Time On My Hands....

Sometimes I knit little purses with tiny needles no bigger than a pencil lead,



and sometimes I garden. 


Sometines I decorate eggs.  Now I need a nap.

Thanks,Teye. I've always been a bit 'crafty'; the 'sly' part came later in life.

Thanks,Mystic! After decades of practice, I am satisfied with how things turn out occasionally. I won't show you any of my earlier work!

Thank you for the kind compliments, Glencairn!

I'm afraid I haven't had much patience in my life, but I make up for it with determination! I start projects, they aren't turning out the way I like and I throw them in a storage bucket. Every so often I'll pull them out and see if any ideas come to mind, the throw them back in if not! Here's what I started about 25 years ago:   
     

    I had a hard time figuring out what to do next, so I hung it in my living room and stared at it for a couple of months. This is what I came up with last winter:



I have been tring to figure this wall hanging out for 20 years, and I think I've got it! If it DOSE turn out, I'll post the finished pic. 



I haven't sold any of my quilts. Around here, people think of quilts as blankets and think $30.00 would be a fair price.  I'm a 'quilt snob' and only use 100% cotton fibers, which will last 100's of years as long as you don't wash it in hot water or throw it in a dryer. The batting alone costs $30.00! Quality fabric is up to $12.00 a yard, and a good 6 yards is used on the top alone, with another 3 yards for the back. Materials alone can run over $300.00 for a queen sized quilt! Add up to 60 hours of labor, and buying a quilt isn't for the faint of heart! 

I worked at a fabric and craft store for years, and my employee discount allowed me to 'collect' things for my retirement years. I'm about one yard of fabric short of being featured on 'Extreme Hoarders'.

I am way too leary of selling via the internet; so many people have gotten burned that way. So, I have a full quilt rack until my kids/grandkids come to visit.  I send them off with quilts, and then I'm highly motivated to fill the rack again.

Thanks, chiefsmom. The ideas are the fun part, and executing them is 'grunt' work. I have two large totes of tops ready to be quilted, so guess what I'm doing; working on three new tops instead of quilting what I have.
My excuse this time is waiting on parts to fix my quilt machine.

Hanging your quilt is actully the best way to display one, as far as fabric care- just don't expose it to stong light.

Thanks, Rickster. I think everybody is gifted with a special talent, and mine just happened to lie in the creative field, as is Mrs. Rickster's!