I mean, what kind of "Alewives Girl" would I be if I didn't post some pictures of the Alewives? So, this Memorial Day weekend was very memorable for me... I had an excellent Friday night with my good friend Michaela and an impromptu barbecue at the neighbor's on saturday... "relaxicab" on Sunday and work at the store and Lobster Rolls on Monday. Was it not the most glorious weekend in recent memory?
Oh, and I helped my Grandmother with my Grandfather's 80th birthday party on Sunday, too. My Grandfather, by the way, is the oldest boy of 11 brothers and sisters, all of whom are alive and all of whom are living within a 30 mile radius of one another and they are ALL full of the dickens. Very funny when that crew gets together. And my sweet little Grandmother, when the party shows signs of slowing and some of the people had gone home, looks at the 1/2 empty pitcher of fruit punch, looks at me and says "probably we should put some Vodka in there, don't you think?" I, of course, said yes, and summarily helped my Grandmother to spike the punch at my grandfather's 80th birthday party. "Big Girl's Punch," we called it and let me tell you, it does not get any better than that.
...Or does it? The Red Sox have won their last 5 in a row and when Trot Nixon came back to town (this time as a member of the Cleveland Indians) the standing ovation he got from the crowd and the smile on his face gave me a serious case of the warm and fuzzies. Then we beat them fair and square. It's a great game. Did you all get your free Mike Lowell picture in the Boston Herald this Sunday? I got two!!!
In store news, I have finished my very first self-designed quilt top. It's called a "picture frame" quilt, it's very simple and very pretty and one in what I hope will be a long line of self published patterns. I'll post a picture as soon as I get it quilted. I'm finishing up my Magic Tiles quilt and loooooving it. I also just started a Turning Twenty out of the new April Cornell's this month. I'm discovering that I work very well with two or three different projects going on at once, so if I get bored with one I can jump to the next and have little "palette cleansing" projects and still feel like I'm getting a lot done.
And, the biggest news of all is that Sewing Lounge starts tonight. I'm so jazzed to have the store open until 8:30 as there's a totally different energy there at night (what other Quilt Shops do YOU know that play "My Chemical Romance?"). My project tonight is going to be making a pair of PJ pants out of the blue on blue "Acanthus" fabric by Amy Butler. I made a pair out of her lacework fabric on Saturday and they were so cute and so easy it was ridiculous!!!
Anyways, hope to see lots of people there tonight. If half the people show up who've said they're going to it should be wild.
And now, I must go and mow my lawn.
Enjoy the pictures!!!!
XOXO
Rhea Rhea
Great pics! YOu know...I didn't know anything about the alewives and was always wondering why there were cars and people with cameras all along that road! Hehe :) Guess I should check it out, or is it too late?
ReplyDeleteStopped by the store today but you weren't there :( I picked up the Nappy Bag pattern, but waited on picking fabric until you were in so you could help me. I was a little overwhelmed with all of the fabulous choices! When are you going to be in next? Would you mind helping me pick some fabric?
-Erin
Hey Miss Erin,
ReplyDeleteI'll be in all day today, friday (and by all day I mean from 10 am til 8:30 pm...yowzah!!!) and I'll be in saturday and sunday and monday, too. I would love to see you and help you pick out fabrics. I'm very opinionated that way!!! and, BONUS!!!, I do believe the Alewives are still running so you could definitely check them out!!!
See you later,
Rhea