still sewing

The house is a festering mess, but we are closing in on the finish of the quilt. I took an afternoon to embroider one of the lanterns. Tomorrow, I'll strip piece step three, and then comes the funnest part - laying out the squares on the floor and shifting them around till I like the arrangement. Getting a good spread of small prints and big prints, being sure to keep the colors well dispersed, and watching that the lights and darks don't cluster too much. I'll probably spend most of tomorrow afternoon picking up and putting down, then standing back and squinting . . . The inner child adores this. Back when I WAS a child, my favorite toys were construction toys. Tinker toys, Lincoln Logs, and every chance I got, I loved to play with my brother's erector sets. (Hmmm. That sounds pretty darn kinky, doesn't it? ) Back in the fifties, toys had genders and girls were supposed to want to play with dolls. I never figured how to play with dolls. What do you do with them? Make up stories and have the dolls act them out? Why not do your own acting?

Today, I got a chance to join LG for lunch and afterwards, I used the gift certificate she gave me for my birthday.
I blew almost $20 at the Button Emporium on four buttons. With a quarter for scale, you can see that I like honking big buttons. Nothing succeeds like excess