oldies but goodies

if you were quilting in the 1980s like i was, chances are you used one of these books.  though not very thick, they are jam-packed with hundreds of quilting designs.  time and time again over the years, i have pulled them out to find just the right quilting design for a given space on one of my quilts.  there are block, border and square ideas galore.  and so it was last night too.  i've finished the urn design on the amish pinwheel and started quilting the individual squares.  the gray background makes it own sort of pinwheel and it needed something.  and of course i found just the right thing for that background space, a sort-of feathery pinwheel that fits the theme perfectly!  **** yesterday i also brought out phoebe for a little bonding time.  i saw a color combo recently of civil war fabric that i wanted to try and i've started on another little quilt, phoebe's very first--since she's been mine of course.  her little sojourn in the case after being thoroughly lubricated and oiled did wonders for her, and she is running smoooooth!  **** our snow?  gone before lunchtime yesterday; more was predicted for today, but at 42 degrees it seems to be a weather miss.