Thanks Goodness for Click and Ship
Time does get away from even those of us that are retired. A trip to Fairfax is not that far away, but here I found myself looking into the last week of June’s schedule and the July wall hanging was still in my attic for the Fairfax Printing wall. The next week’s schedule was filled with “must do” items and I felt the crunch. In fact, the day that I lost my telephone and found it in the attic was the day I decided to get my act together.
Pattern Pieces for Flying Eagle
I do have several wall hangings to represent the 4th of July, but this year I chose the Flying Eagle I had done in the winter of 2010 when I had first retired. I had had the pattern for some time but knew I would need some uninterrupted sewing room time. The pattern was done in the “paper pieced” technique. It allows for the smallest of pattern pieces to be added onto to give great detail.
I was very thankful to have several Click and Ship boxes on hand. The Flying Eagle was put in the mail on the 21st of June (Friday) and Kevin emailed me on the evening of the 22nd (Saturday) that he had delivery of the wall hanging. Talk about snail mail having been improved over the years. Not that the price of gas is important when it comes to family, but for $5.15 I would not have gotten very far on my trip to Fairfax.
Flying Eagle Flying Proud
I do plan on doing more of the paper-pieced patterns – and why not? Uninterrupted sewing room time is no longer at a premium. No mater how many years or how many patterns are tried, it still takes a fair amount of concentration to get into the mood to see a project through.
It surely does help that Dennis is on hand for consult whether it’s the color of the fabric I am trying to decide on or if it is time to have that blessed cup of coffee delivered when he thinks I have been at it long enough and I may need a break. I do try and sneak in a suggestion that maybe he may want to try his hand at the fabric fun, but to no avail.