Dog Days of Summer

Well I am no longer sick been well all week and 4 of the 5 kids are back in school, my oldest Vicki goes back to college at the end of the month.

The monsoon season is in full force meaning lots of humidity with 100 degree temps :0( I hate this part of the year, I am so ready for the cooler temps.

Ok so since I didn't post any pics the last time, I will now...

This is the completed first month of my Dear Jane Blue

And this is the completed first month of the Dear Jane Kaffe Fassett, I am liking how they are comming out but since it has been so hot I haven't really felt like doing much sewing on these, even though I am doing mostly paper piecing and machine applique instead of needle turn applique they are very time consumming. At this rate I may have these two quilts piced by the time I am 50 (I will be 45 in Nov).

I did however make some head way on this UFO, it is my Desert Nine Patch Quilt, I am making a king size one for my bed. This one will probably be done long before the Dear Jane quilts, lol it is so simple...just nine patch blocks on point alternating with solid blocks..thats it, easy peasy ;0) 

Dear Jane Quilts

A few months ago I joined a "Dear Jane" Blue BOM (block of the month). I have received 2 months so far and should be receiving the 3rd in less than 2 weeks. However I am still trying to get the 1st month done...

This is what I got done of the DJ Blue BOM so far, 8 blocks. The first month was for 8 blocks plus 2 triangles. I haven't had time to do the triangles yet because I am also doing this quilt in Kaffe Fassett fabrics. 

As you can see I am just a little bit farther along on this one..got 1 of the triangle blocks done. Each month I will receive enough fabric for 8 blocks and 2 triangles for a total of 24 months of the DJ Blue BOM quilt. it's not looking too good if only after the first month I am already behind :0( I have no excuses, it's summer and business has slowed down a bit, however distractions are at their all time high with the kids home from school on summer vacation, my MIL living with us now and lets not forget the heat we have here in AZ. Some days the heat just drains you so much that the last thing you want to do is bury yourself under alot of fabric.

Also we just switched our electricity plan over to a better plan that allows us to receive low rates for 21 hours of the day but for 3 hours of the afternoon (3-6PM) we need to power down our usage to only 10%, this cuts into my sewing time :0( I am a night owl, like to sleep in and I schedule my customer appointments before noon so I have just enough time to eat lunch and load a quilt on my machine before I have to power everything off. After 6PM It's time for making dinner then quilting customer quilts before I turn in for the night. Weekends lately are being consumed with cleaning the house, laundry and spending time with family. I didn't really notice before that those 3 hours a day was when I was able to sew for me....need to try to find a better schedule of my time so I can do it all. Kids go back to school in 3 1/2 weeks, hope that will help ;0)