Now I remember what I wanted to blog about

I knew there was something that I wanted to blog about this afternoon. I've been reading alot of blogs lately and everyone is carrying on about using "vintage sheets" for quilting. They are picking them up at garage sales, and thrift stores. OK, I know I'll get alot of flak for this but here's my opinion and I am entitled to one. How in the world can you use USED sheets in a quilt. Be it for the front of the quilt or the backing???????? Do you have any idea where that sheet has been or what's been done on that sheet??????? I don't care if it's been used a bazillion times to me it's just sick and wrong. That ranks right up there with buying used underwear at Goodwill. There are just some things that shouldn't be used in my opinion.

I understand that there is alot of yardage in a sheet but that doesn't make it right. Most quilters spend decent money on the fabric for the top so why would you want to buy a used old sheet and then put it on the back of your quilt????????

Oh well, like I said it's just my opinion but this has really been bugging me lately and I needed to say it. When I have a sheet that's old it's either torn up and becomes a dust rag or sometimes it's a nice pressing sheet or it simply gets tossed out. I wouldn't even use mine for a backing and I know what's happened on those sheets.

Long time, no post

I've been busy reading posts and just realized it's been forever since I last posted. So much has happened during that time. First, I went to quilt retreat and had the best time ever. We had 16 of us, we should have had 18 but two were sick. The house that we rented was awesome. Sorry to say I really didn't take that many pictures because I was so busy having a great time. I'd highly recommend the retreat house though. It was huge and wonderful. Everything was there that we needed, it was a place where we couldn't have asked for more. I did alot of sewing and I have to see what happened to my pictures. I made some barn blocks, some SBQ blocks and I started a new quilt top.

This was the first time I left Maggie home and I had a great puppy sitter named Jesse. She was the best and Maggie looked happy and healthy when I got home. Of course she didn't look at me for a while but then she snuggled up, let out a big sigh and fell asleep with her head on my lap. Both of us, if she could talk would say we had great weekends.

Once home I've been busy job searching but that isn't going as well as I'd hoped. Most of the time I get back how I'm over qualified. I think it's my age not my qualifications. I'm still looking all the time but it's time to shift gears and maybe find a couple of part time jobs. My problem is I need health insurance or I need to make enough to supply my own. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

I've been sewing but not as much as I'd like to. After retreat it seems I just don't have the get up and go, I think it got up and went and I can't wait for it to come back. I've been doing things around my apartment instead. This weekend I've been grilling out on my new gas grill. Wow it's been a long time and I need to really learn to control the heat. Sometimes a little bit of burnt offering isn't really all that bad.

Peer pressure took over a couple of weeks ago and I got talked into a challenge to make my Victory Quilt by Eleanore Burns and have it done by the 4th of July. OK I've got three blocks done so far and lots more to go. Hopefully in the next week or two I can get more of those finished.