Life is good

Ah, life is good! Getting back in the saddle is making me feel so great! It's amazing how happy and content sewing makes me!
Yesterday I started and finished my first baby quilt top of the set I'm making to donate to the police for domestic abuse victims. I've been wanting to do this for a long time, so I'm happy I finally got started on them.
Here's a picture:

And it's lovely flannel too. I adore flannel, so soft and cozy. I hope they will be able to give comfort to those who need it most!


And here is also a picture of the chess quilt I'm making Charlie. Now the question is whether or not I should put a border around it or not. Hmmm.

Now I have to figure out how to make chess figures to put on it. That's going to be tricky!

Anyway, here's a close-up:

Finally!

This has been a very hard week and a half for me! My sewing machine broke last week on Thursday. I had to take it in to get it repaired. I won't hear back about it's progress until sometime next week.
Buuut I have the best fiancé ever! He ordered me a new machine. So today I could finally sew a few blocks together for one of my baby quilts. It felt so good! I'm really glad I got to sew today, even if it was only a little bit.
Tomorrow though I have the whole day off from school, so I can sew until I have to go to work. I'm very excited about that!

My new baby. And some squares from the police baby quilts.

Oh the Horror!

My sewing machine broke Thursday night and I've been in agony!!! This has really shown me how involved I am in sewing. I've realized that there isn't a day I don't think about sewing, quilting and what projects I'm working on, or want to be working on.
I got a Joann's gift card from one of my lovely coworkers for Christmas. On Wednesday I finally went there and picked a book on a whim. What a lucky whim that was! I am in love with this book. 100 small things to make. I want to do almost everything in the book. The projects will make fabulous gifts!
Here is a picture of all of the post it's in the book marking all the ones I want to make, some of them in numerous variations.

But no sewing machine, sooooob!!! I do have an appointment to get it fixed on Monday. It just seems so far away.

And here is a picture of the book with title.