Nearing The Finish -

One side and the hanging sleeve left to go and Dogwood Daze will be in the DONE column!

I have had so much fun making this one - strings are just THE BEST.

And if you sort them by color family any project becomes a colorwash of variety unparalleled!

Why use just 4 fabrics when you can use hundreds???

Of course Mabel didn't mind being a bit covered up as I worked.

And Ivy, checking out my stitches from her nest between my knees.

I wish I could say that yesterday was a whole lot of accomplishment, but not all days are like that.

Some are mundane - I don't want to regale you with how efficiently the towel baskets were folded, the dishwasher emptied and the flannel on the design walls rolled to remove all threads, the ironing surfaces having had their freezer paper protective coverings replaced...

It didn't leave me much time to do anything else -

I did manage a bit more of this -

There are less than 20 blocks left to make now.

Only 4 saw their completion -

And all the while I'm laughing - THIS is going to make a dent in the scraps?  Yeah.  Right.  Hahahahaha! (But it's worth trying!)

I did have many questions yesterday on why I choose to avoid Hobby Lobby. It's personal to me - I try to let people make up their own minds on where to spend their money.  But since you asked:

I just find that ethics come into question on many levels with Hobby Lobby. Our values do not align.

Hobby Lobby was charged with a $3 million federal fine and forfeited thousands of ancient Iraqi artifacts they had smuggled from the Middle East that the government alleges were intentionally mislabeled. The story is HERE.

More:

The owners of Hobby Lobby claimed that employee's insurance providing certain types of birth control violated their religious beliefs. They are forcing their religious beliefs on their employees through their insurance coverage.

This ruling allowed Hobby Lobby to deny employees access to specific forms of birth control covered under their health insurance plan. (But it didn't ban the "little blue pill" for men.)

Do these folks have to work there if they are not okay with it? No. They aren't being forced into that as the only job they could ever have. But it still sounds like overreach and religious control to me.

It is well known that the owners of Hobby Lobby donate millions of dollars annually to  the National Christian Foundation, a non-profit organization where donors can anonymously funnel money to "nearly two dozen anti-LGBT and anti-Muslim hate groups."  If you care about already marginalized communities, then consider where your money is going if you spend it at Hobby Lobby.

You really don't have to look very hard to find plenty of information on this.

It’s ironic really - because everything in the store is covered in "I Love Jesus" slogans and loads of wall art with bible references but they spew so much hurt to anyone who is not of their belief system.

Show me how you really believe by how you treat your own employees, marginalized groups and "others." And maybe I'll believe your signage.

I know people have to shop where they can find what they need - especially in rural areas. But basically, Hobby Lobby gives me the creeps.

We are all able to shop where we want and support what we want.

So this is likely more than you need to know. But you asked.

Man - I've been on a rampage lately, haven't I?

Is this what happens at 63???

I'm sorry - but not sorry.

In some ways I feel like I am barely holding on to sanity here.

So today there will be more log cabin blocks....Housekeeper Susan is on hand to make the inn sparkle, and tomorrow we will be welcoming in the March Quiltvillians!

Can spring please be around the corner?

I really feel the need to get out there and get some hiking in.

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

Growing up I'd get sent to my room. 

Now I just send myself to my sewing room.

Have a terrific Tuesday, everyone!