Catching Up!

Same old story...It's been awhile since I have posted.
Guess I've been going through a little "blogger's block".  I really haven't been doing a lot to blog about and the weather has been so crazy, I can't seem to get good pictures...but what else is new, huh?

Last week, I spent all week getting paperwork ready to go to our accountant. Not that we have so much anymore, now that we don't have a business, but I always wait until tax time to clean out my files, then I have several months of filing to do too...I know...soooo bad.

But last Friday I got the taxes done and was so relieved it was done and that we get a little back, that just for fun I hit two Goodwills, a Big Lots and a Dollar Tree on the way home.

Only spent 4.25, but found a couple of things that made my little shopping spree worthwhile.
Thought I would look for something I could use to decorate a little for Easter. No luck with that.

I hardly ever thrift anymore, I really have no room for anything, but I always look for linens, they don't take up much room,  and I wasn't disappointed.

I got 4 of these...25cents each.

I wish I had taken a picture before I washed them. Dirty, dingy, stained.
An overnight soak in Biz fixed that.
I don't think they had ever been washed, because they were a lot bigger before I washed them.
Aren't they pretty. I will use them with my Easter decoration,

For just $3.00 I found this denium dress.
It is medium weight and will be perfect for a couple of purses.

Lots of red stitching detail not only on the front;

but also on the back.

Look at the cute red stitched button hole.

I like the original jean type buttons, but I make make one purse with cute polkadot covered buttons.

My on going project is coming along.

I have all my blades sewn together and a few sewn to the white backing squares.

I wasn't sure whether I wanted a yellow center,

or a red one, so I pinned one of each.  I think I really like the red best, but am afraid when I finish the quilt all you will see is the red center.
(The blue you see behind the square will be the large outer border.)

I am hand stitching my plate to the background, so it is taking awhile.
But as you know by now...I love handwork.

I finally decided on the yellow for the center and stitched it on.

I'm a little slow, but you have to see the one my "partner in crime",  Anneliese

has almost finished.
See her beautiful quilt  @Sew Blessed
We both joined the Scrappy Plate Club at Bunny Hill Designs.
You can still join in the fun too. Click here to find out all about it.
Or you can click on the button on my sidebar.


One more thing you might want to know about are these cute little bird clips.

I first saw them on the Pam Kitty Morning blog...here.

I just had to have them, and I quess several other readers did too.

Finally a reader told her where she could find them and she shared the link.

You can go to Amazon here to find them.

I think they were around $8.00 for 16.

They are perfect for chip clips too, or holding papers together, or many other things, not to mention hanging out clothes.  I know...not many people hang out clothes anymore, but there is nothing fresher than sheets and towels that have hung in the sun to dry.

What do you think??

I have given you several links, so get to clicking to see some really cute things.

God is Good!!

Life is Good!!