Sunday, February 9, 2014

Family: The Blue Bed... Decisions, Decisions!


It's time for a new bed....
  Ours is so old....
  It's just time.

And it must be a smaller bed...
  The California King is worked in the old house,
  But it's just too big here.

So I've been bed shopping...
  Looking at all the options...
  Trying to make a fully informed and logical decision.

You see that blue bed up there?
  I love it!
  
But it's not the responsible or logical decision...
  Definitely not the frugal choice...
  As if I were going for frugality, 
  I'd choose this...

A lot more simpler...
   Not so blue...
   And definitely a more frugal choice.

And what happens in five years or six years...
   Will I tire of the blue?
    That would not be good!

 Decisions, decisions....
  At least i have a few days to decide...
  The sale doesn't end until next Monday.

Perhaps you could help? What would you decide?
  


Sunday, February 2, 2014

Quilt: Scrappy Trip Around the World FINISHED!

Woohoo!

First finish of 2014!

Scrappy Trip Around the World
  Fabric: Fun Flowers by Holly Holderman of LakeHouse Dry Goods
  Pattern: Scrappy Trip Around the World found at Quiltville.com
  Quilting: Lisa Alexakis at Sew Modern

I had started this last year...
  completed the top rather quickly....
  because it was an easy pattern.

Found the backing fabric...
 pieced it together...
 got it to Lisa for quilting...
 who did a marvelous job!

And there it sat....
  for almost six months...
  just needing binding.

I detest handsewing...
  and binding is handsewing.

But it's been colder the past few nights here in California, and I got it done.
  I was nice to have on my lap...keeping my legs warm while I sewed it down.

Thinking I should learn how to machine bind, as I've got another in my WIP pile just needing binding too!