It's A Finish!

Here It Is!
My (somewhat) Cropped Cardigan...
Its a Blue Sky pattern....knited from the top down so it was super simple even for me. I used Debbie Bliss baby cashmerino ...slightly less than 8 hanks (purchased at Labor of Love in Romeo with the gift cert from Nancy and Faye). I lengthened the body by about an inch or so....enough to cover my jiggly bits.

Yep...........I'm One Happy Chick!

Just thought I'd share this one again...

This is deffinately one of my favorite quilts. I'm amazed that I finished it, and I'm so happy with the way the quilting turned out (Thank You Nancy Watson!)

Quilt Show Pics

My Quilty Pal Nancy and I went to the quilt show for the Quilt Guild of Metro Detroit yesterday. It was a beautiful, almost hot & sunny day here in Michigan. Inside the show was nice and cool, and we saw some beautiful work done by some very talented people. As usual, my camera crapped-out on me, but I was able to get a few shots of the quilts before it died and I had to switch over to my cell phone camera, which also had issues. Nevertheless, here are some pics:








The above quilt was from a workshop with Flavin Glover.

This little quilt came from a Mickey DePre Workshop.

After the show nancy and I stopped at Culvers in Clinton Township for an Olive Burger. Mmmm, it was SO good chicks. Wish you could have been there to enjoy one with us!

More later......

Post-Headache Progress

After a week-long headache, I found myself awake and feeling almost human this morning....so I blew off the housework that has been neglected, braved some hideous weather that included rain, freezing rain, some snowflakes and hail to drive out to the farm and get some sewing done.
I've been working on a Miss Rosie pattern (and I cannot remember the name of it now) and I'm using my pink and brown fat quarters.
The majority of the top is done:

And now I have somewhere around 280 squares to join together for a border:


I did some bathtub reading this week, and finished ( quickly) this read by Kate Jacobs.
Im still on the library wait list for the sequel of The Friday Night Knit Club, and I hope I get the call soon that a copy is available. I really like this author (and I think you chicks would like this book too!)

I guess that is all for now, Chicks. Talk to you again soon!

A Finish

Actually, I finished this a couple of weeks ago. The pattern is from Batiks and Beyond, and Karen the Quilter machine quilted it. The top has been sitting and waiting to be finished for more than a year now (more of that procrastination that I am known for) and I finally decided it needed to be finished. It's wallhanging sized, and I'm hoping it will hang in my living room.
That's all, chicks!

Can you believe it?

Hi Chicks.
Still feeling pretty bad about being such a lazy blogger. So many opportunities come along to provide fun topics to write about, but pure laziness keeps me from following through. I am ashamed.

Yesterday I went to Labor Of Love Yarn Shop in Romeo. Love that store. Very friendly owners & customers. Took a pattern with me that I purchased while in NYC, and found some Debbie Bliss baby cashmerino in a rather bright almost cornflower blue. I imagine it would look nice with a pair of jeans, a white T, and some silver jewelry. Hopefully the vision I have will actually become the sweater I intend it to be. I had no problem casting on, but by the third row I had already goofed it up and frogged it. Then I moped and pouted, and questioned WHY I felt I needed to be a knitter. But this yarn is yummy.....THAT is why I must knit!



Today Nancy, Faye and I traveled to South Lyon to one of our favorite quilt shops, Lake St. Mercantile. I never really got past the entrance of the store. I was immediately smitten with the Simpson & Minick line Flag Day Farm. I spent more than an hour sorting and arranging fabrics to make my version of a quilt in the Red Wagon book Every Seven Years.
There are several very good applique quilts in the Red Wagon book..........the cover quilt is a nice example.....
I need to go fondle my fabric.......so I'm outta here!