potholders and a birthday!

first, if you see this happy guy today, wish him a happy birthday!  it's brother #2, the business owner/author and the second musician in our family.   the card's in the mail, but i didn't want him to think i forgot, or worse, didn't care.

and despite herculean efforts, the selvedge bin did NOT get emptied, not quite.

course i went to the stash 3x to find more to finish my potholders and this is what remains.  they'll get stored away in a pencil case for when there are more and probably more potholders will get made at some point...

almost done, these 26 will go to the fair hoping  to raise some christmas money.  already sold 10 others....a special gift is on for somebody is planned and it requires a small influx of cash....so fingers crossed!

Sajou linkup

Lori over at Humble Quilts is having a linky party for her latest sew-along...Sajou.  Here is my version all basted and ready to hand quilt....

jumped into this SAL late but so glad i did....got to use some pretty fabrics from my stash for this little piece that'll hang in my blue/beige bathroom....and it was no small feat to get this done either....a tiny nick in my finger while prepping some chicken for soup resulted in a day-long bleed for which had to again visit the urgent care.  trying to stay healthier is more challenging than anticipated....

now back to finish up potholders....november is looming and another scrap attack is on the horizon!

dora update

received an email from janet finley, author of the book, who had been in touch with dora's great-grandson. the photo was taken from a cabinet card and found its way from kentucky to colorado.  his research led him to two great-aunts, the only he could find who had ever met dora.  this was their response to his inquiry.....

they told of a quiet, pleasant woman who kept house all her life, was a thoughtful mother, worked hard for her children, was even tempered, smiled & laughed often, & made guests comfortable in her home & how that she had treated them both kindly when they were children.

he continued saying that her photo was chosen by the International Quilt Study Center and Museum (University of Nebraska in Lincoln) & appeared in their 2013 exhibit Posing with Patchwork: Quilts in Photographs, 1855-1955. The photo was greatly enlarged and matched with a comparable quilt from the museum’s collection.  

the great-grandson closed by admonishing everyone to document photographs and quilts to preserve information for future generations.....and so we should!

shopping trip

the other day somebody asked if i needed more selvedges for my potholders, but i declined.  this morning pulled 2 small stacks from the stash and cut these in under an hour...

so apparently have enough for this century anyway....

yesterday while selling raffle tix for the guild at a very lovely quilt shop, ogled some of the new aboriginal prints.  spent the rest of the day trying to figure out how i could squeeze funds out of the budget for at least a yard--four little FQs--but just couldn't....left feeling deprived of course, but after this morning's shopping, realize how many beautiful fabrics i already have that are waiting for me to play....no longer deprived but elated and blessed!  a great way to start a sunday or any day!