SHQ Show & Tell, cards at Susan's

After insisting that the USS Lincoln would soon be “replaced” by another ship, Trump was asked whether the current deployment has gone on too long.

“No, no, no,” Trump replied. Leaning in closer to the press corps for emphasis, he quickly added, “Not nearly long enough.”

(Read the full article here:Pressed on conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln, Trump says all the wrong things)

BREAKING: CNN's Pamela Brown Goes Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln and Tells the Truth Trump Doesn't Want You to Hear

Pamela Brown did what good journalists do. She showed up.

While Trump told reporters the deployment hasn't gone on "nearly long enough" and Pete Hegseth insisted that every critical story about the USS Abraham Lincoln was a lie, Brown secured rare access to the aircraft carrier and spent three days aboard it talking to sailors. Not Pentagon spokespeople. Not administration officials. Sailors.

What she found was more human and more damning than any single headline. Sailors dealing with black mold, food so bad that crew members were losing weight, and no idea when they were going home. The ship has been deployed for nearly nine months. Multiple sailors have attempted to jump overboard. And the number one issue crushing morale wasn't the mold or the food. It was the silence. No end date. No clarity. No honesty from the people who sent them there.

One sailor put it plainly in a message to Brown. What started as a two-week combat operation became seven months with a shifting justification every few weeks. First it was to help Iranian protesters. Then to denuclearize Iran. Then to support a blockade. Nobody could tell them why they were still there or when they were coming home, while their families had their lives on hold waiting for them.

Hegseth called coverage of the Lincoln "completely misrepresented." Brown wrote that sentiment "did not go over well" with the sailors she's been talking to. That is as politely as a journalist can call a defense secretary a liar.

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Michael packed my car for quilting on Wednesday night, since he left at 6:15 AM Thursday morning (8/13) to pick up Mark and head out golfing.  They just did 9 holes, then met Ed for breakfast before getting home just after 11 AM.

I got precious little done at quilting other than some patriotic 4 patches for June’s Pocket Prayer Quilts mission, but I had a blast laughing it up with lots of other quilters. 

We had glorious show and tell:

-we give extra credit for pieced backs :~)

-I absolutely did NOT get the beautiful effect of this quilt from Eileen while I was quilting it!

-this is EXTRA, EXTRA credit!!!

and when I got home after 2 PM, I managed to get a double length of backing loaded and my first dialysis quilt basted:

  I had hoped to get a pass or 2 done before stopping for the evening….but thunder and lightening moved in, so that was the end of that!

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I was up before 7 AM on Friday morning (8/14); I just had a lot on my mind and couldn’t sleep, plus, I had a lot to get done! 

I got the program set up, and kicked off the quilting on my rainbow quilt: 

I made this quilt top at the QUAP quilting retreat earlier this year….it was originally supposed to be a disappearing 4 patch.  I had seen one in my ‘’10 years ago blogs’’ and it was just gorgeous and I decided it would look wonderful in the new rainbow fabrics Michael had given me for Christmas.  Well, I made the first block…and it looked TERRIBLE!  Someone at quilting yesterday said something like ‘’you know how you’re supposed to be getting better at quilting the longer you do it?  Well, I’ve reached an age where that process is reversing’’….and I think that’s what happened to me…nothing matched up on my disappearing 4 patch and it looked horrible.  So, after studying it for a bit, and conferring with the other attendees, I decided it was not to be, and just made a simple 4 patch without the disappearing part.  I love quilting it with rainbow thread…and I hope someone likes it as much as I do!

I got that quilt done, and loaded up a second quilt of mine on the same backing (again, another dialysis quilt):

And I pushed myself to work on it all day as I have a customer coming on Saturday morning with a new quilt.

One of my longarm customers wants 5 embroidered labels done for quilts they have previously been working on, so I'll be working on those on and off.

We got cleaned up Friday night and headed over to Susan’s for a game night…..we ended up doing a lot of talking, which was wonderful, but we also got all of the way through 5 CROWNS:

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Saturday morning (8/15), I was up early to get the crumb quilt all cleaned up and off of the frame and onto the to-be-bound pile:

Janet came by at 10 AM with her quilt.  She wanted to see what it took to load and start stitching out, so she stayed for a bit. 

It took about 3 hours, but finally her quilt was all done and I think she left…very happy with the pattern. Yes, the is another ''arrow quilt'' from the class I taught! I think by the end, I will have quilted all but two of them!

Dave & Laura (Laura - how weird....I wanted to type ''Linda'' again!!!) picked us up before 6 PM and we headed into Waxhaw for a murder mystery dinner theatre.  What a delightful evening!  A good dinner and an excellent play, with a friend of ours as one of the leads….a lovely evening with friends.

-And 10 years ago...

-Food and Fiber Floozie: cut up scraps, stabelizer basket, one pot pasta

-Food and Fiber Floozie: leftovers quilt top done, loading up pants quilt

-Food and Fiber Floozie: packing!

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