Back from Vacation

We are back from our trip to Buffalo, New York for family reunions. We had a great time. One of Ron's cousins came from London, England. It was fun to see him, as it had been several years since he had attended. We visited with 2 sets of family and caught up on so much. Naturally there was a lot of eating. They have a sandwich called "Beef on Wick" that is to die for. The beef is usually cut from what they call a steam ship round and piled high on a bun that has caraway seeds and kosher salt baked into the top. It is soooooooo good.

We came home stocked with Saylens hotdogs, Wise potato chips, Loganberry juice, and Nances mustard. Let's just say there were 2 coolers full of good eating for the next several weeks. Surprisingly, the food that was frozen, stayed frozen, even though we stopped in Cleveland, Ohio for the night on the way home. I brought home a new plant, and naturally some fabric.

One of the most wonderful places to visit is the 5 and 10 "Vidlers" in East Aurora, N.Y. It still like the the old days. Wooden floors, glass dividers on the counters and filled with all the goodies you can remember. Through the years they have expanded into adjoining stores. You can spend hours there checking out everything. It is a child's delight. All sorts of toys. Fisher Price had their headquarters in East Aurora. When new toys were produced they would first be introduced at "Vidlers".

There are 2 quilt shops in town. I did have to check them out as well. Only picked up a couple of fabrics. Found a cute pattern for notebook covers and fabric to make them.

While I was in the car going to and coming from Buffalo, I did get the binding done on these 3 quilts. The Butterflies is a top that had been done for several years, but not quilted. A few weeks ago I took 5 quilts to be quilted. This one and the next were part of those 5. It is such a great feeling to finally have them done.This was a sampler from "The Civil War Love Letter Quilt" that I made about 3 years ago. It too had not been quilted. Now it is done as well!!

This last quilt is the one I made from the fabric I won at the Bermuda Quilters Guild in June. This picture shows it just as a top. I did in the ditch quilting on it and bound it and now it is done as well! Yea for me. That has to be one of the fastest projects I have done. I had a few things I could add when I got home. I love to collect "stuff" to put on my quilts.

I also made about 20 hexagon flowers. I have picked up 2 denim shirts I want to decorate with the flowers. They can become additive. Some I want to applique to squares to make into a small quilt.

Today, for some reason I pulled out some crocheting. I have tried to make dish clothes. Let's just say, I can sew better then I can crochet. My husband asked if I was starting a new hobby! Little did he know I have tried to crochet since I was in grade school!! No, I am not starting a new hobby, just working on something else from a long time ago!

I need to get outside for a few minutes to fill my bird feeders. Looks like all of them are empty. I miss watching the birds from the window by the computer.