Happy Monday!

It was a beautiful fall weekend around here…perfect for walking, sewing and making some homemade tomato sauce. The days were long and full and I really enjoyed myself. We hosted about 6 or 7 girls here Saturday night to celebrate Lindsey’s 14th birthday with snacks, pizza, a movie and make your own sundaes.

Friday night I had the urge to pull out my Happy Go Lucky layer cake by Bonnie & Camille. I marked the squares for stitching hour glass blocks while having a glass of wine and tweeting with my fellow Twilters! I got as far as stitching in the first direction, pressing and pairing up squares for stitching in the opposite direction…clear as mud, right? Click Here for the tutorial I’m using called Easy as Pie Layer Cake Quilt from the Moda Bakeshop.

Here’s my progress photo…

On Saturday, Greg had Amanda drive him on errands so she could log some time driving. Her road test is coming up in November so she’ll be driving us around A LOT in the next few weeks. I got a text message from Greg that afternoon that read, “I bought you some things at a yard sale.” Be still my heart, I love that man!! OOOOOH, I couldn’t wait until they got home! He found some vintage looking sewing kits and notions and grabbed them all for $10. Some of the needles can definitely be used today but most of the items will be used to decorate the sewing studio. Great finds!

This weekend I also finished the baby mat I was working on with the April Showers charm pack. I listed it in my Etsy shop

I’m really pleased with how it came out.

Tonight is Show and Tell at the quilt guild. I’m excited to be attending as I haven’t attended in probably close to a year. Lindsey had a drumming ensemble that met on Monday nights and I never quite made the hour drive because of it. I’m eager to see what everyone has been working on.

I’ll leave you with a photo collage of goodies from Lindsey’s birthday party.

Have a great day!