Since I haven't posted in a month, I thought that I would give you a little update on what's going on here in Texas. Christmas was excellent for the little kids. Santa was very good to them. I had to cancel Christmas dinner because of an ice storm and then some snow on top of that. Son, Steve, had put in over 30 hours of work because of the weather. (He works for American Airlines) Part of his winter job is de-icing airplanes. Anyway, Thursday after Christmas was our dinner. I think everyone enjoyed it, at least I didn't hear any complaints!
I've been sewing alot just to help get rid of some scrap fabric that I have in 5 containers. Nope, not even a dent. So it will be keep on sewing. I did go to Suzanne McNeill's moving sale a couple of weeks ago. She had a warehouse in Fort Worth and was moving to Arlington. I got more fabrics, some quilting books, and patterns. Most of the fabric is Moda. The prices were better than a garage sale. I did good!!!!! But I sure didn't NEED them all, just WANTED the stuff.
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| My haul from Suzanne McNeill's sale |
The quilt tops are being made and put in a pile and then I will quilt them at a later date. So far I have 2 completed, 1 needs a border, and 1 is just starting.
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| Completed top ( I might put a final border on it) |
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| Completed Shadow Box (squares are 6") |
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| In progress (little colored squares are 1 1/2") |
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| Shadow box needs borders (squares are 9 1/2") |
The purse that I showed in my last blog wasn't working out for me. I didn't like the outside pockets. I made another one with pockets on the inside for my glasses and cell phone. I got the fabric at Rose Tree in Dallas where a group of us would get their throw away fabrics. This is the last of this fabric that I had.
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| Purse (size is approx 15"w x 8"h) |
I think that I'm getting caught up on the news around here. Oh, wait, this past week proved to me that I could not have lived in the early 1900s. The 9 year old refrigerator decided that it was time to die. It did. We didn't get a repairman in until Friday and was told that it was time for the burial. After 3 days with NO fridge, we went and bought a new one, which was delivered yesterday. Hey, I'm back in the modern world now. No going into the ice chest to get something.
It's a beautiful Sunday in Texas. The sun is shining bright, the birds are singing, and it's warm. It's almost like Spring.
