Need a Lift?

My hubby and I decided to do some grocery shopping yesterday.  Our first stop was Giant Eagle to pick up a ham which was on sale for .99 lb.  For the life of me I can't understand why at this time but, whatever, it was a good deal.  We started out trip through the store and past the produce and down through the bakery we went.  I then turned to my hubby and asked if he noticed  the store was full of old people.  He said he noticed the same thing.  This has happened before at Erie County Farms and at the time I wrote a blog about it.  Most of these people were by themselves though and as we were leaving we saw a Lift bus parked at the end of the parking lot.  I'm not sure it was related or not.  What was interesting was that it wasn't just that store.   Valu-King looked the same.  We also went to Save-a-Lot but there was no one else in there.  What a great day for shopping!  It's funny when we talk about old people like they were aliens and so different from us.  The point of it all was that we fit right in  -  no problem!  We don't shop enough to know if it's just on Wed., every week, once a month or what?  But like I said, we like it!

Finished the Runner

I got my daisy table runner done in time for Easter and it looked nice but what a lot of work.   It was supposed to be a simple project.  I wrote another blog describing the pieced daisy flowers surrounded by med. blue fabric with yellow polka dots.  I knew at the time it was too much blue and in putting in the binding, I needed more of the daisy print.  During the class, the others suggested I do the outline quilting, daisy binding and a light gold flange to match the center of the daisy.  After quite a few broken needles and frustrating days, I did the outline quilting.  I will never do the same again, or at least not in 1/4 inch intervals like this.  I did my best to keep things even but that was near impossible.  Also, it would have been much easier if the pattern had been simpler.  I reached a point in my quilting that was very tricky.  The flange, or narrow folded flap that goes just inside the binding, went in well.  I really like the look of this and will definitely do it again.  The binding went in smooth also even though I opted to finish it by hand.  I just wasn't sure of the corners.  Now I'm off onto another project which is finishing the scrapbook of the grandkids here last summer.  I'd say it was time.