It was a SEW SEW DAY Saturday!
Posted By drsao on July 6, 2008
While many people were resting and recovering from 4th of July reveries, SAO and two friends had a SEW SEW DAY in Midlothian, VA!
It was just too much fun. We sewed ALL DAY (except when we were eating!) I thought SEW SEW DAY was kind of catchy – and you know quilters, we like to name things (our quilts, our retreats, our guilds, our groups……and I thought of SEW SEW SEWERS for a name of our “informal group” but that was a bit much and I wasn’t sure I wanted to BELONG to a group with that name! :):)
We had the house to ourselves and we laughed as much as we sewed! Marla is even laughing while she sews! Or is that a grimace? Actually Marla inspired me to work on my TYME TO WATER QUILT – – soon — and very soon. 🙂
And Ginger had SHOW AND TELL….she brought the sweetest quilt ever? It reminds me of peppermint candy floating in a garden! 🙂 UNFORTUNATELY the picture I took had a FATAL ERROR (don’t you just love it when that happens!) I think Ginger will be happy because she is a bit camera shy. THE GOOD NEWS IS that the picture of the back came out great. Valerie of A NEEDLE RUNS THROUGH IT quilted it – and the flowers are WONDERFUL.
Ginger’s BIG SHOW AND TELL is the book that she and her business partner wrote and recently published. Ginger is an EXCELLENT retired elementary educator – and until recently she was a consultant for the CURIOUS GEORGE series.
It is a WONDEFUL book with detailed and doable projects to be integrated into the classroom curriculum. You can e-mail me if you are interested – I am not associated with the book – I am just an impressed educator (drsaowens@gmail.com). Ginger is so passionate about education and engineering in the classroom that (in my opinion) she is practically GIVING this book away – only $20.
Our SEW SEW DAY looked a bit like a BROTHER’S SEWING MACHINE convention – look – we all three have the same BROTHER machines!!!!
I worked on my BIRTH OF A SAMPLER QUILT – hopefully I will get most of the last border on before class Tuesday! I sewed LOTS AND LOTS of bargello strips!
ANOTHER FATAL ERROR PICTURE SHOULD HAVE GONE HERE!
We had a wonderful time and the weather was just perfect – we even were able to eat on the back porch! I think the highlight of the day was Eleanor Burns.
No, Eleanor Burns wasn’t ACTUALLY with us but we watched part of her DVD – EGG MONEY QUILTS and she is absolutely hysterical……even if you aren’t a quilter, the DVD is worth it…..5 hours of fun (and she really makes quilting relaxing and fun!) You will love all of her APRONS! My favorite part was the segment where Eleanor was stroking a LIVE TURKEY while another turkey pranced back and forth in front of the camera. (You can get the video at QUILTER’S CORNER and there might be room in the EGG MONEY QUILT CLASS at Quilter’s Corner starting July 20 – and no, I don’t work for QC – I just love the place – even though up until now I have been calling it THE Quilter’s Corner and there is no THE in its name.)
Speaking of Quilter’s Corner – there is a big sale going on – 20% off all bolts of fabric – I just might HAVE to go shopping later today!
Enough of my PALAVER! (I have a lot of fun with my DICTIONARY.COM word for the day e-mails – and sometimes those words just fit RIGHT IN!) 🙂
Word of the Day for Sunday, July 6, 2008
palaver \puh-LAV-uhr; puh-LAH-vur\, noun:
1. Idle talk
He is glad to palaver of his many adventures, as a boy will whistle after sundown in a wood.
— O. Henry, “The Man Higher Up”
Palaver derives from Late Latin parabola, “a proverb, a parable,” from Greek parabole, from paraballein, “to compare,” from para-, “beside” + ballein, “to throw.”
I miss you guys! Congrats on your featherweight. You’ll love it and I’m sure you got a good deal with Peggy’s help. She’s the best when it comes to antique machines.