Roses on Sunday.
Roses on Thursday, the snowiest Halloween in Chicagoland history.
(We did not have trick or treaters.)
Surely the rabbit, rabbits are hunkered down today. The temperature will go above 40 so all the snow will become a sloppy mess.
(Here is the explanation of the "rabbit, rabbit" good luck legend.)
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On the first day of our October vacation we stopped in a small town in northwest Indiana. There was a quilt shop so naturally I went in. They had a clearance section ($3/yd) so I indulged a little -- but just a little, since it was the first day. It turned out that those bargains were the major souvenir purchase. With that, here's the October stash report:
Fabric IN, October: 11-5/8 yards, $28.00 ($2.39/yard)
Fabric OUT, October: 47-1/4 yards
Fabric IN, January-October: 500-5/8 yards, $1413, average $2.82/yard
Fabric OUT, January-October: 451-5/8 yards
Net increase: 49 yards
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I thought that the final ten tote bags for the Nepal school project would be my November OMG, but I made them all this week. (The photo shows the ten for October and the final ten.)So my OMG is more modest: a small bookshelf quilt for a former library coworker who is retiring this month.
I'm linking up to OMG at Elm Street Quilts where you can see what other quiltmakers are planning.
Poor roses! We are so isolated in this retirement community that we never have any trick-or-treaters, cold weather or not. Winds yesterday took down most of the maple leaves; the oaks will hang on till spring.
ReplyDeleteThe neighbor's stuck and blaring car horn blasted any memory of saying "Rabbit Rabbit" right out of my head first thing this morning. My first words were, instead, an explanation to DH of the noise going on right outside our door.
ReplyDeleteI went back to bed and chose the silver lining: that sound wasn't coming from anything broken in our house. (The hapless owner soon drove the car away and, I'm assuming, annoyed the rest of the city on his journey.)
Yikers--no snows here yet but power went out at 1:45 a.m. last night--our generator is in use...so we have heat at least and a few lights...
ReplyDeleteNovember doesn't seem auspicious to me!! hugs, Julierose
It was a weird Halloween. No snow here, but it was bitterly cold. Good luck with your November OMG.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like a productive October. Cold for Texas this week but no snow.
ReplyDeleteLast week weather reports said snow on this coming Friday. As we say wait a day and the weather will change. Good job on your fabric acquisitions. Great price too.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great goal! Thanks for linking up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal and good luck with your project.
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