Monday, April 21, 2014

What's Up? Not much!

It seems like it has been a busy week but nothing much accomplished. No additions or uses reported for the stash report. The only thing to show for design wall is the pile of handles for patient bags that I turned right side out after sewing a seam down the long side!! Whoopee!! LOL


I did finish a fleece scarf for my youngest daughter. Brenda picked out the thread color for the machine embroidery when she was home in March. Since I was going down to Minneapolis this weekend for Easter, I wanted to get it done. Course now she has to wait until next winter to wear it. Haven't figured out if I am behind or ahead!! I also delivered her finished Log Cabin quilt. She was very happy to finally get it!!


I think winter might finally be over. It was over 70ยบ F.  Whoopee, Yippee, Wow!!  Last Wednesday, we received over 12 inches of snow. The ground had been almost bare of snow but by the end of day, it looked like this -----   The snow is gone again!! Hope it stays gone.


On Saturday, I attended a maintenance class for my Featherweight sewing machine. It was a very good class and I learned a lot. My little machine is just humming now after a thorough cleaning, lube, and oiling. It should help me to better maintain my other vintage machines.

After the class, I went over to my daughter's place. She lives in Minneapolis. Brenda took me on a tour of the hotel (The Commons) where she works. It is a very uniquely decorated place. We then had a leisurely dinner at the hotel, went back to her place and relaxed for the evening. On Easter morning we went to Ikea and I picked up a little kitchen cart that I wanted for in the sewing room. After Ikea we went to a little place called Hazel's and had a delicious brunch. It was a wonderful time spent with Brenda. Then homeward bound I went. Hubby and son had been left to their own devices and it was time to get home and make sure they hehaved -- Very Big Grin!!



Today was Sew-Sew Monday at Gruber's Quilt Shop in St. Cloud, MN. One of the ladies brought in a quilt she is donating to "Breaking Free." What a great quilt. I worked on my "Talkin' Turkey." Might get it done some year! LOL While we were sewing a whole bus load of Canadian quilters stopped into the shop on their way to Paducah. They were doing a fantastic job of shopping. Hope they are not broke before getting to the quilt show! LOL


Hugs to all and make sure you hop over to Patchwork Times and see what others are doing.

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Hugs, Beth

6 comments:

  1. SNOW!!!????!!! Oh my gosh - I'm so glad we seem to be beyond that finally here in Nashville :*) Lovely embroidered scarf for your daughter! And I looked back to see the Log Cabin quilt - very very pretty!!! I'm working on Talkin' Turkey too - about as slow as a snail!!!!!

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    1. Hi Teresa, Hopefully the snow is done here in the north country as well. I have so many red fabrics that I just couldn't wait to do Talkin' Turkey. We'll have to compare notes as we go along.
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  2. The scarf is beautiful. Love, love love Gruber's!! I am a MN native and discovered the shop on my last trip home. I left broke! LOL What a gem of a shop.

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    1. You can just about imagine where my paychecks went while I worked at Gruber's. Needless to say, that is why my stash became so out of control after eight years of working there. Where in MN are you from?
      Thanks for stopping by and Hugs --

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  3. Beth how do you like your little cart? I have been wanting one sense Christmas. But I keep forgetting to go over there. I saw the picture and lol. Happy sewing to you. JOANIE in mn to

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    1. Hi Joanie, Yea - another MN gal. I love the cart. Haven't filled it up yet but hope to organize current projects in it so that I can just roll it to whatever machine I am going to be working on. Huh!! We'll see how organized I get. LOL Thanks for stopping by.
      Hugs --

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