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I went to a 50's party last night and I tried to dress 50's.  I didn't have a poodle skirt (the 2 winner's each had on a poodle skirt, of course).  But I was the only one there with saddle oxfords and real pony tail!!
There was a cut out of Elvis but I didn't take my camera to get a picture with him. And of course, they were playing cd's of E.P. There were pictures of the some of us who attended of when we were a child (I guess from the 50's) and then you guessed who was who.  They played a game where you answered yes or no to questions like: Did you ever go to Maywood, Did you ever go to Kays, Did you ever own a poodle skirt, Did you ever go to a grocery store opening that featured a country singer?   I remember when Elvis performed at the opening of the shopping center at Lamar and Airways.   We had bar-b-que and then brownies with ice cream.  All in all, a fun evening with a bunch of other "old" women.  It was a fund raiser for Quota of West Memphis.

H and I are working on an "ugly" quilt for the homeless.  They ask that you use rummage fabric, etc. even for the padding, as they don't want it to have any monetary value.  The only problem is that it is so large to work with.  I bought these tablecloths from a church rummage sale for .50 each.They were long enough, but I had to cut one panel and sew it together to make it wide enough. Doesn't she look
enthusiastic!!!


When H was younger she had a "make-up" party and she wanted her friends to walk the Red Carpet so we bought all this red felt and laid it on the sidewalk outside  Yes, I know she is spoiled! Since we also needed to use rummage for the padding, this is what we used.  It has been washed twice and didn't fade any. 
 At this point, it is 14 ft by 7 ft. Then we will turn it top over the bottom with the padding inside.  This will make it 7X7.  After we tack it, then we will double it again to make it like a 3 1/2 by 7 roll and tie it up.

The original tablecloth had the flowers on the ends but when I finished, the flowers on one side are on the outside and on the other side down the middle.  Confused?  H is out of school next Thursday and Friday, so her friend Kelly (the one that did the modeling with her) will come over and maybe we can finish this.  Then I will show a picture of it completed and it will make more sense, I think.

 

I worked at the fair and that was nice.  The day I worked they weren't very busy, but there were five of us from MKG (Memphis Knitting Guild) so we had a nice visit.  I had entered a quilt and it didn't win anything. I think there must have been 50 quilts entered.  I counted 30 hanging from the ceiling and then there were others displayed around the room.  Here is mine:It is the one of the jars.  It is all hand pieced and hand quilted.  Each block has 12 pieces in it so it was a lot of work.  I belong to an Australian Quilting Guild and they have what they call the "Friday Flaunt"  where you show what you made or worked on that week.  I would have to have a "Yearly Flaunt" as this is the only quilt I made all year. 





 The other thing I entered was a scroll saw Jigsaw Puzzle AND it won 3rd place - so I got a white ribbon and $3.00.  Yeah....

Then last week (with the help of DH) I made a Shepherd's bag for S2 -  He is a Sunday School teacher and he will use this to put his visual for the week in and then ask the sweet, darling, precious little children to guess what is in it.  YES, you can tell I no longer have a little brat in my home.  We used a leather shoestring for the tie and DH put the brads in the holes.

 

I have found a really neat blog where you can print out labels FREE.  Also the blog is fantastic.  It is http://justsomethingImade  On the left hand side is a link to FREE STUFF




Now for a family thing:  Last Saturday night I had a surprise birthday NASCAR party for my husband.  And guess what - he really was surprised.  We had about 25 people here and he felt so special- well, really he is anyway. He had mowed the lawn and then cleaned up the "drankin' porch" real good so S3 said maybe he knows something.  But I said "No, it's just that when he gets started cleaning, he can't find a stopping place".   I did not take any pictures but we did have a good time.  He even won a quarter bet on the race!
 

I know it isn't really the end of summer, but now that school is starting (well, really the 19th) it seems like the end of summer.  I did finish all 5 chairs and other things as well.  We went on vacation and while there I completed a Christmas gift, which I can't show.  This is the view from our vacation balcony.



     
And the day it stormed.
 
The girls slept late and I sat out on the balcony and knitted or sewed and read. I went to my FAVORITE book store and he bought some books from me, but I still ended up owing him money. It is about 150 miles from home and I always buy enough books to last me a year or two.  But we did accomplish a lot.  Just Heather, one of her friends, and me.  We made it a "girls" week.  We went to an outdoor passion play, a little theatre production of "Steel Magnolias", shopped, went on a cruise.  Ok, it was just 1 1/2 hour cruise on the Belle and it stormed while we were on there.  The two girls got a massage at the Arlington Hotel so all in all it was a good week

The other thing exciting is that Son2 and GD2 went sky diving. They free fell for 60 seconds and then opened the chute.  That was really fun, at least for us on the ground the whole time

How appropriate that the company vehicle is a hearse! The hood ornament is a skydiver.  And the website is www.JumpElvis.com.

Now that we are back in the groove, I will get back to my regular schedule. But it has been a good summer and I am ready for school to start. (Heather is not)!!!