What to do on a snow day...........

First off I would like to say Thank You for all your well wishes during our snow storm. At this point there have been no injurers. People were stranded on the road right by Lake Michigan in downtown Chicago for as long as 13 hours. As of this afternoon they were still trying to remove cars that were abandon by their owners either for running out of gas or just plain tired of not moving. Kind people crossed the street to bring the passengers food and drinks and blankets. All are home now but some have not gotten their cars yet.

Due to the plummeting temperatures they expect the wind chill factor to go as low as -25 to-30 below zero!

We get another snow day!!

So….
What did we do today?
Slept in!! I was served hot coffee in bed my daughter!
Did some sewing, just not ready to show you yet.
Watched as my hubby went out every half hour or so to shovel!
Actually cleaned out the crawl space and packed and moved bins into our new closets.
Played games.
Watched TV.
Ate junk food.

I have showed you where I piece my quilts........

I thought it might be fun to show you where I hand quilt. I must first take a shower and get into my PJ’s. I sit in my lazy-boy with the feet up. My quilt is on my lap all cozy. To my left, my bright light, scissors, thread, pins, etc
This is the only spot I can do my quilting.

To my right hanging on the wall is a quilt my mother embroidered and I added the scrappy border. This is such a treasure for me as my mother passed almost 20 years ago at a very young age.

Then right in front of me, less than 3 feet away, is the TV. Tonight, Top Chef, while I quilt.

I decided to stitch a big X in each of the nine patch sections.

I sometimes use medical tape to keep my stitching straight. I plan on using a nice pink in the sashing but have not decided on the pattern yet.



There you have it!! My very special spot. I could spend hours (and I have) quilting there!

Well it is after midnight, and I have no idea why I am wide awake so I think I will now go and read on my kindle!

Hope I did not bore you too much!