When I went to visit my Mum today, her nurse asked me if I was her younger sister!!!!! My Mum wasn’t even in the room, so it wasn’t said for her benefit. There are days when I feel 89, but that comment bothered me more than I’d like to admit! I’m going in tomorrow to ask for her resignation :-)
I forgot to show you a knitted beaded necklace I made. I saw the pattern on Ravelry and thought I’d give it a go. I’d never knit with beads before, so it was a learning experience. It takes very little yarn and I thought it would be great for using up all the little bits of fingering weight sock yarn I always have left over.
There are two sizes of beads in this one, but when I make another, I’ll just use one size (the bigger ones) to give it a bit more weight.
Every year I attend the Quilt Seminar at the Amherst Quilt Guild in Amherst, NY. This year Sharon Schamber and Karla Alexander were the national teachers. I took two of Sharon’s classes and I am happy to say I can now draw feathers!!!!! I think I have bought every book on the market on feathers and I’ve taken more than a few classes. We spent all day drawing on freezer paper and I now have the confidence to try them on Tillie.
Of course, drawing them on paper and stitching them out are two different things, so stay tuned!
As some of you may know, Sharon sees auras. She read my aura and was right on the money. I never really believed much in that stuff even though Leo is somewhat psychic – or is that pshycho – but I can’t deny everything she told me is true.
We also had the opportunity to see two of her Best of Show Quilts from Houston – Mystique and Spirit of Mother Earth. She also shared with us that she just got a call on Tuesday night telling her that she has won another major award at Houston this year, but she won’t find out which one until the Show.
Karla gave a lecture and trunk show on Wednesday night and she was highly entertaining. She told the story of her friend who had been burglarized. When she came home from a night out with Karla, the police were going through her house with her husband listing all the damage but wouldn’t let her in. All she could think of was her expensive sewing machine she had recently purchased and hoped it hadn’t been stolen. When the police finally let her in, they told her everything that was missing but said, ‘wait until you see the mess they left in your sewing room’. When she walked into her studio, she exclaimed with relief ‘oh, it’s exactly how I left it!!!!’.
Finally, these pictures are for Rian, because she loves to see pictures of my baby, and I’m only too happy to oblige.
Here he is getting all ready for Halloween.
