Well, today started out so cold and windy. We took the dogs to the beach for a walk and I said no way, I am going home after I sneezed a few times and was chilled to the bone. I told Eddie, i worked too hard getting well, to get sick again. So we came home and decided to go looking at houses. We had searched the internet and found several to drive by. we have to have a space to park a fishing boat and not in front of the house, thank you very much! So we eliminated about half of the ones we found online. We have three in the running. We actually looked at a bank repo today with an agent. It is huge...loads of room for the future long arm (hey, a girl can wish!) This one had some foundation issues and would require a major structural inspection. I like it, it is the one I want but of course, we have to keep looking. We also have to keep a budget in mind, since Eddie is retiring in 4-5 years. I will have to work till I die, haha. So, it really isn't very fun looking for a house in a budget around here. Those houses are mostly trashy looking and yucky neighborhoods. Anyway, that was most of the day blown on that.
I did cut the borders for the pink and brown mystery that I have finally decided to make into a duvet cover. I got one border sewed on. The other is cut and ready to go. I think I will piece a cornerstone for the last border. The two borders are not fabrics from the quilt top, but they coordinate pretty good. So I think a little block in the corners will carry the colors out. I think nothing fancy since this is a very basic quilt of large half squares and four patches. I will never take a mystery class at that un-named shop again. The owner insisted that you buy ALL the fabrics at her shop. Do all shops do that? So $70 for a top fabric (double size) and $40 for an all night mystery class with strangers, and it is still not one of my favorites. Oh, well, it is on it's way to being done! That is the main thing.
I did sew a little on the string blocks yesterday. don't feel like I got much done. I cut about 10 more foundation blocks from some scrap muslin I found. i also found two more boxes of little scraps that I need to cut up! I guess I need to tackle it a little at a time!
I saw this today and cracked up. ***Take the name of your pet as your first name and the name of the street you grew up on as your last name. That's your Porn Star name. *** My name would have been Sugar Slade. ROFLOL!!!!
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I'm not a fan of mystery quilts. I much prefer Block of the Month. I think it's a value and color choice thing that I don't want to let go into another's hands. Good luck on house hunting.
I'm not a mystery quilt fan either. Good luck on house hunting. We've been condo hunting without much luck.
My name would be Lady Ford. We haven't had a pet in years and Lady was the name of the terrier we had while I was growing up.
I like being able to look at houses online - can weed out the rejects quickly that way.
I don't like mystery quilts either - I guess I just don't trust that I will like the pattern. I think I should try it though since I've seen several really good ones I wouldn't have thought of making. My LQS lets us buy our fabric anywhere - I usually buy my fabric from Joann - at least no one else in the class has the same fabric!
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