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Houston in Chicago was great!!!!!!!  Enjoyed many booths: Mary Flanagan's wool booth was a great find.  Her items were unique, very HARD to find around here.  Loved Edyta Sitar's Laundry Basket Quilts booth.  Bought 4 books at Quilting Books Unlimited. Needed a push cart to carry the stuff I found at Primitive Gatherings.  Wanted EVERYTHING at Country Threads, including Mary's new baby goats!

I didn't just shop - I did see the quilts.  As a matter of fact I think the Antique Quilts on display were inspiring.  I wanted to soak up the designs.  I couldn't take enough pictures.They made me just want to go home and start sewing right away. 

So sad that they will not be back.  I hope they change their minds.

June 21, 2007

Take a look at this - a quilted UFO! This is a pattern from Edyta Sitar, Laundry Basket Quilts. As of Monday June 18, 2007 at 11:00 PM this was just a quilt top - and a pretty pathetic top I might add, because I didn't follow Edyta's directions and use the right fusible so all the geranium petals were falling off - but at 11:05 PM I decided to finish it all up so I could take to my guild meeting on Tuesday because we're having Edyta out to teach a class and this pattern was one of the choices.- I haven't machined quilted in a LONG time ..... I was a little rusty AND I used a fusible batt AND my tiny machine quilting needle kept shredding the thread AND I didn't want to BOTHER changing the bobbin thread from red to green AND it was late at night AND when I changed the needle from tiny to regular it made bigger holes AND this top sat around in my sewing room for at least a year...... I think it turned out great! I think another part of my inspiration came because I used some garden fabric for the back that came from a guild member. The back was perfect because it hid all my bad stitching!

Done is better than sitting in a box!

September 6, 2006

Just finished this great book - The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde. He is the author of the Thursday Next series but this book happens to be the second in the Nursery Crime series. Get it - Nursery Crimes as in Gingerbreadman is a serial killer and chief of detectives is Jack Spratt! It is a hoot!

How did he weave all these references in and out of an almost 400 page book?

NASCAR - Carl is out! I am not happy! Come on Mark! Read Power Rankings for some great takes on the race. I am so glad it's not just me - I can't stand NBC coverage of NASCAR! NBC coverage is the reason people think racing = boring - 20 minutes of commercials and 5 minutes of racing. And when they do come back to the track they miss the best parts! I am just waiting for the truck race to come back.

Put together my new sewing cabinet. It really perks up the sewing room. Gives it pizzazz! Have I sewn on it yet? No, all I do is clean up the room. I am "feng shuing" big time! Will I be able to adjust to my new sewing surface and height? I had been sewing on my old school desk with a door across the top (my extension). The new set up is so much better for my back - no more sewing with my arms in the air! I'll keep you posted.