Last Week's Computer Issue

My little road trip last week ended with a stop over 

in a cute little town...

at a Antique Mall called

Cottage Magpie.

A blogger friend, Becky at Sweet Cottage Dreams,

 has a booth there...

so I had to visit.

It was a pleasant end to an otherwise

taxing trip.

I had gone to northern California to visit my son

and bring him  a sofa and some household

things for his new apartment. No more roommate...

he moved within the same complex to a single bedroom 

apartment. I have to say that it looked very nice

and he has a very good sense of style for a 31 year old.

It started off great... seeing him, hanging up pictures,

and doing a little shopping.

 I told him I needed to post about my Schnibbles parade...

but the internet hadn't been hooked up yet.

We went to Comcast and ordered it.

Sounds simple enough doesn't it?

However,  that one trip turned into 4 trips and a couple of

outsourced phone calls and what should have been done in

10 minutes was over 4 hours of frustration.
And still no internet or television.

My son went for a run... which relieved some of the negative energy and

when he got back, we made a really nice dinner. He BBQ'd up 

some steaks on his new grill...
and at his first bite,
 it lodged in his throat.

It was stuck on the wrong side! He could breath, but

he couldn't swallow. He went through the whole night that way!

He was so tired in the morning, as well as dehydrated from the run...

not to mention hungry!

He went to the doctor... then he went to emergency...

he ended up having to stay and get a bag of fluid pumped into him.

He had to go under anestesia and get the blockage removed.

 When he got released and

went to get some dinner with a friend.

I had left for home.
Thinking to myself...
"why didn't I just go to the hotel I usually go to and
use their computer to make the parade post"!

You might be thinking... shwew, the end...
but he had an ice cream bar after dinner...
and had an allergic reaction!
All his dinner
came back up and he had another miserable night.

The end of story?
He finally got Comcast... yesterday!

It's Prize Time for Canasta: A Schnibbles Parade

 (photos have nothing to do with the prizes...

they are just some eye candy for now)

Welcome back...I have a few winners to announce from this weeks parades! First of all...thanks so much to everyone...I'm looking forward to seeing all of the next VS (Vintage Schnibbles) quilts on October1st!

"Mercerie"

Carrie is sending a special surprise package

 to two lucky winners...Debbie from Sherri's parade 

and Linda from my parade! Congrats to you both!

Sherri is also offering a special something... some thing good... to a parade winner...

and the winner from my parade is......... Thelma!

And finally, I will be giving a sweet pincushion from Meadow Mist Designs! This will go to 

Joanne

 from Sherri's parade!

 If the winners could please email me their mailing addresses...that would be wonderful...congrats to everyone!

Thanks so much for being so patient during my crazy week!

I haven't forgotten that I owe you a story... which might be a saga...

it's coming soon!

Cards Anyone? How About a Parade?

How about both?

I feel like I have been on the losing side of some serious 

"card playing"... I keep getting dealt bad hands!

I have returned from my trip and have returned to

something resembling normal...

and I will save my no computer access story for tomorrow.

Whenever I hear Canasta... I am taken back in time

to when I use to play that card game

with my grandma, hours on end, day in and day out.

I enjoy playing card games and board games as well.

I am sure it was because of all the quality time

I had with my grandma... Mayme.

I was so happy to see this pattern from Carrie, (Miss Rosie's Quilt Co.)

Thank you Carrie for once again coming up with 

a NEW favorite Schnibbles!

Who doesn't love basket blocks anyway?

I'm sure you are going to love this parade and if you haven't made 

this Schnibbles pattern yet... you might be regretting it by the

end of the parade!

But before we get started with that...

let me tell you what we will be working on 

next!

Here is what Sherri at A Quilting Life and I have picked for you:

Mercerie!

Here is what you will need to get started:

2 charm packs

3/4 yd background and outer border

Carrie will have a pdf version available on her web store by now!

Just checked, yes, it's there!

Michele at Island Life Quilts

made this pretty little Canasta quilt.

I love the background fabrics as much as the

baskets themselves!

Mary in Michigan

Sally made her Canasta using Sweet Romance by

Blackbird Designs. It is sweet and romantic!

Patty at A Stitch in Time has a beautiful backdrop

to show off her gorgeous Canasta quilt! I love 

the change she made to the border!

I am showing Lincoln of Paulette's because 

I didn't get it into the last parade for some reason.

Here is Paulette's quilt of Canasta for this month...

she has forgiven me!

Isn't it so soft, sweet and vintage looking?

Here is a sweet little Canasta made by Susan.

Her little blocks are so cute! I like how she is finishing it off 

with the diagonal pieced fabrics that were used in the blocks!

Thelma at Cupcake n' Daisies made a

beautiful group of baskets in

her version of Canasta!

Even a bikini basket!

Yeah, you will know it when you see it!

This red and white beauty was created by Nancy!

Nicole  at Sister's Choice is back! And she made a spooky version of 

Canasta to celebrate a changing of seasons!

Here is a little gem made by Sandy F.

How sweet is this?!?

Here is a super sweet red and white version

made by Linda at the Quilted Pineapple!

I think I might have to make this one up again as 

a two color quilt!

Tilda made a beautiful version of Canasta...

love the mix of colors here!

Adorable! Seriously, a-dor-able!

This Canasta was made by

Sandie at Crazy 'bout Quilts!

To finish off the parade we have a striking version of

Wendy's Canasta quilt. I love the elegant look and 

the way the inner border and binding finishes it off so

perfectly!

That's the parade... thanks so much for waiting, and waiting, and waiting for

me to get my fingers back onto a keyboard and get this finished!

I will be back tomorrow with parade prizes!!! Promise!

Well, I might be back sooner if there was anyone I missed!

We Dropped the Ball!

Well, by now you have figured out that our parade just isn't going to happen today.

Sometimes it gets pretty close to the wire were  Sherri and I are working diligently 

on the parade. Sometimes one of us is super busy and the other

one will pick up the slack and it all just seems to work out in the end.

Not so much today though.

We both have dropped the ball.

Lots of external activities, deadlines and what have you

.. and neither one of us 

can actually pull this off... so we are throwing up our hands in defeat

and made the decision to postpone

our Canasta Parade until Tuesday.

I hope you all understand.. 

Thank you to everyone of you that already got your Canasta made and 

sent us a link. Anyone else who needs a few extra hours... here is your chance!

Please forgive us, we are so sorry to make you wait!

See you Tuesday!