Last supper

Well . . . The last supper on vacation that is.

A rainbow sushi roll. Tuna, salmon, and shrimp.  It was fabulous!  Luckily for my husband, who isn’t an adventurous eater, there was steak on the menu.  We shared his salad, and then shared a yummy pumpkin custard dessert.  A great way to finish out our vacation. Back to real life tomorrow, and that will not include sushi. 

Where is Waldo?

Based on the Christmas tree stand - can you guess where I am?  I will say that I have never before been to a college basketball game where the arena had a strong "horsey" odor.  

Hotel room stitching

Does this look familiar?  The last time I worked on this was on a trip to Nashville in early June. It hid in my carry on bag ever since. Until I needed that bag this week. Guess I need to take trips more often. 

Social sewing

Social sewing is something that I haven't done much of in the past couple of years.  So I jumped at the opportunity to do the One Block Wonder class last weekend.  It was an awesome class and I got a lot done on my second OBW project.

Disclaimer - I borrowed stole these photos from Brenda at The Pin Cushion.  The shop hosted this class in a local hotel conference room where we had lots of space to cut, press, sew and socialize all day long.

I'm on the left end of this first photo with my Halloween panel.  I cut my strips a bit wider than the book called for because my print was such a large scale.  It turned out to be a good decision. 

Everyone had such beautiful fabrics and the blocks were really gorgeous!  But I must admit one of my favorites was the blue butterfly panel that Alvina was using. The butterfly wing details were making exquisite OBW triangles.  

Our instructors were also sewing with us.  Deb (far left) was working on a fall themed OBW, and Karen (far right) was adding edge pieces to a very striking multi-color OBW.  These ladies led us through the process and had lots of great tips.  

Thank you to Deb and Karen for leading a fun class, and to Brenda at The Pin Cushion for hosting.  The day was a great way to renew the mojo!

Pillow tops

The tops of both Black Panther pillows are complete and ready to be quilted.  Mason’s pillow will be 28" square and Jonah’s will be 24" square.  The last one I have to make is for Sophia.


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A Saturday to sew

I had the entire day to sew - in a big room with 16 other ladies all working on a One Block Wonder.  We started at 8:00 am. 

We pinned our layers and cut the strips needed. Next we cut 60 degree triangles from those strips. And we began to sew. 

I have 85 blocks sewn into halves and stacked on paper plates. I haven’t counted the ones left to sew yet. More on this another time. I’m worn out - but in a good way. 

It's almost the season

I do love decorating the house for Christmas, and usually it happens sometime during the weekend of Thanksgiving.  This year I won't be around over that weekend, so I'm debating with myself - decorate this weekend or wait until December.  Right now I'm leaning toward at least putting up the tree on Sunday, so it's there to enjoy when I come home again after Thanksgiving weekend. 

But I did get a little head start this morning.  There is an annual Holiday Arts show here in town about 4 times per year, right before major holidays.  Lots of arts and crafts plus home canned goods and home baked goods.  I was the driver this morning for a friend having cataract surgery, and after dropping her back at her house I had to drive within a block of the Holiday Arts show. So of course I had to stop in to check it out.

This cute little tree in a container begged to come home with me.  And it looks so good on the credenza next to me office desk.  I added the tiny LED light string, and now it will cheer up my office.