Checking In

A day in the studio, then yesterday a day on the road looking for new haunts on the north trail: this involved a stop at a well touted handbag emporium that I was sorely disappointed in, then discovery of the northern-most outpost of Great Balls of Yarn for a cable needle (thus retiring the totally inefficient craft needle I have been using) where I found out they have a knit along on Wednesdays. I got to talking to one of the Gals and she emailed me with a bunch of patterns that will be perfect to use up some of my cherished koigu. Several more stops surrounded a Reuben at lunch, and I didn't make it home until dinner time! Today I have been warned to get to the studio by my horoscope so to double insure I do I am weaing my Sketchbook Project tee shirt. And off I go. "It's a like a concert tour but with sketchbooks..."

First, a little fixing up- managed to get all the folded quilts onto this rack in the bathroom where the 'light don't shine' so they are pretty protected. Not the best solution but I don't care about many of these any more. The ones I care more about are rolled into logs and covered with nice muslin sleeves but they are hard to keep upright

Any good moving project deserves a bit of diversion and here is mine- I rhinestoned my lazy susan. The hanging rhinestones in my front window keep falling down and landing in the dead bugs accumulated at the slit under my door- too icky to untangle and rehang so I am using my shiny rocks here instead. I really liked them in the door but kept getting the dog's tail caught in them as we would come and go.
I have other plans coming for the door so stay tuned.
Here is the bridge to date. The biggest verticals on the right are all sewn- the rest is the photograph I am cutting up as I go as my template.
It will eventually be attached to this background but I am working out a plan to lighten it up a bit more- the gold lace sun wasn't working hard enough, and I need some clouds.
One of my friends gave me this decorator sample and it works so well with this thing that I need to use it, but haven't figured out how yet. I only have about an 18" square but it has to appear somehow.

And before I forget, congratulations to all of you who got accepted into the latest Quilt National. Since I didn't have anything to enter this year, I am saying this with all the best wishes, no animosity! Hey, this is new for me, I'm usually full of it. But again, Happy Days! It was a very long time ago I got the good letter and I will never forget the thrill. In fact it was so cool that I haven't had enough nerve to enter much since!

One of my problems with my beloved iPhone is how fast I go through a charge. I must plug it in every night or not make calls the next day. Granted, it doesn't take long to charge but I am a slow learner and am always forgetting to do it ahead of time. Then I find THIS:

Yup, an iPhone umbilical cord charger. How on earth could I forget this thing sitting on my desk?

OK, it's Saturday night and I bought some double thick pork chops at the Eye-talian market. Date Night. That means we break out a bottle of wine. They are beauties so I am going to head home to deal with them.