Running on empty

Here it is ... 10:30 PM on a Saturday night and I am pooped! I had been sewing since 1 PM with a couple of little breaks for dinner and laundry and I finally gave up around 9:45. My back is sore. My eyes are getting strained. The dogs are ready for bed. I believe it's time to hit the sack.

Of course, I will give an update on the day's happenings. :)

I met Cathy and Maddy at IHOP for breakfast and some chit chat before we headed to Best Friends' for the sale. I made myself a little list of what I was looking for and yardages so that I wouldn't forget anything while at the shop. Once we got done eating, we had a little bit of time and I pulled out a fruit place mat to stitch and got in about 15 minutes. Cathy can verify - she was watching the clock for me!

I have a class that starts on Friday and figured that I should get my fabric for the class while at the shop. 16 fat quarters and 5/8 of a yard for the inner border. It's a Thangles class and the pattern is in the picture. The blue dots at the top is the border that I picked. Most of the fabrics have iridescent dots or accents on them. They are very pretty!



All of the FQs were $2 today and that included all of the sets. I just couldn't pass up this set.



Amazingly enough, this and the fabric for the Wagon Wheel and the Santa quilt and the pass for the Shop Hop were all that I got today. Maddy, Cathy and I discussed the Shop Hop and all bought our passports. As you may or may not recall, Maddy and I ran around together last year for the Hop and we were able to talk Cathy into joining us this year.

After I left Best Friends, I ran to Joann's to get a couple of things that I needed from their sale and WalMart to get a fluorescent bulb for the lamp that I got for the frame. Once I got home, I had a quick lunch, started laundry and headed to the sewing table.

I was able to get the big shirt finished except for the buttons and button holes. I thought that I had bought black buttons already, but couldn't immediately remember when I had seen them last so I put the shirt aside to finish these small details. I only had one other mishap with the shirt and it was that the collar piece had to be re-cut, but it was easy enough to do and I had plenty of extra fabric to handle this.



After the shirt was done, I worked on prepping the backing fabric and bindings for the Wagon Wheels quilt...



... the first stash pot pie quilt ...



... and the Santa Quilt.



I also watched the Beginner's part of the Pajama Quilter and practiced a bit on the frame. I believe that tomorrow I will be ready to load a real quilt to stipple.

I was watched the second half of the season of My Name is Earl. I *love* that show! I hadn't read any reviews on line so all of the episodes were a surprise and I was happy with how the season ended. I also watched Juno. It was a pretty good movie, too.

Right now though, I have a date with some Icy Hot for my lower back. Until tomorrow...