AQS-Syracuse shopping

My original shopping goal at AQS-Syracuse was to buy rulers for ruler work/quilting. I had some specific beginner rulers in mind based on lotsa research but I was open to almost anything. There were several booths with rulers but not quite what I was hoping for. A couple booths had bundles containing one ruler I really wanted but I was not willing to pay the big bundle price so I'll keep looking for those.

I did come across a longarmer who sells his own rulers and his partner who had rulers for domestic machines. I couldn't pick just one ruler to start with so I took their business card which had a link to their 140+ youtube videos. Maybe once I get through those I can pick one or 2 of their rulers. Of course, I forgot the card at home today so if anyone wants the link let me know in the comments and I'll get it to you tomorrow.

And now, lets get on with the actual shopping!!!!

-- 5 random FQs
-- Superior Threads: 3 replacement colors and 2 new blues
-- 1 mini charm pack from Primitive Gathering - couldn't resist the pretty
purple/gold/yellow combo and it's a the perfect size for 3/4" hexies
-- 2 quilting rulers
-- a cat stitchery kit: I know, sooooo not me but it's really cute and 100% true.
Home IS where the cat hair sticks to everything but the cat!

I couldn't resist the cranky cats panel.
I was going to take a close up of my fav  cat but just couldn't pick one.
Now to figure out what to do with this...
It's not very big so maybe some tabby orange sashing and borders for a lap quilt?

You knew if there were hexies I would find them!
There were 2 kits (acrylic templates & papers) avail - 1 for the smaller center and the other for
the center and outer rounds. I splurged for the bigger kit cuz I can now make both sizes.
This is one of 2 projects I own with curves. I think it's time to bite the bullet and just try curves. Wish me luck!
The big issue is do I start it ASAP or wait until "later"????
Janet can tell you I have many UFOs but a new project is always funfunfun!
And I can't remember the last time I started a new project...
oops - that would be the pieced hexie project Mickey Depre is spearheading.

A topic for another day is coming up with my own pattern to sell as this person did.
Her pattern, paperpieces.com produced the templates and papers.

And  last but not least...HALF-NEKKED WOODSMEN!!!!!
Can they come camping with ME next year??!!
Some of you may recall my fireman quilt...
I'm going to do something similar, surrounding a yard of the woodsmen with blocks or borders.
If anyone has a "simple" block suggestion I would love to see a link.
In the meantime I am combing my Pinterest boards for ideas I've saved.

What do you want next?
Quilts at the AQS show? Hiking? Or general camping photos?

Happy Hump Day!!

The Bibliophile Files - 8/2/16

Hello and welcome to this month's edition of the Bibliophile Files!

If you will recall, the July edition was a week late so I don't think this is a bad haul for just 3 weeks! As I mentioned yesterday, a lot of that is thanks to the ADK. It's 5 hours each way to the ADK and then an hour each way to 3 of the mountains I climbed = thank God for audiobooks on mp3 (no need to change disks while driving curvy mt roads).

Don't forget hiking time - I listened to some really good books and some OK books on my iPhone. I've got an OK book going on my iPhone right now. Some people would say to just quit the book but I really want to see where it goes given the first bit was more exciting than the middle/flashback section.

This brings me to #54 of 84 books finished for the year. Goodreads.com says that I am 5 book ahead of schedule. Pretty sure being ahead of schedule is a first for me :)

Finished
     Words in the Dust
     Fat Angie
     The Sin Eater's Daughter
     Mandela - An Audio History
     How it Went Down
     Family Honor
     Calculated in Death
     Egg & Spoon
     Innocence
     Every Last Word

In Progress
     Devoted in Death
     Symphony for the City of the Dead

OK, my friends, now it's your turn to share the books you've read over the last month. Remember - books include novels, magazines, quilt pattern books and cereal boxes :)

Design Wall Monday - 8/1/16

This week's blog posts are brought to you by the Adirondack Mountains!
Did all y'all miss me last week??!! I know a certain little B&W pussy cat that missed me...

For all the rain that was predicted, there wasn't a drop until I was already partway home. Woohoo! I took advantage of the good weather to get a LOT of hiking in and that meant that I didn't get a lot of hexies done 'cuz I was too tired to do anything. I know! I was surprised too!

I took the owl project with me but for the tiny bit of stitching on the mother ship and background pieces it just wasn't worth a photo.

I basted the hexies for another blue rosette - I just need to pick a layout.

I also worked on adding the sashing to this other blue rosette.

Yeah! That was it for hexies. I carried hexies to the top each mountain I climbed but never touched them there either. I think the trip was just too short - of course, isn't every vacation too short? - but with 2 travel days on a 5 day trip including 3 days of hiking, 1 days of quilt show and 1 day of rest it just flew by...

Tomorrow is The Bibliophile Files - I did a lot of "reading" while hiking and driving :)

Other posts I know you are sitting on the edge of your seat waiting for will include the AQS-Syracuse show (I made just a couple purchases!), the 5 mountains I climbed (3 had restored fire towers), and camping in general.

Cya tomorrow!