Tragedy Struck

A couple days ago, I came into my (sewing) room to find that tragedy had struck: Several of my shelves had fallen. I guess the weight of my quilting books was too much for the L-shaped brackets that were supporting them. So, off came everything to be sorted and rearranged. The shelves were redone w/different (straight) supporting brackets. Nothing like being forced into redoing and organizing. :-)

Then I cataloged each and every book, and arranged them alphabetically by author (by title within each author as well) and re-shelved them with a better redistribution of weight per shelf. (Can you see my Todd Library experience here?)



Material came next. This was more difficult as there isn't a hard & fast rule. Some are by color, some by design, some by type, some by size.





What a mess. Under all this is an ironing board and my adjustable table w/my Janome 11000.



My 1600 & frame is more of a material stand.



I also cataloged (yes, I truly have a program for this!!) all my patterns & kits to store them on the shelves. I may be ADD, but that doesn't prevent me from being anal about my sewing!!



This is my cubbie with my Janome 6600. I don't like facing the wall as it is uninspiring. The next day, after all the sorting was completed, I loaded some design programs and spent quality time on the phone upgrading my digitizing program. This saved a lot of money and I went to bed pretty pleased with myself!! (And, I might add, made my husband very pleased as well!!)
I had every intention of waking up yesterday and teaching myself the new program ...

As Promised

As promised, here is the completed look. Larry did pretty well with getting everything back in its place. Except for the sound. (A little minor thing!!) So, we had to call in an expert who fixed it right up.

Isn't it pretty?

Our New Addition

Our latest edition to making our house a home: The new entertainment center.

Watch later on for a more completed look! Meanwhile ...

Say a few prayers for Larry, who has been re-hooking all the different components back together.

Fat Tuesday Dinner

Ma & Dad invited us for dinner w/Bob & Kim.

We had a blast!!

The wine was wonderful, the roast was the best I have ever had, and the company was exceptional.

Speaking of Sewing ...

We were, weren't we? Speaking of sewing ... Here is what I currently have on my design wall:

And this is my WIP (work in progress):

I just love lots of perfect four patches!! It is truly the simple things in life that please me!

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Florida State Fair

Being a big fan of the Sandwich Fair (Sandwich, IL), Larry & I could not pass up the FL State Fair ... It was different, but still fun. You would never see a sign like this in IL!!

We tried the new food rave of the fair:

(Yep, you saw that right!!)

It was really rather good ...

if you closed your eyes & didn't think about what you were eating.

We have never seen such a wide variety of rides!

This was the best part of the Fair: The People Mover.

Here is the view from up top:

This got my vote for most imaginative advertising. A local law firm really got thru in a most visual way.

We returned home tired and a little pink around the edges. A very fun day!!

The Latest

Here is the latest: I started on the TQS block of the month quilt ~ which is far more complex than anything that I have attempted before. Here is the January block, completed, and while it isn't perfect, it is pretty good. Good that I finished January by February 8th! :-) I'm early!!

Madge, June & Britt have been having it tough. I sew ~ they sleep.

It is truly a dog's life.

We had a great time at our Super Bowl party. The food was awesome!! We had so much,

thanks to all the contributors! Here's to new friends & to old friends & family as well!!

Good times ~ Great people!!