lessons learned

We had a most unwelcome visitor last week, you know her as Sandy, we have some less sanitized names for her.  When she left, she took the power with her.  Lucky for  me, we were only out for 6 days but many of the Sisters are still in the dark, and other friends lost it all.  it's just heart breaking....

in my little corner of the world, there are definitely lessons learned from this.  For me, being prepared and having the right equipment to weather the storm and the aftermath made all the difference.  when I was teaching quilting classes I would always tell my students that you need and deserve the best equipment, and emergency kits are no different!

But just as important as the camp stove or the extra batteries, being equipped with patience, ingenuity and a sense of humor certainly helped in my house.  Especially when it came to food.  The new Sandy lunch special was a hot dog roll with Nutella on one side, peanut butter on the other and a banana where the hot dog would go, right down the middle.  The kids loved it (me, not so much, but that's ok).  Now we just need to come up with a name of this "gor-met" lunch.

So one of the other lessons learned, was fine applique by candle light does not really work.  So instead I pulled out the wool and finished up my Sue Spargo table runner.  those big threads and big needles and big stitches worked much better than trying to thread an applique needle with silk thread.

So here's the tablerunner and some close-ups

there you go....power or no power, a quilter will not be deterred!!

Hugs and Stitches!

Megan

Comments

[Carolyn]

We were fortunate, didn't lose power at all, although half our town lost it for 4 days. I'm thinking the sandwich could be called a "Banana Sandy". I'm glad you're back up and running!

[LoriD]

Way to make the most of a bad situation! Love the tablerunner!!

[Cathy]

Glad you have your power back, it really gets depressing after a few days without it. And you had just the right project for dim-light conditions. I worked on some hand work too.

I like Carolyn's name, Banana Sandy. Or you could pass it off as a vegan hot dog. Whatever you name it, it sounds good to me, though I like anything with Nutella on it.

[janet]

Your wool applique and stitching look wonderful. Glad you came through the storm safely :0)

[Carol]

Your wool applique is beautiful...glad you made it through the storm safely...take care.

[martha]

Nice appliqué. I am in Long Beach. Still no power:(

[Kelly]

I was having a hard time reading let alone trying to applique. Even during the day it was dark. Good for you!

[Mary Burns]

I am making that one too!! Love your stitching, Hugs, Mary

[Ginger Scott]

The Monday when the storm hit I made sure to sew the binding on a medium size quilt so that I could hand sew it in the dark if we lost power. We did lose it for 6 days and the binding got done, by candle light some of the time!