.......14000 bolts of fabric?.........hyperventilating, and palms sweating. LOL.

Yes, a bit here, a bit there. Just about ready to go up to the sewing room now and think I'll spend a little time tidying up the stash. Ever notice how stashes escape and go wild when you get into them?

Not me. I'm driving up to my home town where my high school class is throwing ourselves a 70th birthday party. Worth celebrating don't you think?

I think the stash escapes while we are sleeping and plays little games.
No sewing here, wedding tomorrow. I may sit down and actually order some fabric online though. I guess that qualifies as quilting!
Theresa

I'm working on a raw edge applique wall hanging. It's a new technique for me where you build the components on a pressing sheet then fuse them to the background. I have everything built except the 2 hibiscus flowers, so that's my weekend project.

Donna

Wow, LindaOH, 14000 bolts of fabric???? I would be confused for sure......but it would be a fun way to spend the day!

I'm still not all together here but do a little bit every time I get up. My RLC charms and gifties are ready for retreat and hopefully I can get the pieces cut today for the PP class. Would really like to get the sewing machine set up today, too, and do some sewing.

SharonG/FL

Since I finished up both quilts for our guild show - YAY! - I can spend some time packing up my projects for the retreat and maybe get a jacket cut out of my new pattern. But what I really need to do is clean my house and slash back the jungle shrubbery in my yard.

Teresa

Today we are going to hit a matinee movie, stop by Hancock Fabric for more backing, then get the grands for the weekend. Tomorrow we will go to Troy to enjoy a football game with DD and the grands. Sunday the boys go home and I can sew. Gotta get started back on the trail run quilts.

beverly

Just finishing up loading the RV and then we are heading to the mountains for the weekend. We will be back Sunday night for the Broncos/Steelers game - go Broncos!
Have a fun weekend.
Sue

WOW- sounds like a shop I would love to visit!
I am canning Salsa today then we are headed to Montreal for DDs final recital for her Master's Degree. She was only home for 3 weeks this summer (in May) so can't wait to see her.
I may take some handwork to do in the van and hotel room.

I have a funeral and my sis's 50th birthday party. Have a great weelemd everyone!
Rosa

Sue RVing in the mountains sounds like a wonderful weekend! We are RV'ers too. :-)Well I am continuing to hand quilt my Grandma's quilt this weekend - I am almost finished with the middle row of the quilt - so almost half done - yeah! :-) We are suppose to get a cold front tonight which will drop our triple digit heat down to upper 80's so am hoping to spend some time weeding the garden. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Best to you,
Sandra

Sunday is my one day off this weekend, so I'm hoping for thunderstorms which will give me the perfect excuse to stay indoors and do some sewing. I'm not really feeling ambitious, so we'll see what happens.
Dan

Tuppermom, is your daughter getting a music degree? Vocal, instrumental? Inquiring minds want to know...I am a musician, too. :)

Donna

I am totally off work this weekend, which does not happen much since I usually teach on Saturdays. This is the break between quarters so I get a whole 2 days to sew! I plan on mostly getting things ready and packed for the retreat. The pattern that I am working on requires a lot of cutting. I oiled and cleaned my travel machine last night, it is packed and ready to go. I will probably over pack but that is ok. LOL

Jackie

Donna
Our DD's degree is in Vocal Performance - Classical. She has been singing all her life and knew what she wanted to do from a very early age. She would love to go to Europe to study and work where the Arts are very well supported. First she has to get a job to pay off some student loans.

Thanks for your interest.

Mary

I thinks it's just retreat prep weekend for me. Looking forward to the cold front like Sandra so I can attack the weeks that seem to surround the house.
Congrats to your DD Mary! How special for all of you...I love music, but can't even hand carry a tune :-)

Mary, that is wonderful! Congratulations to your DD. I would love to hear her sing. I've been "into" classical music since my teens. Started out as a music ed major and quickly found out the ed part was NOT for me! So now music is just a hobby. I've played clarinet since 6th grade, played in the handbell choir at church for 20+ years, sang in the choir for a long time (stopped that a few years ago), and occasionally play alto sax when one is needed at church.

Valarie, your comment is funny! DH is also a musician, but his comment about non-singers is they can't carry a tune in a paper bag. :)

Donna

Mary, what an exciting culmination of all her work. Have a wonderful time and I hope she makes it to Europe soon.

Thanks everyone...DD's recital was great and I am in awe of her! I used to hear her sing on a regular basis when she was oing her undergrad. She was only 435 min from home so I would often go to hear her in Master Classes and noonhour concerts. For her Masters she was 7 hours away so not too many opportunities to hear her. Her voice has matured so much over the last year!
She does have youtube videos and will post tonights recital soon. You can find her under Melissa Van Dijk Soprano. There are videos up from 3rd year of her undergrad so you can hear the difference.

Thanks
Mary

Wow....435 minutes from home...lol....should be 45 minutes!

I didn't get any time to sew this weekend. :~((

Awww, poor Kate! I hope your work crisis has been resolved. And is McQueen all better from his thread adventure?

Donna

I didn't do any sewing this weekend either. I cooked for the family and played with the grandson. He is ready to start crawling but gets around by scooting. He looks just like his daddy (my DS) did at that age. He will be 6 months on the 18th. We had a LOT of fun with him this weekend.
Today I am working on my Dots on Dots project. My blog will be featured on the 17th so I have to get it finished soon.

Here is a link that might be useful: Dots on Dots Blog Hop

Mary, I just listened to some of your daughter's songs...she has a beautiful voice!

Donna

Thanks Donna. She is in the process of putting Saturday's recital up as well.

McQueen is fine and back to his regular bad-boy self.

The work crisis was finally resolved tonight; just 4 days after it started. We only made the news on a couple channels and the federal EPA people left earlier this evening. It could have been much worse.

Wow! Sounds like plenty of action on the job.

Kate, what's going on, did I miss something exciting?

beverly

Weekend is just over and we drove from the bay area to Ely, Nevada, and back, over 1000 miles just to see trains. What a trip. The dessert is much more beautiful than I'd have ever thought. But, it's sure good to be home. They have no quilt shops by the way.

Next I fly to Hungry Horse, Montana, Friday for a memorial service of a good friend. Wonder if they will have any quilt shops.