Back in January, my mother and I took my daughter out grad dress shopping. We found the perfect dress and ordered it. We received a call last week that the dress had arrived and my daughter could go in and try it on. It is almost a perfect fit. We have an appointment in May for the few alterations that are required.

Doesn’t she look pleased?

I was reading Vicky’s blog about the price of gas in California. Vicky paid $3.159 per US gallon for fuel. If it helps, Vicky, this is such a deal!

$3.159 per US gallon works out to 83 cents per litre. This morning, I paid $1.094 per liter for fuel. That works out to $4.19 per US gallon.

(I haven’t factored into this equation the conversion of US dollars to Canadian dollars so the gap will shrink a bit. Gas is definitely more expensive in Canada than the US.)

According to the news, the high price of gasoline is here to stay for a while. The following cartoons were sent to me by a friend and seem quite timely.

I have started printing out my blog post each day and putting it in a binder.

I have been writing about my quilting primarily, but because quilting is part of the fabric of my life, I often include other things that are going on around me. My postings have become my personal journal. I had a moment of panic thinking that if something happened – a computer crash somewhere in blog land – I would loose everything.

I was showing my son by binder and I jokingly told him that he could inherit it someday. He expressed sincere interest in me leaving this bit of history to him and so I dedicate my blog to my son who will treasure it and will make sure my story lives on forever as part of our family history!

Yes, this is yet another new iron. The iron I purchased less than three weeks ago died last night. I returned it today and bought a new iron from Sears. Hopefully, this one lasts longer than 3 weeks! Back to quilting.

Thank you to all who sent such nice messages welcoming me to the Stash Quilts Webring. I am pleased to be joining you.

Carolyn mentioned that she really liked the Rail Fence Around the World quilt. Since I am working on a project right now for a customer, I have no current work of my own to show you. However, Carolyn’s comment reminded me of the quilt that I made in 2003 that actually led to the making of the Rail Fence Around the World quilt.

This is Scrap Rail Fence. This quilt took Best In Show at our local Fall Fair in 2003. I was very pleased that year to enter 7 quilts in the fair and take home 7 firsts, including Best in Show.

This quilt was quilted quite simply on my Bernina- in the ditch around the perimeter of each block. This quilt pre-dated the purchase of my long arm so there was no fancy quilting on this one–just stitch it together enough to keep it functional.