Friday 5

Friday 5...
1.  Lorelei requested that her mom send me/us this:

This made us both smile...don't you love the moves she has?

2.  I have been to a quilt shop two different days this week.  One in Paris, IL and one in Linton, Indiana  I have been buying more batik fabrics for Daughter's quilt.  I have 51 'blocks' made.  I put blocks in parenthesis because it is not actually square, it is triangle shaped.  Anyway, of those 51 blocks, only 3 or 4 are repeats.  And between the two days this week, I have 28 more fabrics to add to the mix.

 Some of my favorite batiks from the other day's shopping.

3. My nephew sent me this video....have you seen it?


4.  Do you realize that the Kentucky Derby is this weekend?

5.  Is everyone happy that spring has arrived?  I know I am.

 I will be linking to the Around Roanokes Willy Nilly Friday 5 and Random 5 Friday if they are up and running.  

Empty spools

I save empty spools...most of the time.  I started out for no real reason just a few years ago, then thought I would let Lorelei play with them after she was born.  But I didn't do that.  I always have binding left over when I bind a quilt, so had the idea to wrap it around the empty spools and pin the end in place with a straight pin.  It helps keep it in order.  Every now and then I need just a short piece, say for a potholder.  I can look and see what I have already made.
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By the way, I counted the empty spools I had saved, and I had 9 that had held 500 yards of thread, and 9 that had held 300 yds.  Then there are the spools that are shaped like the ones shown here that I don't save at all.

I cannot even think how many of these I have thrown away.  And I have a lot of spools of thread that are almost empty.  Some from quilting and some from making clothing.

I wondered, does every woman keep thread and needles just for repairs?  Do you just keep a couple colors of thread or do you go buy the color as needed?  I cannot imagine not having a sewing machine, but I know a lot of people don't sew at all.  

A girl and her kitty

I just had things to do today...just did not hardly get on the computer at all till tonight...

thought I would try to get back to blogging...

 with some pictures of a girl and her kitty.