A little indulgence
Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 6:47AM ;)
I am so wiped out! Night before last, I only slept for three hours again, but I did get the binding on the baby quilt and it’s washed, dried and ready to go. Not a great picture, it was so humid outside my camera fogged up!
I took a friend to Little Rock yesterday, where I managed to keep us in a suspended stage of hysterical giggles as I attempted to a) drive in city traffic… my family could fill you with horror stories about my driving… b) do it with a stick shift. I had Jim leave his car here for me because there’s no way the big dually truck will fit in the narrow traffic lanes of a city… at least not with me behind the wheels!
But I only killed it twice, I think the clutch still works, despite me riding it doggedly all day, and I didn’t kill anyone, woohoo!
First we stopped at Circle C Quiltworks in Pickles Gap. I found a couple of yards of striped fabrics for bindings,;)
a handful of batik fat quarters, which I’m collecting for that day in the future when I decide to try my hand at an amazing applique pattern I bought,”Serengeti” by Toni Whitney. Why start small? LOL
We ate lunch at an Indian restaurant, which I forget the name of. It was excellent! I have no idea of what exactly I ate, but I quite enjoyed it!
On to “The Fresh Market” which was quite a treat! I will definitely be dragging Jim back down there, I made sure to waypoint it in the GPS so I could find my way back again. I’m going to gain ten pounds from my trip there, I’m sure. I walked away with some Tiramisu, some chocolate croissants, a crusty loaf of bread, some to DIE for walnut gourmandise cheese, and some cranberry studded cheese of some sort. Yum!
This morning I’m off to the guild meeting. I’ll be donating the monkey quilt, and dragging along the lonestar and the baby quilt to show off, then those will be getting mailed out.
Reader Comments (10)
I'll help with the chocolate croissants.........anytime.
Great job on the baby quilt. Love everything about it.
You had me laughing reading about your driving. You would die if you see what I had to go through daily. LOL!!
my daughter told me about that store and loves it. Sounds like I drive better in the city then you do and I am nervous at times driving in Little Rock and avoid rush hour traffic. Neat pattern!
Karen
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Gorgeous !!!!!!!!!! I remember when you redid your trailer last time.....is there anything you can't do well? Your my inspirationn CJ !!!!!!!
Great job on the quilt! Can't wait to see the lion--it looks beautiful. I'm sure you can do just about anything. You already do most of it. Enjoyed the saga of driving a stick shift--the first car I had was a new VW bug--back in the 60's. I picked it up at the dealer & had to drive it home--the salesman gave me a short lesson in shifting--then I was on my own--had never driven a stick before--my friends were amazed the clutch lasted as long as it did.
I got my license while still living in SF. I had a VW stick of course. The "tester" made me stop on a steep hill, put it in neutral, then first and start back up the hill with little or no roll back. I made it fine only because my father made me practice over and over. Driving in traffic takes some getting used to after living in a rural area, CJ.
The BB is just gorgeous. I love the striped binding.
I love that binding. It pulls the whole quilt together.
What a good idea to buy striped yardage for binding and have it in stock when you need it. I tend to stay away from striped fabrics when I'm planning a quilt but I love it for binding. Next time I go quilt shopping, I'll be keeping an eye out for striped binding fabrics.
Karen in GA
I love the quilts. I thought you were keeping the lone star, though. What's the next project? I hope garment is in your near future.....
hilary
YUMMMMO! You can food shop for me anytime!! LOL Polly