Finished Quilt Top!

I finally finished the quilt top I've been working on!  I started it a looong time ago (more than a year) and kept putting off working on it.  It's a beautiful top, but I didn't do a very good job getting the rows lined up exactly so the bottom and top boarders had to be trimmed up a bit.  Now I just need a backing and to quilt it.  Mom gave me her quilting frame awhile back so I'm currently planning on hand quilting.  It's a queen size, so I may decide to switch to machine quilting.

The second pic is a picture of the border fabric close up.  The weird parenthesis looking thing is a string I didn't notice till posting the picture.  The border is actually a green fabric with the circles in a darker green.  My camera didn't capture the colors very well.  Now I just need to figure out if I want to keep, give away, give to charity, or sell it when finished.

Ravelympics are Finished & Rocky Horror

I participated in the Ravelympics this year.  It's an event on Ravelry.com that coincides with the Olympics (just in case the name didn't give it away).  You get a digital badge for each event you compete in.  Not much insintive but I did want to challenge myself to use up some of my stash, work on making my threadwork even, and finally make some Christmas ornaments.  So I give you my Christmas stars (please excuse the over-glittering.)

 

On the life front things are pretty much the same.  I went to my first theater showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show on Friday night with Linda.  I've wanted to do the audience participation showing of this since I was in Laramie and it was pretty fun.  Sadly, I was very tired by the time it was over (2 a.m.) so I must be getting old.  I did think it was fun, but I'm not sure if I'd do it again.  Maybe if I took a nap first :o)

I think I mentioned in a previous post that Jerry and I had repainted the kitchen.  We were hoping to go on a group trip to Vegas with our tax return but since no one else can make it we are now trying to decide between new counter-tops or a new couch.  Comfort or resale value, decisions, decisions.