See the box above? I did not think to put the flaps down, but you can easily see where they fold. The box was not quite square but almost. And those two items in front of it are all that was in it. They must have been running short of boxes.
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It was also time to order something from Amazon. What used to cost me $22, was $49 through a seller where as before it was from Amazon Direct.
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Taken a couple nights ago....but I hope it leaves a smile on your face now.
And if the date these were taken is anything to go by, we still have at least a couple weeks before we see them. I would like to get out and go for a drive and just see what we could see.
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I took Roger to breakfast this morn...it will be the last time for a while. I came home and made phone calls to reschedule a scan. Then rescheduled the dr. visit that follows it. And then called family dr. to have her call in a couple prescriptions. I am always relieved when these things get done.
Next, I went to my sewing room...searched what felt like half an hour for the four leaf blocks I had just finished the other day. In reality I don't even know if I hunted 15 minutes. They were where they should have been, but something had got lain over them. I cut the back away from under the appliqued part, and got the paper out.
Then I worked on a project I cannot show yet because someone might see it that I don't want to see it. It is a quilt top...I can tell that. Just need to decide on what I want to do for a border, and get that done. I want to get it finished and sandwiched and quilted and be done with it. Of course , I am apt to take a month on deciding how to quilt it, but I am trying to make that decision be ready to start quilting the minute it is completed.
Until then I will leave you with this:
It is an apron I made for Lorelei's mom a few years ago. Though I seldom do it, I love to make aprons.
I came home today after taking Roger to breakfast and sat down...whether it was before or after I stuck a load of clothes in the washer, I cannot say for sure. But I no more than sat down till Bubbie was up in my lap. He sat a few minutes and got down, and here came Puss Puss. She got settled, and Bubbie decided to come back. I had not planned to sit very long, but when they get in my lap and snuggle in, I just don't have the heart to make them get up right away...so I sat with them about 15 minutes.
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I got another set of wire shelves for my sewing room. They are 36 inches wide. I then moved the little plastic 3-drawer things to under my cutting table. It feels so much better in there. I worked some this evening on a project my daughter and I have started. I want to get it done. Originally, she was really just helping me, but she done so much, I have to acknowledge that it is as much hers, in some ways, more than mine. She designed the layout. When we work together, she does the cutting and I do the sewing.
Seems like things have conspired against us to keep us from having another day to work together on it. So I decided to attempt getting more of it done...and actually got some trimming done, and two more blocks made.
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Batik fabrics are stamped with a resist and then dyed. Not printed. So they are basically the same on back and front. Some people think they can tell the difference, and sometimes I think I can tell a very slight difference, but even then I am not sure which was the front and which is the back
Also, the photos do not do the fabrics justice.
I really wish you could see them as they really are.
The above are some batik scraps daughter bought for me but I had not taken the time to photograph them. I am not showing all of them, but just a few of my favorites. All of these are a decent size...enough to really do something with if I can ever decide what.
I am leaving you with a little video.
I could not even laugh at videos like this for a while, after I broke my leg.
