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Lent

Years ago, I went with Steph to the Easter Vigil at St. Agnes in Covington. I always remember the imagery of the baptismal font, which had been filled with sand during Lent, being turned on some time during the service and the sound of the water flowing.

When I was thinking about a worship banner for Lent this beige linen reminded me of the sand in the font. For Easter I'll need a wonderful colorful banner to celebrate. Maybe water-related.


Last Sunday we had a large candle on the communion table (communion doesn't happen every Sunday) with smaller candles that people could light from the larger one during Prayers from the Congregation. Very pretty imagery. I always have pieces of fabric, so it's easy to just cut one down, or not, when the occasion comes up.

Splash!

It's getting toward the end of the month and I still have some goals to accomplish. One less, though, my monthly project from Quilting Arts or Cloth Paper Scissors.

I was looking through the magazines, looking for a project, when I spotted some machine needle felting. I have an ever-so-nice machine felter but hadn't used it in forever, and I was really attracted to the pictures of free motion embroidery on felting.

I have several felted sweaters, just waiting for projects, and I cut part of the sleeve off one
and machine felted roving and Angelina on it. Too much blue Angelina, probably, but now I know.

Doing the free motion embroidery on the felting was glorious and gave me the chance to try out my new-to-me single hole needle plate too. I'd been wanting to do the little circles forever. I want to get away from the stippling-every-time mentality.

An Easy One

One of my goals for March (I always include a few easy ones) was to walk across the Purple People Bridge. I love that bridge, love the idea of a pedestrian bridge, enjoy being around the water. Like the idea that I can drive down the street and be there in no time at all. Like the idea of being able to walk across the river from one state to another.

The walk was last week, and the Ohio River was very high. This week it's receding once again.

Probably next time I'll have Nora and/or Aaron with me. They love it too.

Silence

I don't like to be silent for this many days in a row, but sometimes technology gets the better of me. The latest example is my little red card reader, into which I can put my camera card to transfer pictures to the computer. Suddenly and with no warning it just didn't work. The computer didn't even recognize it. Dead.

I got it because the people at the camera store said it might help my camera last longer since the lens wouldn't be going in and out as much. Since my camera problems have been with the lens opening, that seemed reasonable. Of course my camera also came with a cord, but it took a couple of days of on-and-off looking to locate that. And it turns out that the lens opening when the camera is connected to the computer must be a Sony thing anyway, since it didn't happen with the Nikon.

Then there was the matter of finding out where on the computer the pictures went with the new system. Hmmm.

On a different note, it's hard to look at those shoes in the now-found picture without getting happy. They were at a shoe store display at Newport on the Levee, where I saw Cedar Rapids. It's a light-hearted movie, no thinking involved. Don't leave without watching the credits or you'll miss something.

Rescue Sewing

I enjoy what I call "rescue sewing." Taking something that was unusable and turning it into something used and liked. Holes in jeans. A new hem. Replacement buttons.

Or, in this case, buttonholes in a shower curtain. A friend really liked this shower curtain but brought it home to find no buttonholes for hanging. They were just missing. I wonder whether all the shower curtains made that day were missing their buttonholes.

Next up: kitchen curtains for another friend.

You Just Never Know

Sometimes you just never know how things might unfold.

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Number one: I picked out the paint swatch which is propped up against the comforter. It's been tucked inside my bedroom light switch for months now, just waiting for the right paint time.

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Number two: Sarah and Winnie gave me the awesomely pink comforter for Christmas. Which I love.

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Number three: the wall hanging quilt top I made in the Kathy Loomis workshop yesterday and finished piecing this morning. I never planned for any matching. The only reason I chose the greens was because the fabric selection was limited. We were supposed to have a light, medium, and dark. I chose the two greens and the purple for dark.

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We all put slices of our fabrics in a pile and picked out pieces for neutral (gray for me) and accent (that lovely pink) that other people had brought. No preplanning what so ever, but my bedroom is going to look pretty darn wonderful.