With great Sadness

Sorry I have been away.  Tuesday night my 38 year old son-in-law died very tragically.  So I have been a full time Mom and Nana.  My DD has 3 young children and very few resources.  So I'll get back here one of these days.  Love them as much as you can!

Saturday Shopping

Well I did really try, but nothing in the stash seemed to work right.  So here are the two options I found this morning.  I would really appreciate your thoughts,

Or I liked this one, too

Could you love one of these?

I also came upon a reasonable price for my favorite muslin - Kona unbleached, so with the discount coupon I just bought the whole bolt,

(Sorry it is so dark - it really is muslin).  Lastly I found some mushroom colored wool and acrylic and will try my hand (once again) at making socks.

Guess I will be busy for a day or two  [wink, wink]

Haven't been in the quilting room

Life has been happening and I haven't made it to my quilting room all week.  Imagine that!  Tuesday and Wednesday we attended the church's "senior" retreat  [we were the most junior of the seniors, but nonetheless. . . . . .]  We did get in a short hike after some persistent rain,

A lovely step into the great outdoors.  Today we had a very fun day.  First we visited with our friend N.  We learned how to make bread the 'Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day' Way.  We got that going and then D arrived home from work and we decided to go out for some geocaching.  We found a near-by park with several caches next to some unincorporated county land with several more caches.  We wandered and searched and found 4 caches.  Such a fun activity.  I was able to locate two of the caches - for those of you who know, one was a microcache.  (means it was quite small).  Yeah!

We have done our registration for Houston.  One lecture and one class, and of course, preview night.  Adventures to come with that. 

I'm not happy with any of my choices for second border of the purple stars top.  I may just have to 'bite the bullet' and buy something that is pleasing.  I must get back into the sewing room!

Autumn is upon us

Isn't this lovely.  It is at Lake Easton, about 17 miles east of Snoqualmie Pass (Cascade Mtns., Washington state).  This was the (one) day we had lovely sunshine and a chance to wander a bit.










This morning is what a poet once called a "Misty, moisty morning" and look at Charlotte outside my dining room window,

Isn't this terrific?  Right after I took this photo she disappeared but I notice that she is back now.

The winter cyclamen are peeking out.  So cheering.


Just waiting for the service guy to show up to replace the battery in my car, which died over the week-end while we were away!   GRRRRRR.   Happy days to you all.

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New border added and it lays flat.  Hurrah!  As this is entirely from the stash I'm trying to find something for the next 6 inch border.  Not sure that either of these "cut it".  What do you think?

Off for one of the last camping trips of the year.  Sure hope the weatherman has it right.  While we don't get much snow, it gets a bit too chilly to be out. 

Oooopps

Oh I just hate it when I do this (which fortunately isn't too often).  I put the first border on the purple stars and apparently pulled somehow because the border was all wobbly.  I hung it up on my bifold doors (as I usually do) and it was not at all flat.  Alas!

So I have 3 of the 4 borders off and finishing up the last one.  Then to re-measure and start again.  Sigh.

One UFO on its way to completion

Hurrah - one more that can come OFF the list of things still undone.  I'm quite happy with this one.