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What are your souvenir buying habits? from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

Your comments put a smile on my face! Yes—there are multiple ways to tackle this mess. What boggles my mind is how I didn't realize what was happening. At one point, the second set of shelves didn't exist, and so there were boxes and piles of books on the floor, and when I wanted something, I was happy to move those. When I got tired of moving, I got new shelves built. Seriously? That just makes me shake my head now. But then? It seemed the perfectly normal thing to do.

THANKFULLY, I saw the light about ...

added by Elaine 1 week, 1 day ago. under books , decluttering , flowers , forest , movie , murphy , neighborhood , souvenirs , thimbles

Paved paths from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

What a surprise when the girls and I took our morning walks to find this.

The path is paved!!!

Yes, all five entrances are now precisely the same as before. I suspected it late in the afternoon the day before because I could smell the tar on one path, which is relatively close to our backyard, and I thought I could hear the equipment.

But as before, they only go so far, and they stop. How they determine that length is beyond me. As I said, some paved parts are short and yet quite long in one section.

The pavement ...

added by Elaine 1 year, 8 months ago. under charity quilts , forest , lexi , murphy , neighborhood , pony express , thimbles , ufo

What is a collection? from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

I had an interesting chat yesterday morning. After spin class, I walked the girls separately, and when I was walking Murphy, I saw one of the city workers inspecting the damage in the forest! Yes - I know it's a woodlot, but I call it a forest. I'm allowed!

We had a great chat, but he was only a worker bee, so he didn't know much. I asked about the removal of the pavement, and he said that it was "lifetime" maintenance, that they were waiting for the ground to settle, and that they would repave just those ...

added by Elaine 1 year, 8 months ago. under charity quilts , forest , murphy , thimbles

I CAN DO THIS!!!!! from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

I think I'm almost back in my time zone. I slept great—only woke up once and actually got up to do some work. I went back to bed, and I should be good today, although a nap every once in a while is highly recommended.

Getting back early from a trip is great, but what does one do with the "free" time? OK -- you know I'm not one to sit around, so I've been busy!

WAIT -- let me tell you about my souvenirs. I'm not a huge fan of souvenirs and certainly NOT a T-shirt ...

added by Elaine 1 year, 9 months ago. under camino 2024 , charity quilts , decluttering , lexi , magnets , mini shoes , murphy , neighborhood , thimbles

Rainbow Scrap Challenge and Other Stuff from Cheryl's Teapots2Quilting

Wow, I haven't blogged since January 4th. I've meant to, but I've been really busy, sorry.

First, I'm making 2 different blocks for the 2024 Rainbow Scrap Challenge. One block I designed myself after seeing a similar block in Pinterest that I couldn't find a pattern for. I was looking for different Churn Dash blocks, to teach the quilt block history of the Churn Dash block for my little quilt guild January 8th. Did you know that there are at least 21 different names/variations of the Churn Dash block? I listed all 21 names ...

added by Cheryl's Teapots2Quilting 2 years, 3 months ago. under flying churn dash , jacks chains , rsc24 , thimbles

» Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

It was a bittersweet day. I had to drop something off, and I wanted to visit the person; however, they had recently been exposed to COVID, so that didn't happen. So I drove to Orillia to one of my favorite quilt stores -- Thimbles and Things. Sue has sold the store and is retiring! While she will be working in the store from time to time, we are not guaranteed to see her smiling face when we walk in the door! ACK!!

Many years ago, the first time I walked in the door, they had little sections for all the ...

added by Elaine 4 years ago. under lexi , murphy , thimbles , tula pink , virtual challenge

Thimbles Table Runner from Thread Head

The Thimbles table runner is all finished!

This is the first of my WOOFA challenge projects to be finished. It was my leader/ender project (a little piece of fabric to stitch when piecing other projects, so I don't have to cut the thread) for the past 6 years. There are 915 thimbles! But who's counting! There are 15 rows of 61 thimbles per row. It is 19"x56".