What do you do at 3 am?

You quilt, of course! I woke up at 3 this morning and just couldn't get back to sleep. I think I was excited because today is the first day of a 9 day staycation for me! So, I decided to get up and see about working on something in the sewing room. I HAVE to get the quilt finished and mailed out to 100 Blocks magazine by the end of this month, so that was what I worked on. I am happy to say I got it completely quilted and machine stitched the binding on! Tonight I will hand stitch the binding down and then add a hanging sleeve and it will be all set to mail out on Monday. Yedoggie!! Unfortunately, I still can't show it to you! Wahhh! Soon as I get the all clear from the magazine, I will post it. In the meantime, I thought I would share a bracelet I made for Hannah from a zipper (one of a million zippers that I saved from the jeans I cut up for the jeans quilt):

I gave it to her for Valentine's Day and she just loved it. So has everyone who has seen it so far, too! My coworkers are all clamoring for one, so it looks like I found a perfect way to use these old zippers! Today we are cooking and serving at House of Mercy homeless shelter. Hannah has been making one meal a month for them as part of her senior project. Today we are making ham, green beans, rolls and potatoes. Do you know how many potatoes it takes for 200 people? Only about 80 pounds! That is going to be a lot of peeling and mashing!!! So, pretty busy day today, so probably won't be able to get any sewing done. That's okay..with one quilt done by 7:30 this morning, I am a happy camper!!!