My Vacation
I went on vacation, but don’t let the word ‘went’ mislead you into thinking that I went somewhere. 
So what did Donna do on her vacation? 
First I would like to tell you that my husband is the one who went on vacation. He, along with 3 other men, went to Wyoming for the week. When he does that, I have a little vacation here at home. 
Monday: Spent the day with my kids.
Tuesday: I did nothing, even less than nothing. Have you ever spent 12 hours playing a game? Well, that is what I did on Monday.
Wednesday: I fully intend to make a wall-hanging quilt for my son. I promised him 12 years ago. With my husband out of the house, the time was good to make a huge mess. I pulled all of my old-quilting-days fabrics from a closet and from a trunk and I mulled over the fabrics, hundreds of pieces of fabric. I also planned a new center for the quilt. So during Wednesday I spent 12 hours thinking.
Thursday: I cut out and sewed part one and two.
Friday: I cut out and sewed part three of the quilt
Saturday and Sunday: I cut out and sewed part four of the quilt. (This is really interesting, right? 
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I’m not finished with the quilt yet, but I felt strangely compelled to tell why I have been ignoring my typical on-line activities. 
I will post pictures of the quilt very soon. I am not sure what else I will post regarding the quilt, but it is a special quilt and very hard to make. I could post a lot of technical geometry and math that I had to use. 
How about, for now, I post this almost unrelated picture of the light that I worked under all week. OooOOOoooO
See you later. 
Donna Young
The dated 2009 Half-Sized Block Planner refills are ready and uploaded. These files are designed to be printed on a regular sized printer paper, then cut in half. For notebooks that use 5.5" x 8.5" filler.
What a lovely chandelier you have in your dining room.
I will be eagerly awaiting the pictures of your quilt for your son.
I love your wall paper. So very Victorian!!!
Can not wait to see the creation.
Tanya, it looks like wallpaper but it isn’t. The designs on the wall are painted. I drew up and cut out the stencils around 12 years ago. It took 8 hours to cut the stencils and around a couple of weeks or so to stencil the walls. My elbow hurt for 6 months afterwards. Before I did the dining room walls, I used to pin quilts to the wall to look at them while in the process of sewing them.
“I could post a lot of technical geometry and math that I had to use.” Uh, if you must.
I am looking forward to seeing the quilt and comparing it to the one he REALLY wanted.
And thanks for posting the picture of the light you worked under. Almost, just almost, makes me feel like I was there.
Where is my comment?
I thought you might like the light picture, it is almost like being here.
Michelle wrote:
I hope it passes inspection!
I am working on part five now. I really hope to get that part done today. Shading the fabrics for part 5 is challenging. I have to go from very light to very dark in 8 fabrics.
After part 5, I will have the border to make and then I can quilt it.
Your vacation sounds great to me! Thanks for sharing your
It really isn’t anything like being there, though.
I have in fact spent 12 hours playing a game, and recently, too.
My Nintendo thumb is killing me.
You’re a nut! A quilting vacation complete with geometry and good lighting.
That is painted on??? I have done stencilling before. Actually, this is the first house that I have lived in that I didn’t stencil some room.
It is gorgeous!
Well, are you done yet?
Bleeeeep — — BUZZZZ — — We interrupt this quilting session with laundry and an all day shopping trip.
I am not done yet.
I am still on the dreaded part 5.
Thanks Tanya. I saw the stencil designs in a catalog, they were very expensive. I didn’t want to put hundreds into stencils, so I made my own. In making them myself, I was able to size the designs to fit the room just right.
Kelley I did sleep in a few days, of course I stayed up half the night sewing.
That is incredible!! It is so beautiful Donna….:)
Thank you!
Hmmm, I just realized that I had the days wrong. I spent Monday with my kids. I wasted Tuesday, thought on Wednesday and I started sewing on Thursday instead of Wednesday. The entry is corrected.