Secret project started and revealed!, Fiber Nutz Show & Tell, SHQ Show & Tell

Speaking to the journalists heard in the background, the 80-year-old declared, "The war is going very well, as you know. We're winning by a lot. Iran is making very big concessions. We'll see what happens, but it's been very, very powerful. It's going very, very well."

(Donald Trump 'struggles to breathe' - and Fox News viewers are concerned)

WAIT??? didn't he announce it was over last week?!?!?!

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It was sewing…sewing….sewing all day Sunday (6/21), and by dinnertime, my:

top was complete!!!  Reveal on Thursday after I take the top to quilting….

I saw the pic on Pinterest last Thursday, and showed it to a lot of people at retreat.  They seemed to like it and I can’t wait to show the real thing.

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Michael left for his meeting at Triple A on Monday morning (6/22) (to set up our tranfer from our flight to the hotel in Seattle, and then tickets for some events), then headed out for 9 holes of golf, while I was with the craft group at the library. 

I came home and put my QoV back up on the design wall to sew the last 3 blocks onto all of the rows, and by dinnertime, I had them all done and pressed:

This is large enough now to be quilted and bound!

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We spent Tuesday morning (6/23) at the heart lab in Ballentyne so that Michael could complete his stress test.  We got home in time for a smurfy breakfast from SUMO, and then I took off for a Fiber Nutz meeting at Rosalie’s. 

We had some beautiful show and tell:

-Melanie worked on a challenge called ''reflections''. She found 2 pictures she liked, and re-created them in water color

-she also had taken a picture of an orchid, and decided to render that in water color as well

And there was one other very special to me show and tell. I knit this cotton sweater probably 35 years ago...and wore it for a long time, but eventually outgrew it. It has been sitting in my closet down here for 20 years, as I just couldn't bear to give it away. I gave it to Pam about a month ago...and doesn't it fit her perfectly?

I am so happy she likes it, and that it is getting a new life with someone I love!

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Michael left for golf around 8 AM Wednesday morning (6/24), while I spent the morning in the dentist’s chair, getting fitted for a new crown :~(.  I hit the grocery store on the way home, then headed across the street for a massage. 

When I got back home, I got to video chat with Janice…she is a bit sore from starting to pack up the house, but said things are going well.  The hardest part is deciding what they need to keep out for the 3 – 6 months they may be in a furnished apartment while they are looking for a house, while all of the rest of their stuff is in a POD. 

Michael and I got cleaned up after that and grabbed an early dinner at Mary O’Neil’s in Waxhaw.  I had the fish and chips, while he had a Rueben with sweet potato fries.  We ended up eating each other leftovers on Thursday and decided that we will both order the fish and chips next time :~).

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I got to show my:

on Thursday (6/25) at quilting, so now I can tell you all about it :~). 

Last Thursday at retreat, I was looking at Pinterest at the end of the day…trying to find a quilt picture for a friend.  Instead, I found this quilt that I went CRAZY over!!!  Janice and I worked out the directions Thursday night (and yes….this is how all of my directions start for quilts I make up just from seeing a picture). Cindy (a Thursday quilter) saw this and said I have a weird and wonderful brain!!!

and I started cutting on Friday morning, while Janice was quilting….I worked on the quilt all day Friday-Saturday and Sunday:

and by Sunday night, just before dinnertime, the quilt was done: 

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this pattern!!!!  We had other wonderful show and tell at quilting:

-we give extra credit for piecing the back :~)

And 10 years ago.....

-Food and Fiber Floozie: Harvey a duex, hats & scarves

-Food and Fiber Floozie: colorwash starting second border

-Food and Fiber Floozie: panckaes & bacon, Jan, Cookie & Elsie a trois, Diane's quilt

-Food and Fiber Floozie: presentation of verteran's quilts, Diane's finished quilt

*** I’m never sure if I have free time…or if I’m just forgetting stuff. ***

*** Why the heck do underwear and socks come in re-sealable bags…and potato chips don’t? ***

*** Why do we put a round pizza in a square box and eat it in triangles? ***