Super Sunday

 Another Super Bowl...I am not as ambivalent to Bowl games as I once was, now that I have ball-playing g-sons.

 

Still, sitting around for FIVE hours to watch a ONE hour game is not high on my list of favorite Sunday activities.

Instead I will be putting the binding on the now-completed Storm at Sea birthday quilt for my son. 
And, not a day too soon as his birthday is tomorrow.

My son served 6 years in the U.S. Coast Guard.  He loved his time at sea.  He says he only got sea sick once.... 
I get sea sick just watching the waves HERE.

The end result is much nicer that I thought it would be.  Can you see the waves?  

 You might remember that I did not pick the fabrics for this quilt. 
The Quilting Auntie gifted me a fat quarter bundle, Summer Breezes.

The end result is a bit scrappy, but I like it.
This quilt was born a year ago.  See Post HERE from January 22, 2020.

 

 

 

 

Faith, my LAQ did such a nice job.  The quilting looks like waves. 

A side note:  This quilt was paper pieced...that means many hours of ripping out paper and days and days of cleaning up the teeny shreds that flew all over the room.  Faith mentioned she had a pattern that uses special rulers and it is faster and easier.  Now that I've completed this Storm at Sea I may give her method a try creating another.   We'll start with one block!

The gifting is tomorrow, complete with cake and ice cream.

 

And This Day in History

Four years ago--Super Bowl Sunday with my quilting Auntie.

While the Unkie watched the game, Auntie, Gail and I hit the quilt Shops of Spokane.

Auntie in her Studio....How I miss her!

This is my memory every Super Bowl Sunday.

The Morning After....

... after the big game....

So, how many of you are still celebrating and how many of you are crying in your beer?
Or, how many of us just plain don't care?

I'm visiting my Auntie and Uncle in Spokane, WA.  My Aunt is my "dealer" in all things quilt (you've seen her mentioned in this blog in the past.)  We have been having a perfectly lovely time getting caught up, looking at quilting stuff in her room, collaborating on quilt designs, etc.  It's just what I needed.

Aunt Nyla's Sewing Room...right off the kitchen...
where the coffee, chocolate and wine live!

My Auntie is working on designing a quilt around some blocks she won in a raffle at her quilt guild meeting "some time ago."





 She's thinking some Sun Bonnet Sue blocks "here and there" as setting blocks.



















I'm finishing up a baby quilt for my niece.
I sort-of cheated on this one as it started as a panel (which I must admit has been thumb-tacked to my second bathroom wall for 3 years...the bathroom the grandsons use when they visit...)  But in my defense, it did turn out pretty cute.

 And, of course, we had to trot off to a local fabric store where there was a 30% off Super-Bowl-Sunday sale happening (picking up a friend, Susan, along the way).  Regal Fabric and Gifts.  For those of you living in the Spokane area, you should visit this great shop!

The Three Quilting Amigas - Off to the Shop

So, Congratulations to the Broncos and Congratulations to us, too, for surviving game day in our favorite way.