Update

This was supposed to be my creative blog but then I got addicted to Facebook games. The other night I think I made it to the pinnacle. I was playing Farmtown and went to the market to sell my products. I finished and realized that I am level 100 (the highest), I have over a million experience points and just hit 100 million coins. So I think I can quit now. Maybe.

I have a few things I want to work on. I got a cute folksy chicken the other day at the thrift store and I have some chicken fabric fat quarters. So I am thinking a little table runner to set the chicken on. Also, Katy printed out directions for making cloth diapers for little Eloise. The problem is that the instructions are from England so they call for stuff like dacron wadding. I love the English way of things. A diaper bag becomes a nappy satchel and you go to the haberdashery to buy sewing notions. I also have to finish the burpies to match Eloise's blanket that I made her. So I have plenty to do, if I can just get myself away from those silly computer games.

Halloween

A New Blanket

I made a blanket for my f18 month old granddaughter tonight. She ended up spending the night unexpectedly and Mommy didn't bring her blankie so in desperation I found a piece of silky lavender fabric left from not making bridesmaid's dresses for her mommy, and a piece of red/pink/white polar fleece with hearts to back it with. Not the most pleasing combination but it had to do. I cut 25" squares from the two fabrics, laid them wrong sides together and basted around the outer edges. Then I cut my own binding from the lavender silk, pressed it and hurried and sewed it around the outside edges. It was not elegant and I didn't end up turning the last two sides under but it worked. She only cried a couple of minutes and now she is asleep.

Mapquest is right on

This morning I was going to go meet my mom at a truckstop outside of Butte. She was coming from the other direction and had a shorter distance to go. I decided to mapquest the journey from my house to the truckstop. Mapquest said it was 117 miles and would take 1 hour and 41 minutes. I decided to time myself because that didn't seem right. I had to go slow the first mile until I got to the highway and I had to go over three mountains which slowed me down some. So I sped up coming down the last mountain and managed to get to the exit in exactly 1 hour 41 minutes after I left home. That was pretty impressive.