No pictures

Again. I've been busy getting things finished and keep forgetting to take out the camera! (BAAAD Gwendie) I've been taking an art class that's so much fun I have a hard time believing it. I still have to find a place big enough to mark the Circuit Rider quilt - that's next on the list - and I have a feeling it will be on the floor with part of it folded up out of the way. It's definitely cool enough in the evening to sit under a big quilt while I work on it and I want to get it finished. If anyone has a suggestion about where to find a really big table-high surface, please let me know. The LQS's around here just have what I have at home.

Primitive Thimble - a quilt shop

I believe in guilt free blogging. Summers are busy for everyone but I did try to read the blogs I usually follow even if I didn't comment. Enough said!

My friend Barb and I went to a couple of quilt shops in Washington yesterday that have moved. They'd been in very quaint buildings and are now in strip malls. I understand why they moved but the ambiance is certainly not the same for one of them, even though she still has wonderful fabrics.

Primitive Thimble came close. This is the shop that took over in the church in Battle Ground that Cottons had occupied and she's moved to Vancouver. I asked permission in both shops to take pictures for my blog, both graciously said yes, and here is the first --- Primitive Thimble. I'll post the other in a few days.

When I walked through the doors, I forgot we were in a strip mall. Really! And that's something that's hard to accomplish. They were having their grand re-opening. She had lots and lots of samples up and I couldn't get pictures of everything because there was just so much to see. There are lots of pre-made items - animals, pincushions, quilts for samples - and lots of gorgeous fabrics, including some wonderful wools. The shop is definitely primitive. I have the Fig Tree book with the 'porch quilt' pattern. She has the quilt up on the wall in prim fabrics and it's amazing how different it looks! I may have to make it more than once. The pincushion make-do at the end of the pictures is on an old door knob.

I had a hard time getting all the pictures where I want them. If you click on the slices of pictures on the right, they should open.

Moving right along

Here is the next step on the baby quilt. I managed to get to the quilt shop yesterday to get the fabric for the borders. I had house guests last week and my garden has gotten most of my attention now that the weather is beautiful. Baby isn't due till the beginning of December so other things took priority. After I got home yesterday, I made a couple of summer tops for my daughter (DD#1). She bought some fabric and asked if I'd sew them up for her so the quilt took the back burner again.

'm not particularly happy with my computer monitor right now. (Okay - I'm not happy at all with it.) The image is hanging off the left side of the screen and there's not one of those draggy arrow thingies on the right to move it back where it goes. There's an arrow but it refuses to move the image. Oh well. I'll just have to give SIL by DD#2, the computer guru, a call I guess. He's probably going to say that since this monitor is most likely 20 or more years old, I should get myself one that works right!

On Monday, my mom and I went to see Julie and Julia. I love to cook, always loved Julia, and really enjoyed the movie. I don't go often so it was a nice treat.

Back to quilting

This really isn't a jumbled pile of unorganized scraps ---


It's strips that have been sewn together and cut into triangles for the baby quilt. It's finally cooled off here enough so I can sew in the mornings. Pressing may have to wait but I'll give it a shot.

On a totally unrelated note, I can't find my good glasses. It certainly makes seeing harder. I have glasses from the dollar store all over the house but can't see distances with them on. I can usually see distances just fine so I just have to get used to flipping the cheapo glasses on and off.

I saw this posted on another blog and thought it was worth passing on. She's collecting fabric scraps to make quilts for preemies. My oldest daughter (the one expecting the baby) was a 33 week preemie so this is a project close to my heart. Check out her blog.

Remains of the job

This was my office -

until two weeks ago. I've been furloughed.
It's supposed to last six weeks
but I don't expect to be called back that soon.
I've been planning to retire next July so
I'm looking at this as a trial run.

You can see the my helper's crate on the right.
She's usually loose in my little area but she goes to
her room when clients come in.

It doesn't look that messy from my chair. When I took the
picture, those were all things I was trying to get finished
before I left.

Hot weather treat

It's going to be really, really hot here today and I don't have AC so decided to make myself a treat.

This

Plus this

Equals this ---

A really tasty, no fat, cool, mango sorbet

Just curious ---

Do you have anything on your kitchen window sill?