Saturday with Wendy at the sewing center

Saturday, I took Wendy shopping with me for a bit of a diversion from the art I was trying to slap together create for this swap that I vowed would be in today's mail. I am still working on my portion of it, so I probably shouldn't have taken the time to romp in the beautiful autumn day with Wendy. And since I didn't take time to resize these, you'll need to click on them for the full picture.


Wendy was excited to see the sewing center which is close to my home.


At the bank, I took time to photograph another tree. Love it when they are just beginning to turn colors, but still predominantly green. Wendy didn't exactly get in the shot, but you can see her eyes in the bottom right.


Wendy always loves coming with me to the ATM and it gives the people watching the security video something to ponder.


At the sewing center, the owner, who I really wanted to talk to, was teaching a class. However, the nice sales lady showed me the new window display. Wendy and I both fell in love with this shadowbox,

and Wendy felt quite at home in this Singer tin, obviously a reproduction.

Wendy hung out while I picked out some thread,


then was drawn to the buttons. I told her there was something magical about buttons. It seems everyone wants to collect them, and the older, the better. Wendy just laughed and pointed out she wanted to be in a shot with the word "Slimline."


While Wendy was hanging out near the fabric, another sales person came up and asked if she was 40% off. I told her that Wendy might not like being called a discount, but I thought it was funny.


Enough tomfoolery! It was time to get needles, this time an entire pack. I had been buying them individually, but I felt I needed an entire pack this time. Apparently I got the last package and the next ones would be a higher price. Go figure!


Back home, Bleubeard was no better. He can't seem to keep anything on his stomach. So, after another frantic call, I was back at the vet with him. He's been like this since Monday and as soon as he ate this morning, I was cleaning up another mess. So I may have to radically change his diet. Will know later today. But right now, I have a swap to get in the mail and hope I get it finished before the mail guy comes.

Today I'm featuring the Austin Fiber Artists. I'll just quote from their site:

Austin Fiber Artists is an organization, which promotes fiber arts and artists through education, workshops, style shows and annual exhibitions. Our members are enthusiastic, creative people who explore and expand all facets of fiber arts. Monthly programs include lectures and demonstrations on varied subjects such as: stitchery, felting, fabric painting, fabric manipulation, papermaking, paper as well as fabric collage, garment design, fiber jewelry, beading, altered books, free-form crochet and other aspects of fiber techniques and art.

It appears from the photos, they are as diverse as their description. Hope you'll visit the Austin Fiber Artists today, while I play "beat the mailman to the box."