It's here! *shhh~~~*

Yes, dear Puffins... I do believe Spring may actually be here.  (shh~  don't say that too loudly or we'll have a snow storm tomorrow!)


While the warm temps have been very welcome, I'm trusting the other evidences more.


Such as:

My Thyme coming back vibrantly on the back porch.

Swiss Chard greening up, having survived the winter.

New baby calves in the lot.

Chives (and garlic, Surprise Lilies, Day Lilies and Peonies)  poking through to meet the sun.

The female robins are here and many other song birds, flitting here and there, nest building.  


I'm just waiting for the Peeper Frogs to start their Spring serenade.  There is an old rhyme about them starting to sing 3 times and then Spring is truly here to stay.  


I also know that until the Barn Swallows come back, we could still have a freeze.  Our earliest last frost date is April 15th.


I've missed the pea planting moon dates for this month, but my garden is just too wet to do any kind of planting yet.  We'll try for April along with the potatoes on Good Friday.


I'm trying to be patient.   Guess I'll have to do something else, like wash windows, clean cupboards, or....  


THIS!  

Happy National Quilting Day!!

Hugs!

Kay~

"Spring Cleaning

March bustles in on windy feet

And sweeps my doorstep and my street.

She washes and cleans with pounding rains,

Scrubbing the earth of winter stains.

She shakes the grime from carpet green

Till naught but fresh new blades are seen.

Then, house in order, all neat as a pin,

She ushers gentle springtime in."  ~~ Susan Reiner

Sewing on Saturday and a Wonky Macintosh

I was sewing the pink and yellow squares together today.  And then cut them apart again.  It's a Quilt-thing.

Yes dear Puffins... I sewed today!  Unfortunately there are no photos as I lost the daylight before I could take any.   I sewed half-square triangles for Dgd3's quilt.  And realized once again that piecing is NOT a race but I need to use the tools that help (The Angler Half-Square Triangle guide) and to go slowly.  After I started trimming dog-ears off the first of the blocks I realized I had some VERY misshaped pieces.  So I started stitching more slowly. After I had both stitch lines done but before I cut the HST apart, I measured the space between the stitching.  If it was anything other than exactly 1/2", I ripped out the stitching and did it again.  Thankfully by sewing more slowly, I only had to do that about 1/3 of the time.  
I realized I was not holding the corners firmly as I sewed and the beginning part of the stitching had a tendency to go a bit catty-wompus on me.  


102 individual squares of 2 colors, sewn together and cut apart makes for alot of HST blocks to be pressed and trimmed.  I sew about 10, then do the pressing and trimming, so I can catch any problems in a bunch.  It's easier to resew 10-20 HST than 50 or more at a shot.  Besides if I waited and had not found I was having a problem early on, I probably would have had to remake most of those blocks and I don't have that much extra fabric.  (And no idea where I got this to buy more.)


Anyway... that is how I spent my Saturday afternoon and plan to spend some of my Sunday the same way.  And my computer has decided to get sick now too.  I fear the hard drive is going out on me so as soon as my friend & repair tech gets the new one, I'll be "gone" for a few days.  It'll be hard, but I have that sewing and plenty of new books and I've been wanting to crochet some washcloths.  I will not be starting my Spring Cleaning.    *grin*


One final word of wisdom.... if you have not done so already.... get yourself an external hard drive and BACK UP YOUR COMPUTER NOW!  You'll be glad you did.


Hugs
K~


** "OUT:  Focusing on your mistakes

IN:  Focusing on your fabulousity"  ~Mark Lipinksi, Quilt Designer & Magazine Editor

Sewing and Family "Secrets"

I had a great time being a Secret (Prayer) Sister at our church in 2010.  It was hard to be sneaky since I live out of town and anything I mailed would have my unique postmark on it.  But in the end, my Sister didn't guess it was me, so it ended well.

Here is a photo of the Mug Rug I made her as a last parting gift.  Having never made one before, when it was completed, I decided it was a little large for a mug rug, but hopefully still worked for her.  Looking forward to making more this year as CEMs and other gifties.  (CEMs-- Christmas [gifts] Every Month... a way to get a jump on hand-made gifts throughout the year.)

I spent a good portion of the afternoon, today, listening to podcasts on my Mp3 player and stitching the binding down on BFF's quilt.  My goal is to have it done by next Sunday when she and I go to the Antique Flea Market.   I can't forget the label too!  (someone remind me...)

I also spent yesterday afternoon zigzagging around the fused applique on the blocks for Dgd3's quilt.  I didn't do too badly considering this is my first serious fused applique attempt.  (I've made caring quilt single blocks before.)  My old Kenmore has a decent sized zigzag stitch that is just small (or big) enough to cover the edge without being too noticeable.  I only have the stem and leaves left to do on 5 of the blocks.  

I got interrupted in the midst of my sewing, by a certain Farmer, but it's ok.  He had something "interesting" to show me.  He found some checks and bank statements from his grandfather's account, dating back to 1949-51 (just a few months from each year).  The later years were from around the time Farmer's dear-father was in Korea.  It was interesting to see Grandpa Hank used pencil to write and sign them all.  Grandma Marie did not sign a single one of these.  We think one was for when he bought the trailer we use for feed now.  And possibly several were for paying the hired harvest help when Dad-Norman was overseas.   

I love old family history stuff like this.  

I'm off to do a little more stitching and then off to the Land of Nod.  

Hugs

K~

** "Family faces are magic mirrors.  Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future."  ~Gail Lumet Buckley

Playing in the Sewing Room in Winter

All the fabric, all but the applique pieces cut.

Applique templates

Leaves, Flowers, Hearts and Stems.... Oh My!  The fuse ironed onto the material and awaiting the cutting.

Stacks of applique pieces, all cut out.

The Heart Blocks

The Flower Blocks

Now I need to machine stitch around the edges. 

More to come... stay tuned...

Hugs
K~

** Grandma quilts have love in every stitch.  ~Author Unknown

Randomness Becomes Me in January

My companion these cold winter days.

Hi There Puffins!

I’ve been scolded by several people for letting my blog sit stagnant these past few weeks.  I’ve had a bit of writer’s block. There has been either too many posts flitting about my brain and they all wanted out at once which would have resulted in pure chaos or nothing of any interest to write.

In any case, that is no excuse for just running off and leaving you all here bored to death.  ;o)

I'm sorry. 

So without any further adieu, here are a few things that have been on my mind lately (in a very random order):

1.  Reading the Bible through, chronologically.  I found a website that gives you different translation options and the formates/schedules.  I’ve always wanted to read the Bible chronologically, as we read most books that way.  Over the past several years we have gone through much of the OT in Sunday School and I like to know how the history fits together.  It makes more sense to me that way.

The website is:  www.biblestudytools.com .  Look for the Bible reading plans.  You can start at on any date, read the day’s selection from the site and have it marked “read.”  I’m in Job right now.  His “friends” sure weren’t very friend-like, were they?


2.  It’s cold here.  And we have 6-10” of snow on the ground. And ice in places.  And I fell on the ice again last Sunday at church so my ego was newly bruised and my wrist/hand is STILL not 100% healed.  Prairie Farm workman’s comp is a joke.  But the other benefits are great!  (warm showers and time to sew!)

BFF's "Roses" quilt top, before quilting

3.  Speaking of sewing.... !!  Did you hear the joyous celebration?  BFF’s quilt is pieced and quilted and as soon as I get my behind out of this desk chair, I’m going to continue hand-stitching the binding down.  AND... She likes it... She really likes it!!  (I knew she would... even though she had reservations about the initial fabric choices.)

I love these bright girlie fabrics!!

Dgd3 (who is still incubating inside momma) will have a birth quilt.  I started cutting out pinks and purples and bright blues and yellows yesterday.  It will be my first foray into fusible machine applique.  Oh my~~  Hearts and flowers and lots of bright colors.  And then the need to buy more as my stash of bright girlie fabrics is woefully sparse!  Cosmic Cow.. here I come!!

4.  More sewing... I received a gift card to Joann’s Fabrics because ds2 knows me so very well.  Along with a 40% off coupon rewarded me with 3 pieces of pink flannel (receiving blankets or quilts or ??) and a rotating cutting board.  I dislike having to constantly turn blocks I’m trimming or have to walk around my cutting table.  It’s not always handy. 
I’m also impatiently waiting for Cosmic Cow 2 to open in our hometown. Work continues on the inside.  Would it be too rude to put a note on the door that says “HURRY UP!  I need more Fabric!!”  I suppose it would.  lol
And thread!  Who knew I was low on dark colored thread!  Doggone it! Guess I need to do some online shopping at Signature Threads dot com.  Or Connecting Threads.  I like “good thread” as opposed to el-cheapo stuff from Wal-mart.  The lint is unbelievable from the cheap stuff and my Kenmore chokes and spits out thread wads then.  Not fun!

Told you my mind was a wild and wooly place these days.  This is just scratching the surface. 

Stay tuned as I churn out more in the days to come.

Hugs!
K~

PS  I LOVE my new windows.  Makes me sick to think of all the money we lost from our old drafty ones letting in the cold and letting out the warmth. 

Wordless Wednesday-Brenda's Roses and other Quiltiness

Brenda's Roses- quilt top completed today!

Grandbaby #3's quilt parts (minus 2 fabrics I need to get yet)

The next quilt after DGB#3's is somewhere here or...

maybe here....  Stay tuned for more updates as the months progress.

Hugs!
Kay~

Thankful Thursday

I've been a little AWOL.... many things running around in my mind to blog but like most clobbered messes, nothing is organized and so I couldn't get my thoughts together to be written. 

But today I slowed down....  It's the start of a holiday weekend here in the States and Thank You Father God, it's COOL!  As in "Open the Windows and Let IN the Breezes!"  I knew September wouldn't let me down.  I know we'll get some heat yet, but summer is on the way out the door and my beloved Autumn is on her way!

And now a few other things I'm thankful for today:

Rain!  1.75" in the past 24 hours.

The strength and energy to pull the weeds out of the berm and make a huge dent in the long flowerbed by the garage.

My Farmer & his help to haul away the piles of weeds and his help to dump the pool and get it hanging over the patio furniture so it can dry out for storage.  I couldn't do it alone.

My job, bosses, co-workers (and the office dogs) who make going to work a pleasure and not a chore.

Friends, in real-life and on-line

My Family (all of them)

Time to be creative and time to finish sewing the last block for this:

 I was auditioning border fabrics in this photo.  I going with the black (top left) 2" and then the bottom right neutral in a 4".  Binding, not sure yet.  Maybe the red or green.

It's been a good week and I'm looking forward to a relaxing, wonderful Labor Day weekend. 
How will you enjoy the holiday?

Hugs
K~

**Heaven is blessed with perfect rest but the blessing of earth is toil.  ~Henry van Dyke

Wordless Wednesday - Flowers that don't require weeding

This is one garden that is not guilting me for not weeding it this summer!  And rewards me by feeding my muse.  :oD

Hugs!
Kay~

** "Chains do not hold a marriage together.  It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the years." ~Simone Signoret

Summer came in like a lion

I know, March is suppose to come in like a lion or lamb, but March weather doesn't usually bother me as much as HOT, Humid Summer weather. Yesterday it was 88° and HUMID. Same weather forecasted for today and 80s all week. It's still May. This does not bode well for the rest of the summer.

I went rummaging through the sheds and found an old window. It's in worse shape than I thought, but it may still work OR I'll find a picture frame at the thrift store and use that. I also found a base from our old porch posts. Love it! It'll be a base for a pot or just "art" on the porch.

Speaking of porch posts. I found one of the original ones in the barn. I had the Blue-eyed Farmer move it from the tumble-down barn to the feed barn where it will be more protected. Now what should I do with it?
One I idea I had, was to keep it and then when we redo the kitchen, use it as decorative legs on the island.
In the mean time, I could prop it up on the porch in the corner and hang something from it. I'll muse on that a while.

I spent a delightful day last Friday with my dear Friend "Belle" (not her real name) at the Barn Festival near Hastings. We didn't buy much but oh the inspiration.
One idea she came up with for my office sitting area, was to use two of the old shutters (again, found in the barn), connect them and set them in the corner behind my big chair. Then to hand a quilt over the edge and I thought a small wreath on the other one.

I'm feeling the urge to paint more furniture. I have an old wooden chair out by the wash-house that needs something. The gardening sign on it is looking sad and needs a facelift. Manuela from The Pleasures of Homemaking blog had a tutorial on painting signs. I need to think of what to paint on this one and get at it.
And then there is this photo:


It has me aching to start painting my wicker furniture and find that old cream can down by the cattle lot or some other galvanized piece. I love this scene and the little dining area beyond. Oh my..... (sorry I can't remember where I found the photo. my bad!)

Blue-eyed Farmer informed me that he is going to have to dig up the rain gutter tubing under my east flower bed. Which means the peonies and day lilies have to be moved from it. **sigh!**
They were finally getting established. But I don't like the make-shift guttering system we have down on the patio either. And this bed backs the northern retaining wall and it needs some dirt filled in behind, so I guess it's time to do it. I just need to find a place for these plants. If I knew this would be a quick job, I'd just pot them, but I have a feeling it'll take a while. And none of my emptier beds are really ready for new plants. I need to amend the soil in them.

While Miss Belle and I were in Hastings we found a quilt/scrapbooking/beading shop, The Calico Cottage. Fun for both of us! She found scrapbooking papers and embellishments and I found 3 small wall-hanging kits. I was "good" and did not buy any yardage. One of my kits was "Harmony" by McKenna Ryan. I can't wait to get the whole set. I have the perfect place for them, here in the office.

(Harmony is the lower left corner block with the 2 birds.)

I did spend a little time down in my quilt studio yesterday and completed another block for "Brenda's Roses" and made up some more HST for it. One good thing about repetative blocks, you get better at making them. I've been taking my time and trying to perfect my 1/4" seam and being willing to "frog-stitch" anything that is not "right." I do know that I really dislike bias edges! I have one fabric that stretches like the dickens! So I've had to press it into obedience. If that doesn't work, I'm getting out the spray starch! lol

Saturday I had more quilting fun at the International Quilt Studies Museum in Lincoln. I went with a group from my church (Thanks again Daphne!). We went to see this exhibit from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. I never would have expected to see Ohio Star blocks in a quilt from that area of the world. It was a very interesting exhibit and more so since my friends Daphne and Sylvana are from Pakistan and could add their experiences to the presentation.

So all in all, I've had a lot of fodder for my "Muse" this past weekend. This week I will let it all percolate while I mow and pull weeds and plant plants and do bookwork.

Hope your week is just as inspiring!

Hugs
K~

** "An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied." ~Arnold H. Glasgow

The best laid plans of women and quilters...

well, you know the song and dance I live by now....

I had plans for today, with my sewing machines and fabric and thread.

I told the Farmer of my plans. He agreed to my plans and told me to go enjoy myself.

And then my better nature & wifely guilt took over.... and I ended up going along to look at and buy 6 preggo cows from one of his co-workers; the one with the Bohemian accent that reminds me of my childhood days.

We got home and unloaded them and he said after I recorded their numbers and we let the baby and cow out of the barn, I could go sew. But first he needed to tag and band the little guy. And could I watch so the mother didn't go too nuts on him. Ok.... **sigh**

Then we notice a red cow up on the knoll in the lot had just had her calf. (Storms coming in will bring along babies.) Good job Mama Cow! All was well up there and so I went in, started the laundry, and got the ingredients out for the Cold-Oven Pound Cake I was going to make for Sunday School tomorrow. And then I was going to go down to the sewing room for an hour.

But I happened to glance out the window to see how Blue-eyed Farmer was coming along with his revamping some fencing for bedding areas and feeding areas.
Only he wasn't making fence, instead he was carrying the new calf towards the barns. So off I trotted to change back into a chore coat & boots & help him get this calf & it's mother into the barn.

And since it was starting to snow, he wanted to get a hay bale and more bedding for the herd and it would be a big help if I watched the gates and directed him as he put the feed bales in the right spots.

After a good hour of all that, I was getting too cold to be outside anymore. I had hurried out without a hat or scarf and my toes were numb. Plus I had that cake to finish up and we had had plans to go out for supper with friends & we needed to be ready to leave before 6 p.m. I hurried in and made that pound cake (which did not turn out) and was just getting ready to go out, when our friends called and said they were having calving issues at their place and needed to postpone.

With that change in plans, we settled in for a quiet evening at home. We found a quick supper for ourselves here and I did the laundry that I didn't get done earlier today and mixed up a second/different cake which just finished baking.

It is now 9:30 p.m. and not a single stitch was sewn today.

But we have a another new calf and its mother safe and warm in the barn; warm bedding down for the rest of the herd; 6 new cows to replace several we need to cull out later this spring.
We're fed, warm and have clean clothes for this coming week and we'll have cake to eat tomorrow.

Life is still good, even if I my plans did go all ca-flooey today.

Did your day go according to plan?

Hugs!
Kay~

** "There is never enough time to do everything,
but there is always enough time to do the most important thing."
~Brian Tracy~

Love me, love my Singer

He loves me....
but hates my clutter. lol

Blue-eyed Farmer that is....

He loves me, a lot....

But he hates my quilting clutter in the basement..... a lot!

But since he loves me, so very much...

He doesn't demand I get rid of it all, the clutter I mean.

(well, ok....he only sighed once or twice at the 7 sewing machines and suggested maybe one could be removed. That suggestion was not even considered for a second by me. We reached a second compromise....)

Since he loves me, but dislikes my clutter, he helped me plan out a new configuration for my stash and machines.

And this evening bought me 2 of these....


(BOGO free!)

All because he loves me.

I think I'll keep him.

Hugs
A beloved Farmer's Wife

** Love is the thing that enables a woman to sing while she mops up the floor,
after her husband has walked across it in his barn boots.
-Hoosier Farmer

It's Spring!

Lettuce "starts"

Well, I was back for a day, wasn't I? Sorry.... life happens. Resurrection Sunday has come and gone. We are filled again with that wonderful Hope of "Someday in Heaven!"

I spent a fun day in the city with a friend, going to a Quilt Shop, having lunch, buying her ds a guitar, and then another Quilt Shop. I have new fabric to play with and some new patterns. Just need the time now.


I attended my niece's dance recital, which was her last performance of her Senior High days. I thoroughly enjoyed all the dances from the little ones to the Seniors' self-choreographed dances. That was something I missed having only sons. :o)

During this week, we've found Spring on the Prairie!

The peeper frogs have started singing, some of the song birds are back and nesting. And the Prairie Chickens are dancing:



The red bud trees are blooming, as well as the forsythia and the wild plum:



And Farmer-dear started planting corn today:



Yes, Spring has sprung on the prairie.

Hugs,
K~
** "April is a girly kind of month, frilly and flowery and scented and all dressed up for her first dance. The dreams, poetry and hopes of the winter come to fruition in this month when life is new once again."
--PennyAnn Poundwise
http://pennyannpoundwise.xanga.com/

Prayer requests and quiltiness

Sunrise over the Prairie Pond

TGIF dear Readers!

What to post about..... so much going on, that I don't know where to start and I don't want this to be so long you lose interest. (you probably have done that already)



First and foremost: Please, PLEASE pray, think good thoughts, send up vibes, whatever you do (I prefer prayer myself) for the Martin Bash family. Marty is the dh of my dear friend Lisa. (who is the sister God forgot to give me in real life) Marty was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer 2.5 years ago and the family recently called in Hospice. We're not giving up hope. But as always God is in control, to His glory. Please pray with me that His will be done. That Marty would be healed. That Lisa & the children would feel His peace and comfort and be given strength at this time.


Second prayer request-- not as serious but closer to my heart. Please prayer for my Farmer as he is still not well. Another doctor appointment (#4) and more "guessing" and wasting our time. Why do doctors give you scary possibilities if they really don't think that's the trouble???!!! (Blood clot?? Cancer???? Turbuculosus?? really?! no? Then why mention it!!! **heavy sigh** I'm not a big fan of doctors.)
Anyway, after 3 different antibiotics and a round of steriods, the MusinexD seems to actually be working and now I'm kicking myself for not trying that first when Miss Melanie (our Pastor's wife - a nurse practioner) suggested it. Sorry Melanie, I'll listen to you next time. :o)
But please pray for him that he can get 100% well asap. It's been way too long.


Thank you for standing in the gap with me. :o}


_____________________________________

And now.....

Would you like to see my latest vintage finds (think lots of RED)...

or the evidence that Spring is starting here on the prairie...

or my messings in the kitchen Tuesday...

or some Quilt Studio fun?




I think I'll show you my latest quiltiness today to keep this post short.

If you come in the patio door off the basement walk-out; you'll see this to your left.

I recently fired up my Singer 99K. I've had it for 2 years and decided it was time to try her out. I love her stitches and an added plus, my Kenmore feet fit her! (The Kenmore is the white machine to the left of the chair.) I'm not a very accurate 1/4" seam stitcher without that foot.

Here is a closer view of my sewing area. Rather messy but I like having everything close to me when I need it. The magazine has my BFF's quilt pattern in it.



Closer view of my 99K. Isn't she pretty. :o) She stitches so nicely. Straight and firm and solid sewing. I'm still tweaking the tension but it's so much better than my Kenmore was getting to be. I am having some bobbin-side problems. Not sure what that's all about, but I'll figure it out.


And here is the first block of the 25th anniversary quilt, "Brenda's Roses".



And another quiltie note: Want to see what I found on Sunday at the Flea Market/Antique Show?

Any guesses?






Isn't it pretty and Spring-y? Tulips in pink & green. Any guesses on how much I got it for?

Give up? $5! That's right, F-i-v-e D-o-l-l-a-r-s.

This might be part of the reason why it was that cheap....



It has a few "issues." 3 of the 12 blocks look like this, but they are all at the "top". I think I can remove the damaged blocks, and use the remaining good block in that row for a pillow and requilt and bind it again.

I guess the last afternoon of a show is the time to go to get bargains. You'll see when I post about the rest of my finds. Soon...

I'm off to clean my poor house, bake some bread and then off to the sewing room.

Hugs and thanks again for praying,
Kay~

** "Take comfort, and recollect however little you and I may know,
God knows;
He knows Himself and you and me and all things;
and His mercy is over all His works."
~Charles Kingsley~

Thrift Shopping & Sewing

So what does 30 mins. and $37 get you at the local thrift store? All of the above!
5cup Hitachi Rice Cooker (looks brand new, never used. Was able to download the manual.)
3 hardbound books & one cartoon book
1 fake minature rose plant to brighten some corner of my home (looks pretty real to me)
3 small gold-colored baskets for little gifties or adding sparkle to somewhere

8 rolls of fabric, none less than 1 yard

2 twin-sized sheet sets in a perky yellow/red/pink
1 full-sized sheet set in blue/white

The blue/white sheets will fit on the basement guest bed. I plan to join the flat sheets into one full-sized top sheet and find a yellow or pink fitted sheet for the grand-girls' guest bed. The twin-sized fitted sheets will be used in either room decor or for quilting. They are 100% cotton.


*warning to non-fabric lovers-- extended gushing about my finds ahead, scroll through if not interested*

Is this not the coolest design! I really like paisley. This material has a brushed suede feel to it. I suppose for skirts or light jackets? I just like the richness of the colors.

Oilcloth anyone? Not really but has that feel. Avocado....caning.... from the 7os, perhaps?

This one and the paisley are going to be used to make new shopping totebags.

The blues.... love them for their individualness. The grid, so masculine and orderly, but the shell design is more "me." These will be for covering old canvas tote bags. (I wish the shell design was 100% cotton. Would love to put it into a quilt.)

And then we have these lovelies. The yellow/blue vines remind me of Jane Sassaman's fabric and quilts (http://www.janesassaman.com/core-pages/quilts.html ). Again, none are 100% cotton and won't work for quilting. The red/yellow floral is glazed & would make great pillowcoverings. Or great tote bags!

I have this as an idea for covering my tote bags:
Aren't these yummy? I copied this from someone's blog and forgot to note where. Sorry!!! (If it's yours, please LMK and I'll give proper credit.)

And on that site, these: Sweet pincushions. No pattern but I bet I can figure it out. That "vine" fabric would work for these.

Then, yesterday afternoon, after fondling all my fabric finds and washing the sheets, I decided to hunt up my tote bag patterns. And in the pile I found one for the Humbug Bag that one of my quilting friends had sent me, complete with fabric she had quilted. I LOVE batiks and this is just my style! Well here... take a look at what I made from that material, a 10¢ thrift store zipper and about 30-45 mins. (would have taken less time but I was learning how to use my zipper foot):


and a close-up of the inside, the zipper and the thrift store organza ribbon accent. (Have I said how much I LOVE my local thrift store! )

This little bag will be perfect for my lipgloss, mints, etc in my desk at work.

I can't wait for Sunday, more sewing. (this evening- eye exams & dinner out; tomorrow-Bull shopping [yee haw I'll be reading in the truck])
I just need to decide what to sew.... the Anniversary Quilt? More bags (but I need more zippers)? Those pincushions? The tote bags &/or tote bag covers?

Oh! And want to know what spurred on my Muse to make this bag? Restitching Farmer-dear's zipper in his chore coveralls. LOL Hey! Whatever works, right?

Finally, thanks for all the good thoughts, prayers and well-wishes you all sent for Farmer-dear & me. He's feeling lots better. Good enough, in fact, to trim some trees with the chainsaw yesterday. I'm about half-way through my cold. At the gunky stage (sorry) & with a sore nose, but no more fever, so I'm on the mend too. Definitely time for Spring weather!

Hope you all have a Fabulous Friday and a Wonderful weekend!

Hugs!
Kay~

** "Methinks it is a token of healthy and gentle characteristics,
when women of high thoughts and accomplishments love to sew;
especially as they are never more at home with their own hearts
than while so occupied."
~ Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Marble Faun, 1859