Is anyone else struggling with spammers (one in particular) of late? I hate putting my comments on moderation, but I'm so tired of the spam, I had to go there for the time being. On a happier note, this is post 1,400! Not that it means anything to anyone but me (and I've been blogging since 2003, which averages to 82 posts a year?!) ... perseverance! LOL!
I finished my class flimsy . . .
I'm so in love with this. The top finished out at a respectable 60" square. It'll make a nice lap quilt. I'm going to use wool batting (which is a first for me) and back it with this lovely, beautiful piece of material that was just made for the quilt . . .
It's Stonehenge's Calypso. Isn't it perfect?! I might even bind it with this. I dunno. There's time to make that decision.
My slow stitching went completely freehand Sunday evening . . .
It was fun to play with; just a little whimsey. I think I'll do a few more love-related stitcheries on different scraps of fabric and then patchwork them together. No plan ... completely off the cuff. Because I can. ♥
Anyone that knows me, knows how much I enjoy tea. Too much, it would seem . . .
Seriously. It's not even all pictured (it's not even all in the kitchen). Kinda like my fabric reserves (which I don't apologize for), I've amassed quite the collection of loose teas over the last few years. I've made a decision to purchase no more teas this year until I drink my way through what I have (or, if I decide I don't like it, gift it away). Feel free to hold me accountable!!
That's it for me today. I'm battling a nasty sinus infection ... and it's winning. At least it's Wednesday!
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10 expressed . . .:
One of the earliest blogs I read had a list of 100 things to do for the year and one of them was to drink all the tea in the house before buying any more. I gave that a long hard consideration, for about a minute then bought more tea. There are so many nice ones out there and some that are too fruity or too perfumy or too bitter or just too black or red or white or orange or gray. I settled for green and like it. I donated a lot to our church administrator who loves it and threw out some that were old and expired as if tea could ever expire. Matcha is one of my favs and Tetley has a nice pineapple mango green tea.
Such a beautiful quilt and so is the Stonehenge's Calypso. Happy 1400 post!! That's amazing that you have been blogging for so long. I really don't know how long I've been coming here and reading. But it's been a long time, and I've enjoyed every one! As for the tea, yeah, it's easy to collect them. Enjoy drinking them all up!
That quilt is so "you"! Very pretty and the colors are joyful! Wow--that is THE perfect backing fabric. Very cool!
I look forward to seeing your Valentine whimsey.
Oh dear, I think my herbal tea collection looks kind of close to yours, and I have only been collecting for a year. Yikes! I just brought home another flavor last night. I think I need to go make some tea.
Love the quilt top, Denise! And Stonehenge is one of my favorites, especially this one - definitely in my color palette! I"m not much of a tea drinker but do enjoy a cup occasionally. Now coffee is another story!! LOL
Your quilt is beautiful!! Tea does get stale, after years of hanging around!! Drink that good stuff up. Sorry you are dealing with a spammer. I always moderate my comments just because of them. Quite frustrating.
Pretty quilt. I’d bind it with that fabric, but I love a fun binding. Yes, I’ve had trouble with spammers too. One solution is to mark the comment as spam, but then don’t delete it. Marking it as spam will remove it from your blog post. Leaving it in the spam folder supposedly alerts Blogger for future posts from the same spammer. It seems to work sometimes, but not always.
I love that quilt! So, so pretty. Girl...I had to finally toss some tea out because I messed around and let it go bad. Oh I had to put my blog on moderation a long time ago. I hate doing that too but too much junk out there I am afraid. Happy weekend to you. Hugs and blessings, Cindy
My husband is English so tea is a big deal in our house...I have quite a few kinds too. But not as many as you. :) I wonder what are your favourites. I don't drink Starbucks but my daughter bought me a Lemon Citrus Mint tea from there and it was delicious.
Your flimsy is gorgeous as is the absolutely perfect backing fabric. So bright and glorious.
I've collected to many teas, too. I'd rather have too much fabric (oh yea, I do have too much fabric). I've had problems with the spammers, too. They come in waves (I got 50 from one spammer in one day last fall). Now, any post that is 2 weeks old has to have comments approved before going on the blog (most of the spam seams to go to old blog posts). Hope you feel better.
Ooooh and aaaah on your BOM. It's gorgeous! The backing fabric is gorgeous. Definitely a worth while class. I'm a big hot tea person in during the winter. I went through my tea cabinet just before Christmas and got rid of the old stuff and the stuff I didn't like. I'm trying hard to limit new teas to just a couple a year and finish them off before they get old.
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