I say this all the time, with increasing panic, because I know it gets truer with every passing day. The older one becomes, the faster time flies. Can you believe we're here at the end of May, already? Wow! Memorial Day weekend is one of my favorite holidays. For one, it heralds the beginning of summer. But most importantly, well, I like the way Lee Greenwood said sang it . . .
And I’m proud to be an American,
where at least I know I’m free.
And I won’t forget the men [and women] who died,
who gave that right to me.
Friday we spent the day on the lake. I tried to get in a little stitching time in Saturday morning, and managed to get Evey's bloomers cut and actually sewn (a couple of steps beyond what I'm showing).
But I need waist and thigh measure before I do anything more on those, so they're at a standstill. You know, I took all kinds of sewing classes in Home Ec and have enjoyed clothes sewing for better than 35 years, but yesterday was the first time ever that I used my rotary cutter to cut out a pattern. It went SO fast and I didn't pin the pattern to the fabric or anything . . . but I felt like I was cheating. Hahaha!
I'd also purchased a stack of dish drying mats at WalMart for over at the pavilion.
The 'drying table' is big, so Todd wanted me to get a bunch and stitch them together.
That's a LOT of zigzag stitching right there . . . and they all came out even, too!
Yesterday afternoon was Ellie's first ballet recital! Isn't she precious? Joc took this one backstage, pre-show:
I'd forgotten how much I enjoy watching (especially) the littlest girls do ballet. You can really get a feel for their personalities as they dance!
Ellie was darling and you could tell she put a lot of work into making sure she was doing exactly what she was supposed to be doing. I think she was a little overwhelmed with all the attention and the flowers afterward -- but in a very happy way!
Ooooh . . . I got a package in the mail . . .
Whoohoo!!! I'd won a *sweet* giveaway over at Janet's blog,
Rogue Quilter. Soaps, wool patterns (pumpkin patterns, no less!), an ornament, and a pumpkin pin cushion (both of which Janet made)!
Aaaaaah, and a beautiful purple-ish batik basket quilt, too. Hand-crafted by Janet herself! I feel very blessed by her generosity and am thinking I need to pay it forward here on my blog, very soon!
I can happily report that my stash report is down by the half a yard it was up last week . . .
Today we'll have our annual Memorial Day weekend church picnic and fish fry up here at the camp. But it won't start until late this afternoon. I am going to try and get some slow stitching in before the frenzy.
I'd marked this up a couple of weeks ago, but never got around to stitching it. The way time is flying, July 4th will be here before I know it. I really had better get busy!
So that about wraps it up for me. Linking up to
Patchwork Times and
Kathy's Quilts this morning. Enjoy the remainder of this long weekend and have a safe and Happy Memorial Day!
:)
