Friday's Expo treasures!

Oh, for the joy of sewing!  How can I be so blessed two days in a row to get to spend so much time at the Expo and with my sister!  Yep, my sister is getting back into sewing and crafting and it is so much fun watching her find fun crafts to play with.  She has been setting up her craft room with her husbands help these last few weeks!  So, we walked all over the Expo as she stopped at each booth and I explained a little about what they were selling.  She always says she is part racoon and I believe it...she spent most of her time and money in the crystal booth with those tiny little stones that glitter...I call bling bling.  She got a bejeweler tool and every color of the rainbow stones!  It was so much fun watching her discover the whole big world of really cool sewing tools and patterns on the market...oh, for the joy of living!!  Ummm, I found a few cool toys for me too...a cute bag with all kinds of zippered pouches inside, crochet tool set, DVD for the creative feet I bought years ago and never used because I don't know how to use them, a project bag pattern, and cute zippered project pouches with the Expo logo printed on them in sweet pink colors..for joy...for the joy of sewing!!!

Treasures from the Expo!

Oh, the fun...so much fun!!  Left the house on time and even got my McD's biscuit...yummy!  Met with my long time school friend, two of her daughters plus a mutual friend for the Original Sewing and Quilting Expo to shop and shop all day!  We hugged, and spent a few minutes catching up, then we started the hunt for the perfect border for her pretty quilt!  Funny thing when your hunting for the perfect fabric for someone else you find all kinds of fabrics you want to buy!  We never found the perfect fabric for her but I did find a lot of goodies for me...a few cream fat quarters and a couple of perfect greens to make a copy of a quilt I gave to my son..a package of the batting tape I saw recently in a magazine...you can use it to piece together pieces of batting! I found two $4 quilting books...like I need more.  Oh, and 1/2 yard of some batting to make pot holders with...a project I have been planning for a few years but keep forgetting to get the batting. We were all pooped out by 4:30 so we sat and talked till the big prize drawings at 5:15.  I wish I had put a bogus name on my ticket...I think I would have a better chance at winning something!  Still, I felt like the big winner for the day getting to spend several wonderful hours with such great friends!

Original Sewing & Quilt Expo!

Yeah!  The day has finally arrived for the Expooooo.  I am soooo excited because one of my wonderful friends from my youth and 2 of her daughters will be going with me!  When we break for lunch my middle daughter will join us...this is going to be great!!!  Plus tomorrow I am going back to Expo with my sister.. days of pure joy!  I am so blessed...I think I will even treat myself to a bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit with a small cola from McDonalds!  Whoohoo~~~In the words of Betty and Wilma, "charge"!!!