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What else can I say? Currently it is snowing, with subzero temperatures... Whah!

What I did on the holiday Monday,,,,

OK there are lots of things I could do on a holiday Monday...I did bake a cake, I cleaned our BBQ (argh - that was gruesome!), and did a bit of weeding in the garden.  But what I enjoyed most were the hours spent in my sewing room all afternoon.

I made up six or seven little quilt blocks with some of my cherry fabrics that I have been stashing.  I do intend to make an entire full size quilt but for now I just wanted to sew stuff together. Most of the fabrics in this little 'to be quilted' wall hanging are "Oh Cherry Oh" from Moda, and a bit of Mary Engelbreit as well.

I just love my ric rac!

Ric Rac

These are the goodies that arrived by mail this week, and all on a Friday afternoon too. More cherry fabric, no surprize there, but I also found some cute fabric remnants on sale and thought I would order them in and check them out. I am not disappointed.

The best of my Friday arrivals, was my order of ric-rac. Yup, ric-rac.

Look at these beauties! Of course this is only a small sampling of what is available out there in 'online shopping-land'.  There is giant ric-rac to be had ( 1 1/2" wide), also pin-dotted ric-rac, and so many colours!  I feel a new collection coming on. And I admit I have more to arrive by mail next week!

As sewing pursuits have become more specialized, ie: beautiful quilt stores abound while many 'big chain' sewing stores have closed up shop and left town;  now the choice of sewing sundries have become less readily available.  I mean ric rac, eyelet lace & ribbon trims were things commonly sold at the Five & Dime, or at least there was a wall of them available to the home sewer upon visiting Hooge Fashion Fabrics or a Fabricland outlet.  They usually sold at pennies a yard, or prepackaged, wound around a piece of cardboard for a $1.19 a pack. 

These new acquisitions are not very expensive at all, but I still felt compelled to acknowledge the end of an era, & the beginning of a new one. I admit I do love the choices available.