Quilt Sticks and getting rid of paper

I bought some quilt sticks at the Rochester show. I haven't used them a lot because I only got three sizes and haven't done a lot of cutting in those sizes. The husband and wife team live in Bloomington (about three blocks from my parents!) and their number is 612-916-1171 (Jason). Their website is www.quiltsticks.com but I haven't checked it out yet. Most of the sticks are $8 or $10 apiece. They have a buy 3 (size 4 7/8 and smaller) for $22.

Cleaning up old stuff . . .

Ironically, I was just about to tape this into a paper journal / scrapbook when I thought about scanning and blogging. I may still preserve the originals (though they'll no longer be in a pile on the pool table - hoorah!)
Sue Kreuser was an amazing principal. I loved working with her. These are two different start-of-the-year things she (and dean Kyle W) gave all staff members back in the early-2000s. I'm so glad I got to work with her!

Quilting

Rather than start yet another blog (what do I have to say about quilting, anyhow?), I'll just put a nugget of info here. At Saturday's quilt meeting, the speaker shared that we should look at the number of dots on the selvage when buying fabric. The more dots there are, the better the fabric's dye. It will be more colorfast and will hold its color longer. She looks for fabrics that have 14+ dots!!! (Compare with JoAnns . . . ) This fabric tends to be more lethal to make in terms of the dyes, but it will hold the color longer.

Watching Morgan at Autocross

It was fun to go out to DCTC's fantastic track in Rosemount and watch Morgan last Saturday. He was having so much fun in his "new" Miata. His number is 714. He tapes it onto his car with blue masking tape for each racing event. Looks like a blast, but too expensive a hobby for me.

Inklings

Getting rid of scraps of paper from my desk today . . .

Still want to read & learn more about the Inklings. For now, here's the scrap I'm ditching:

C.S. Lewis 1898-1963
J.R.R. Tolkien 1892-1973

Roald Dahl (?) 1916-1990 - was he one of them?

Common threads in their lives?

Book Clubs

I just changed over my non-used blog "SOLC Book Club" to "Eileen Frances Pahl Somers" so I can start collecting stories and photos to share. This was the one and only blog entry for SOLC:

In 2006, Jodi Prip started a Ladies' Book Club at Spirit of Life Church in New Prague. We have had so much fun and fellowship (and a few heated discussions) over the past few years. As we continue to read more titles and expand our group, we sometimes forget a past title or author. This blog will be our one handy place to gather book thoughts. Feel free to comment! We welcome the interaction.

I just never did anything with it and I don't think the others were interested. I have a list of past titles on my regular reading blog. Onward and upward!

Conferences

It's only 4:45 and I'd really, really like to be done now. This is an interesting experiment. Doesn't work for me, but maybe I'm just too stubborn. Glad I talked to one mom who loves this style . . . Just over two hours left and I'm going stir-crazy.