The Week in Review

Not much sewing going on

Why?  I may have gotten my 15 minutes in on Monday, I don't remember.  The last thing I was working on was using up the remnants from a wall hanging to make "something" else.

I sewed all the cutoffs from the snowball blocks into HSTs ...

... and they are morphing into hourglass units ...

... which I think I will frame to maybe become a border, or maybe still "something else."

Tuesday was a date with the dentist/hygenist back in Nashville.  Knowing that I had travelled 125 miles, the dentist managed to do some fillings after the cleaning, while I was there.  Why am I still driving that distance to a dentist?  Because she is the daughter of the family dentist I grew up with and she doesn't hurt ... much.  I will probably try to find someone local if problems arise, but as long as it's only cleaning every 6 months, I may make the trip until she retires.

On our way back to the Plateau, we stopped in Crossville to rent a car to replace DH's that died ignominiously on the way to the repair shop a couple of weeks ago -- the same day the thermostat on the new HVAC unit died.  Finding replacement parts for a 20-year-old Volvo is not easy, especially when you are isolated from major population centers.

On Wednesday I was anticipating the arrival of three S'mores friends who were coming up for Tennessee Quilts Fest in Jonesborough/Johnson City so I spent the morning cleaning and prepping.  After a delicious dinner we enjoyed an unusually pleasant (temperature-wise) evening on our deck.

That's Me, second from left

On Thursday I drove the four of us to Quilt Fest to take advantage of the 20% off sale at Tennessee Quilts.  That's 20% off of EVERYTHING, including the sale room, books, and patterns.  Definitely worth a 3-hour drive!  First on my list was adding to the variety in my collection of yellows and grays for a new quilt for our bedroom ...

... a couple of B/W FQs for Long Time Gone ...

... and a fall panel for a wall hanging.

I also added some nice bright yellows that were $7/yard.

Considering I haven't bought much this year, I don't feel bad about my purchases, except I'm having second thoughts about the gray and yellow -- not my choice of fabrics but my choice of pattern.  I have until mid-October to get started on that one, so stay tuned ...

We made it back home in time for another lovely evening on the deck before a late bedtime.  The S'mores girls left before noon on Friday.

Final Farewell