Sunday, March 23, 2014

My Weekend So Far

I felt so "displaced" this week.  My desktop computer has been down since Wednesday, and I couldn't connect the laptop via the iPhone until just a few minutes ago.  And speaking of the iPhone -- I have a love/hate relationship with it.  I can't get emails on it .... can't post to Instagram .... can't get voice messages .... I need to head to the Apple store, but who has the time for that?  So I have an expensive phone that I can't do much with.  I want my Blackberry back!

I tried and tried to get in touch with a friend yesterday who I was planning on meeting up with this weekend.  I'm just going to head over there this morning and hope for the best.  Let's hope I don't get lost getting there.  Yep, can't connect to the GPS on the phone ....

Anyway, while I was waiting to see if my message got to her, I decided to dig into the stash for another quickie quilt.  I pulled out a couple of layer cakes and got busy.


The fabric is A Breath of Avignon by American Jane for Moda and Kona Snow.  The Avignon was purchased two or three years ago just because I liked the clear colors, but I never knew what to do with it.  I think this will make a happy quilt for someone.

Since I always seem to be "confessing" things, here's my latest.  I got up this morning, grabbed a cup of coffee and went to the sewing machine.  I picked up a stack of pinned blocks and took them to the ironing board to press open.  I stood there and unpinned 30 blocks. When I tried to flip them open, I realized I had just unpinned 30 blocks that hadn't been sewn yet.  Seriously. 

Maybe I should wait until my second cup before I attempt anything in the sewing room ....

11 comments:

Cathy said...

I got a chuckle out your unpinning episode. In this vein, I've sewn merrily along at my macine, only to find out the bobbin thread ran out ages ago.

Connie said...

Seems we've all done things like that. I know I'm guilty. Wish you were close. My oldest is a wiz at phones, he'd help you.

Sandie @ crazy'boutquilts said...

Thanks for the morning giggle! I have ripped a seam and then sewn it the same way so I had to rip again. Seems that second cup is the key. Have a happy day! :-)

Mary said...

Sorry about the goof, but it's comforting to know I'm not the only one who can't function before my morning allotment of coffee!

karen said...

Hah, that's funny! Good to know those things happen to other quilters, not just me.

Yvette said...

So glad you went to visit your friend so I could get a chance to meet you too.

mascanlon said...

Oh the unpinning so had me laughing...sorry...but been there and done that or something close to it. Here is the big trick with the Apple store..make an appointment...as early as you can on Sat or Sunday and then show up 1/2 hr early. The store opens for classes...who knew! And they get you in a triage queue very quickly and its relatively painless. They don't even make fun of you when its things like turning on a switch.

Marilyn said...

Vicky - had to laugh at your first cuppa escapade,

As for the phone, I have not yet totally mastered my iPhone. If I want, I can get e-mails but I choose not to as I won't have to delete them again when we are home.

I have a friend who took iPhone and iPad classes from Apple..she learned a ton and is now able to do anything. It is all involved with settings. A class or two from Apple will have you up and running just fine. Simple solution and it will work!

Love you...

M

Karen said...

You gave me my laugh for the day with your blocks that weren't actually sewn together yet. I don't do much pinning but I can see where something like that could happen.

Nancy said...

I too am glad to have met you. I think I'm going to order a parfait and see if I get a cup of coffee:)

Darlene said...

I hope you hooked up with your friend. Meeting you would be a dream come true. :-)

I'm loving what you're doing with the Dear Jane fabrics. Very cute.

And by the way LOL