A good sized snowstorm hit Sunday afternoon, and when the snow slowed down, the winds kicked up. We were lucky(?) enough to be in the narrow band of heaviest snowfall. And the outfall from all this is: SNOWDAY! Yup, the school district where the library is located closed for the day which means the library closes too. It's an unpaid day, but it's also a great gift from the universe. I was able to sew all day long.
I picked up the Scrap Bag Log Cabin from the long arm quilter over the weekend--incredible turnaround time! I made miles and miles of bias binding and accomplished the machine sewing part of this operation.
Now all that remains is miles and miles of hand stitching. Good TV watching job. Very pleased to have gotten this far on this quilt.
I was able to spend the bulk of today working on my super-secret letter project. Feeling pretty good about all this...
Watched two movies through all this: Iron Jawed Angels, an HBO film, with Hilary Swank, about Alice Paul and the American Woman's Party and their role in women's suffrage. That one was so-so with a jarringly modern music score. Also watched The Hours. I had loved the book and the movie was really well done. Nicole Kidman and that fake nose...!
No doubt it's back to work tomorrow.
9 comments:
Oh, goodness. My daughter, Lisa is in Milwaukee for a show. She is hanging it this week. I hope she took some warm winter clothes!!
snow day!!!! woohoo. wonderful except for all that snow around. Fun to look at your log cabin - I see a fabric from the 80's that I have too.
oh what fun, I love snow storms! A free quilt day I think of them as!
I love sewing binding down on my quilts.
Congrats on finishing this quilt , it is a beauty.
fun to look at all the fabrics in these quilts isn't it?
"A gift from the universe" is absolutely what it is! Sounds like it was a perfect day.
When I was teaching, a snow day was the absolute best. And beautiful too!
I loved "The Hours" too - except for that darned fake nose!
(Mrs. Dalloway is one of my favorite books...)
Laughed about the fake nose!
Lovely clean deep snow.
Lucky chance to sew all day!
Lovely. The unexpected gifts are always the best. Glad you had such a productive enjoyable day.
Wow, you had more snow than us! And what I'm an hour or 2 south of you. But Mark was driving home from Des Moines Sunday and it took him forever to get home. LOVE your new header!
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