Visit with Jan and Carol and Sue!!

Michael headed out to golf Friday morning (2/28), while I got one of my QoV’s off of the frame and all cleaned up and trimmed and on the to-be-bound pile:  

before Loree picked me up at 10:45 AM to head off to Jan’s.  

We had a lovely lunch together: 

Jan & Loree

and I had forgotten the other people I knew who are also living there:  

Carol Z had lunch with us

Sue S was at the next table with a friend from Charlotte

After lunch we headed back to Jan’s apartment and she sold us some fabric :~), and we talked a good bit:

before finally leaving.  

I was home by 3:30…had a lovely talk with my honey, who was very happy with his 81 on the golf course, and then did a nice long SKYPE with BG.  

By then it was dinnertime and we tried the fish sandwiches from BOJANGLES.  I liked it, but Michael thought it was a bit too crispy…..BOJANGLES does however have FABULOUS mac ‘n’ cheese  :~).  We just relaxed after that and I got a bit of knitting done.

BG has been working at least 15 minutes per day on her One Block Wonder and she hopes to have the top together in a week.  Then she'll just need borders:

SHQ Show & Tell

My honey packed up the car Thursday morning (2/27) and I picked up Paula and headed off to quilting.  My goal was to get another 6 repeats of my fabric: 

cut for my one block wonder (OBW) and I got that done.  I got them cut into 6 strips, and got 3 of the strips cut into triangles.  Jan was kind enough to count my clips, so I know that I have completed 103 blocks so far...only 103 more to go  :~).  

We had wonderful show and tell: 

I love all of these

I love this too...BG it's like the one we did on retreat

What little girl wouldn't go crazy over this?

and Paula made jalapeno poppers for our lunch (they were FABULOUS!!!!!):

while I took in the homemade tomato soup and shared with Loree.   

You know I really love quilting on Thursdays, but somehow the noise drains all of the energy out of me.  I was so very tired when I got home at 3 PM, and tried to take a nap, but just couldn’t fall asleep.  

I finally got up and just putzed around like a zombie.  Michael left at 5:30 PM for rehearsal and Paula came down to watch THE SECOND BEST MARIGOLD HOTEL.  Well, we started to watch it…but we still had so much talking to do that we didn’t quite finish it before Michael got home.  We have another date to finish it on Monday night.

Magic Carpet top done, tomato soup, IPAD cover

Michael was up early Wednesday (2/26) for golfing here at SCCL, while I looked forward to spending the entire day in my studio.  

I got the quilting going on the second QoV and worked on getting my rows sewn together on the Magic Carper pattern (wonder where they come up with these names?)  This was also a brand new quilt pattern for me):  

It wasn’t large enough for beds=dreams, so I added a border and now it is ready for quilting:  

I only have one unfinished quilt top left from retreat...and that's the one I need border advice on....more on that hopefully tomorrow.

By the time my frozen honey came home, the quilting was all done on the second QoV:  

I did intake on a customer quilt, so now I have to get both QoV's cleaned up and off of my frame....that's going to take a bit of time.

And finally, after weeks (months?) of having the special cans of tomatoes and the recipe, we made Loree’s tomato soup (and a grilled cheese sandwich) for dinner:

I do not like tomato soup and have never, ever made it from scratch...and this stuff is YUMMY!!!

I got a note from friend Inez, and I'll let you hear her story in her own words:

I’ve had a padded cover for my iPad for many a year and it is starting to wear out. In looking for a replacement I’ve discovered that they aren’t made anymore. All the covers are now hard cases. I was complaining to one of my art buddies who is also a quilter and after looking at my iPad cover/case she decided that she could make one for me!  It has a zipper around 3 sides and is big enough for my earbuds to fit inside. The pic is below. It is awesome to have crafty friends!

Looks cool, doesn't it?

banana bread, visit with longarm friends, Paula's cancer quilt

I spent Tuesday morning (2/25) making banana bread 

(this bread was courtesy of 6 brown bananas I brought home from retreat….so to whomever bought them….Michael thanks you and so do 2 of my bachelor neighbors!!) and balancing my checkbook before heading out for a massage.  OH MY WORD….it was heaven!!!  And I’ve booked another one with the same person for next month.  These massages are courtesy of a Christmas present from my honey  :~).  

When I got home I had time to make and eat an omelet before heading to Waxhaw for a visit with longarm friends.  WHAT A FABULOUS AFTERNOON!!!!  I love getting together with these ladies:  

hostess Linda H

Linda G

We talk and talk and talk and talk….not a moment of silence….all about longarming and quilting.  It is wonderful to have other longarmers to talk to…and they are such fun as well.  Linda H loaded up a quilt, so Linda G and I got to see a different way of loading....very different from what both of us do:

She also showed us many of her quilts (she does literally hundreds per year...makes me feel like a SLOTH!!!):  

on the wall of her sewing room.....this is BEAUTIFUL!!!!

how simple but effective

BG - almost like L-patriotic!

and we loved them all!!!  

I wasn’t home until around 5 PM, in time to give my honey a quick kiss before he headed out to rehearsal.  I picked up a new book at the library on the way home in the afternoon, so although I kept trying to talk myself into going downstairs to work….it had absolutely no effect on my behavior…and I sat in the living room and read until he got home.  

I called Paula later in the evening (she plays cards on Tuesday nights and I wasn’t sure what time she would be home) and I think we ended up talking for over an hour!!!  We haven’t talked/seen each other since before I left on retreat, so had a lot to catch up on.  She had given out one of her quilts, and I wanted to talk about it.  A neighbor/friend of Paula's has metastatic breast cancer and Paula wanted to make a quilt for her.  Paula researched it and found out that they have their own ribbon/colors and it is actually 3 colors...the regular pink, then teal and lime green.  She also found out that there are specific words associated with it.  So, she designed a quilt incorporating everything she learned:

and gave it to her friend yesterday:

I think this is one of the most thoughtful gifts/quilts I have ever seen!