I Love Ticking

Well it's Sunday nite already - hard to believe - the weekend just seemed to fly by. Got a lot done again this past weekend - not creating so much but just things that needed to be done like grocery shopping, visiting, and paperwork! Spent about 4 hours today going thru paperwork and shredding a lot - I mean really - why do we keep so much - who says we have to keep an electric bill from 6 months ago - i never have needed it, have you - and if so what for? So from now on I'm only keeping the previous month until the next one comes in and is paid - Same with some of the other statements. I went looking on the Internet for a list of what you need to keep and for how long and didn't find much information. So anyway - I decided I didn't need a lot of these things and into the paper shredder it went!

Yesterday you can see how busy Jonesy and Riley were, (Miles was asleep down on his heating pad). The weather has been so weird - thunderstorms and rain and then hot and humid and sunny.

I stopped in at my Uncles and left there with some fresh mint and some bamboo stakes for our tomato plants. Came home and made some mint tea. Mmmmmm so good.

Most of the night it was thundering and raining and lighening. Today it got totally black outside - looked like it was nighttime it was that black and the skies opened up and it poured and poured and poured - then it got clear and the sun came out after a few hours. Jonesy and Riley spent the day in the back bedroom snuggled together on the blanket - looked pretty comfortable to me! Every one in a while I would jump on the bed and snuggle with them - of course they were probably thinking "get lost".

Yesterday I decided to make my chairpads I had in mind. I saw a set that were much larger - My seats aren't that large - made out of an aged type material like a feedsack in a primitive store. So when Kathy and I were out last week I bought an black ticking that looks aged already. I love ticking. Always have. I'm always trying to "prim" up my house - can't stand that cutesy country and can't stand ruffles (my old chair pad had ruffles and were thick). I love the older prim look - Just do not have the money to buy all the antiques I would love! So I do what I can with what I have.

Anyway I can't sew worth a darn and never really had the urge to, and have a hate/hate relationship with my past sewing machines (which I have broken). Last month I bought a new machine and went into it with the mindset that I could "do this", and I tell you - so far we are getting along! I used this ticking and that warm and natural batting i found at a thrift store last month and made these chair pads - I'm proud of myself - Now I know most of you are out there creating beautiful quilts and sewies and could do these in your sleep - but for me - this is an accomplishment! So they look kinda plain in the pic - but that's exactly what i wanted - think "primitive"! I was thinking of using twine to tie them to my chairs but i am leaving them like this - The kitties would probably chew on the twine.

One of these days I plan on hooking a rug for under the dining room table too!

I finished another little rug and have to whip that yet and then will share a pic. So right now - nothing is on my frame.

There is supposed to a couple of nice days at the shore this week so I'm hoping to go down there and spend the day on the beach - I'm determined to get there this year on a day when it's NOT raining!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend.