We had a fun weekend. Saturday we invited our son and his family over for a bbq. Our daughter and her hubby had planned to go to friends for a bbq but instead we invited them over here. We had a good time visiting. The kids had fun playing on the hammock and playing Guitar Hero. Family and friends are the best!

I finished my quilt challenge quilt! It is definitely titled "WILD!"

I didn't have enough money to go buy backing so I used leftovers. I'm very pleased with the outcome.

After I finished longarming my friend's grandson saw the quilt. He decided he needed to have it. Sorry, Gabe.....you'll have to get grandma to make you another one! I had fun on the longarm and experimented with my quilting. I'm getting braver. One of these times I'll try some pantographs. Until then just call me free hand Sheri.

Finally...a new post. I have overwhelmed myself again but I'm back on Project Probation and making headway! Summer is here and, at last, I'm finished with work. I had two days training on how to use the new web provider for school. We had an excellent trainer but now I have so much to do. I just put it out of my mind until the end of August.

Look what I won!

Sarah at House of Krom had a give away. I could choose between this placemat and a wonky house placemat. It was a tough choice but.....our first house had orange kitchen counters and apple green bathroom counters. I love those counters to this day so I had to choose this one. It is on top of my mother-in-law's treadle sewing machine that I keep in my living room. Thank you, Sarah!

I've been busy with the quilt challenge from Old Red Barn Co. I quilted the top on the Gammill yesterday.

I just need to bind it tonight and I'll be finished. You'll have to come back to see the backing. I didn't have any money to buy backing fabic so I created my own. I'm please with the way it turned out. I think this quilt should entitled "WILD!"

I did it! I finished my quilt challenge top.

It is very bright but I really like it. I think I will enjoy quilting it. I'm going to experiment and see if I can't be more creative with the longarm. Should be fun!

Oh, my....It's been way too long since I blogged. In my defense, this happens to be the busiest time of year for me at school plus this year there has been the added stress of what my job will be next year. I finished the library inventory. Only 25 books are missing out of 13,500. I'd say that's pretty good. Most books that were still checked out to students were paid for. Friday, June 5, was the last day of school for students. I work this next week and then am done for the summer. Next year I will work four days a week at the school I'm at now and one day a week at one of our middle schools. I gained seven hours a week for next year. I'm grateful to have a job and will love working with the library tech up the mountain. She is a good friend. Our group of library techs has lots of fun when we get together.

I've also been busy with a quilt challenge. Jodi at Simply This, That and the Other strongly encouraged me to join in. It looked like a lot of fun so against my better judgment I did. May I just say it has been fun. It is sponsored by Old Red Barn Co. It's been going for three weeks now but if you want to join in you can still catch up.

You need to choose twelve half yard cuts of fabric. Of course, I chose thirteen. Then you cut them into 2.5" strips.

Next, sew them together using 1/4" seams and cut them into 12.5" squares. On the Old Barn site it says 11.5" squares but I think it should be 12.5". If not, I can still fix them.

I put these up on my design wall for a picture. Obviously, my quilt will be very bright. I love sewing quick quilts like this one. After next week I will be ablt to longarm more of my quilts and do a lot more sewing.

I've been wanting to do a give away. I wasn't ready to do one before Christmas so I gave Jodi one of my table runners and asked her to use it in a giveaway. I figured I be ready when I had 1,000 visitors to my site. That number came and went...maybe, 2,000? Oops, that came and went, too. I love the blogging community. I think I'm just about ready now so you might want to keep checking back...just in case. Happy Summer Vacation!!!!!!!