Good day for mail!

It's 90 degrees
It's 70% humidity.
I have the boot.
But wait...the mailman brought lovely things for me today!
I won a drawing over at casa calamity
http://calamitykim.typepad.com/calamity_kim/ and the prize was a copy of Cloth Paper Scissors featuring Kim herself

(yay Kim!)
In true Kim fashion, she sent me a sweet little package with a nice note, a packet of tea and my very own Calamity Kim Art Doll!!

It says to collect or trade, I'm keeping mine :)

Thanks Kim, you're swell!
Then there's a package from my long lost friends at
http://www.hancocks-paducah.com/index.aspx
I bet they missed me since I've been on a fabric diet! Anyway, they had a pretty good clearance sale going on and I was able to snag charm squares for $3.98 a pack. You've got to love that!


Suddenly everything seems more bearable.

Trying something new

Have you ever done this-
You spend the entire day sewing and at night you hit the bed hard and you are still sewing "mentally"? I did this on Saturday night.

I was thinking about gifts I was going to make on Sunday and I was matching, measuring, and cutting fabric "mentally" until I finally fell asleep exhausted. Somebody else has done this, right? It's not just me.


OK, How about this one, has anyone else done this-
You decide you are going to make something very simple...so simple that it doesn't need a pattern which is a good thing because you don't follow patterns very well anyway...and you use your good fabric and you make a BIG mistake that can't be undone?
I guess that's why you shouldn't sew in your sleep! Yep, I wasted a good amount of Heather Ross fabric that I bought specifically for one of our twin friends gift. Some of you will remember the twin horse quilts from last year- http://workinprogress-wip.blogspot.com/2006/11/three-days-to-spare.html These girls are turning 9 this week and I am making much simpler gifts this time around. Both girls still love horses but one has a thing for bugs and frogs and such.
OK, back to the lunch bags. They are fun! I love the way Heather Ross fabric feels too. Is it brushed cotton? Whatever, but it is SOFT! I'm sure there is an easy pattern out there for making paperbag style lunch bags but once I learned from my mistakes the first time around (grrrr, I should know better) I got it down. Beware, I think I might make 100 of them.
My Bumble was off from work last week and spent a lot of time cleaning up some trouble areas in the house for me, What a guy! Here is a picture of my little pantry (sink and counters circa 1959)that he reorganized for me. I figured I'd better take a picture before it gets a mess again

Reverence

Holy week is in full swing around here. The kids had a half day and are off for the weekend. We celebrated Palm Sunday and now we are on to the two most reverent days; Holy Thursday and Good Friday. These two masses at church really are quite emotional ones for me, it is a sort of kick-in-the-head reminder to me of what it's all about. I hope that everyone enjoys their weekend no matter what it is you are celebrating, because everyday that you wake up and take a breath is celebration worthy!

I had some fun mail today. My friend "P" sent out our April fabric swap package early and asked:

I said, "um, no":


Look at this good springy loveliness!

Thanks "P"! Happy Easter!!!!!

Here is a baby quilt that I am almost done with. It's not for anyone, it's just a quick thing to finish:

I love that cowpoke print!!!!!!