Friday Friday

Oh my... do I ever have a story to tell you.... it's not a big story but it's still kind of funny.
Yesterday, we were going to leave for Shipshewana earlier than usual because I wanted to stop in to Lolly's to see if I could find some more of this fabric.... I bought it there so I was hoping that there would still be some.

We left just a few minutes after two... it's an hour and forty minute drive.  Beautiful weather and traffic wasn't bad.  We got about 25 miles from Shipsy when I realized that I had left our tickets to the concert at home on my desk.  I pulled over to see if I could find the email receipt on my phone and that I could just show that to whoever was taking tickets.  I found the email, but read the part that said that you needed to print out the tickets and bring them to the show..... soooo, we turned around and came back home.  

We made good time and got home about 4:30, which meant there was no way I was going to get into Lolly's since they close at 5:00.  Oh well, at least we'll get to see the show ( it didn't start until 7:30)...

We got back to Shipsy about 6:30... not bad considering we had to make a stop at Arby's here in town to grab something to eat on the way back to Shipsy... and then we had to stop for gas... and we hit a very confusing detour.

The show was worth it, though.... as always.  And I talked to staff at the venue about our driving back home to get the tickets I'd forgotten.  They told me that things like that happen on occasion and that they would have accepted seeing my receipt on my phone.

Ok, so yesterday's project went faster than I thought it would... here it is cut out in bits n pieces

 here I'm auditioning eyes and nose pieces...  I didn't like these - couldn't see them.

 and here it is with the top completed.  It's something like 45"x 45" and I'm pretty sure I know a little girl who will LOVE having it after I get it quilted and sent off to her.

Since I finished this faster than I thought I would, I started yet another top... that's why I need more of that fabric from Lolly's... the pattern is for a crib size but if  I can get more of the fabric,  I THINK I can get it up to roughly 60"x60".  It's a simple bow tie pattern, but the bow ties are from solid fqs that I already had and the print will be the background.

Sooo, now we're heading back to Shipsy just as soon as I finish this ( and get dressed!).  This time, Buddy gets to go with us - he'll be so excited.

Take care....

TTYL