It's a conspiracy.

I'm pretty sure there is a universal conspiracy to prevent me from playing with my new sewing machine. At first I thought it was just my DH, who decided the best way to spend Saturday afternoon was to look at birds at Petco and TV's at Target - neither of which are we in the market for. And the best way to spend Sunday was to drive aimlessly throughout rainy and cold Maryland looking for open houses - we didn't find a single one. But then the vacuum cleaner clogged and had to be dismantled, cleaned and reassembled and the dog barfed (yet again) in the hallway and I had to work late 2 days in a row and the Biggest Loser ran it's usual 2 hour program and I got a new Threads magazine and a friend is going through a difficult time that I keep thinking about, I was pretty sure it was a universal conspiracy.

I have managed to finish cutting the quilt - I decided to go squares after all, and this took longer than I thought. I have plenty of even the green (even after donating one strip for the dog to look Irish yesterday) and will have plenty of strips left for a border and binding. And I sewed 2 rows together last night. I will try to put together a few more rows tonight and take a couple of pictures so you can see how it's going to look. For a raw beginner, I'm happy. My DH wants to know why I didn't buy fabrics to go with our living room. Dumb question, does he think I actually PLAN this stuff? Seriously.

There are a couple of quilting classes coming up at G Street this spring that I'm thinking of taking. Any DC area sewists want to join me? The new schedule is now on their web page. I'm looking at the beginner's line of classes for this - not the koi pond or one square (yet). Let me know, it could be fun. (BTW, their Rockville store is moving this summer)


Now I only had one guess on my pants pattern. Now is that because (a) it was too easy (b) you know my prizes will suck (c) you didn't read to the end of the posting so you were unaware of the question (d) there are so many fabulous pants patterns out there you knew I couldn't choose just one so I frankenpatterned?


Hints: It's not a big 4, the answer is in my blog, and what did I declare BeeBee REALLY stands for? And yes, my prizes probably suck.


A random picture off the net. But I think he needs a puppy treat.