Oh my stars!

Here's a picture of my 1930's stars, (started about 6 years ago) where I am at the moment. I'm handpiecing, and have finished 7 blocks since I pulled these back out of the UFO box. I love these! I'll be making this quilt 7 blocks by 6 blocks, with 2" sashings in unbleached muslin and then figure out the border size when it's at that stage. 10 more blocks to go....

Thrift Shopping

On Friday I went out Thrift Shop Hopping with a friend. The weather was rainy and cold and awful, so we were done after the second one, but I am thrilled with what I found! I got about $400 worth of clothes, for SEVEN BUCKS! Some nice long-sleeved knit tops, beautiful black lace blouse, french terry lounging pants, some really nice summer shirts, a warm fleecy pullover top (my new favorite shirt!) a couple very nice all-linen dresses, and a wonderful, roomy leather tote/shoulder bag.

I also bought a porcelain cup painted with pansies, and a frilly-girly pillow with a hand-crocheted cover--pure white. I think I'm going to tea-dye it so it will match my quilts better.

Still have a lot more thrift shops to go to on the peninsula so we'll just pick up where we left off.

Crystal's Garden

Nothing going on in my life right now that I care to spill to the world, so I'll share one of my finished quilts. (Huge number of quilts in progress, but finishes are few and far between).

This is a wallhanging I made for a friend after she moved from Oregon to Las Vegas, where she has a stone yard. I made a flower garden for her.

I love the way this turned out, and I had a hard time letting it go! I think I'll have to make one for myself...someday.