The Good, The Bad and the Tomato Jam

A short one, Dancing With The Stars Finale is on in a few.

I was just thinking about the friends and family we have who are struggling this year with some major things.  One family member is dealing with a loved one's illnesses and repairs to their house.

A neighbor is fighting for her life after a family member stabbed three sisters, killing one.

It makes my own problems seem small.  Really, really small.

Not that I haven't been in their shoes at one time or another. maybe not a literal stabbing, but some major stuff to be overcome.

It seems I have no time to work in my Quilt Studio.  So many commitments and people to handle, events to work out and life to deal with.  Green tomatoes to jam.

At least I had a Green Tomato Jam on Crossaint Breakfast this morning and it started out well early on.

We have a front coming through and the back fields are shrouded with fog about 8 feet high.  It looks really cool in person and not so cool in photograph, sorry.


As if knowing I needed cheering up and purpose for my life, the universe responded with mail.

When Frank went to grab the mail he came back with  the November bag from Becky's Treasures.

This one held a cool looking exotic zebra bag which contained:

 BEADS!

  BEADING THREAD

 BEADING NEEDLES

AND A FELTED SUSHI NECKLACE TO MAKE!

FELTED SUSHI!

I love it Becky!

Fabric Enhancement, As Charlene Says......

I didn't work on anything quilty yesterday, but I thought I would show you what I got in the mail yesterday.  It is very, very quilty.......FABRIC!

I ordered the Daily Deal Fat Quarters from Hancock's of Paducah.  This is Michelle Di Amore XOXO. Well, I must admit, I did order two of them since it was such  a great deal......like I need more fabric, right?


I think it is the same person who designed those Bracelets fabrics that have been so popular.   It just looks like them.



I love words and letters and greys and taupes.  So this was perfect; it has all of that.

I have an idea of how to use them.

I keep telling myself I need to finish several other things before I start anything else.
Finish, woman, Finish!


 Doesn't this look like birch trees?  Oh heck yeah!  Now I need to make birch trees......

And in the same mail day, I received my surprise package from Becky's Treasure Trove.  This month is amazing!

And the buttons are so cool. I LOVE the color of the tissue paper with the fabric. 

This is one of the best packages I have ever received from Becky!  Somewhere I have a group of fat quarters I saved from a win years ago that will pair with these perfectly.

Let's see if I can find them now........