Friday, March 28, 2014

Rainy day in Georgia-lina

South Carolina Peach Blossoms...
It is spring here but it is cold and wet!  I want to go to an country auction tomorrow but it is cold and wet!  Last time I went when it was like this we "mud-skated" across the field...I felt bad for folks trying to carry large pieces of furniture to their trucks!

There are a few quilts I'm interested in but mainly I want to check out all the sewing items.  She had a huge collection of thimbles - the real type.  Nice silver ones at the show last week were running $100 and up.  I have two antique thimbles that I bought at auction for half that and they work great for me...and they would be easy to carry across the mud field!
Class handpiecing block...in progress but so far loving the points!
I tried to explain to my dear husband that a thimble is to a quilter as a putter is a golfer...he has ten putters in our garage.   And since I am back to doing some hand-piecing I'll get more use out of the thimble than he will those putters...

And here is a glimpse at some of the new additions to the "stash."  The large Blue Hill orange backing is for my Halloween applique quilt!  Just need to sew on the borders and it will be a finish!  Having the back ready is a real incentive....

6 comments:

Janet said...

I never knew peach blossoms were pink! So pretty!! Your hand pieced block is lovely. Good luck with the thimbles :0)

Cathy said...

The flowers are beautiful. We had peach trees and I always loved the blossoms. You picked up a nice block. I love the fabrics. Hugs

Kathy in FL said...

LOVE that red paisley! Your points are perfect, too.

Tonya Ricucci said...

yay, fun fabric! I see a color scheme.

Janet O. said...

I like your thimble logic. : )
Lovely job on the hand piecing. Looks perfect!

Impera Magna said...

Hope you have a great time today and bring home lots o' thimbles with very little to no rain to carry the thimbles thru!

Love when peach trees are blooming... so looking forward to peaches this summer!