Busy Weekend

This is my pal Kathy French, one of the SSOBB members, who visited me on Saturday. She and her husband stopped by on their way home from Vermont. We had a nice visit. Isn't the color of her jacket terrific?

I sewed a few of my scrappy triangle blocks together. The bottom photo is back side of the block.  All the backs of my quilts look like this. Neat, with no straggly threads.

My sewing machine has to go back to the shop. It doesn't cut the threads consistently and it makes a noise when I sew like two pieces of metal are banging against each other. Bummer. The guy opens and closes within my normal work day and isn't open any evenings, so it means a Saturday visit and a week without my machine. Argh.


I spent a lot of the rest of the weekend organizing a calendar of my quilts for 2017, doing a bit of online shopping, paying bills and reconciling the checkbook. I've been neglecting the avalanche of paper on my desk, and at least now I've made a dent in it. The shredder will be getting a workout soon.

Oh, and whoever asked about making "slabs," here's a link to a blog post where I talk about how I do it.

Snow, Cold, Busy

This is the view out my front window. This photo was taken about 4 PM on Tuesday. The snow wasn't done falling. We had almost two feet of snow, and it's been blowing and it's cold. It's 52F in my sewing studio, so I've been avoiding it. 

Otherwise I'm busy, but fine.

Busy, Busy, Busy

I finished the backing for the Fall House Top quilt. Yes, Pat, it will be a quilt, but I will use it as a tablecloth.

Next up is preparing for Turkey Day.

I've seen suggestions to set out all your serving dishes ahead of time, and put post-it notes on each saying what you'll use them for. It's a great piece of advice. I've been doing it for years.

Busy, busy, busy

I may not have been doing much sewing the last day or two, but I have been very busy.  First, I moved some stuff around in my container garden. I needed to put down some garden cloth to keep the weeds & bugs at bay.  That meant moving everything. It looks much better now.

I have two Early Girl tomato plants, two Big Boys, and one cherry tomato plant. I have one red bell pepper plant, six pots of Basil, and three of Thyme. I also have Tarragon, Oregano, Marjoram, Thai Basil, Rosemary, Sage, Mint, Chives and Parsley. I put marigolds in the garden because the aphids prefer them to the tomatoes. There are also two window boxes filled with lettuce. There is also a big planter filled with Nasturtiums.

I did some research on airfare to St Louis for Quintessential Quilt 2013 in October. It's still a bit too early to buy tickets, but I did make my hotel reservation.

I've been watching Wimbledon, and what a tournament! Seven former #1 players in the world were all knocked out by the second round!

I did finish the Spools Quilt, and got the backing ready. It is now packed and ready to go to Chris for quilting and magic.

The house is clean, the dishes and laundry are done. The week's menus have been planned and the groceries and errands have been done, the bills are paid and everything is entered into the computer.

NOW I can go have fun in the sewing studio!  w00t!