Pure Fun...

 Last weekend, friends joined us for a homemade pizza/salad party at our house.

When I prepared our table, I kept the Moda "Pure" tablecloth that I made in 

2011 on our antique oak table. I used store-bought napkins and decided that

I really needed to make napkins from that same fabric line in the near future.

I wanted to have a coordinated look for the next time we had company.

Yesterday, I decided to take the time to make a set of matching napkins.

 It didn't take very long. I cut the fabrics (for two-sided napkins), stitched my 

BW acorn onto a corner of the darker fabric, sewed the fabrics together. All 

that was left to do was turn them inside-out, press and topstitch them and I 

was finished. Fast finish. Six new 12" square napkins in less than 2 hours!

 Now I have matching, reversible napkins to use for just us, and when we

have guests. The only thing is that, last weekend, my girlfriend really

wanted to take the tablecloth home with her. Handsome said next time, she'll

have a whole set to walk off with!  The good thing is that she told me that 

she'd like to hire me to make a circular tablecloth for her table instead!

I'm looking forward to creating something customized to her decor.

 The rest of my daytime was spent preparing my teaching materials for

the Classmate™ class at Crazy Quilters today. I'm looking forward

to helping my students create their own organizers to take home.

My day ended with our monthly guild meeting. It was great to see

my quilting girlfriends, and to also meet our newest members. 

All in all, it was a really productive and great day.

Tuesdays With Tag - Lizard Hunter...

 Taaa Daaa! I'm here!!! Did ya miss me?

Noooowww I can tell you about one of my jobs around our house.

Let's run over here...lickety split...'cuz that's how we corgis roll.

 Come on. You don't even have to run or anythin'! Are ya with me?

 This is what I do every single time Mom or Dad takes me outside.

I'm the intrepid, alert and every watchful "Lizard Hunter"!

I am perfectly equipped for the job, because what I can't see, I can hear!

 I look to my left and to my right, and sometimes...

I have to get right down in the dirt to sniff 'em out. (They're cagey little things,

after all.) They try to hide under the grass, but if I can hear 'em, I can find 'em.

 They're all over the place down here, and to tell the truth, they drive me more

 than a little nuts. I can't even remember why I came outside, sometimes!

 Don't be fooled. I'm not lookin' for someone to open the door. Look closely.

I'm checkin' out the screens, 'cuz sometimes there are lizards runnin' on them!

 I even look around all the trees in our yard. It's a constant task for me.

I gotta keep our place safe from the Attack of the Lizards! 

They better not even think about tryin' to get in our house. Ever!

Oh, and just so ya know...I only harrass the lizards. I don't eat them.
They'd taste yukky, and I really prefer bacon!

 

I'll be here. Ever watchful. Ever vigilant. Ever...well, a lot little obsessed.

It's the Corgi Way.

Sorry we were delayed this week. Mom's camera doesn't take batteries.

It can only be recharged by plugging it in and sometimes she misses the

little warning that says it's about to be completely discharged. She had to

plug it in overnight to be able to get these photos of my own, handsome self

out of it. What's a corgi to do, but wait patiently (or just go to bed). sigh

Anyhoo...after a stern "arrrroooooo" from her Tuesday contributor, she's

promised to only let it happen when it's her turn to write a blog post from 

now on. I'm gonna hold her to it, too! This stuff's important, right? 

See ya next week. 'til then...

"More Waggin' and Less Barkin'!"

Tuesdays With Tag - Delayed...

Me...again

 Hi, Everybody!

Another Tuesday is here and this week I want to 

tell you about one of my jobs at our house.

 Unfortunately,

Mom's camera won't download her pictures of me right now, 

so my post is going to be late today.  Thanks a bunch, Mom. grrrrr

Please come back in a couple of hours. 

I'm sure we'll be up and runnin' by then.