Looks like the forum is slow again this morning. Wonder what's going on with them. It's not our internet. I checked with my provider, and, mouth stuffed with a Sweet 'n' Salty granola bar, he mumbled, "I don't think so".
LYN - If I ate fish it would only be the carrying agent for the tartar sauce. I do love good tartar! I often use it for chicken fingers.
JANA - wise advice for decorating rooms! I do know that rooms should "flow" one into the other. But never thought of using fabric. Though I once watched a video by Jen Kingwell on how she chooses her fabrics. She picks one favorite and lays it out. Then chooses a color/print that blends. The third fabric blends with the second, the fourth with the third and so on as she builds her fabric choices. Also varying sizes of prints - and designs like floral, stripe, check, "reads as solid", etc. If you've ever studied a Kingwell pattern you know she uses a LOT of fabrics in each of her quilts. But the process is the same as you described for a house. Glad the boys had a good time on the trail ride! Fun fun!!
VAL - I often wonder where some of our common phrases originated. And now you've solved one of the mysteries that haunt my existence -"tickle your fancy". Thanks for that bit of trivia.
And yay for getting another project in the can! Do you label your quilts? When I have a stack of quilts in the QQ, I just sit down and make all the labels in one sitting so they are ready to go when the quilt comes off the LA. I hope you find your blue fabric. Don't you hate when this happens! Are you talking the Gemstone project?CHRISS - I like your choice of countertop. My friend has pure white Corian and every single little tiny minute crumb or speck of pepper shows. But with the veins of light color in your choice, that won't happen. And you can "decorate" with towels, hot pads, cookie jar, etc with pretty much any color you like. We have black appliances, too and a stainless steel dishwasher. Black countertops and brick red walls, wood floor. I like it all, but am kind of tired of red walls. I want to paint them white but it's such a BIG job. Much bigger than it was when I was 35! I am really praying you don't need the open heart procedure. For something of this magnitude a second opinion is always a good idea.
MARY Q - I was wondering the same thing - how am I going to quilt this ABC quilt?!! And even as I was doing it, I was wondering. But I did finally finish it yesterday and it is what it is. I have the binding halfway sewn on. Waiting to see what Aut wants on the label before I finish the binding because I catch the label in the binding. And yes, I guess I'm teaching the quilting class again in January. But with a caveat - students must have basic sewing knowledge and they need to bring their machines in oiled, threaded, and ready to go! I suggested the library ask the quilting group who meets there regularly to offer basic sewing classes this summer, but I doubt that has happened.
JUDI - did you get your America quilt all together? Or are you still visiting with your sisters? Yesterday when we were talking fall weather approaching I was going to mention the air is different here. We can hear the trains running along the Narrows, but didn't. And darned if later in the day - there were the trains! And my fireweed suddenly went to seed yesterday like dandelion puffs and the air was filled with floating fluff. All signs of approaching fall weather.
LOIS - has your sewing room cooled off yet?
Yesterday I finished quilting the baby clothes quilt and then got the binding on halfway. I hope to get that finished today. Also, Bob left yesterday but not before he cooked us and L&L omelets for breakfast. Four hours later he called - he forgot his phone. So we found it, packaged it up, and got it into the mail immediately. Not much else is happening around here today. We are working on Amara's scrapbook of last winter's visit so we'll probably get that finished today. We have 6 pages left to do. We'll order 3 copies - one for her, one for her parents, and one for us. If Aut gets back to me about the quilt label I'll also get that made and onto the quilt, along with finishing the binding. We could conceivably finish TWO projects today! Unless Bill "grows weary". He has to have his 1 to 2 hour nap every afternoon.
We're going to be low 80's for next few days and then back to middle 70's. Purrfect weather!
have a Marvy Monday!
mary z
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read this to Mr G who made me add, that he has no say in the choice in all this decorating. I ask, he suggests and I ignore. Yup, that way for 50 years! 
oh, he funds the bill.
