Catch up again

Saturday's date was ok... weather was cold and rainy and there were very little fall colors to see, but we did have a good time.  For once, my phone's GPS worked correctly and we made it to our destination well within the time allotted.

As we're sitting on the train waiting for it to pull out - what do I see out the window but a quilt shop!  WooHoo!!  Hubby was nice enough to wait in the car while I checked it out after we returned from the train ride.  It's upstairs and, as I told myself under my breath as I climbed each step, it had better be worth it - and it was.... WOW  what a place... almost on the verge of HUGE.  I could have done some serious damage there money wise if I had more cash with me and if Hubby wasn't patiently waiting in the car.  I brought home two fat quarters that I found in the sale bin along with a stencil and one each of their two 'license plates' from the Row by Row.

I thought this would be a great destination for another Mystery FART (Fabric Acquisition Road Trip) that I like to organize for the guild members every so often.  After getting home and reading messages on facebook, I found that a couple members have been there ( also found out there's an elevator, too ), but they might want to go again.

Sunday,  I finished the Brown Bag challenge... sorry, can't share the pic just yet.  Oh, and Friday  I finished two more pair of the Santa/Rudolph tea towels.  I need to count them again because it looks like there's only one pair of towels left to be done - I think there should be two pair.

Yesterday, I did the applique stitching on two Gingerbread men blocks for the BOM that I'm doing with fatcatpatterns.com.  No pics of those yet.  I also found one that still needed appliqueing and did that one Sunday night.

I also started cleaning/clearing around my sewing area yesterday.. man, what a mess!  A little of this, a little of that.. just take care of it!!

Last night, I started back working on the Strings for Siren quilt blocks again.. got two done.  Then, this morning, bright and early ( well, considering that I slept til 8:30, 9 am was bright and early) I went back to working on them and had 12 blocks done by 11.  I'm hoping to complete 10 blocks a day for the next 9 days which, added to what I've done last night and today, should make enough for another quilt top.  We could possibly have enough blocks for FOUR twin size quilt tops by the time it's time to put them together at the next sew-in (Oct 16th).

Still have Christmas gifts to get done... which is partly why I was determined to clean around my sewing area.  I want to get started on my son's quilt top; something that should have been done MONTHS ago).