Solids are nice

Three things to be happy about:
(1) a brand-new day
(2) bobbing a tea bag
(3) guiltless pleasure

My friend Zonia hadn't ever been to the Maryland Live! casino, so a couple days ago we hopped in the car and hustled right along.  Now here's the fun part:  she'd only been inside a casino once, and that was a very long time ago - I had to show her how to insert her card and where to put in the money.  She had beginner's luck almost right away!  I'm talking LUCK!!!   That's all I'm saying...  Zonia is a good solid friend, we've known each other for ... gosh, at least 30 years!   When she won we were both grinning.  After we finished playing, we ate lunch at their excellent buffet - yummy!!

I finished piecing the solid quilt, actually it was done in no time flat because the blocks are so large

it didn't take me long to figure out a border treatment, green is just fine

it only needs one border, I think; this one finishes at 40 x 44. 

I like the play of these solid colors against each other.  I had fun doing this one because I knew any two colors would work well next to each other in a single block.  No thoughts about scale or pattern, there's just something about solids!

I missed the WeeBee meeting last week, so I'll turn it in at the next meeting for my community service project.  I'll have it quilted between now and October 28, no worries.

So now we find ourselves at the end of another month, time flies whether you're having fun or not - have a great Friday!  Sew forth and sew on

Moving right along

Three things to be happy about:
(1) pumpkins in a pile
(2) loading your stapler
(3) cool breezes

Cool breezes?  This morning seems more like frigid breezes, it's in the 40's right now brrrrr!  But thank goodness the weather is turning towards fall, when you start to see fall-ish things... like punkins in a pile and halloween candy!

This is a great morning to have crumpets for breakfast - I found these crumpets at Wegman's and I've fallen in love with them!  They're totally fat-free, with only 80 calories and 18 carbs each.  Before I found these I'd only heard of "tea and crumpets" in British novels and hadn't the faintest idea what they were talking about... la-de-dah. The taste and texture sort of remind me of pancakes; I smear on just a dab of butter and some Polaner sugar-free jelly, and now I can honestly say la-de-yum!!!

I finished my black and white quilt top, I just have to give it a good press and take it to the LA on Thursday, yaaaay!  Meanwhile I've been working on my solid quilt, making great progress, especially since it'll only be set 3 x 3 plus borders - child size.

3" and 2-1/2" pieces



pieced strips measuring 6-1/2 x 12-1/2"

Well, today I get my flu shot, wish me luck - I hate needles! I understand they will have the "short" needle, but to me ... a needle is a needle.  It's a lead-pipe cinch I'd make a poor junkie (thank goodness!)

Keep sewing, slash that stash, have a great day ... sew forth and sew on!

Nearly finished and just starting

Three things to be happy about:
(1) the calm after a storm
(2) warm home-made pound cake
(3) a handyman when you need one

A couple weeks ago when my sister was here, my kitchen faucet just plain fell over!  I had noticed "something hard and black" under the sink and if I had gone ahead and cleaned it up, I'd have realized that the plastic locknut broke off one of the faucets.  But I DID notice that the faucet assembly seemed loose, and when Shell turned on the water it sort of flopped down into the sink.  It looked really funny hanging halfway over ... it still worked though.

After they left I arranged for Andrew the handyman to come the next day.

Good as new!

I'm making great progress on my black and white quilt; the entire top is pieced and all the rows except two are attached.  I've also been piecing a back, something that I hardly ever do.  I usually just take two large whopping pieces of fabric and sew them together, but this quilt seems to call for a pieced back.



Had to spread it out on my  bedroom floor!

Those size 12 blocks are great to work with, and I like the sizes I used in the B&W quilt.  I saw a pattern in a McCalls Quilting magazine that inspired me to make another quick, scrappy quilt.

I went to my solids stash and pulled just a few pieces for one or two test blocks, to see if I like my idea.  These blocks will sort of be pieced together using 6" pieces and 2-1/2" and 3" strips to make the 12" block.

The blocks can be turned different ways for variety, I think I may have a winner!  I need to do community service quilts for my guild and bee, and this pattern should work well for a child.

Have a great Monday, we're into Autumn already!  Sew forth and sew on...