blouses and quilts.....

Before I cut into fabric for the wedding outfit, I wanted to test out the pattern I did for the top.

This is the fabric I had on hand, which is kind of cool, so I cut one out of this yesterday, just to test. If it goes well, I will have gained an extra top that I can use for indoor shows or other occassions that call for something nicer than a T-shirt --- like the rehearsal dinner!

This has been the week of the quilt back saga. About 2 weeks ago, my sister (bless her!!) volunteered to purchase the fabric for the back of the wedding quilt and have it shipped to me.

After that, things got crazy. It took the company 8 days from when it supposedly shipped it to get the fabric to me, then, when I opened the package, they had sent the wrong fabric....it was pretty, but definately GREEN, which didn't go with anything on the quilt.

So, my sister called them and asked them to correct the situation. On Wednesday, early in the morning, the FedEx guy arrived to pick up the stuff they had sent in error.

Later in the day, a second FedEx guy brought the correct stuff. (why they couldn't use one truck and make one trip is beyond me, but there you go....)

Anyway, the newly arrived fabric was a shock on its own in that the picture in the catalog of this fabric shows only yellow and blue while the real thing has a healthy dose of pinkish-purple in it too. Its not exactly what I thought it would be, but because the prints I had used on the top do include some pinks and lavendars and because the binding will be a totally seperate fabric, it will work.

Yesterday I got the whole quilt pin basted (I use those lovely little curved safety pins to do this -- they're a wonderful thing!), and last night I started quilting (just what everyone wants to do in the humidity and heat -- sit with a quilt over their lap!!)

At least we're now making progress!



Meantime, while I was waiting, I got another afghan square done!






the gladiolas in my front yard are blooming --- beautiful! Right now I have 3 different colors in bloom, this lovely one, a deep purple and an orange and yellow one.

I admit that weeks of cake decorating class have changed the way I look at flowers....I look at this one and think "hmmm, with some royal icing and the largest lilly nail I might be able to make some of these"

Tonight is my last cake decorating class, and I have a lot to do to get ready for it, so its time to get hopping!