Treats

My list of things to do was 96 miles long today!

No, really!

I had to drive up north to pay a bill (ok, could have mailed a check, but had to go within a mile of the place so I saved a stamp), and get all my jewelry checked to keep the warranty up to date, and get dog food with a $10 certificate I had earned from the pet store last time I was there, and best of all, SPEND A $10 GIFT CARD ON MYSELF at a quilt shop!!!! 

My spoils, meager as they may be, kept me smiling all day. A charm pack of Buttercup (total TREAT since I know the math works out wicked expensive) which took care of the entire GC, but then I also picked out one pretty fat quarter for a spring project to be determined, and then got a spool of Mettler thread on the recommendation of a very nice lady who was delighted to find such a "fresh faced hand piecer!"

I was looking for a thimble... I'm almost glad they didn't have one that fit my needs, since I was able to find such fun delights. It feels like my birthday! Well, technically, 27 years ago I was *made* around this time... :D

I also had a great visit with my Mom. Lunch at Olive Garden, then a bag of marshmallow hens and chicks Easter candy.... YUM. 

It's been a pretty darn good day... now, off to a new form of evening entertainment... it involves a hostess gift for my upcoming vacation... and sewing, of course.... 

:)

Thanks, but no thanks

It seems everyone who has seen my hand-pieced Kindle cover loves it. 

As do I. 

I've also had several people suggest I sell them.

I'm in the process of making a couple by machine to take to my mom since she has some students interested in a strippy one like hers.

But in regards to a hexagon one...

NO.

After all, who would pay $122 for a small Kindle cover? 

That's what it would cost if I paid myself minimum wage for the labor.

And, frankly, if I were piecing by hand for someone else, my rates would go up. 

Hand work like this is not meant to be profitable- I've spent so many hours on it that I could never bear to part with it!!!

For me, hexagons are pieces of my happiness. 

I can't sell that.

(But, if you want a machine pieced kindle cover, talk to me or find my Mom. She'll have some inventory  soon.)

Time to relax

It's the weekend. 

Time to rest.

Relax.

Kind of like this.

She's still tired from her birthday on Thursday.

If it ain't Dutch... :)

Blame it on my heritage, but I adore tulips. I can't wait until I get to plant some here at our house. They give you something to look forward to all winter, and then when the little leaves start poking up, often through snow, it's just the boost I need to get through the rest of the cold weather.

Hand applique called for hand quilting. 

It needs to be pressed again to get it to hang straight, but I was just too darn excited and hung it up right away. 

LOVE IT!

I Need Spring!

I love tulips. 

 I wanted to try my hand at applique again. 

So I did. 

Now, to figure out borders so we'll have a new wallhanging to replace the penguin and put winter away for this year!!!

Motivation!

(I had to edit this to add something cool... have you heard of Quilt Story? They do this fun feature called Fabric Tuesday... go check it out!)

An email, a small spurt of cleaning, and an improvisational sewing space on a tv tray all add up to another finish:

12 squares cut with my Go, some sashing, and finally some straight-line quilting tonight.

I've had that green lady bug print for a while... got the yellow lady bug print last summer.  It's nice to see them being used! Another all-stash project. :D

Winter, still here.

It's raining, it's snowing, it's icy nasty blowing!!! 

I'm smiling because I just tromped around outside in my pink polka dot rain boots (even though it was probably less than 5 minutes, still fun to wear pink polka dot rain boots!)And I look like a little babushka!!!!