What I Wanted to Post Yesterday....

Georgia Power is not improving their standing in this household that is for sure!  We did have a line of severe thunderstorms roll through metro-Atlanta yesterday evening. However, this happens every summer at least once a week if not more so it shouldn't be a big deal....

About 7:00PM, the lights flickered and I heard the transformer up the street go WHOOOOMP.  I will not repeat anything that was said in my house last night because it was NOT NICE.

Even though we lost power, S. and I made fajitas and sauteed plantains because I have a natural gas stove that works great (when the gas line are not electrified and threatening to blow up your house....)

But I digress. As the night dragged on...in the dark...I was hoping that I wouldn't lose all the groceries that I had just bought to replace the ones from last month....

Seven hours later....

At 2:30AM (yes I was up), the power came back on. Grrrrrrrr....

Here is what I wanted to post.  Simple Times Quilt Along.  The first sewing step was four of the framed four-patch blocks and eight of the stars with four-patch centers.  I sewed some of these at Silver Thimbles on Friday night and finished it up on Saturday.  I spent more time talking and laughing than sewing which is exactly what I needed after all the frustrating insanity at my house.  Laughed until I cried and it was awesome!!

I also made my Civil War block for this week.   An easy block although tricky measurements for a nine-patch to make a finished 8" block.  I used Barbara Brackman's Civil War Reunion fabric for the dark and medium fabrics and found an unknown 5" floral in my box of 5" scraps.  Hope it's correct to the period.  I am trying to use only reproduction fabrics from the mid-19th-century as much as possible for this quilt.