Monday, October 2, 2017

From My Sewing Room to Chestertown, Maryland

 The westies have an appointment with the groomers this week.
 My mom needed new dishtowels that she could hang
from the handle on her stove door which is next to the sink.  
Since we couldn't find any pre-made I downloaded the top
pattern piece from the Internet and made these for her.
 My neighbor asked me to make a pillowcase and tooth fairy
dog for her grand daughters birthday this month.  I simply added
a tiny pocked on the dog [right] that is large enough to
hold the tooth and money from the visit by the tooth fairy.
 I've been working on simple Christmas quilts - nothing 
complicated just 8-1/2" blocks.  Two tops are made so far
and that's as far as I got in the process.  In one of the blogs I
follow I read she has 30 tops made and when she wants
 to give one away she then finishes the process.  I really
thought that was an interesting thing to do - finish as needed.
 This is the first time I had trouble with my machine skipping
stitches while sewing on the binding ... so I had to re-sew
areas on this quilt.  I'm donating this one to Outreach
since I'm not comfortable adding non-perfect work like this
to an auction where money is involved.  
Note to Chris:  This is complete including the made by
Bayside Quilters sewn in a corner.
 Sweet Julep
 The dog fabric is part of what my Facebook friend {Lee}
sent me from her stash clean-out.
The Trailer of Horses.
 On our way to Chestertown  yesterday afternoon to pick
up a photo Wilson had in a gallery exhibit of eastern
shore scenes.  This was taken in stop and go traffic on Rt. 50
which is a nightmare during weekends in from spring up to fall.  
It's one of the major ways to the beach/resort town Ocean City.  
 Yesterday we timed our trip just perfectly to get stuck
in a big traffic jam!  We were stuck in stop and go for 8 
miles before we made the turn off to Chestertown.
 I didn't get a photo of the top of the trailer but
the horses must be trotters.  Wilson pointed out the
buggy strapped to the top of the trailer.  All 5
horses seemed to enjoy hanging out watching
the cars slowly going by.
We didn't take our cameras and we should have.
There are homes in Chestertown that are very quaint & charming.  
This is also a college town so there are several restaurants
and a few little shops in the town center.  I used my 
iPhone app called RoundMe and found Fish Whistle
on the Chester River which had good reviews.
The food/service = very good.
.  .  .
Yesterday morning I woke up not feeling great and I
told Wilson he might be going to pick up his photo
on his own but ... as the morning progressed I was 
feeling better.  Even thru lunch I was feeling great
but ... by the time we got home I was sick again.
Yuck - Yuck - Yuck ... with a sinus infection.  Didn't
sleep well last night and so I'm going to put myself
on antibioitcs to clear this thing up.  I have what
you would call a love-hate relationship with this
golden rod time of year.

4 comments:

  1. Happy Monday, I hope your sinus infection is doing already today. I'm so sorry you had to deal with it. I am always so amazed at how many quilts you make, so I have to ask you how many hours a day you quilt? I have some placemats that I want to finish but tomorrow we leave for New England for 9 days...I can't wait. Will even get to Keepsake Quilting and maybe a few other stores. Hope you have a good week.
    Hugs,
    Noreen

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  2. Hope you're feeling better soon. I have sinus issues but not too bad thankfully.
    You made your mom a nice selection of towels.

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