1399 and Counting

A day off from work is a good day indeed. Make in part of a three-day weekend that involves a day of sewing with twenty-four other women, and it is nothing short of spectacular.

Today I got Grandmother Morris finished. Sewed the rows together ever so carefully. There are a lot of points to worry about. And they all behaved. Beautifully.

After trolling the internet to get the best price for the fabric I wanted for the border, I found said best price ($8.70/yard) at The Old Country Store. Briefly I considered scheduling a drive out there for today, taking Himself along and treating him to lunch at The Kling House. Common sense prevailed, however; I ordered the fabric and it was in my mailbox when I came home from the sewing day on Saturday. I adore this border fabric. Himself thought I needed a row of white before the border and I didn't think so. I've never done this before and for this project, it works.

Once Grandmother was taken care of, Stars in Their Eyes, for Brian and Erin, returned to the foreground. I'd sewn the third row to the top instead of to the bottom, and spent some time frogging it one night this past week and this afternoon got it sewn back on. In the right place this time. And in short order, row four was also sewn on. The pattern calls for five rows, but this is supposed to be a back-of-the-sofa quilt, not a skimpy bed quilt, and I think four rows by four rows is right. The quilt finishes at 64" square. It is next up to go to the machinist. Grandmother Morris will loiter in the pile of flimsies until she is needed.

Well, yes, the post title is "1399 and Counting." This is, indeed, my 1399th blog post and in anticipation of 1400 coming up later in the week, it seemed some sort of a giveaway was in order. I have a copy of Volume 2 of 100 blocks that I bought when it first came out; I've not done anything with it but peruse. There are a couple of patterns, too, that were freebies the last time the Executive Committee went to Burkholder's.

Oh, and there's a chicken. At the quilt day on Saturday, there were gift bags and they included chicken pin cushions.

The organizers had made additional chicken pin cushions and were selling them to benefit the Elisabeth Circle at the church, the group that makes charity quilts. I'd had a wonderful day and wanted to support Elisabeth. So I bought a couple of chickens. One is for Honna, who wasn't able to attend. And the other goes to the give-away winner.

Here's a close up of the patterns. The book, the chicken, and the patterns comprise the giveaway for post #1400. If you are interested, leave a comment and we'll see what happens. Please don't post giveaway on your blog; it's for my regular readers. Just us chickens, in a  manner of speaking.