Our annual family beach vacation is, sadly, over. We had (almost) all of the family there with some of my best friends and got some great news. I'm going to be a Great Aunt of a little girl to be born in November. It will be Mom's first Great-Grandchild and everyone is beyond excited! What wasn't exciting was the weather. We had one beautiful beach day and one nice pool day. Otherwise it was gray and windy. I did get a daily walk on the beach for a free dermabrasion and a session of grounding. I also got to binge watch the last season of Mrs. Maisel, ate some fresh Mahi that Chris and James caught, read some books and played games. On the way home Saturday we got in a fun visit to the Outer Banks Aquarium before heading home to unpack and do laundry. Beach week is always a great kick off to the summer. I wasn't really in a maker mood last week. I was feeling more social. But I did get 3 chemo hats made. These could be "regular" hats but I use a super soft polyester yarn and, for that reason, donate them to specifically be chemo hats. Most of the yarn is Hobby Lobby yarn that I got on clearance for $1 a skein. I work with whatever colors I can get. I started a 4th hat in the Divine Hat pattern. I ran out of the pale color and thought I had more at home. I didn't, so I'm finishing it off with the darker color. I hope it will look OK. I know that, at least, it will feel good on a sensitive scalp. Yesterday, after Chris and I ran some errands and laundry was finished, I loaded 2 veterans quilts to get myself back in the groove.
This week I want to get the binding on the firefighter quilt and table runner and get started on the goldfinch quilt. Both need to be done before August 1. Depending on when you read this, there may still be time to enter all of the giveaways from last week. The winners will be announced Wednesday!
Gene Black
5/29/2023 10:49:56 am
Vacations are always over too quickly. I love seeing the jellyfish in an aquarium.
Kristin F
5/29/2023 12:56:24 pm
Great beach and jellyfish photos! Love the "free dermabrasion and a session of grounding". At least you didn't have rain to prevent you from walking. 5/29/2023 04:40:30 pm
"Free dermabrasion and session of grounding" - haha. It sounds like you had a good time - Welcome back1 - ;))
Mary Anne
5/30/2023 09:02:34 am
So sorry the weather wasn't cooperative for your holiday but I'm sure family time made up for it. And yay for a new wee little girl to spoil (do I see some more American Girl outfits in your future?)
Becky Turner
5/30/2023 09:30:38 am
That lovely picture of the jelly fish could be one of your dying lots!!!
patty
5/30/2023 11:26:18 am
That's too bad about the weather, but otherwise it sounds like you have a wonderful visit. The jellyfish picture is so pretty! Comments are closed.
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I'm Vicki Welsh and I've been making things as long as I can remember. I used to be a garment maker but transitioned to quilts about 20 years ago. Currently I'm into fabric dyeing, quilting, Zentangle, fabric postcards, fused glass and mosaic. I document my adventures here. Categories
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