I Had To Share

Have you ever received one of those emails that you just had to share? I apologize if this is old material that you've already seen,  I got it from a friend recently{thanks, Emily!} and had to pass it along to you my audience my online girlfriends.  I poked around a little and the best I can determine is that National Girlfriend's Day is August 1.    Regardless, I post this for its sheer LOL quality and appreciation for all the people who read my blog.  Plus the fact I have a mighty big birthday coming up this year and am starting to feel like the woman in the picture!

National  Girlfriends Day 
I am  only as strong as the coffee I drink, the  hairspray I use, and  the friends I have. 
To the cool women who  have touched my life.    Here's to you!

It is good to be a woman:  
  
  1.  We got off the Titanic first.  
  2.  We can  scare male bosses with mysterious  gynecological disorder excuses.  
  3.  Taxis  stop for us.  
  4.  We don't look like a frog in  a blender when dancing.  
  5.  No fashion faux pas we make could ever rival the Speedo.  
  6.   We don 't have to pass gas to amuse ourselves.   
  7.  If we forget to shave, no one has to know.
  8.  We can congratulate our teammate  without ever touching her rear end.  
  9.  We  never have to reach down every so often to make  sure our privates are still there. 
10.  We  have the ability to dress ourselves. 
11.  We can talk to the opposite sex without  having to picture them naked. 
12.   If  we marry someone 20 years younger, we are aware  that we will look like an idiot. 
13.   We will  never regret piercing our ears. 
14.  There  are times when chocolate really can solve all  your problems. 
15.  We can make comments about how silly men are in their presence  because they aren't listening 
        anyway.
  
I am off to sew, talk to you later! 

This and That

Hope everyone had a pleasant weekend.  I spent mine sewing ~ On Saturday my LQS sponsored a Pillowcase Challenge Day.   I precut a bunch of novelty fabric and ended up using it all, 10 pillowcases, which means 10 yards out of my stash!

Then while waiting for my fabric to finish my Patchwork Party sampler quilt to arrive I started another kit in my stash.  Another one I have no recollection of buying nor can I summon up why I would want to make a kite-themed quilt.

Here's the fabric,

I decided to use this pattern from Moda instead.

The blocks are large ~ 15 inches. And I like them better than the kites!  My fabric came on Saturday late afternoon so I was able to add the sashing and cornerstones on Sunday. 

I love how it's turning out, so soft and feminine looking.  All I have left is a light pink tone-on-tone floral for an inner border and then the purple for the outer border.

And a pocket tissue holder I made for my daughter.  I made the quilted fabric and somehow it came out all askew and with squares rather than diamonds. 
Lastly, the back of a quilting book I found at the library featuring a men's quilted vest that I thought was a hoot!  Can you imagine... LOL.

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Look At This!

Drove my daughter back to college in St. Louis about a week ago and we discovered a new Target. Not just any Target This one, in addition to the usual parking lot, also had a underground parking garage! This is the escalator from the garage to the store.

With it's very own shopping cart escalator! Here's where you put the cart to go down.

And this is where the cart comes out in the garage.

We thought this was so funny! We get back to my daughter's suite and her roommate really wasn't impressed. Ruth comes from Atlanta where apparently these super-duper-underground-parking-garages are quite common. Just goes to show you it doesn't take much to amuse these two Florida girls.

This is a random picture of clouds just for the fact I thought they looked so pretty. I am off to the quilt store, just to look you understand! There are so many new lines out, this place has some Jelly Rolls on sale.
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