Friday Catch-up

My aunt arrived on Wednesday the 18th, and left before noon yesterday.  The time passed all too quickly.

We went to Road to California (quilt show/expo) the day after she arrived.  It had been several years since I'd been to the show, and she had never been.  In some ways we were quite disappointed.  We are both traditional style quilters, and there were few of those, and of those that were there, they were hanging high up from the rafters in the entry hall, so hard to look at closely (or by those of us with vertigo).  There were a gazillion vendors, but neither of us were inclined to spend much time with them, so we only spent a couple hours there, jostling elbows with the rest of the opening day crowd.

I will say, the Lord gave us great days on which to travel - in both directions, Thursday & then Saturday - in between nasty rain storms as we traveled on to San Diego straight from R2C and then back home.  We had a nice visit with my cousin and his wife in the San Diego area.

Most of our time was spent just hanging out and chatting at home, but we did go to one museum, and a large quilt store.  She had never been to a Hobby Lobby and since we had one open in Oct/Nov, we spent a chunk of time perusing every aisle there along with a trip to Walmart to do some grocery shopping.

During my aunt's visit, I spent no time at all in my Creation Station, but dug out all of my quilt tops and WIPs and gave her a private showing at her request.  Now I need to refold a few to fit back in their respective boxes, and lug them all back upstairs to the closet they hibernate in.  There are also a few household chores to get caught up.  

In part, she came down from the Northwest to get away from the snow, rain, ice & cold, and what happens, we have lots of rain, and cold (though still a good 20º warmer than her home), and our furnace decided to go on the fritz for a couple days and it was considerably cool in the house.  We used the fireplace, and Marty went out and bought a couple space heaters, and we layered up.  Now, if some of my quilt tops were quilted, we really could have been warm!

Apologies for no photos, but I only took two at R2C, and I don't think I got any of my aunt while she was here, though I had intended to.

Stash Report - No. 4 - 2014

I had planned on going to the Road 2 California Quilt Show yesterday, but the last few days have been a bit draining (see my posts at D.O.O.W.) and I just felt it would be better to hang around home.  And by not going I saved time, gas money, admission money, and likely saved myself from spending money at all the temptations brought by vendors.  There'll be another big quilt show in March that's a little closer to home so I can live with that.  Having saved time by not going, I was able to spend more time in the Sanctuary doing some sewing, to the neglect of my housework (does that ever go away?) but I'm not going to feel guilty at all about that!

Unfortunately, by not going to R2C there is no increase to my stash (that's both good and bad) and I didn't accomplish enough sewing to count anything out quite yet.  But once I get those borders on Celtic Solstice, I can count some "out"...so here's looking to next Sunday's report, hopefully and barring any long-distance driving to the wet land, I'll have the C.S. top done.

Used This Week: 0 yards 
Used Year to Date: 0 yards  
Added This Week: 0 yards  
Added Year to Date: 0 yards  
Net Used for 2014: .15 yards

We all know where to link up, and you probably came here from there, but if not, here's the link:  Patchwork Times for Stash Report Sunday.

May the remainder of your day be blessed ... and if you're in one of those really, really cold locations, please, please stay warm and safe!

Stash Report - No. 2 - 2014

I can proudly say nothing in, as much as I'd like to be adding to my stash.  I can likewise say, though not proudly, that there is nothing out, as much as I'd like to be using.  

Used This Week: 0 yards 
Used Year to Date: 0 yards  
Added This Week: 0 yards  
Added Year to Date: 0 yards  
Net Used for 2014: 0 yards

Road to California will be coming up in less than two weeks, and I'm hoping to go.  It's a bit of a drive, but a favorite when I can go.  I doubt I'll be able to resist temptation, but knowing I can't spend much will certainly curtail any purchases.

Linking up at Patchwork Times.