Just around the corner

Tying up a few loose ends

Love Melissa McCarthy-but I'll pass on Mike and Molly.

The PB&J was at work in the frig. I am over my PB&J craving.

I have decided I truely an appliquer. I love the look of patchwork

but it is a task for me. I will do both but applique for me is like

an ocean wave and me floating on it-very relaxing. It is my Om,

my song of the uni-verse,and glory to God. I had in a class last

weekend that was primarily applique and I throughly enjoyed it.

May a great day be had by all.

Where is the PB&J

If it's not in the home frig it must be in the work frig. Where else?

I think this is called Lizzy's Quilt, design by Jo Morton

I hope this says Merry Christmas and Happy Valentines Day all in one.

As always I looked to the quilt to guide my fabric choices. This is a fun

and playful quilt.

Melissa McCarthy. . . in Parade Magazine this morning says

"To me, having 500 rolls of fabric around is the most calming thing in the world." You have seen her in CBS's Mike and Molly, Gilmore Girls and Samantha Who?

All I have to say is she is so right. Thank you Melissa McCarthy!

Then to I read a very refreshing piece in Quilt Magazine by Kaffe Fasset called "In Praise of

Old Age". Of note in his article, he is entering his 70th year. He is referring to his admiration

of two women in their 80's. One of themis the famousRosalie Goscoigne (1917-1999). There

is to much in this article to quote. If you want to feel really good, just read his article, have a

long life and quilt to the end.

The article on Melissa McCarthy says about fabric,"I think it's what football is to some guys."

I do to Melissa.

This is just some fun I am having on Sunday morning while I have my cookies and tea for breakfast. Now on to my stationary trainer so I can ride my bike in the house. Life doesn't

get any better than this. I finished my Lizzy's quilt from the Jo club last night and it's

not due until next month. Never mind that it's a hugely tiny, tiny quilt.

PS-Parking in San Francisco

Today will include a trip to San Francisco today. Why? New Years day everybody is still sleeping

and leave there cars somewhere else. It is a free parking day on the meters and there is parking

galore. No lines at the eateries, no reservations required and no traffic. I normally take BART

rapid transit into the city. I must go to St.Anne's next to Britex. Barbara Brackmen featured it

on her blog. Even if it is not open I want to see the old sewing machines in the window. Sounds

like my kind of window shopping.

1/1/11 awaits

Hello 2011

Who knew?

First a note about ringing out the old.

I had an unplanned day off yesterday and I used it to clear out the old.

I boxed up at least 10 if not more clothes and house hold items and got them

to St.Vincent de Paul in two loads. Freeing, that was the experience. Then

I was invited to dinner with my sweetums. In our little town of approx 70 thousand

there are established restaurants and new start ups. We both read on Thursday that

one of the new ones featured an opera singer with dinner for New Years' Eve. That

sounded unlike anything we had done and it was 3 blocks from our house. The closest

thing we had ever done like this was listening to a operetta on the street corner outside

a restaurant in San Francisco. Not only were we entertained but visited at our table

by this lovely singer. She will be singing near Stanford in February and we will be

opera goers then. What a great way to go out with the old and bring in the new.

Today Sweetums, who makes the best tea in the whole world. His recipe is boil water

and put the tea bag in the cup and pour the water over the tea bag. He never

fills the cup too much. It's delicious every time. Well he made me a cup this morning,

lovely. Oh, back to ringing out the old. I actually got 6 quilts done this year and gave

4 away. That freeing too. Must do more of that this year. Giving is a gift in itself. I'm

hoping for an abundant heart this year as I have read giving is a gift of an abundant heart.

I also know that my spirit of adventure is up and am planning flying and travel. I have

had my feet planted on the ground for a while and flying sounds like a way to go in the

new year. The first time I flew, I was 7. I explored every inch of that plane and was

amazed that flying felt like sitting still. Languages a must, brush up on languages.

That's it for the new year the operative words are

abundant heart

flying

languages

Happy to the New Year

Sew love wherever you go.

Quilt Enthusiast