Happy Easter!

Well, we survived Easter weekend, barely.  We had a great time at Sarah's in St. Peters.

When we arrived Friday afternoon, they had the sewing machine out and I was tasked with creating a sword cover for Aaron.  He wanted a thicker fabric than anything I had brought, so he and I went to Hobby Lobby where he selected this chicken fabric.  I never would have thought this would be the selection choice.

Saturday morning, David and Aaron went to Menards and got stuff to sew some more grass in the yard.  Sarah and I hung out and sported our Harry Potter t-shirts.

After an early lunch, we headed to the Fabulous Fox Theater to see..............

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child!  We were in the balcony for a sold out performance.  The theatre holds 4900 people, so it was crowded.  It was a great play and the special effects were amazing.

After the show we ate at Pappy's Smokehouse.  Sunday morning, we went to Sarah's church and then lunch at Olive Garden.  

It was a fun weekend.  We did get a call Friday evening from David's mom that his Dad was in pain.  Our neighbor came up and took him to the ER.  David's brother and sister-in-law came.  The short story is that Lloyd has a kink in his intestines.  He was transferred to Boone Hospital in Columbia and is still there.  David had to put his mom in the nursing home on Monday.  Taking care of all of the stuff surrounding that has taken up most of his time since.  He did actually get to the field yesterday afternoon.

I spent Tuesday afternoon cleaning out their frig and freezer and working in the kitchen.  It's no where near finished.  I have 3 tubs of clean tupperware containers to take back over when I head over to do more cleaning, probably tomorrow.  

The only sewing I have done was to put the binding on this wall hanging.  It was a pattern I drew up and made with some batik fabrics that I had won.  It was not a UFO, so yes, I did start something new, but I also finished it!  And it has already been gifted.

I caught Mabel snoozing in the window seat without Harry.  This was concerning, because this is usually his spot and if he wasn't there, what could he possibly be up to?

Well, I should have realized that the dryer is actually his favorite spot and when the door is closed and you can't get in, you do the next best thing..........

And here is the UFO list update.  It actually wasn't as much fun as I thought since I had only finished 2 more things, the Show and Tell quilt and the Chalet quilt.  But that brings the total to 15 of 29 finished, so just over half.  I may spend a little time in the sewing room today and then hopefully most of Saturday.  I'll deserve it after cleaning all day Friday.

 1.  Proposal  (FINISHED!)

2.  Waverly  (FINISHED!)

3.  Lookout  (FINISHED AND GIFTED!)

4.  St. Pats Pillow  (FINISHED!)

5.  St. Pats Runner  (FINISHED!)

6.  St. Pats Wall Hanging  (FINISHED!)

7.  Jimmy John  (FINISHED AND GIFTED!)

8.  Snailing Around Town

9.  Chalet  (FINISHED!)

10.  Foxes in Flannels

11.  Show and Tell  (FINISHED!)

12.  Love in Bloom Panel  (FINISHED AND GIFTED!)

13.  O Christmas Tree

14.  Heaven and Nature Sing

15.  Scrap Jar Stars  (FINISHED!)

16.  Hash Tag

17.  Jelly Twist

18.  Halloween Panel

19.  Thanksgiving Panel

20.  Redlin Panel

21.  Legendary

22.  My Kinda Town

23.  Turkey Lurkey  (FINISHED!)

24.  Turkey Blocks  (FINISHED!)

25.  Cat Nip

26.  Pineapple  (FINISHED!)

27.  Tea Time Topper  (FINISHED!)

28.  Vintage 30's Blocks

29.  Great Grandma's Fans

Fifteen of 29 finished!

Christi

It's April!

 It's only the third day of April and I can say that we have already had our share of April Showers.  The days have been dreary, sleepy days............

It's good to stay close to those you love when the weather is so dreary.

There was a big sewing room finish already this month.............

The Show and Tell quilt is a FINISH!!!!  (yes, it's probably time to update the UFO list again..........maybe in the next post)  I just love this quilt.  It was so much fun to make and I already want to do it again and change up the quilts.  It's just so stinkin' adorable!  I am thinking about writing up something telling about each of the animals (of course, they'll need names) and their quilts.  They are like my sewing room friends.  (Esme takes great umbridge with this notion, SHE is the best sewing room friend and is actually alive!)

Speaking of notions...........

I finally tried out those new letter labels when I cut the pieces for this quilt.  Can you guess what it will be?  Stay tuned for this one.

I seem to be moving at a snails pace on some things (or maybe just getting side tracked by other things.....stay tuned).  The Snailin' Around Town quilt is laid out on the floor (well, it has been somewhat rearranged since this photo by various four-legged sewing room assistants), just waiting to be sewn together.  I'm anxious to get to it since I love the border fabric I purchased at Marshall Dry Goods.

I also made some updates to my t-shirt from the big track meet in Arkansas...........

I will wear it proudly!  The outdoor season is underway now.

Well, you can see how the morning is progressing here.  

Happy Easter weekend everyone.  Maybe the bunny will bring us some sunshine!

Christi

Goodbye

Cici died yesterday.  She had been throwing up all day and when I called the vet, they first available appointment they had was at 8 am this morning which turned out to be too late.  I will say that Cici would have hated a trip to the vet, so maybe it was a blessing that she went quickly.  She was 10 years old.

There was never a basket that she didn't try to fit herself into............

She loved hanging out in the cat tower and looking outside or hanging out in the window seat.  

Or on the kitchen table............I mean, there was a quilt laying there, so she should obviously be there too.

She also spent some time in the sewing room.  She was great help at unthreading the machines and doing her own quilt layouts when I put blocks out on the floor.   She will be missed.

Christi