Update

My daughters have reminded me that most bloggers write much more often than I do, but I think once a week is about the best I can do.

Friday Night Free for All was quiet because 4 out of 5 were doing hand work. That's really strange as we are usually the machine queens. Embroidery projects for the Guild President's thank you quilt kept two of us challenged. I do like hand work but usually only do it in waiting rooms.

Longarm quilting is keeping me busy and the current quilt is beautiful but taking forever. I am putting a feathered wreath in every 8 inch block (84 of those), a half wreath in all the side triangles, and feathered roses in the borders which I will have to turn. I am being well-paid to do this, and it's fun, as the quilt is gorgeous, but again, taking forever.

I have 15 tops backed up to quilt and the Christmas quilts are starting to come in. I try not to take so many that I will go crazy -- it is a retirement job which manages to pay the bills for the shop so I don't have to sew in a dark, dank basement. The shop also sends me on three or four retreats a year.

I am currently planning to take off to Lakeside (on Lake Erie) for a November weekend -- can't wait. And Denise, Rosie,and I are in charge of the Heart of Ohio Retreat in February, 2009. Maybe because my husband does not like to travel, I adore getting away. I will pretty much go anywhere that I don't have to cook, other than breakfast and salads, and maybe only clean when we leave so they'll let us come back. Getting to sew without being asked what's for dinner is wonderful.