One of my new blogland friends Mary Kate asked what was in the jars on my dresser. So I got to thinking maybe someone else might want to know too. Well..they contain a few strings of old buttons that I have been hoarding.. I mean collecting for a while now. I would really like to display them in some better way, but I just don't have the space, or really any good ideas. So I'm just doing what my mother always did.. string them together until it is time to need them. But the trouble is, I find myself not wanting to use them for anything except looking at and playing with. :/
I think I need to make the strings a little looser so I can spread them and see them better, but then I am sure I would have a tangled mess!
Then last night the weatherman kept telling us to cover any plants or flowers we didn't want to lose to the frost. So we went out and tied trash bags on our lilac bush. It was no easy feat. The neighborman pulled in his driveway and hollered over, "What holiday are you decorating for?" When I went out this morning at 6am, it was 39F and cloudy.. not a speck of frost anywhere. Ugh I had to take all those bags off before anyone saw them and thought I was confused about the season we were in!
And finally, I really have GOT to work on my sewing stuff here. I keep getting so many interruptions. But this baby quilt needs to be finished by the 17th of May.. that's when the baby shower is. And I really have to have it done to give at the shower. I keep plodding along on it. I am about half done with the quilting.. just need to buckle down!
Hope you all are having a good week!
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6 comments:
The quilt is darling and the bag story/picture hilarious!!! hahaha
"what holiday are you decorating for". Oh my. And then the frost didn't even come! Well thats a good thing, anyway. Funny.
I like jars of doo dads and buttons, too.
what a gorgeous baby quilt and...one of my fondest memories growing up is going to my grandma's and her letting me play with her jars of buttons...i can remember spending hours dumping the buttons out and sorting them and lining them up and putting them in piles and just hearing them click-clack...save them for some grands!!!!! =) p.s just emailed you right before this and asked about your weather...glad the frost didn't get you...at least you were prepared just in case...
My sympathy is with you when I think of your tiny stitches! I hope your fingers will not hurt too much by the time you have done the quilting. Mine did when I was trying to meet my deadline, and I will not quilt my next projects by hand!
I have jars of strung buttons here, too, and cannot bring myself to use them either. What are we saving them for?!?
Your quilt looks great...hope it is warmer tonight so the lilacs don't need to wear hats!
Have lovely with all this "old" buttons. You will find a project for them some day.
Love your quiltet quilt, very delicate........
Hi Eileen, so many thanks for this post :)
I really thought those were sweets or chocolate..you know me..a foodie addict, always attracted to food or anything that look remorsely close to it. But really, what a collection!! just beautiful :)
and the quilt is stunning...i should be stitching one day, soon I hope :) big hug to you
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