He's BACK!!! My Jim Thome is back with the Cleveland Indians!!!

Ok, so he's not really my Jim Thome.  But he is the reason I started watching baseball back in the 90's.  Let's face it being from northeastern Ohio we haven't had much luck with our professional sports teams!!  So when Jim started hitting home runs everyone got excited!!!  Plus he was really easy on the eyes at First Base!!!  I was pretty upset when he left us for Philladelphia!!!  But it did enable me to buy a Jim Thome jersey for $5.

My friend Wendy called on Friday to ask if I wanted to go to a game this weekend to welcome Jim back to Cleveland?  I said YES!!!  And my DH Jim even said he would join us.  HMMM Jim and Jim??  We decided to go to the Sunday game. 

It was Kid's day, so they had a kids lineup and the kids got to run out on the field.  That was cute and I'm sure the kids got a kick out it!

It was a little cloudy and it even rained on us a little bit.

Wendy got us great seats.

We knew driving in that Jim wasn't in the lineup, and that he wouldn't pinch hit unless the Royal's brought in a right handed pitcher.  The game was pretty boring, the Indian's weren't hitting and the score was Royals 2 - Indians 1 when it happend!!!  The Royals called for a relief pitcher and he was right handed!! 

So how long would I have to wait?  How long would the family that flashed a sign saying 'Evacuated Virginia and Irene to see Jim Thome!!' have to wait? 

Well it turned out not very long!!  There he was right below us!!  My Jim Thome!!!

We realized that this would be his only time at bat and we hoped he would get on base or hit a home run!!!  Our hopes were dashed when he struck out!!  But we still got see him bat and the crowd went wild!!!  Unfortunately the Indians lost the game.  But we still had fun!!!

Little Glam Bags make great gifts!!!

This past week I participated in the Travel Handmade series, sponsored by The Sewing Summit, of blog entries that focused on making totes, bags and accessories from tutorials and patterns.

Last fall I kept busy by making a number of Little Glam Bags by Pink Sands Beach Design.  Being unemployed I had to make gifts for my girlfriends and nieces.

These bags are great for using up those fat quarters you have been collecting.  I bought the zippers on sale!!

I completed 10 of these bags quickly!!!

Garfield liked my bags also!

I used the concepts I learned using this pattern and made a larger bag for my sister.

Learning from my mistakes!!!

I'm in the process of binding a number of my scarlet and gray quilts.  I have been using a 2" wide double fold binding.  I added a binding on to the quilt below.

I didn't have quite enough so I cut two more 2" wide strips.  When I went to attach them I realized that the majority of the binding had been cut 2.25" wide?

I have made the decision that I need to remove the majority of the binding and trim it down to 2" then reattach it.  At least I figured this out before starting the handing sewing!!!  Why is this so important you might ask?  I just like the way that a 2" wide binding wraps around the quilt.

2011 Pets on Quilt Show August 15th - August 19th

I want to thank Darlene for organizing this great virtual quilt show.    You can check out all the entries at Welcome to 2011 Pets on Quilts Show.  In the last year I have been very busy testing quilt patterns.  My boys Garfield and Nermal have been very helpful.

It has been a tough year for both of the boys.  First we had Garfield shaved!!

Nermal helps me blog and design quilts using EQ7!!

And he helps me sew???

Now Nermal is having some medical issues!!  He was recently bit in the tail area and has been to the vet twice.  We just hope this round of antibiotics takes care of the infection.

I hope you have enjoyed meeting my boys!!!