I can't believe it's Sunday night already. Maybe Saturday afternoon, but not Sunday night.
I got my haircut yesterday morning. I knew I was past due, but when the salon looked me up they said I was last there in June. That would be 2008. Yeah....
Then we spent the afternoon - ALL afternoon - looking at houses in Maryland. Lots and lots of Maryland houses. In the rain. Lots and lots of rain. But, as I was told, at least we could eliminate any with leaky basements.
I did make it to JoAnn's in Columbia, MD. I will give that one a thumbs up - for a JA's. It was clean, well stocked, organized and they had 3 cutters and still the lines were LONG. So long that I didn't buy anything that required cutting, W was with me and he has zero patience for anything fiber related - I only had the time he spent next door buying maps (of Howard County, MD, duh...) . The place was packed - mostly in the sewing area. I'd forgotten that JA's is a Viking dealer. And they have an EXCELLENT selection of feet. Like all of them... And they were all in stock. And the sales lady was nice and knew her stuff. I was restrained - I only bought one - but then I just bought on-line and from the dealer (where are the red-faced icons when you need one?) . I got a box to put my feet in and labeled it today, in a small fit of organizing (aka avoiding finishing the taxes). Um, and a quilting ruler that I put to good use today. And the batting for my quilt, a cotton/poly blend. But still no backing for it. That was all the fun stuff, unless you are a safety pin fan. Oh, and I FORGOT the elastic for my skirt. Yeah, the real reason I went in the first place. It was on my list and everything. I blame the feet, I'm easily distracted by shiny things.
I have finished sewing all my quilt strips, cut all the strips into squares and sewn 2 blocks. LaurieH over on SG suggested that I should add a more solidy (tone on tone-ish) fabric into my quilt. Well, it was too late on this one, but I will definitely follow her advice on the next one. I'll post some pictures tomorrow evening, and you will see that the busy-ness needs breaking up. It is definitely still okay, but a calmer stripe would have been a wise choice. Thanks LaurieH! That's why I LOVE the Internet.
And that's the whole weekend. Seriously. Oh, and I did some laundry.
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That sounds like a productive little trip to me. Any time sewing things are purchased, it's a fun time. Especially when buying sewing machien feet!
ReplyDeleteLaundry--ick!
Sounds like a great Joann's trip to me.
ReplyDeleteSo you know you aren't moving to a sewing desert. That's productive. The feet...bonus. Laundry done, bigger bonus. K
ReplyDeleteIf there was no one buying fabric at JoAnn's I would be wary. At least you were able to buy a foot and a n organizer. Laundry oh laundry = I could and maybe will write a love/hate poem about laundrey!!!
ReplyDeleteI have a love hate relationship with JoAnn's! Mostly hate. I recently moved and the closest JoAnn's is (of course) very small but there's a huge one about a half hour away so guess where I spent my entire morning today?!! I see you mentioned Columbia County, we have a boat on the Eastern Shore not too far away from there and we're headed down next week to make sure she's been behaving. I love the internet too!
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