Weekend Finds (Quilts and More)

It has been tradition that I would venture out into the chaos that was Black Friday, not because I was looking for that hot laptop or television; but because it starts the holiday season and I like the holiday season. What with all the Holiday music, pine scented everything and the generally happy mood.

When I did venture out around 10:30, my Dad and I headed to one of our favorite Antique Malls located in Farmington, Missouri. It's about an hour and a half away. Not only is it huge; but the prices are usually pretty reasonably and one can find just about anything.

I came home with this wonderful antique lock in almost perfect condition, all under $10.

Then I nearly fell over when I found this hand-sewn "Bow-Tie" quilt for 1/2 off. Due to the merriment of the holidays, many vendors were having 15-25% off everything in their booth. Ever so often you came across a 50% or 60%, as I did with this quilt. The reduced price was $25.

Sunday, we visited another of our favorite Antique Malls in Eureka, Missouri. This one wasn't having as good of sales; but one just needed to have patience and something would pop up.

Lucky for me, I came across another quilt, and the vendor was offering 25% off. This beauty cost me $20.

For those of you keeping count, that brings the total number of quilts I've purchased at Antique Malls to three. The earlier one is here.

Of course, finding all these great quilts put me in the mood for some sewing of my own. I put together this pincushion in about 3 hours and now don't have to worry about loosing my pins again.

The pattern was in BH&G Spring 2008 "Quilts and More".

I hope you are able to spend time with your loved ones

this holiday season.

Happy Thanksgiving to All !!

Back Again

So I must start this post by saying that Thursday was the first day that I was lucid enough to have a conversation without dozing off in the middle of it. I can only imagine what a blog-post would have looked like on Tuesday...if I had been awake enough to try and write one.

My reasons are simple-Jetlag. I got back from China on Friday, Nov 6th and have spent almost a week in a walking coma of sorts. While getting up at 4am allows one to catch up on reading, world news, etc...it doesn't do much for being able to stay awake past 8pm. I'm back to normal now and thankful for that.

Why was I in China you ask? It was for business. I spent two weeks in our Far East office working with our team on the next season's products. This trip was educational as well, since I had the opportunity to learn some things about the technical side of the business, instead of just design.

Nothing really is happening on the house for the moment, my Halloween decorations are still up (considering I missed Halloween, I'm allowed a few extra days), and I'm planning my To-Do List for the rest of the year.

I'll write soon, but in the mean time, if you see me dozing off...you know what to do.