Just when I’d given up looking… I used half my tax return to buy myself a new toy – a Canon EOS 1000D – my first digital SLR. I love and adore it and I took 500 photos in the first 24 hours I had it, 8 of which were spent sleeping and 4 of [...]
Tonight, we had dinner with Dad, Janet and my step-sister Emily to do our Christmas exchange. It was difficult to show them their quilt in at Applebee’s, and I couldn’t send it home with them yet since I still need to finish it off. I’m trying to decide what I want to bind it with, [...]
Last night, I pieced the back for Dad & Janet’s quilt – hadn’t planned on a pieced back, but I ended up about 8 inches short on my backing. It worked out well, though; I really love the effect of a pieced strip on the reverse side. I chose one of my favorite Snow Blooms [...]
Mom’s quilt is finished. It feels kinda crazy to actually say that, but it’s true – the quilt is finished, and it even survived washing and drying. It’s good to be done, and done on time. I’ll arrange delivery to her sometime this week, and then I will let go of this quilt. I may [...]
Did we all remember the end of Daylight Savings Time today? I didn’t. Showed up to work an hour early at 6:45am. I could have had another damn hour of sleep! Bah! Oh well, gives me time to get organized and recap my night’s stitching. I’ve already discussed my exciting Friday, which was spent on [...]