Honest…it followed me home!

SCORE!! 

Yup…you know what THAT means!!  A Thrift Shop find!!   Yesterday I had ‘stuff’ to drop off at the Sally Anne…and being one who’s not wanting to waste a trip.. what with the cost of gasoline and everything :o)..I did a quick walk about the store…and LOOK at what followed me home!~

It’s a book of wool samples from a men’s wear shop!!  FULL of lovely 100% wool!!  Now the samples are small…6”x 8” but that’s OK…they will be perfect for small wool appliqué!

  Lots of different textures in browns, blues, greens and blacks…

So I cut the wool fabric out of the book and washed them in hot, sudsy water and then put them into the hot dryer to felt up…and here you have them!!

  There are about 60 pieces and they are slightly bigger than a charm square after being washed….

Oh and did I mention they were a whopping 50 CENTS!!  You got to love a good find!!  But as my husband said (with a roll of the eyes) “Out one door and in with the other”!... I was quick to point out that this little book of wool was only one little thing compared to the truck load that I dropped off….  BUT apparently junk is junk…sheesh!  Except that some junk is better than other junk! haha

Have a Fun Friday and Happy Quilting!~P

Just passing time…

Well there are TEN days left till we pull out of here and my list of ‘Things To Do’ is getting whittled down…it helps to keep adding jobs onto my hubby’s list when he’s not looking…:o)

Yesterday I had a last luncheon with some gal friends..so fun to get to see them one last time…

I had my yearly physical a few weeks ago and today is my last visit to the dentist…ugh!  Poor Anna…she is such a nice, gentle dentist…but she’s just..well..a dentist!

On Friday morning there is a last walk/talk with my sister.  I always look forward to this…I have the world’s best sister and she isn’t even a quilter!  And then later in the day, a last lunch with my friend Claire…thank goodness for emails!  I’m trying to talk her into a down South visit…you know do a little Quilt Shop hopping to the Country Loft, Wool Lady Shop, Quilter’s Coop, Calico Horse…just to name a few…but alas she is still a working girl…

I also fired up the Accuquilt GO! one last time…isn’t this purdy…tons of 1 1/2” strips for a top secret project… 

Such dang cute fabric…don’t you think?

While the GO! was out and smokin’ hot, I got out my tub of civil war fabrics and cut some more tumblers…

Do your think I cut out enough?

 

I want to make the tumbler quilt that I started a lot bigger.

 

And in the evenings I have been doing some last little stitchery projects…so soothing after a stressful day.

And I stitched a little mug run for the little table in the RV…just a last little project…

..which I used for my last cup of peppermint tea before bedtime…

Is it just me or does tea taste better when it’s sitting on top of a cute mug rug?

Have a Thrilling (not Drilling!!) Thursday and Happy Quilting~P

She’s may be Small…

…but she is MIGHTY…and VERY talented!!  Meet Sharen…she’s the little lady on the right…See that smile?  It’s ALWAYS on her face!

Sharon has been at it again…whipping up more scarves…last year I bet she made thirty of them…in all colours!!  (and I’m not exaggerating either!!)

SEE…I have the proof!!

Sharon attended the Chubby Bag Workshop and then went home and finished hers and then made THREE MORE!     Sharon also quilts…for her great grandson…so cute!

She was feeling the jungle beat when she made this one!

And this is the one that she is currently working on…LOVE this one!!

And runners…again never just ONE…!

SEW… this week Sharon is at home working on her very first Wool Penny…can’t wait to see how she does!  Don’t be surprised if on Monday she brings in three or four finished Pennies!!  Some quilters are just like that!!  Sheeesh!

Don’t you find that there’s a Sharon in every group…(thank goodness!!)

Have a Wooly Wednesday and Happy Quilting!~P