September 2008

As Dressed Up As I Get

September 30, 2008

I so rarely have on makeup and decent clothes . . well, they’re actually black jeans but there are no holes in them . .  and since Chad snapped this picture of me the other night as Vince and I were leaving to go to a dinner, I thought I’d share it.   I was leaning [...]

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Knitting Season

September 30, 2008

Not sure why but I never seem to have time to sit and knit during the summer months.  But, I’m getting the urge to start knitting.  Couldn’t find my favorite pattern so I wrote Susan, who got me started by sending me yarn, needles and a pattern after I guess she got tired of reading [...]

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Follow Your Dreams

September 29, 2008

The other day, while working on some of the upcoming blocks for the Star BOM, I had talk radio on.  I’m terrible about catching bits of this and pieces of that and never getting the full story but someone was talking, and he said that 65% of all new businesses fail within the first three [...]

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Treats in My Mailbox

September 28, 2008

Friday my mailman delivered a couple of very nice packages! One was a t-shirt that Vicki had dyed.  I loved it when she showed it and she offered a few of her dyed shirts for sale for a donation to one of her favorite charities.  Here’s the t-shirt I received.  I love it! An unexpected [...]

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A Couple of Quilts

September 28, 2008

I just finished quilting this and it’s so cute.  I hope by clicking on the image to make it larger you can see some of the details the maker put in each block.  She made it for her granddaughter and I know she’s going to love it.  It gave me some good places to make [...]

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Sunday Stash Report – Week 39

September 28, 2008

This week was spent mostly at the longarm but I did get a bit of piecing done. The fabric I did use was for a backing for one of my tops, fabric for sampler blocks and sashing.  Nothing was added. Fabric added this week – 0 yards Fabric added year to date – 282 yards [...]

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