Good morning,
Last evening, about 5pm, we had a mass shooting in downtown Seattle on a very busy intersection full of pedestrians. Eight people were shot, one a child. 6 were critical, 1 was treated and released, and 1 died. The shooter or shooters is/are still at large. Please pray for everyone involved - and their families. The ripple effect of these events is often overlooked, but is nevertheless, devastating.
IZZY - that a fabulous gift! And it looks beautiful where you placed it! Such good news to hear you are up to more sewing!
Diane - that would be something to see all at once, wouldn't it - 1,000 quilts! Quite a goal you've set yourselves. But you can do this.
LOIS - Hope your shopping and uglies goes quickly so you can get to the "dessert of your day" - sewing!
FLO - nice to have that room all clean! Now, what about furniture?
CHRISS - your life excitement is going to be kicked up a notch when those little boys move in! It won't be long now! Your Moose cracks me up. He's such a lap dog! We've never been able to get Scottie to sit on our laps. But he will lay on the couch occasionally - more the white one upstairs than the dark one downstairs. Shows off his black coat better, I guess. As for fabric, when my favorite shop had sales where it sold from $3 - $7/yard I stocked up, big time. I don't regret it but boy, is my room crammed with fabric! And I'm glad because now that shop is closed. As is our local shop. And the shop in Port Orchard, too. And the one in north Tacoma. And the one in Auburn. And Puyallup & Kent. There is only one LQS left in Tacoma now - Shibori Dragon. And Joann's. Sad.
SHIRLEY MAE - I'm glad to hear Rod's surgical site is improving. Good thing you have those nursing skills honed. With Rod in the house, you really put them to good use! So the packing has started. It's a big job. Domino will love all those boxes in the house.
CAROLE - haha! You got me! I was like, "Huh?" She's covering her handles? What handles? Cabinet? Tote? Car? Love? And why?? And hug Luke for me, please. (OK, Ken, too.) He's really 9 yrs old? Seems you just got him. I was trying to think of your last dog's name the other day. I'm sorry. All that kept coming up in my mind was Snickers, our last dog.
VALERIE - sorry that your Scouting career is coming to an end. You've done such a good job and given so much to the boys. But time goes on, things change. I gave 12 years to our local toy drive but finally one year, it was just time to let someone else take over. And just think - more sewing time, more family time, more napping time!
KATHY - so, has Kim made any decision yet? Didn't she have a deadline she had to meet? Is your sister all settled into her new job now?
LORI - awww, I missed the cake! I didn't get the message about what time until it was too late. Maybe for next time, I should give you my number so you can put it on speed dial. You are at R2C today. Have some mega fun!
MARY Q - I'm afraid if I were at your new fabric friend's house I'd clean her out! I have such a hard time resisting pretty fabric! lol! How did your eye appt go?
JUDI - I'm with you - love kids movies. We need more kids in our family. Our 'kids' are 22 and 26 and can't get off work to take me to see them! lol!
SHARONA - sorry about the loss of an uncle. We seem to be at that age. We are the oldest generation in our family now. My oldest brother is almost 85. Hope you find your sew-jo so you can get those baby quilts finished.
I got a good start on my Country Charmer yesterday. Half the blocks will be green with red, and half will be red with green. I got a block of each made (8-1/2") to get the feel for the quilt. I think I have the pattern down now, so went ahead and cut all the white background pieces. Today I need to clean bathrooms, polish kitchen counters and mop the floor. Then I can get back to sewing. This pattern is time consuming and you have to pay attention, but it's fun to do. I was going to enlarge it to a king for our bed, but it's a lot of white. And my 'boys' have a lot of black hair. So maybe not the best quilt for the bed. So I think I'll keep it to size.
Have fun today whatever you do!
mary z
hang in there and vent here any time. It helps
izzy
