Remembering Adelia & a Give-Away

I took a short break from my woolly friends one afternoon this week and ventured out to a quilt shop I had been meaning to visit for awhile, The Back Door. I can now safely say it's one of my favorites.

They have a beautiful selection of fabric, but what impressed me the most was their kits. They had GADS of kits to choose from. Far more than what they had listed on their website. And everything was decorated and presented so well it was truly inspiring. I had a very hard time choosing only one kit. But in the end I walked out of there with the book Remembering Adelia and a kit to make the orange peel wall hanging on the cover. It should make a nice take-along applique project.


After returning home I was shuffling things around in Sheville and noticed I must really, really like this Heritage Sampler pattern by Lori Smith. Yep, I seem to have bought it twice. That means for one of you lucky ladies out there if you leave a comment you'll be entered into a drawing to win this little jem for yourself. Heaven knows I'll be lucky to do this one once let alone twice!


Quilt finishes 49 1/2" x 63"

No Trespassing

They're like the riff-raff stuck outside a hip nightclub.

Try as they might, the Golden Girls can't get past security to party with the Fat Bottom Girls. Security has even gone so far as demanding a private portal for their elite clientele to come and go. A hen hatch so to speak. Open by day.


Locked and secure by night.


But not to worry. Work has been commencing on the Golden Girls own private club this week. You'll recall the location prior to renovations.

Exterior work is to be complete sometime this fall. A fence is planned for the spring. Then the exclusive Ewe 21 Club will be open for business--with no chickens allowed.

Baa Baa Black Sheep

They might not be show girls. They wouldn't win the Fair Queen title. But I tell you what, they would give Miss Congeniality a run for the money. Considering they came from a farm with about two hundred sheep you wouldn't believe how friendly the Golden Girls are.


And it's not just humans they like, they get along with everybody. Even if that everybody barks at them for hours.

Sadly, not everyone shares their outgoing, unprejudiced personalities. In fact, the chickens were somewhat offended when the girls barged into their run unannounced. They demanded the girls leave immediately and closed the door behind them.

Prius and Penelope, however, were still out running amok in the barn lot. When they returned a couple hours later they were grounded for hanging out and getting in trouble with the wrong crowd. Teenagers now days! Next thing you know they'll have their ears pierced just like the sheep.

I Need to Learn How to Knit ASAP

I can't look at Blanche without thinking she would look fabulous as a scarf or a sweater. She is so beautiful.
We wanted sheep primarily just to serve as eco-friendly lawnmowers, which they have proven themselves to be very, very good at.

Of course I also wanted them simply to amuse me. Turns out they're very good at that, too. The fact that they produced wool was merely a bonus. I actually never gave it to much thought. But now... now I MUST learn to knit.

Look Who's Just Moved In!

It's Rose:
Blanche:
and Dorothy.
They are busy inspecting their new summer cottage and so far seem to have found everything to their satisfaction.

Moving is always a little stressful so they plan to spend the evening relaxing inside before heading out to tour the grounds. Maybe they'll do that tomorrow.

I'm so glad they finally made it.

You'll Never Believe This

But I'm going to tell you anyway because it's the truth.

After being blogging friends for awhile now, Milah and I decided it might be fun to meet and take a class together at one of our favorite quilt shops. We both live in different parts of the state but this shop is located pretty much in the middle and would be a great place to meet up. They don't have photos of their class samples online so while I was in there the other day I planned to take a picture, e-mail them to her and we could decide together which class we would take. Only they wouldn't let me take pictures. I could take pictures of anything in the store except the class samples. So Milah, being the brave soul that she is, trusted my judgment and signed up for a class called Bread Pudding site unseen.

A few days later I was looking through some old pictures on my hard drive and ran across some pictures I had taken at a quilt show a few years ago. Lo and behold there was a picture of the very same quilt! I must have liked it during the quilt show, too!


So, of course, I thought that was wild and sent the pictures to her saying "Wow, can you believe this? (Luckily she really liked it as well.)


But wait, that's not the really wild part. Today, while the kid is off visiting the King Tut exhibit at the children's museum with his cousins I decided to take advantage of the rare occasion of being alone and headed out to one of my favorite antique malls. This mall is in the complete middle of nowhere. Seriously, the town has this mall, a gas station and a few houses. That's it.

So while I was wandering around I found a stoneware bowl that matched a stoneware pitcher I already owned. I thought I was pretty lucky. Then I ran across a booth that had a stash of fabric and quilting books. Like any reasonable quilter I dropped everything and started inspecting this bounty a little more closely. And THIS my friends is where it gets really wild...

In this little country antique mall in the middle of nowhere I found THE BOOK that has THE PATTERN called Bread Pudding that was published in 1993. It was so freaky it gave me the heebie jeebies.


That is some wild and wacky stuff! Now you just go ahead and TRY telling me this wasn't meant to be.

Dinner at the Mayberry

If you're going out on the town to celebrate and you're planning to blow your diet anyway, let me tell you, the best place to do it is at The Mayberry Cafe.


You can choose from their specials--last night was Aunt Bee's fried chicken--or order your favorite Hoosier classic off the menu. My personal favorites are the beef Manhattan or the breaded pork tenderloin sandwich, but you can also get a variety of other good, old home-cooked meals. I chose the tenderloin, which comes the size of your head breaded and fried and served with steak fries. I can't even begin to describe how good this is!


While you're enjoying your dinner you can catch an episode of The Andy Griffith Show. As often as I've been in there it's surprising that I've never seen a repeat. Who wouldn't love a little Barney Fife with their meal? I mean you just have to love Barney and Goober. Last night I wanted to stay a little while longer to see if poor Opie got into trouble for telling a fib or not.


I recommend the peach cobbler served warm and topped with ice cream for stretching out a meal to see the ending. But once you get to the point where you can't eat another bite, and I'm sure you will, don't forget to check out Sheriff Andy's car on the way out. It's always parked out front.


Oh, and if you happen to have a teenager with you make sure you embarrass them to near death by taking pictures. Believe it or not he used to look just like Opie. I think he would have won thier Opie look-a-like contest had we know about it back then.