Fabric Saturday

I know you think I can't see a project through. *sigh* The quilt was a bit ambitious. I got busy grading homework and hanging out with Jax and the next thing I knew the class was over. I tried to go in and download the rest of the lessons, but they had already changed the password. Now I have a quilt cut out and I have to figure out how to put it together!

In the meantime, I've decided to do a couple of projects that are a bit smaller in scope and have a deadline. Up first is a stuffed rabbit for Jaxon's Easter basket. The pattern is the Big Footed Bunny from Wee Wonderfuls. So cute!

Mom and I went to the fabric store today and put together this combination:



The body will be the blue gray. It's a thin wale corduroy. The body accents will be the creamy flannel. The bunny's shorts will be the super cool retro cars flannel with green grosgrain suspenders.

I promise to have this done by Easter. Which is only one week away. ACK! Can anyone tell me how to embroider eyes?

Surplus Auction: Winter 2007

This quarter's surplus auction was a big success. We bought 8 chairs and 6 tables for $27.

These tables have metal bases and white melanine tops. I sold one with a brown top to one of my students. I'm going to use the ones in the best shape as a coffee table/side table in our family room.



These children's chairs need a good coat of paint, but I think they will be really cute. They had really great old school chairs in children's size, but they ended up going for $33 each! These were $5. I also got three office chairs for $1 that I thought we could use at work.



But the deal of the century has to be these three mod chairs I picked up for $1. The armchair is a genuine Knoll tulip chair designed by Eero Saarinen. I looked in to selling it on eBay for a tidy profit, but I think I am going to clean it up and keep it. It's just too cool not to. If anyone knows anything about getting scuffs off fiberglass, let me know.



See more photos at: http://web.mac.com/novakb/iWeb/Site/Chair.html

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Time to celebrate the wearin' o' the green! And like most holidays, we celebrated with food.

Here is our good Irish dinner: corned beef, cabbage, and boiled potatoes. Yummy!



Here is our good non-Irish dessert: Key Lime Pie. It's green! Super yummy!



And here is our good semi-Irish leprechaun. Super duper yummy!!



Spring begins in three days! Too bad it snowed here today...