Still quilting

I have a lot of quilting to get done and I'm not super speedy at it but it seems to be going ok so far. Here are pics of what I've done. The first one I did is actually in the middle. The first picture has obviously not been sewn yet but that's what I'm working on today.
I can't go anywhere anyway as my car is in the shop getting new shocks and struts. A pretty hefty priced makeover for Gus but it should be a lot smoother drive after it's done. Luckily the shop is only a block away so I'm able to just leave it there and walk home and then walk back to pick it up. They seem pretty trustworthy so not a bad neighbor to have.
It got a lot warmer here yesterday and today is actually nicer in my mind. I'm not a fan of the hot weather at all.
Ok back to the sewing...

Quilting

Quilting runs in the family so I figured I should join in when a friend also showed some interest. The two of us signed up for a hand quilting class which began last week. It was funny when we told another friend of ours who is pretty crafty. She really didn't believe that we were actually doing everything by hand. The conversation went something like this:
"A hand quilting class?"
"Yup"
"So you use your machine to put it together and then quilt it by hand"
"Nope, we do it all by hand"
"The quilting is all by hand but the piecing is with a machine"
"Nope, we do it all by hand"
"By all you mean the quilting"
"Nope, we mean everything"
"You're crazy"

I've done one block so far that had 21 pieces. There are quite a few flaws but I'm hoping that it gets better as we do more squares. We should finish a nine block sampler in the course which means doing one or two blocks per week. I've taken my time this week in getting one done so I'll have to work harder in the upcoming weeks.

The Twins are back in business but not performing all that well for the most part. Here's hoping that they get better as time goes on (like my sewing:) In the meantime, I'm loving Cleveland today. They absolutely killed the Yankees. It's pretty sad when the Yankees pitcher starts the game with a 28 ERA and it actually got worse! Cleveland started the year really slow so it's nice that they got into the groove at Yankee Stadium.

Baseball season!

The 2009 season is underway thankfully. Welcome back to the boys of summer. A group of 10 of us went to the opener the other night and even though the results were disappointing we had a ton of fun. I met one of my friends at City Hall prior to the game (she works there for Elections-her life has been a Franken/Coleman hell for a while now) so I have some pictures of the building which is quite cool.

Running has been going pretty well. We did Norwegian relays last night which help us get some speed work in but are a little challenging to explain in writing and most of you probably don't care. Tomorrow we have a 12 mile run which is my last long run before the Get in Gear Half Marathon on April 25. It will also be my longest run ever. I think my previous long run is more like 11 miles. Now I've got a Garmin so I'll be able to tell you exactly how far it is. We are running to the bunny, a big statue at the intersection of Portland Avenue and Minnehaha Parkway. Pretty appropriate for the day before Easter, eh?