Sunday, April 08, 2007

Happy Easter

It's easy to forget about Easter when there's no little ones around. As it worked out, Gramps and I were each others company today, and it didn't seem too different than any other Sunday. Because all of our kids have other families, it does happen sometimes that they are all celebrating somewhere else, and that's actually OK with us, neither of us feels deprived when that happens. So, what do you do on any Sunday after church? Well, sew, of course!


At our guild meeting on Saturday our speaker was the lady who judged our show last fall, and will be judging again this year. She trained at Pacific International Quilt Show and in fact was a judge there as well) She spoke about what judges look for in quilts, and gave a demonstration of how she actually does it. Last year she had 150 or so quilts to judge, (is that right, Rosy?) and she spent close to nine hours doing it. She is meticulous, and gives really excellent comments. I very nearly had kittens when I won a 1st and a 2nd at that show, and after seeing her in action I was really bowled over. So of course I came home all fired up, and nothing to do! ((haa haa haa -- so to speak!)) The fan idea has been in the back of my head for quite awhile, but was originally just a one block wall hanging, and the fans were a much simpler design. Ummmm....not so much now! The idea is getting bigger and bigger, and it's getting embellished and 3d stuff is evolving for it, and it's getting fun! Unfortunately, now I have to stop by the LQS for some odds and ends for it. Bummer, huh?
So my Easter festivities aside from church amounted to picking flowers from the yard and making pretties in the house. The lilacs are incredible.
And in case the kids ask if the Easter Bunnycame to our house, why,yes he did! And he brought Mrs. Bunny, and collected eggs from the hen house. Just as pretty as the colored eggs are the naturally colored greens and blues from my chickens. DH and I had breakfast at church and made a corned beef for dinner, and he made a blackberry cobbler for dessert . The world is all right!
Oh yea, one more thing - I had my colonscopy on Friday and all was well, a few little polyps so it was a good thing I went. Now for the mammo....
HAVE YOU DONE YOURS?
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6 comments:

Leigh said...

Good luck with the mammogram.

Michele Bilyeu said...

What beautiful fans, eggs and bunnies...then you go and ruin it with talk of your colonscopy! I am so grateful you didn't give too many details and everything came out o.k. in the end ;)

Nancy said...

Those fans are wonderful!

Fabricfaire said...

I can see a "blue ribbon" on those fans!! Your Easter deco's are so sweet. I did Lilacs also!( I think the judged quilts were around 110 or so.)

Fabricfaire said...

P.S. Sure nice that your chickens do the egg dying!!! LOL

Nancy Near Philadelphia said...

SPECTACULAR FANS!!!!