby blankets that has been in the que. The last of those in fact. WOOT! Just have to get two more pieces of fabric and since I am beyond poor it might take a little while. I got two gift cards to Jo-Anns for my birthday but I would really rather use those on me then someone else. I am spoiled that way!
One good thing about the quilt being on hold is I have some spare time. I took on an Alteration project today. $20 for an hour and a half of work on a prom dress. Not to bad. It went into my CoCox2, from here on end CoCox2 is Comic Con and Costume College, fund.
This weekend is the start of the Southern California Renaissance Pleasure faire. Lucky for me its buy one ticket get one free so I can afford to go. This of course means I need something new for my Ren garb. Keeping with the free or cheap I decided to make a Elizabethan coif with shaped brim and forehead cloth from The Tudor Tailor.
This project is great because I need something for my head. I normally get my hair braided but we pretty much have it budgeted to just enough for a thing of food each and drinks. So head ornamentation is needed. I was going to try and just make a simple coif but why not go all out!. I keep saying my Ren garb will slowly get more and more accurate.
Best thing of it all was I was able to cut it completely out of scrap linen!!!! I also have millinery wire in my stash. YEA! I should get back to work on that.

 An 'I love you' gift for my hubby. I got the idea from a project jainamsolo  shared. Anything to decrease my hubby's horde of t-shirts that he just can't part with.



Now back to pjs so I have more empty space under my table.

Hubby did it again with the computer. I wish I had a clue what is wrong with it. Everytime... okay not everytime but when he downloads new things onto the computer it will freeze up and then we can't restart it. It keeps going through the start up screen but it doesn't actually start. My dad said its a problem with one of our drivers.... but that might as well been a foreign language. Its so frusterating to me. Luckily I had backed up my photos that day, but I am still very frusterated from having lost all the ones I did before that. And my re-arrange of the photos too. Not to mention my sites and links. *GGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR*

In sewing news, I brought my machine in to be serviced. Just its yearly one. So I have been focusing on hand stuff and cutting out things. My main focus has been an embroidery pillow case. I did its partner almost two years ago now and this one has been on my to do list since then. I brought it with me to AZ for the car ride and have just continued to work on it. I have started the whole process for two more quilts. Gathering fabrics and will probably start cutting them out tonight or tomorrow. Hopefully soon I can start on actual costuming stuff.

My first time doing applique, using both fusible web and stablizer. I knew of stablizer from using a friend's machine. But it was taking it off after the embroidery was done, not from the start. Have to say this is different but fun.
Should get back to some lucent cording.

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