Welcome spring...

I think we missed Spring and went right to Summer.
It is suppose to be in the 80's on Wednesday...this is crazy weather.

The tornadoes that went through SE Michigan on Thursday were a little to close for comfort...

...after seeing the devastation I am amazed there were no deaths or serious injuries.

no damage in Canton.....thank goodness...
...fabric, patterns, sewing machines are all OK....
my sewing room may look like a tornado went through...but none did.

My 2 Dsisters and my Dniece...

were visiting from Canada...
they arrived Tuesday around 9:30 p.m. and left Friday mid afternoon.

We did a lot of this...none of this is mine...

...too much eating.

My Dniece brought the most delicious peanut butter pie...

...it is sinfully delicious and so easy to make!!


Peanut Butter Pie
1 baked pie shell
1 cup peanut butter
2.5 cups icing sugar
Cooked Vanilla pie filling
Cool whip

Mix peanut butter and icing sugar together until you have little formed crumbs. 
You may have to add more icing sugar or peanut butter as I never measure and guessed on the amounts.
When you have the crumbs, put a layer on the bottom of a cooked pie shell.
 Add cooked vanilla pie filling and let cool. 
When cool add another layer of peanut butter crumbs,
 cool whip and then more peanut butter crumbs. 
This pie tastes best after it sits for a day :) 

and we managed to get in only a little sewing.

I didn't work on any of my UFO's...)o:

I have decided I need some help so when I saw there was a UFO linky party
I thought this party would be good...(o:

 

...and hopefully I can make some progress!!

I have posted Sandie's button on my side bar 
for anyone else who would like to join the party.

When Dniece was visiting last week she was disappointed in me...
yes she will tell it as it is.....

I had told her I was hoping to have my log cabin quilt top finished

 before she came for her sleepovers!!

It didn't happen...

I did pick my border fabrics, so that is a start....and I will be sewing on this...

...this week, for sure, the top will be finished!!!


hugs and happy stitching.

Pauline

Has this ever happened to you?

UPDATE
MISTLETOE MANOR FABRIC FOUND IN TEXAS
at http://www.stitchingdepot.com/holiday/673432.html
I'M A HAPPY CAMPER....(o:

A number of years ago, I bought a quilt kit from a LQS

not long after I bought it, I cut the fabrics for the blocks 

but not the borders.  When I was cutting the blocks I found 

2 of the fabrics were short.  Mr. Quiltnqueen and I went back to the shop

and Mary, the owner, gave me the shortage....
apologizing over and over again.

I stitched up all the blocks and cut the strips 

for the sashing, the corners stones and the inner border....

but not the outer border strips.

I put the blocks in a pizza box with all the extra fabric 
including the outer border fabric...and there it stayed for a few years.

About 3 weeks ago I dug the UFO out of hiding and started putting the blocks together

on the weekend I started putting on the inner border......

great I will get this top finished this weekend!!!

No so...I get the outer border fabric out and go to cut it...I should have 2.25 yards...

I have only 1.25 yards...

The fabric is by 3 Sisters...Mistletoe Manor from a while ago

and obviously not readily available any more.

The 1.25 yards is not even long enough to border the short ends of the quilt

without piecing it.

I'm miffed!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't mind piecing inner borders but I do not like to piece the outer borders.

It's back in the pizza box and will probably remain a UFO forever...)o:

hugs