Drive

I transport a lot of stinky pre-teen boys in my car. I also have a puppy dog that loves to be my co-pilot.  Between them and their food, equipment and shoes (why on earth do they insist on taking off shoes in the car??) there is a wretched scent that lingers long after they have been dropped off at their respective homes. Febreeze doesn’t always last, so I have resorted to potpourri in my console. I keep it a sachet (they are in the wedding section in most craft stores) and freshen it up time to time. I have learned that the more earthy, musky scents cover better than their floral counterparts.

 

My current blend includes

Earl Grey tea blend (loose tea)

Chamomile

Mugwort

Comfrey

Cardoman pods

Cloves

Little Red Corvette

Every year, there is a Corvette show in downtown Sioux Falls. Cars literally from all over the country come, the streets are shut down and it turns into a party. There's a street dance, street food & entertainment.
In other words: FUN
Little Man is car crazy so this was perfect for him. He loved checking out the cars, and telling me all about them. It's amazing how much he knows!

Packing Blankets

When I had my surgery almost 7 months ago, my mother in law

made me this awesome get well quilt.

It kept me warm and cocooned as I recovered.

Little Man had his tonsils out last Wednesday.

 For him, it was extremely traumatic, and he has been a bit upset about it for the last few days.

He came out to run a few errands with me after church yesterday, and while in the car, he asked me if he could get a quilt too.

Huh? How did I miss that?

So off to Jo Ann Fabric we went. He originally wanted Hot Wheels fabric, but we couldn't find any. The second choice was the movie Cars,

 so we went with that, and Hot Wheels like flamed fabric for the backing.

His favorite color is purple, so he chose that for the binding.

I bought a yard & half of each of the fabrics, and 2 3 yard packages of pre-made blanket binding along with batting.

I pinned the fabrics together.

Sewed a 1/4 inch seam around the perimeter.

I attached my walking foot and did some free form quilting.

After that, I pinned and sewed the binding, all while watching the

 Mets beat the Yankees in 10 innings (the Big Man is a Yankees fan, I love my M-E-T-S Mets Mets Mets)

And then, we had a quilt in a day!

Little Man loves it so much that it went everywhere with him last night, and when I checked on him this morning, he was all wrapped up in it.