Quilt

I spent Wednesday and Thursday this week finishing up the name embroidery for the border strips for Aunt Jean and Uncle Don's quilt. I also made a center patch with just their names, with a heart around it... just what you would expect someone to draw in the sand!

Friday, I began to sew the strips onto the backing and batting. Not an easy or fun job, and I have 13! I've discovered that pins are my friend!

Saturday... today, the ripper is my friend! I just had to rip a strip back off since the previous strip hadn't been pressed sufficiently... other than that, the strips are going on slowly!

Great day to quilt, drizzly and chilly!

Art Show

Today was a benefit Art Show for Dan and Maria's orphanage, Casa Ezra, in Sebis, Romania. Their friend, Kelly, organized a wonderful assortment of artist's work in a nice coffeeshop in downtown New Bethlehem. Great coffee, a cute store and a superb venue for this undertaking. Bids were taken by silent auction. Hope it's a huge success, and that it becomes an annual event! Thanks to Kelly and her mom, and all who contributed! This is the piece that I donated.

Another ALF come and gone...

Autumn Leaf Festival 2009 is history... the only day I really invest in is Friday, the traditional "Farmers and Crafters Day"! I work all summer toward setting up that day in Clarion PA among 300 other crafters. We had rain and cold this year... lots of rain and lots of cold. There were still crowds, just not quite as huge as normal. Now that I'm warm and dry, it doesn't seem so bad, but an outdoor show is still tough to do. I'm sure other show people would agree!

I'm posting pictures of various items I still have, if anyone's interested in purchasing.