SHQ Show & Tell, anniversary celebration

I left the house at 9:15 on Thursday (5/30) and picked up Paula on my way to quilting.  I worked on my hourglass quilt while Paula brought a variety of items to work on.  We had great show and tell: 

and by the time I got home around 1:30, my honey was already home from Pinehurst.  The guys he golfed with have invited me for next year, and agreed to pay for my golf lessons, if only I will continue to bake for them  :~).  Michael and I talked for a bit, but both of us were tired, so we took a nap after that!  

I had a few things to get done in my studio, so I spent a couple of hours there before joining my honey for champagne and puffy things:

there was so much fruit in the champagne it was practically a health food!

to celebrate our anniversary.

I'm heading out Friday morning to visit Ginny in Apex, NC, so no blogs for a few days.

2 QoV's given out, hydrangeas

I got up Wednesday morning (5/29) to 2 delightful emails.  I had given a QoV to the local American Legion, and it was given out to Henry, a WWII vet:  

AND, the local VFW gave out one of my quilts to Ken D, who is a 20 plus year veteran of the Marine Corps. He is a dedicated member of the VFW Honor Guard who has participated in over 150 Veteran Funeral Services:

Then, while I was running through my emails, I received one from Janice….a picture of their new kitchen:  

She said there were very few issues with the new house, and most of them very minor…..it will be SO EXCITING when they close next Monday!  

I’ve had these 2 pictures all week….Michael picked a beautiful bunch of hydrangeas from our front garden before leaving for Pinehurst:

I made good progress on finishing up 'clean up' on Sandy D’s quilt: 

before heading off at 9:30 to our first committee meeting on the SCCL guest pass policy.  I think it went very wel., we hopefully corrected some mis-impressions…and the moderator told me I was the ‘voice of reason’ during the meeting, which made me feel really good.  

I stopped at the library (dropping off donation books), the bank, ZAXBY’s for brunch, and Anne’s (to pick up puffy things for an anniversary celebration with my honey tomorrow night) before getting home around 1 PM.  I went back to ripping out basting and weaving in bobbin ends on Sandy’s quilt, and by 2 PM I was done.  I’ll do a good picture once Michael comes home and I have someone to hold it up for me  :~).  

Joanne stopped by for a visit and to show me a quilt top that I will be getting shortly to quilt; and Paula came down to hear all about the Guest Pass Policy meeting.  

I headed back downstairs and got the backing loaded: for one of my own quilt tops completed YEARS aog:  

I’ve been waiting for black 108’’ wide backing and finally bought it at FOUST, so it was time.  

I had a couple of crackers & peanut butter for a late dinner (still not that hungry after brunch sandwich) and watched TV and knit in the evening.

Memorial Day weekend - 2019

Grab a cup of coffee and sit back...we've got a lot of catching up to do!

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We got a slow start to the day on Friday (5/24) relaxing on the lanair and reading, but eventually Janice headed out on errands and I headed to the studio.  My goal was to get my customer quilt off of the frame and all cleaned up, so that was the first thing I finished.  Julie came by around lunchtime to pick it up:  

and seemed very pleased with it.  I worked on this and that in the afternoon and also continued to make HST's for my hourglass quilt, while Janice made more blocks for her current quilt and started her layout:

Janice wanted to get dinner for us all, so we all opted for Chinese from TIEN TIEN, while watching BOOK CLUB (that I got from the library).  It was a great evening!

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My honey left for golf Saturday morning (5/25), while I woke up to no internet  :~(.  There was a WINDOWS update overnight, which knocked my computer for a loop.  I called Matthew (computer guy) and got more bad news….he can’t come until maybe late Tuesday afternoon to fix it….AND, by the end of the year all computers need to be upgraded to WINDOWS 10.  My computer is still on WINDOWS 7, because anything newer will mean my embroidery software does not work  :~(.  Oh well, not being able to get on the internet for a few days should (theoretically) make me more productive  :~).  To that end…I picked up another customer quilt from Sandy D on Wednesday and got it loaded and basted in the morning:  

this is a STUNNING scrap quilt

I set up the program and started to stitch it out, but while Janice and I were having a late lunch, Michael came home (with an 84) and announced that there were thunderstorms in the area, so I shut everything down.  

Shortly after that, the thunder moved in!  Anne came over for a long visit, and we finally had leftover Chinese for dinner before setting in to a tiny bit more sewing before TV watching.  Ethel has firmly claimed the to-be-bound pile as her current favorite napping place:

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It was waffles Sunday morning (5/26) once Janice got back from church:  

And after that I started a frenzy of baking….orange sugar cookies, then the giant chocolate chip cookies:

and another run of the Mississippi Mud Brownies…all for my honey to take on his Pinehurst trip.

I found a box to send all of the cookies in and of course, Lucy had to check it out:

I didn’t make it downstairs until 3 PM, and I sewed a bit on my disappearing hourglass, and got the program set up and started a stitch out on Sandy's quilt:

Dennis blew in before 5 PM (he must have been up at 4 AM and flew like the wind!)

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I drove Michael up to Ralph’s house early Monday morning (5/27) and 12 guys took off for their 4 days at Pinehurst.  

Dennis, Janice and I headed on down to Paula’s at 9 AM for the golf cart Memorial Day parade:  

When we came home I continued to quilt on Sandy’s quilt, and work on my HST’s for the disappearing hourglass….it’s going to take awhile since I need over 300 of them  :~).  

Janice & Dennis headed out to RED ROCKS CAFÉ for dinner and  I sewed until 9 PM, then headed upstairs to relax and read my book.

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Janice & Dennis were up early Tuesday morning (5/28) and were out of the house by 10 AM: 

on their way to the coast.  They had a pre-closing walkthrough at 2 PM and wanted to be there in plenty of time.  I continued to spend the day quilting and making HST’s for my hourglass blocks.  Matt swung by in the late afternoon and finally fixed my computer  :~).  I finally finished the quilting on Sandy's quilt aroun 8 PM and headed upstairs to relax, have dinner and watch a bit of TV.