That's it for one guild ...last meeting of this season..
We had our pot luck and there was a ton of food. The Social committee decided that we would have appetisers only...There certainly was a good variety ...I was one of the last few to eat and there was still a lot of food...I have no idea how my devilled eggs were...they were gone and I didn't see any others.  Ah well, I can make some more if I want some..I didn't listen to the Social committee and I brought a fork and spoon with me...lol...there was pie! and people without flatware either had to eat with their hands or go without..  I had some pie...lol

Throughout the year the guild had various groups exchanging ATC's (artist trading cards)..these are cards that are embellished with various things, then given or mailed to the recipient.  (These aren't some of them..I found these pics online, just to give you the idea.)
The group showed them all off tonight.  I didn't even  think of taking any pics... and I forgot my camera anyway...
 They were quite neat..everyone's was different...some ladies made the same card for everyone and other's made different cards.  ATC's will be done again next year. 
Block of the month was drawn.  Each month a new block is featured and you have all year to get it done ...then at the June meeting winners of the block are drawn.  One year the same woman won almost all of the months, lol.. and again tonight some people won their blocks more than once...and good for them!
I made my donation to the 50/50 draw....it's always just a donation!..lol..I never win!

Today I spent the day cleaning up my sewing room again.  All the stuff I pulled out to make those little running shoes for Thing Two's doll had to go back away.  I had taken out template material to make templates  of all the shoe parts.  I had eyelets out...I tore apart the room looking for a punch set I knew I had..ribbons...glues...foam sheets..cardboard...such a mess for such a little pair of shoes.  But Courtney loves them...I will make more.
With the mister gone for a few days, I want to do a lot of sewing ...so the other stuff must be put back for now.
I took some time to make my devilled eggs for guild...yum...they are good....

After I cleaned up some, I took some blocks that I had....just enough to make a little doll quilt for Thing Two's doll.  Boy that kid is making off like a bandit!

I still haven't sewn..
Then looking at the shelf above my cubbies...I thought ...I need to refold all that fabric...it's just gotten messy..or I never had it neat.
So I have spent hours folding the fabrics over a very large ruler.  And I still am not finished. 

But it looks real purdy!
I actually know what I've got up there now!

Gee, I wish I wouldn't try new things....I tried the "new" blogger template and now I can't seem to go back to the old interface..
Old people do not like change!...at least not one I am not used to.
Showing my age I guess!  I am finding I don't like change...want things to stay the same...lol...doesn't work that way...
I don't like some of the new music..the new artists...wait..some I do like..Adele...yeah her songs are torch songs ( hurtin'), but I like her.(set fire to the rain!)..and (I find it hard to believe) Lady GAGA....why she is so off the wall I don't know, because she can sing...and of course the KING of all! ELVIS  and the Beatles...Roy Orbison...KD Lang..and many more, I won't say because it ages me.....yup...eclectic
that's me..

Well, I guess I will have to get used to it..the new interface is probably easier, but now I have to learn something else.  Sometimes it's hard to keep up....new hardware..new software...forget my phone..HAH!..for years I had this old boat anchor that I called a phone...pay as you go...half the time I was out of time and hadn't made any calls.

Well, now I have the mister's old apple 3..he has a 4 ( his boss likes toys!)  I hardly use my time... 3to 5 minutes on my plan...hmmm..gotta start talking!  Sometimes  I have to ask the grands for help with the phone...or the mister...I am not used to all the bells and whistles!
Thing One wants a phone..she is coming up 13 years old and feels she needs one...she has an ipod...she can text with that...she wants my phone! lol..When the mister retires, that will be our only cell...Mommy says ..."NO PHONE YET!".

The mister and I went to the granddaughters' recital tonight.  As usual, they were superb....but then I might be just a slight bit prejudiced.
This dance company is very good....I LIKE the fact they don't dress their dancers as little tarts/sluts.
The first dance company Thing One was in did that...the costumes were extremely suggestive.  Not really the sort of dance costumes you wanted to see on a small child...and I don't care what the excuse.  My daughter took her kids out of that company and went to another...one not so eager to display them as little tarts.

Camera were not allowed in the theatre, so no pics.

But I did get pics of the little tennis shoes that I made for Thing Two's doll.  She was thrilled with the results of my efforts.   Not too bad for the first time.  I will make some more for her doll using a few different techniques I think would work.

Boy did I luck out today. 
I was to take the grand daughters to Mississauga for their rehearsal today.  Daughter had a meeting today, she normally can't get out of them...judges and arbitrators generally frown upon excuses like " I have to take my daughter to rehearsal"...these appointments she has could be made a year or more in advance, or longer.  But it was cancelled at the last minute, and she was able to take them herself.

She had to wait for Thing Two's rehearsal right to the end....3 little girls didn't show up.  There is a language barrier with their Mom.  I hope that they show up for the recital tonight.  Thing Two would be disappointed if they cancel her dance because only 2 girls show up.

Thing One went back to school after rehearsal, but Thing Two wanted to stay home with me....which I said okay to.

I watched a bunch of videos on the weekend..videos on making doll shoes...so last night I made a pair of flip flops for her doll.  She has a new 18" doll and she is quite a bit smaller (slimmer) than her other 18" doll.

She brought her over today and we measured her.   I took off her clothes and made a pattern of it...then we started making more shoes for this doll.  Right now we are waiting for glue to dry.

I have finally finished the 2 quilts I took from guild outreach.

The pink quilt I just "quilted in the ditch" following all or most of the seams, then "McTavished" in the outer border and the two inner columns.  That went really quickly and I used up quite a bit of thread that I had from previous  projects.
The dolly quilt....that one I had to think about.  Over all quilting would not suit this darling little girl's quilt.

I stitched-in-the ditch around the borders and around the oval, then I stitched in the ditch in the rows of checker board.  I stippled in the blue oval,  then I stitched rows in the white "wallpaper" behind the doll.  I then outlined the doll, highlighted her apron, and put curls in her hair.  I didn't do anything to her face....

I finished the outer border with McTavishing.  Applied the binding and handsewed it. and " VOILA!"  another done!  I'll take these 2 back in 2 weeks for our finally meeting in June....also a potluck!.....quilters like to eat as much as they like to quilt!

  June already! 
Boy is next week going to be busy..The girls have their recital in a nearby town on Monday and I have to take them.  They will miss the whole day of school and Thing One is having national testing she will miss.  I don't know why the schools do these tests at this time of year...all the dance studios have their summer recitals in June...ahh..not my worry...
We are attending said recital on Monday, also...they have another show on Tuesday.
The mister is getting ready for his annual golf trip...I can't believe how many years they have been doing that!..
I have guild this week and it's our final June meeting with a pot luck.  The  Social committee has decided that we will only have finger foods....I will miss all the salads..that is the best part of a pot luck , I think.
I usually bring meatballs, myself...I had to come up with another idea, so I thought...devilled eggs!  The mister wants me to make him some devilled eggs before he goes away.  I got them in the pot for him now...he loves devilled eggs!
I was thinking of painting while the mister was away. He is allergic to paint, his eyes all swell up, I try to do it when he is away...or have my son-in-law paint for us during the winter months when work is slow.
I spent the last couple of days vacuuming up all of MissT's fur..boy is she shedding.  I brush and brush her and brush and vacuum her, but she is still shedding.  I guess it's all the warm  hot weather we are having.  In her 8 years I don't think she has ever shed so much..and her fur is still thick!
 But, I will probably sew all the time he is gone.  I have the Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt to work on, which I haven't done anything in a while..numerous other WIPs ( work in progress ), but they are FIFI's (find it and finish it)...and I have a bunch of king size sheets that I am going to resize to queen.
So I have my work cut out for me this week