82 Comments

1. OMG peeps wearing thimbles??? Totally awesome.

   And wooohoooo on the quilt!

   Comment by Sarah — March 15, 2010 #

2. Are you sure you only uttered SIX swear words? Hmmm… why don’t I believe that?
   .
   I saw green peeps in a store yesterday. Didn’t look right to me.
   .
   Sounds like a great (and productive) weekend. Unlike mine. But I made up for my lack of creativity this afternoon. Go and have a look.

   Comment by Rachel — March 15, 2010 #

3. I just finished machine quilting a crib size quilt today. My first one. I can’t imagine doing a large size quilt on my sewing machine, so I am in awe!!! Great job :)

   Have a rest :)
   Niki

   Comment by Niki — March 15, 2010 #

4. What guts and determination! Hats off to you, and to the helpful cats and neglected husband too…..

   Comment by molly — March 15, 2010 #

5. Wow….that is very impressive Anna. I loved you stats. :) They made me chuckle.

   Comment by Dandelion Quilts — March 15, 2010 #

6. Okay, so why is my kitty sitting on your quilt, and oh wait that is my sewing machine too. That means it must be my quilt, right? LOL!! Great list, great thimbleheaded peeps, great finish!! So when can we see it in all its glory?

   Comment by Jackie — March 15, 2010 #

7. Sounds like a very nice weekend. I laughed several times at your pictures. I’ve got a similar one with a cat laying on an in-progress quilt. I figured it was time to take a break when Rosie decided to lay on the quilt. I’ve never tried wrapping the quilt around myself when quilting. I might have to give it a try….

   Comment by Anita — March 15, 2010 #

8. Now there’s some amazing stats!!!Kiddos on the small number of swear words…I need to work on that one :-)!!! The cat —-priceless!!

   Comment by Cheryl — March 15, 2010 #

9. I thought I was the only one who celebrated Pi Day! Love it! Happy belated Pi Day to you!

   Comment by Jessica — March 15, 2010 #

10. What a fun weekend you had; your storyline makes me laugh.

    Comment by Junie Moon — March 15, 2010 #

11. is that 2 peeps, or 2 rows of peeps, or 2 packages of peeps? cuz if you only ate two peeps then you are my hero …… and was that 6 different swear words uttered just once, or one swear word uttered six times, or six different swear words uttered multiple times? cuz if you don’t know how to swear, i can teach you – i am really, really good at it …… do you celebrate mole day, too? cuz once i made a pumpkin pi ala mole on 10-23 …… i like pies – they’re so pretty

    Comment by dianne — March 15, 2010 #

12. Are you telling us you quilted the whole quilt in one weekend!!! Your shoulders must be stiff like mad and I’m not surprised you needed 6 Aspirins!!!! When is the big unveiling????

    Comment by Vreni — March 15, 2010 #

13. Peeps in thimble hats! Love it!

    Cute post. I can’t imagine quilting a quilt that big. I’d give you a 10 out of

    Comment by Janet — March 15, 2010 #

14. (oops! I’ll continue my comment now! Must have hit the wrong key!)

    10 out of 10 for even attempting!

    Comment by Janet — March 15, 2010 #

15. I think Cheryl meant to say KUDDO’s to the swear words. LOLOL!!! It’s ok I’ll just correct her mistakes. WE roll like that you know.
    I cant believe your tackling that monster of a quilt. Love those gloves. Do you garden with them when your done quilting??
    Yummy PI!

    Comment by Sharon — March 16, 2010 #

16. Only 2 peeps and 6 swear words? My goodness, you’re a saint!

    I love the photo of you quilting in a quilt.

    Comment by dottycookie — March 16, 2010 #

17. Oh Well done. You could have got smothered in there, but I expect your whiskered helpers would have rescued you.

    Comment by Ali Honey — March 16, 2010 #

18. Whew – glad you clarified what a peep was! Was worried about Junie and Jewels for a minute! You are my hero – I am still quilting Blake’s baby quilt! Suprised you can even move after a three day quilting marathon! Can’t wait to see the finished wedding quilt. Miss you!

    Comment by Gurney — March 16, 2010 #

19. Hurray for a well spend weekend and a hilarious report!

    Comment by nicolette — March 16, 2010 #

20. The pies look delicious! Wow, 15 bobbins, that’s a lot and you must have been toasty under the quilt. What a productive weekend.

    Comment by Janet — March 16, 2010 #

21. Oh my gosh you finished YAY for you, what a big quilt, can’t wait to see all of it!! Only 6 swear words …. hummmm

    Comment by Shawn — March 16, 2010 #

22. soooo funny! always a neglected husband here when I’m deep in a quilt!

    corrie:)

    Comment by corrie — March 16, 2010 #

23. When your eyes are tired “Fabric Tucks” looks like something else. I’m glad you had “0″.

    Comment by Beth — March 16, 2010 #

24. Yea! You’re nearly finished. Love the peeps and their thimble hats.

    Comment by Cindy — March 16, 2010 #

25. SUPER POST ha ha !

    Comment by Connie W — March 16, 2010 #

26. “Fabric tucks on back of quilt: 0″

    Yeah! That is one of my biggest quilting frustrations. The more I do it, the fewer tucks I have.

    Happy quilting!

    Comment by randi — March 16, 2010 #

27. I’m impressed there wasn’t more swearing, that is one very large quilt. Seems like an excellent use of a weekend.

    Comment by Rebecca — March 16, 2010 #

28. congratulations!
    and stop eating peeps! they aren’t good for you. all that coloring, corn syrup… it’s just not right.
    you only cussed twice?

    Comment by brigette — March 16, 2010 #

29. Yay for you! Sounds like a wildly successful weekend. And a big quilt almost finished is a wonderful thing.

    Comment by Elaine/MuddlingThrough — March 16, 2010 #

30. congratulations! what a great feeling of accomplishment! yay for quilt expert moms!

    Comment by Jenny — March 16, 2010 #

31. Wow! All those stats turned out well in the end! But I’ve never heard of Pi day before! Lucy x

    Comment by Lucy Locket-Pocket — March 16, 2010 #

32. YAY!! Especially the 0 fabric tucks on the back of the quilt! Well done.

    Jennifer :)

    Comment by Jennifer — March 16, 2010 #

33. Congratulations, Anna! I can hardly wait to see it.

    Comment by MichelleB — March 16, 2010 #

34. Yay! Sounds like a (mostly) wonderful weekend.

    Comment by anina — March 16, 2010 #

35. Mmmmm…the rasp. lemon pie looks delish! I am so making that!

    Comment by Leslie — March 16, 2010 #

36. oh Anna …your post made me smile a lot.. only 6 bad words.. that was good.. :o)
    Quilting that large quilt… super… long to see it..:o)

    Comment by Stina — March 16, 2010 #

37. One of the cutest posts I’ve ever read. Love the pic of the cat “helping” you.

    Comment by Sarah — March 16, 2010 #

38. Yea!!!!!! What, no migraine medicine? Aspirin is just too lightweight for me. When I quilt I like a cup of tea and country music on the telly. I can’t wait to see the finished product. But looking at the cat, I don’t think he has any plan on moving soon.

    Comment by Miss Jean — March 16, 2010 #

39. Peeps in thimble top-hats. lolol! :o)

    I’m glad you had a good weekend, Anna.

    Comment by Annalea — March 16, 2010 #

40. Whew! I need a couple chocolates (or a piece of one of those pies). Just seeing that BIG quilt in your machine makes me sweat. You go girl. Can’t wait to see the finished project, Anna.

    XOXO~
    Cassie

    PS…Did you eat the pies at 3:14 on 3/14, or was a free-for-all all day long?

    Comment by Cassie — March 16, 2010 #

41. That was cute! How fun that you have Pi Day at work. I wish we would do something like that. Love the pictures of your cats and I’m happy to see that 9.8 for your weekend quilting happiness :o)

    Comment by Stacy — March 16, 2010 #

42. Alright! Can’t wait to see it!!!

    Comment by Jen — March 16, 2010 #

43. mummm….pie! They look really good. I am also very impressed that you only swore 6 times. That makes you practically a saint :-)

    Comment by jo — March 16, 2010 #

44. Sounds like a good weekend was had – even if there was a little unpicking – but not fabric tucks on the back……I’m impressed. I can’t wait to see it finished. My weekend consisted of 3000000560 heathers pulled out of a garden – ok slight exaggeration here, perhaps it was on 3000000540!

    Comment by Di — March 16, 2010 #

45. Sounds like a very good weekend indeed. And I like the idea of celebrating Pi although its all greek to me. But anytime pie is involved it is good. Does cheesecake count as pie because I had a piece (which is cut like pie) on Friday at the Cheesecake Factory and it was lemon with raspberry sauce.

    Only 6!!!

    Comment by Susan — March 16, 2010 #

46. How dare they put a pie in a square dish, oh the shame… LOL!!! All pies look delicious…

    Hugs
    Jodie :)

    Comment by Jodie — March 16, 2010 #

47. Good for you. Great job. Love your header. I hope that you didn’t swallow the thimbles along with the peeps!!!

    Comment by Pat — March 16, 2010 #

48. Statistically it sounds like it was a good weekend! :o)

    Comment by Sew Create It - Jane — March 16, 2010 #

49. i love this post! and now i really want pie… hmm… ;-)

    Comment by jaybird — March 16, 2010 #

50. yee haa :-) I;m going to add a number for my list – number of balls of yarn bought – 40 !!

    Comment by periwinkle — March 16, 2010 #

51. Woooow, look at those pies, I am ready to live with you. Love the banner by the way xoxox Clarice

    Comment by clarice — March 16, 2010 #

52. Impressive stats

    Comment by alison — March 17, 2010 #

53. Great post Anna- Love the stats and the pictures of your helpful cat.
    The Pi day looks delicious- what is your favorite kind?
    The quilt looks beautiful too.
    I saw Peeps the other day too- must be getting close to Easter.
    Regards,
    Anna

    Comment by Quiltmom ( anna) — March 17, 2010 #

54. Hi ThimbleAnna:

    I just awarded you the Beautiful Blogger award!! Check out the rules on my blog page. And I absolutely LOVE your banner with the peeps wearing thimbles!! You are so clever!!

    Comment by MJ Smith — March 17, 2010 #

55. Raspberry lemon pie. I can’t imagine anything that sounds better. We have a small group of gals who potluck every Friday for lunch. I’m thinking that I’ll be very popular if I show up with that!

    Comment by Caroline — March 17, 2010 #

56. Can’t wait to see that quilt. Once again you put me to shame with how much you were able to get done in a weekend.

    I spent the whole weekend with
    Eli. His surgery went well and he is slowly recovering. We did have a great flashlight easter egg hunt/birthday party thanks to Steph. It was great fun.

    Comment by kim — March 17, 2010 #

57. Woo Hoo!!! You did awesome!!! The pies sound quite delish, it looks like yours were very popular too…no surprise there :)

    Comment by Tammy — March 17, 2010 #

58. Oops forgot to say…LOVE the thimblepeeps!!!!

    Comment by Tammy — March 17, 2010 #

59. Pi day??? isn’t Pi Day 22 July??? (22/7???)
    I am impressed with
    1. pi / pie day.. a day devoted to pie.. especially fruit ones (meatless month happening here for the third month in a row)
    2. little swear words, I said two bad wordsthis morning when I got to work.. I forgot my whachamecallit -doodad that lets me in!!! I then said more naughty words when I got back from lunch, the whachmecallit-doodad was on my FREAKING DESK.. I just knew the day was gonna be bad, when half my work sent to me was WRONG the dumb #)($*#_@)(*$..
    3. you just gotta love kitty help, even pussy help from evil bastard cats is appreciated… my evil bastard likes to supervise (he should of worked on the council).. last night the booger STOLE bits of my quilt! grrrrrr!
    4. a finished quilt.. ripper rita!

    Lissa
    PS ripper rita = beauty bonza mate = or US translation for non aussie speakin’ peeps you little beauty!!!

    Comment by Lissa — March 17, 2010 #

60. A 9.8 out of 10 score for the weekend is definately a win! How do you get it all done? Can you send me some much needed motivation???? toni xxx

    Comment by toni — March 17, 2010 #

61. You are amazing…getting that monster quilt done and so few swear words! Yummy Pies!

    Comment by Carol — March 17, 2010 #

62. Only 6 swear words? I’d have had way more than that. Love your banner and the stats.

    Comment by Judy — March 17, 2010 #

63. Pi Day! Ah ha! What a fun idea for a work buffet.

    You actually eat those Peeps? Oy! Chocolate bunnies, yes. Peeps, no. But I must say I do love your Peeps Banner. Too cute!

    Thank goodness you only have 1 neglected husband!

    Happy Quilting. I’m looking forward to the end result picture.

    Jody

    Comment by Jody — March 17, 2010 #

64. You crack me up — I just found you and love, love, love the Peep’s hats! My DH and I are relocating back to mid-Michigan after living 10 years in Texas, so I’ll end up in your neck of the woods.

    Comment by Carolyn S — March 17, 2010 #

65. 2 VERY excited newlyweds!!!!!!!!

    Comment by sweetie pie — March 17, 2010 #

66. Wahoo!! You go, Anna, you Quilting Goddess, you! :)

    Adore the peeps header – fabulous!

    Comment by Sarah — March 17, 2010 #

67. MMMMMMMM……..PIE!!!!
    Congrats on getting all that quilting done. Whew!And those cats look very ….uh….helpful?? hahaha

    Comment by rohankniter — March 17, 2010 #

68. I am sure that your 2 pussy cat helpers contributed to the 9.8!

    What exactly are peeps? Marshmallow?

    Comment by Tessa — March 17, 2010 #

69. 9.8 out of 10 is great! Well done you! I wish I was as good at statistics…
    Kimx

    Comment by kim — March 18, 2010 #

70. you the bomb Anna!!! I can’t even IMAGINE quilting a beast like that with my regular machine. Congrats on your major accomplishment!

    Comment by Penny — March 18, 2010 #

71. I should have commented yesterday the first time I stopped by. Now I’m after 70! Fun stats. I like the square-dish-not-allowed. You are too funny. I love reading your blog, Anna, it’s one of my faves :)
    Karen

    Comment by Karen — March 18, 2010 #

72. You are so funny. I love this post. My daughter’s work always celebrates Pi day too.

    Comment by nanette — March 18, 2010 #

73. Darn I wanted to say I love the peep “hats” and forgot. Anyway they are awesome.

    Comment by nanette — March 18, 2010 #

74. Very interesting.
    So that is what you do all day long (hihi).
    I love the photos of your helpful cats.
    Hugs
    Janine

    Comment by Janine — March 18, 2010 #

75. Only 6 swearwords!!! Good for you :o), I think I couldn’ve added to that count if it had been me LOL!!!!! Bind it up then ….. dying to see it :o)!!
    Hugs,
    Joy :o)

    Comment by Joy — March 18, 2010 #

76. Oh my gosh! I clicked next favorite and the most adorable little peeps with thimbles on their heads popped up! Now how dang cute is that! ;o)

    Comment by Jodi — March 18, 2010 #

77. I love that your office did a Pi Day celebration, too! Though I reserve the right to have a Pi Day celebration just any old day of the year.

    Also, your cat looks more like a shadow than a cat. Incredible!

    Comment by finnyknits — March 18, 2010 #

78. Great stats, Anna! That quilt is HUGE – if I were to do that I’d have to add more aspirin and a LOT more swearing to my stats!!

    xxx

    Comment by Lesley — March 19, 2010 #

79. Ha! Pi Day on display. I agree, no square “pies” are allowed.

    The quilt looks dreamy.

    BTW, Peeps are being consumed here too. My youngest loves them. (I’ve been known to sneak one or two myself, but I always feel just a twinge of guilt/creepiness when I bite off the little Peep head. It’s those little Peep eyes!!!)

    Happy Friday, Anna!!!

    Comment by Cathy ~ Tadpoles and Teacups — March 19, 2010 #

80. Wow, I am in awe. What determination. I can’t believe how much work that is. It’s looking amazing…and, well, so are the pies…I can’t even think about pies while I am training for a race. Sigh!

    Comment by raina — March 20, 2010 #

81. i’m commenting again.
    it’s just to push you over the 80 posts.. maybe i’ll comment ten more times!

    chants in unison with your million other blog readers:

    SHOW US THE QUILT

    have a fun sunday

    :waves madly

    Comment by brigette — March 21, 2010 #

82. Only 2 peeps?? I love this post! You have been VERY productive. Makes me look like a lazy bum!

    LOVE you!
    Becky

    Comment by Sweet Cottage Dreams — March 21, 2010 #

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