Whirwind Weekend and Clue Three in Progress!

 Friday night my daughter Hannah flew in from Wisconsin for 48 hours so we could wedding dress shop.  She had two dresses from Azazia shipped here so she tried those on Friday night.
She made appointments here in Arizona and Saturday morning we went to David's Bridal where she tried on about nine dresses.  All but maybe three we all liked though the top contenders were number one and three. In the end the winner from store one was number three and we were pretty sure that would be the one.

 

My mom and Kathy and I were her entourage.  The gal she had was really fast at getting dresses and at getting her changed which was great.

We had a quick lunch and then went to Brilliant Bridal where she was not finding alot of dresses she liked.  The set up there is different...you get to walk around and pick the dresses you want to try.  We picked one for fun because it reminded us of something my great grandma Rushman would have worn!  The dress was made off little white plastic discs.  It actually looked great on and my sister (who was voting via pictures on the phone) liked that one.  The second dress she tried on there was an absolute stunner.  It was the first dress that she immediately said "I really like this one" to.  I knew then we had a winner.  She tried on a half dozen more or so and then back to dress two.  They added a better belt and a veil and it was a done deal.  She said yes to the dress! 

 Meanwhile, I knew Kathy and I would fall behind on clue three due to these plans but clue three will wait a bit.  So Saturday morning since I am up early anyway, I cut (and marked the first square) all of my parts--it helps that I have strips cut in the right sizes though I needed to cut more of the darker blue color for variety.  I also cut about a hundred of Kathy's neutrals which are the dark blues.

 

 Sunday morning I sewed a test block (before drawing lines on all those squares) and packed everything up to take to my brother's house.  The whole family got together and watched the Packer game and ate.  I marked all of my squares and Kathy and I did all of hers.  Still need to cut her aqua (which goes in her center) but we have strips cut to choose from first.  We hope to sew about a quarter of them each night this week so we stay caught up but we shall see!

I will be linking up with Quiltville.

Happy Labor Day!

 My accountant daughter Hannah flew to Louisiana tonight for her job and was on the plane with Si and Jep from Duck Dynasty.  She got to get a picture with Si after they landed--how fun for her!

 I finished up the Eye Spy quilt and got some slightly wavy borders on.  I will hand tie this one and have it ready for a little one down the line.  After getting that done I went to work for a short three hour shift and then came back home and went right back to it!  Kathy was working so I finished up listening to China Dolls and organized the orange scrap bin and cut tons of 3.5 inch strips and then lozenges.  I am pretty sure I will have too many lozenges when these are all sewn...three more months to go!

 I have been posting my Wild and Goosey block that I complete each weekend on the Quiltville Open Studio group...it has gotten tons of attention and several folks have now started this or added it to their list.  That has motivated me further so I did an "extra" block today!  Loving seeing this one grow since I really want to have it quilted and bound to show Bonnie in person (she saw it last year, tiny!) in January.  Also one of the editors of Quiltmaker saw my pictures and asked if I could send her some to be published in the magazine.  How cool is that?  I hope it materializes, this quilt is tons of work but it is SEW gonna be worth it!

My daughter saw some of the pictures and asked who this one was for and I told her I was keeping it though it might be inherited by the oldest grandchild.  Her response was I will tell my brothers the race is on..haha!  While I cannot wait for grandkids, she is the only one even remotely ready to have any and right now she is focused on her career and enjoying life--such a smart girl!  So glad my advice about not having kids young got through to the kids...all mine were born by the time I was 23 and I guess the best thing about that is that I now have time for me and am still young enough to enjoy it!  :)  

Back to a full day of work tomorrow but hoping to sew again Wednesday or Thursday!