The Quilting Queen

I have discovered the fun of quilting, well piecing at this point, but still within the genre of quilting. Thanks to longtime friend, Karen, who purchased a pattern for a Christmas wall hanging and my suggesting she make two. Well I’m making my own and I have discovered what fun it is. I think it is because I like things that are pretty, flat, smooth, clean, and orderly!! I was not the star pupil in home economics classes, certainly not sewing, so it is a lengthy process for me.

Of course now I’m thinking I need to replace my forty-year-old Singer sewing machine with something that is all-singing and all-dancing, but I really don’t need anything other than a straight stitch at this point, so I’ll keep what I have. Besides I could always fall back on my grandmother’s 100 year old Singer treadle that is in the guest room.

We are going to join Rod and Karen at Pacific Beach this coming Sunday for four nights on the beach. It is one of our favorite state campgrounds, because there are sites that do back up to the beach, or the water in the case of high tide. The town of Pacific Beach has a service station and a grocery store so there is no reason not to just sit and watch the water.

We are having second thoughts about a Volkswagen. The Jetta has developed some major driving issues. A torn CV joint boot(?) was repaired yesterday, but there are problems with shocks and tires, and of course no one wants to accept any responsibility. In driving it today, it is behaving and sounding differently than before the CV joint repair, so now I’m wondering what else they did or didn’t do during the repair. I see dollar signs!!

It sounds like Sarah is thriving at school – boyfriend Matt is out and Murph is in. He is a senior and also works at the U of Maryland golf course. Oh, and I guess her classes are going well too.

To one of my faithful Blog readers, Dennis Ousey: I’m sorry to hear about Catherine’s health problems and I wish her a successful surgery for cartoid aretery and a full and complete recovery. I will be thinking about the two of you.

Ciao