SHQ Show & Tell, survey on pinwheel quilts

And a little levity today.....President Donald Trump’s draft-dodging past was put on blast on Monday with a giant gold statue in his front yard. full story: Trump humiliated by golden dig at his 'bone spurs'

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I was up early on Wednesday (11/4) and got a load of laundry in before video chatting with Janice….have I mentioned….her closing is set for November 19^th and they are EXCITED!!!!!!! 

I spent the rest of the day working on Darlene’s quilt and finished it up by dinnertime. 

Michael and spent a bit of the evening downstairs watching TV….we watched a wonderful and heartwarming movie (based on a true story) on PRIME called MARVELLOUS….I highly recommend it to everyone!!! 

The rest of the evening was spent reading in the living room….with the upstairs TV dead…we certainly are ripping through our library books!

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Thursday (11/5) was all about quilting…..and DONUTS!!!!  My honey brought a dozen donuts from SUMO to Scrap Happy and there was a swarm as everyone cut them up and tried them :~).  They ARE so very yummy! 

I worked on my 2 arrow quilts (my Thursday project until all of my blocks are finished), and we had some beautiful show and tell:

-I love this quilt.....all of her fabrics are so pretty

I read a bit in the afternoon when I got home, but also got my QoV trimmed and on the to-be-bound pile:

and at 6:30 PM we headed to the Lodge for a husband and wife magic show.  Michael LOVES magic shows…while they make me CRAZY as I can NOT figure out how they can possibly do that stuff!  We had a good time and when we were home around 9, we read our books until bed.

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We had a horrific thunder/lightening storm overnight, but it was only drizzling on Friday morning (11/6), so I fired up XENA, and loaded a new customer baby quilt:

and set off quilting.  I worked on that all day and was finished by mid-afternoon. 

It was kind of a weird day…..Ethel did not show up for her normal morning snuggle….in fact….she didn’t show up anywhere at all!  As the day went on, we started to actively look for her…and both of us were totally upset as the only thing I could figure out was that she escaped out the front door when I took the dog out before bed on Thursday and I never saw her….then we had that absolutely terrific storm and I was totally sick just thinking of her out in it.  Michael decided around 4 PM to finally put some food out on the front porch….and shortly afer he went upstairs, he texted me this:

I screamed and ran upstairs….there she was….as normal as you please…munching away!  We both loved on her and asked her over and over again where she had been!!!  I mean I had actually taken the flashlight and looked EVERYWHERE….got down on the floor and looked under things….I was crazy!!!  I swear I am ordering air tags and putting them on ALL of our furry babies!!!!!

I was also sewing on my pinwheel quilt, and got the outside border on it so that top is done: 

It certainly looks very different from the first two I did….on the new one,  you can barely notice the pinwheels, but on the first ones, they really stand out:

So....do you like the stand out pinwheels? Or the more subtle ones?

Michael and I got cleaned up in the evening, and picked up Karen and headed off to Fort Mill Community Playhouse for ON GOLDEN POND.  As usual, it was an excellent production and we had a good time discussing it on the way home.

And 10 years ago....

-Food and Fiber Floozie: yoghurt & bread

-(Fiber Floozie Retreat documented here!!!) Food and Fiber Floozie: Fiber Floozie Retreat - 2016

*** I have never been cut in half by a magician, but I've worn jeans to Thanksgiving dinner....same difference. ***

*** This Thanksgiving there is a lot to be thankful for...but I'd like to give a special shout out to elastic. ***

*** Thanksgiving - a time to gather around with your family....and realize why you only allow them in your house once a year. ***