A Long, Fabricy Weekend

The OFFICIAL start to summer.... Memorial Day Weekend.  

I'll admit, I am guilty of thinking of Memorial Day weekend as a long weekend for fun and play but I do know it is really about honoring those men and women who died while serving our country. 

So, In honor of  all the men and women who have served and are currently serving our country.

I did also managed to have some fun with fabric!

Saturday one of the Needlers, Miss Nancy, and I took a field trip to explore a shop were neither of us had been previously.....Pink Sand Beach Design Studio in Torrance, California.  It is a small-ish shop with a lot of batiks, but a very nice place to visit.  Miss Nancy and I were on the hunt for fabrics for Miss Wanda (putting together another care package for her) and fabrics for a baby quilt I want to make for a friend's daughter.  The ladies at Pink Sand were so friendly and helpful!  I will return to this shop, even though it is a bit of a drive from where I live.

Then yesterday, Monday, my long-time-friend, Miss Peggy, and I drove to San Diego to take a sewing machine to a woman.  This does require a bit of explanation.....

I don't believe in accidents.  I believe in divine providence.  Last week I was looking on Craigslist for a collapsible wagon (football season is coming up....we hope....) but I didn't find what I was looking for.  On a whim I searched "sewing machines"  just to see who was selling something wonderful I just might absolutely HAVE to have.  Up popped an ad from a woman living in transitional housing and wanted to borrow a sewing machine to make masks for the people living where she lives.  I contacted her and the adventure began.

Long-story-short....Anastasia has been gifted ... along with sewing supplies and fabrics and even elastic.... oh, I forgot to mention.... Pink Sand had packets of elastic (enough to make 6 masks) they were giving away....one to each customer....

Both these machines have now been gifted.
I'm down to only three machines.

The woman we met was very nice and VERY appreciative.  It felt good to do something nice for someone.

To read about the Machine Family, click HERE

And, now, it's back to the work-a-day life.....

 
 

Happy Mother's Day

I'm sure there are a lot of virtual Mother's Day celebrations happening today.
Let me just say a cheery

I'm missing my own mom and my quilting-auntie (who was like a mom in a lot of ways.)

Hope you have an opportunity to get to your sewing studio today.,
the Best Mother's Day Gift of All!

Happy New Month

How will May be different from April?  From where I sit right this moment, it doesn't seem like May will be different.

But it seems change is Blowing in the Wind ... there is unrest "out there" where the economy shut down is concerned.  Is that a good thing?  I don't know ... I tend to not follow this stuff very close.  But, it appears the Times They Are a-Changin.



American Patchwork & Quilting UFO Challenge has
put out their May number.  The number is 12.

Number 12 on my list is  BLANK?!

I don't have a number 12? 
Actually that is a relief.

I will continue with the Christmas Lap Quilts for my son's family.
Number 9.

 


Six lap quilts in all; 2 down, 4 to go.

I'm working on Storm at Sea.  This pattern is paper pieced.  I actually rather enjoy paper piecing, but it is slow going. 

The hardest part is getting the colors in the right place.  There are 12 large blocks and I'm on block 7.

So this will be my Number 12 for May.

BTW, it's not too late to join the challenge.  It is fun to watch others finish up long-past-due projects.
Here is their Facebook page.

Wishing you all a Happy New Month of sewing and hopefully some socializing.