visit by EB

E.B. was busy with visitation on our street this Easter Holiday...

Our house got two visits...
On his first stop here he brought a brown handled paper bag with tasty candies (the chocolates are already gone), two balls of cotton yarn and the most darling card stitched up with a surprise inside... He had taken a vintage Easter postcard with a backing stitched up the sides placing a beaded fob inside... I really hated cutting the end off to find out what was hidden in there.

E.B.'s second visit came early Saturday morning when this adorable Honey Bunny appeared... isn't he just the cutest thing. Since we didn't want this cute fellow to be appreciated by only us old folks we took him with us when we traveled down into the middle of the state for a birthday party for a one year old .. the kids were amazed when they saw him sitting on the serving table... he was a hit.

The third visit by E.B. was to the little girl up the street. This time he brought her a purse made of straw like material that looked like a little house. She found it hanging from her front door knob when she got home from the Easter Egg Hunt. Inside was an M&M egg and a wind-up chic. I hear it was a smash hit at Sunday School the next day :)

Forgotten bag

I've discovered one really good thing about cleaning... you rediscover things that you forgot you owned.

Years ago while attending as estate sale I found this lonely tote bag that no one was interesting in owning... it was just way too cute and home made, I HAD to have it.

The base of the tote appears to be a rectangular piece of fabric gathered and attached to the wooden circles that are on each side. The circles have drilled holes to accommodate the attaching. It is roomy and just too cute... Now that it is reclaimed I am thinking about turning it into a knitting bag.

Signage

I really enjoy a good sign...

For the past year or more while driving the back roads down to a relative's home I've seen the sign for a specific BBQ restaurant. I even asked my brother-in-law in the middle of the state if he knew where the place located...... I was thinking of getting a t-shirt from this place. I mean after 30 years of teaching blind and visually impaired children how to use a cane I just had to have a t-shirt from the....

I'd taken my camera down to the party for my niece's baby's first birthday... I didn't take any photos of family or friends but I couldn't pass up the pig sign.

Once we got back to the south side of Atlanta we decided to eat at the Oakwood Cafe which is located in the Farmer's Market campus. We have found their flower garden signage interesting.



Now why not is our question??? Is it to keep the cats hungry so that they'll chase mice away from the market or is it an attempt to get them to move away??? K

All Ironing Boards are Not Created EQUAL

I'm not sure what has gotten into me but I've been cleaning, tossing and sorting like crazy these last weeks. Last week after helping our son get ready for the interior of his house to be painted I came home and cleaned out 6 tubs of fabric...GONE. Just take a look. I sure hope that some new quilter shops at the thrift store where the American Kidney Foundation takes this donation.

Some time over the past year I'd seen a much wider ironing board at "some" average old store, meaning I didn't see it at a fabric or quilt store. Since I'm on my cleaning jag I thought I might as well invest in a new board (take the currently used one over to church for the quilt group, then we'd have two). So I went for a QUICK drive to find it. Most of a day, three Wal-Marts, and a Target store later I finally found it.

Now look at these two boards, don't you think the new is worth it??? And are all ironing boards created equal... I don't think so... Ironing yardage could be much quicker now... Notice I didn't say anything about shirts or other garments... K

!!!SO FAR BEHIND !!!

How can a retired person get so far behind??? I mean I don't get in the car everyday and spend hours some where else... so how do I get so far behind... I guess, that might be one of those ageless questions...

Well, to help catch you up on what I've been doing I thought I'd just group things together rather than do individual posts...
So here goes QUILTING

I've got another Christmas BOM done... is the Civil War block done NO.

Here is a photo of my blocks for the TreadleOn Spring TOBE (Treadle On Block Exchange) which was due at the beginning of the month. These will make a great split rail fence quilt. I sent in multiple sets.... On the right is a photo of the extra block that I made each of the participants, it's made with the special state of Georgia Fabric fabric that commissioned for the recent Metro Atlanta shop hop.



I took a two day class in hand applique... it was advertized as 6 ways to applique... but I think the teacher slipped an extra one in there somewhere... The picture shows the results of the first day of class... basket, handle and one leaf. I have the flowers prepared for stitching down but this will be one of my projects on my up coming quilting trip to the north Georgia mountains.

Last Wednesday my Georgia Friendship Quilt Guild had a workshop on making these neat pincushions...we made ours big so that folks could get the hang of the process. We made two and had a drawing for one made by a guild mate. Here is a link to a smaller sized that is worn on the wrist... In my picture the one is made is on the right... the purple one was made by a guild friend. It was a fun project.


Now you are caught up on all of my sewing adventures...k