Where Has May Gone?

 So much to do in the spring!  Getting the yard in shape, planting annuals and some veges, and shopping for fabric to finish quilts!  My friend, Mary, has been dying to go to The Door Mouse in Bettesville, Ohio.  I needed to find the perfect backing for my nephews' tee shirt quilts.  If it's out there, I'd find it at The Door Mouse!  I should have taken more pictures!  This is the view down one aisle of about 9 or 10.  And there's more stacked around this barn!  Bolts on shelves 3 high, rows of fabric in front of the shelves and more stacked on top of those!  I was looking for something to tie in the boys' high school colors, royal blue and gold, without being floral or too light-who knows how often it will get washed if it goes to college with them!

 Lots of Paula fabrics.  Had to get some for a new, easy quilt.  Now I just need the time!
















I worked on putting the binding on the baby quilt.  Why am I doing it by hand?  I really like the look a whole lot better.  It probably took longer to hand stitch the binding on than it to to piece or quilt the entire quilt!  I used a striped fabric cut on the bias.  This is the first time I used the ladder stitch for the binding and like it!

Stitching the binding on

 

The binding from the front

On top of this-I decided my "Lair" was not a peaceful place to work so I started to clean and rearrange it.  My gosh!  Today it looks like a bomb went off!  I've been pulling things out of the storage unit from out Cape house and trying to put some of the stuff to good use or sell it.  I want to label where everything goes to try to keep me in line.  I got myself a new labeler!  I love it!  Nothing like a new toy to make organizing fun!

My Little Brother!

 The tea tin re-labled!  I'll show you the whole set once I'm done.

And I finally finished to baby quilt!  I love it!  I'll be collecting more I Spy fabric so I can make more!

 Then I had to make this wreath I saw on Pinterest.  Supplies from the Dollar store.  Spent $3.50 for the base wreath and it still came to under $20.  I think it's cute and summery but Joe doesn't really like it.  He usually doesn't say much but asked me not to put it on the front door.  So it's on the back door!  It's the door most people use, anyway!

Tomorrow's supposed to be cold and rainy so hopefully I can finish "The Lair".  Dad signed up to be a part of the community wide garage sale.  I convinced him that we should not sit out in the damp cold tomorrow and we'll concentrate on Saturday.  I'd much rather be sewing but he's 90 and I adore him so I'll go deal with the "salers"

Happy Stitching!