Letty's Bag

I thought I'd try something different.  I attended Sandy's other class -- the Letty's Bag.

I ride the bus every day and regularly use an oversized bag for the necessities like a sweater when the bus is too cold, an umbrella in case it rains, a book or two, and the new iPad2 I'm having fun learning to use.  (The iPad really came in handy last night.  Our normal 40-minute commute was stretched to 3 hours due an accident causing multiple lane closures.  So my friend and I passed time by watching a movie that I had loaded on the iPad.)

Back to the bag....

Somewhere in a very safe place is a pretty black button that is supposed to be attached to that blue flap on the outer pocket.  I know I'll find it someday.

Attaching the grommets was interesting.  In a perfect world, they are supposed to fit together like a Tupperware lid.  The first five went together as designed.  However, the last three would not stay together no matter what we tried.  So I corrected that problem when I got home and SuperGlue'd them together.  Worked like a charm!

Japanese Jigsaw Puzzle

Sandy Corbin is a quilter and teacher from Southern California who comes over here to "vacation" several times a year.  However, we are always prevailing on her to teach a class or two during her visits.  And we always have great fun with her.  This time, it was the Japanese Jigsaw Puzzle.

None of us were able to finish the top during the class, so Sarah offered to host us at her home later in the week.  We all met on Thursday evening ready to finish our projects.  In addition to 4 children, they have 3 dogs of varying sizes, two birds, and a potbellied pig, all who had free rein in the house!  Interesting household but so much fun.

As we were packing up at the end of the evening, the power went down and it was pitch black.  The funniest part was that all of us immediately reached for our cellphones and downloaded free flashlight applications so we could finish gathering our stuff and finding our way to our cars.  Seems someone hit a power pole two blocks away and the entire neighborhood was in the dark.

Back to the quilt.  I really enjoyed the jigsaw part, but I'm not too fond of the borders.  Maybe they'll grow on me, but I'm going to look for a bigger print on the outer border....