Showing posts with label Home Sewing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Home Sewing. Show all posts

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Fireworks, Indulgences, Celebrations

Yesterday, after helping to make pies that were then frozen and will be served in the Methodist Cafe at the NM State Fair in September, I ran some fairly quick errands and came home with these.
Sweet Teen took old towels to college, which I appreciated.  She just loves polka dots, so when I saw these towels on sale, I bought a couple.  The owl mug was another sale item, and whether she uses it for pencils and pens, or beverages, I'm sure it will cheer her up at some point.

I also brought home a splurge for me.  Now I just need to be efficient with my time so I can enjoy reading them!  I really have a thing for print media, and regardless of how many blogs are on my Bloglovin' list, I continue to love the paper stuff.  Why is that?

As I was remaking my bed with fresh sheets last night, someone in the neighborhood was setting off fireworks, and I was finding the pop-pop-pop anything but pleasant.  So as I went to another bedroom to close the window I was greeted by a genuine firework display that was bigger than most small towns put on July Fourth.  Because of our intense drought, our town, for the first time in memory, had no display and allowed no aerial fireworks.  We've had a few weeks of off and on showers since then (a big deal for us, although cumulatively less than most places in the U.S. receive in just one rain shower) and had a 5 minute rain shower earlier in the evening.  I stood there and watched until it was over.  Because of the low clouds, I could hear a lot of what people were saying although they were three or four blocks away.  They were celebrating a birthday.  Despite the fact that they were sending an astonishing amount of $$$$$ up in smoke, I really enjoyed that fantastic display!

When I signed in to write this post, I discovered that the Blog Reader is still there.  What is with that?  Interesting, but now that I've been reading on Bloglovin' and find it so much more convenient, that old Blog Reader doesn't even compare.

No, I haven't stitched anything.  I do have a pair of slacks I'd like to get hemmed.  We'll see.....

In general, I'm just celebrating milder temperatures (with any luck we've had our last 90+ degree day) and am enjoying all the green as well as blue skies and gorgeous clouds!  There are a wide range of celebrations occurring accross New Mexico the next few weeks, although I don't know how many I'll be motivated to attend.  I'm just such a homebody!

Happy quiltmaking....

Monday, June 7, 2010

EQ7 - On its way!

Yippee!  Just got a notice that EQ7 is on its way!  I'm really, really hoping they sent it via USPS and that it will be here soon.  However, I've also heard they're sending them via UPS--meaning shipment could take a very long time!

Okay, back to dreaming more quilts!
Here's Judy's Soda Pop Dreams--so named because the colors reminded me of all those bottled fruit-flavored soda pops--from back in the days when we had no idea what was in them.  Finished it over a week ago but didn't get it posted.

That's because I was busy with something I used to do a lot more of: home deco sewing.
I finally forced myself to make covers for the ottomans that I bought a couple of years ago, at least!  The hope was that they would provide some extra seating when needed in my tiny cottage and with a tray on top could also serve as a coffee table.  The tray wasn't where I thought I'd put it, but it will be on the ottomans soon.
Uh-oh, now you want to see the quilt on the wall, don't you?  Okay.

 I need to take a better photo that shows its true colors.  This was from a class that I took with my quilt guild in AZ 15 years ago--and I still love the colors.

Happy quilting as you wait for EQ7!
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