High Fiber—Seams About Right!

The quilting bug has hit me again:

I just finished this quilt top which will be a topper for our little table in the living room. The quilt contains several fabrics I received for Christmas along with some I bought when I visited DS1 and DDIL1 in Kokomo last year.

The sewing "fit" followed a session during which I made curtains for the laundry room window, a skirt for the laundry sink, and curtains to cover the pipes and tubes behind the washer and dryer. I still need to paint the room and tidy up.

Too bad I don't have a wide-angle lens. The other side of the room doesn't show. But then, I would have had to tidy it up some.

We had a special meeting of Common Threads on Thursday, which was the fifth Thursday of the month. The purpose was to start or work on our Dogwood Blossoms sweaters. Several people have started their sweaters or have made some progress. The more timid in our group soaked up the encouragement. One person is learning to knit Continental style, so she can knit with two hands for the two colors. Everyone was invited, whether they had the Dogwood Blossoms kit or not. People brought whatever they were working on. Karan's working on this hat:

Janet had several quilts for show-and-tell. She makes these for people who need a quilted hug, usually because of illness.

She made this one using fabrics donated by a mutual friend. The one below was made from fabrics she had in her stash for some time.

This one should sheer up someone!

Joanie was wearing the shawlette she was working on two weeks ago:

DH and I celebrated Groundhog Day by taking a hike with the pups.

They really wanted him to throw the ball! I took one "posed" photo, but Sunny was camera shy.

Common Threads meets again next week. We're going to try to use each meeting to help each other with the Dogwood Blossoms sweaters.

What's on my needles: Christmas Waffle Cardi, Dogwood Blossoms.

What's on my wheel: Full Circle Roving in "Pigeon," at work on it again.

What's on my iPad: D. E. Stevenson's The Fair Miss Fortune from Audible. Nice story, very funny. Also reading the eBook Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey. Again. I got interested in it again after a question on Facebook about favorite Austen novels. I'm also getting caught up on my podcasts.

What's in my wine glass: Crane Lake Malbec, vintage 2011. Very nice value, lovely wine.

Note: This blog post was produced entirely on the MacBook, using the iPad for photo processing. No other computer was used in any stage of composition or posting, and no Windows were opened, waited for or cleaned.

Tags: DogwoodBlossoms, decorating, family, friends, hexagon, hiking, knitting, poodles, quilting

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Comment by Peggy Stuart on February 24, 2013 at 6:27pm: It's a Singer Featherweight, circa 1950. The styles didn't change much from 1920 until 1960, I think. I would love to have a treadle sewing machine! We lose our power often when it snows (which is often as well). I have to settle for my loom and my spinning wheel, both of which have treadles.

Comment by Joan on February 24, 2013 at 10:12am: Is that a treadle sewing machine in the picture? I just got a 1920 model, but i don't know how to operate it, i do have a new singer but i so want to learn about my treadle

Comment by Peggy Stuart on February 16, 2013 at 6:26pm: No problem! Good luck getting the Kindle!

Comment by Beverly Roberts on February 16, 2013 at 1:37pm: Believe me Peggy, if I ever get that promised Kindle, I'll let you know because I have a lot of reading to catch up on and I will be asking for recommendations as it looks like we have very similar tastes in fiction. Thanks again:))

Comment by Peggy Stuart on February 15, 2013 at 1:18pm: Beverly, let me know how you make out!

Comment by Beverly Roberts on February 15, 2013 at 12:48pm: Peggy, Thank you and your DH for this explanation! I'm going to print it out right now! I've been "nudging" my sister on FB every day this week, but need to ease off or she will get contrary and determine to NOT send me the Kindle. If it doesn't arrive by my birthday next month, I'll call her and remind her that she said she would give it to me for my birthday last year...:D)

Comment by Peggy Stuart on February 11, 2013 at 3:48pm: Beverly, DH says you should be able to download your books to your computer, as long as you get Internet on it. I'm guessing the Kindle will attach to your computer for "syncing" it (downloading your books). When I first got my iPad, I had to sync with my computer using a cable that connected them. Now it syncs using the cloud. DH says if you get a wireless Kindle, you should get a router, so you can download books without having to attach to the computer. However, if you have a physical connection to your computer, you shouldn't need it.

Comment by Beverly Roberts on February 11, 2013 at 1:01pm: Cheryl, I think what I have is "broadband"??? I don't have a "router"; I have a "modem"...I think they are two separate things?

Comment by cherylbwaters on February 11, 2013 at 12:58pm: Beverly, what kind of cable connection do you have? Do you have a router set up on your cable connection? We use AT&T and our main box contains a router in it. If you have WiFi, you have a router connection and that should work.

Comment by Beverly Roberts on February 11, 2013 at 11:50am: Thanks Peggy...kind of. I gave up dial up looooong ago; have had cable (much faster) for quite some time. WiFi is supposedly much faster.