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Ok, so in all honesty today started out pretty miserably. Last night the hubby and I got in a little tiff and even though it was silly I didn’t like falling asleep knowing that he was upset with me. So, I wake up today and hubby has already gone to work and the little one is waking up. I drag myself out of bed and bring the princess in her pj’s over to the next door neighbors to take care of their cat. Why you ask? Because I have an inability to say No. I am the favor queen. I will fill in for just about anyone without blinking an eye and today is the 9th day in a row that I have trounced over to my neighbors give an insulin shot to my neighbors diabetic cat. First of all the cat is part Lion or at least its growl would lead me to believe. Yet, that is the cat that is supposed to be nice. The other one hisses like a snake. Rewind to this morning I finish giving the cat a shot and as I go to put the insulin away the cat I refer to as “Hiss” attacks my foot and I drop the insulin. Broken glass and insulin all over their kitchen. Well, there is no back up supply of insulin so I call the vet and they call in a prescription and they call back telling me it is there and it is $83! Ouch! Not a good start. Note to self, never ever try and start the day without at least one sip of Diet Coke. The results are never good.
But, then my luck turned. I decided to give a lounge set a try. I have had this flannel for months and it has sat in my stash and although I had already invisioned what it would someday become I had not had the courage to try because I had a fear of making it. I had not yet tried to make pants and given the mornings earlier events I had a feeling anything I tried to make probably would not turn out. But, alas I tried anyway and much to my surprise I winged a pair of lounge pants and they turned out perfect. Added a little initial applique to a shirt that had once succombed to an orange juice stain and we were in business!
Coming off of the high of a project in my head actually working out with little to no issues I check the mail to find my patchwork swap package! It is like Christmas when I get a swap package! Partners were a surprise so I was thrilled to get a package from Veronica. She did an amazing job with some new and vintage pieces and a lovely patchwork clutch! Thanks so much, Veronica! I love it all!
I was so happy with how this turned out that I couldn’t help but share it before I sent it out to my swap partner. I still have a few other little things for her that I won’t post until after I send it so it will be a surprise but this owl fabric was too cute not to share now. The bag is quilted with this gorgeous color varying thread! The owl fabric is vintage so I thought the feel of the bag needed to match so I found these great purse handles and voile, HOOT HOOT! I hope my swap partner likes it!
I signed up for the Missy’s Owl Swap at Crafty Carnival I don’t normally love owls but I remember having lots of owl things around me as I grew up. Funny story is that when my parents first got married my Grandma (my mom’s mother in law) gave my mom something with an owl on it. Not wanting to disappoint her or to act ungrateful my mom gushed how thankful she was. Well, hence that day she thought my mom collected owls and has proceeded over the last 30 years to give my mom anything she finds with an owl on it. So, my mom is the somewhat proud owner of owl jewely, towels, pictures, figurines and other little owl trinkets. So, whether my mom truly loved owls or not, they bring me a little smile thinking of my mom and all of her uninvited owl treasures. If my mom could deal with owls for thirty years then I guess there is hope that I can tolerate gifts that are less than loved by me, but instead I can appreciate the thought behind it.
Speaking of gifts, I am part of a quilting group that started over the summer and I dreaded seeing all of the precious fabric scraps get tossed so I started collecting them for unknown projects. I missed our last meeting and one of the girls saved her scraps for me and lo and behold there was vintage owl fabric! Hoot Hoot! There isn’t alot of it but it is awesome! I asked my friend where she got it and she said she remembers it from her moms fabric stash in the 70’s! I will post pics when I send my creation to my swap partner!
