Senior Moment

The very first senior moment....

 

... and THAT'S what happened to the dinosaurs.

 

Quilting Witches

Just got back from a wonderful 4-day quilting retreat at Patsy's Homestead Cabin Retreat ; our last day ended on Halloween.  Here's a picture of all the quilting witches!  Pictures of quilts to follow!  Click on the title to go to Homestead Cabin website.

30's Sampler

 

 I love 30's fabrics - they always make me smile.  This cute 30's sampler was made by Jodie N.  The Scottie's are those pre-cut kind and add the right touch to make it one-of-a-kind.  I used "Snapdragon" pattern over all.

A nice T-Shirt quilt made by Carol B.  Great setting!  

Quilts

Here are some quilts that I've quilted over the past several weeks....

This is a beautiful hand-pieced grandmother's flower garden.  I would have loved to custom quilt this, but customer wanted an all-over.  It was a baby gift!!!  Hopefully they hung it up in the baby's room.

 This customer, Cathy, bought two kits from Connecting Threads.  (Blue Quilt and Star Quilt)  The fabric was very good quality and she had plenty of fabric to complete her quilt.  These turned out cute.

 This quilt was made by Dale F.  She is a newer quilter and was taught by a friend in California.  She has never taken a class - and look at her 60-degree triangles!  She makes these with a plain back so you can really see the all-over pattern. 

 Daisy Pattern

 This quilt was made by Judy T for her mother.  A tulip quilt with panel in the center.  She saw it in a magazine.  It turned out so nice.

 A white backing shows off the quilting. 

 This is the back of the panel.

 I outlined the flowers in the panel. 

Skinny Tablerunner

I quilted this sleek little number for an upcoming quilt auction.    It's a skinny table runner (15 x 42) made from some beautiful Japanese Diawabo fabric.  The natural brown colors go from dark to light (center) and back to dark. 

It was quilted with gold-silver-bronze metallic thread in an elegant, lacy pattern.

The auction is open to the public and will be held October 19th at Grace United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall, located at 300 E. Gartner Road, Naperville, Illinois. 6 PM.  It's a great time and you can pick up some beautiful, handmade holiday gifts.

No Camera

My camera is in surgery!  I won't get it back for 3 weeks.  So no pictures for a little bit.  I'm looking at new ones ....

Eyeglasses 101

Getting old is the pits.  I had to get some glasses (not contacts - just glasses).  So yesterday, I bit the bullet and went to one of those retail stores that sell designer frames, you know, glasses.

Well, after filling out all the forms and a FAST - express like fast - eye exam.  I was ready to begin!

I walked into the sea of frames displayed on the three huge walls before me and an hour later...I tried on a lot of frames...the fun begins!

I needed bifocals ... they call them "multifocal lenses".  Extra
I needed no-line, I'm too young to look old they said... they call them "progressive lenses".  Extra
They suggested thinner lenses...they call them "verithin".  Extra
I asked for non-glare...they call it "never glare advantage".  Extra

When they start to have their own languare, my red flag goes up.  Be very very careful.

Total....$306.

What happened to the 2 pair offer for $69 with free eye exam???
Those are for single-vision, coke bottle lenses with the "nutty professor" frames.  Oh, I didn't know.

Bifocals, no multifocal lenses with no lines are $192 A PAIR.  Non-glare add $35.  Exam fee $45 - they wavied it, oh goodie for me!  So I paid for my designer frames with "Polycarbonate lenses", which means plastic lenses, and a one year warranty for $306.  Pick up in 5 to 7 days.  Oh boy, I can't wait!

By the time I drove home, I felt I'd been had, roped, duped, conned!  I called my optomestrist of 20 years who takes care of my contacts.  He has a small office with a very small selection of frames, but a whopper of an exam fee; that's why I went to the retail eyeglass store.  I spoke to one of the technicians and she tried to give me an "apples to apples" price comparison.  The same lenses would have been around $300 plus my exam fee and the frames.  So she said it sounded like I got a good deal.

I still don't think so.  I am hoping the "Progressive", no-line lenses work for me.   Some people have a hard time getting adjusted to wearing them.  We'll see....I hope.