Saturday Happenings & Sunday Watchings

On any given Saturday you can find me wandering the aisles of my local Joann Fabric and Craft store. Why? I absolutely have no clue except for the fact that I am drawn to that store. It is the LOST Island and I am Oceanic Flight 815, baby, coming in to land. More often than not I don't have any particular project in mind when I go in to shop. Sometimes I find way more than my budget allows but I "have to have it" anyway and sometimes I find nothing. But each time I go I look and I look and I look and I end up finding some pretty good stuff. Whether or not it comes home with me is another story. Today was a good day... and I stayed within my budget! Today I found some magnetic closures that were in the clearance bin for 97¢. Yay, me! There were some other really cool things I found today, too.

It seems like Joann's is buying up old lines of fabric from popular design houses. I've been finding A LOT of Alexander Henry fabric at Joann's. Today I found these:


So cute, right? On the selvedge it has 2006 as the printing date and I'm not sure you could find these if you went into a proper Quilt Shop. In the last year I've found some others, too. I've got about 6 yards of the multi-colored "Inked" fabric, a couple of yards of the surfboards on pink background, and 6 or 7 yards total of a really cool funky flower and coordinating print I've been meaning to use to make a dress! Like I said, if you know what you're looking for, you can find some pretty good stuff at Joann's.



I also came across this pretty cool line of fabric. You can see it better on the Fons & Porter website and they have an example of how to use it. (Type "Running 8ths" into search field if it doesn't automatically come up.) My two favorite colorways are the red/royal and the and the Turquoise/Chocolate.














Saturday evening wasn't a bust either. Robin went to his first dance at Branham - his first should have been Homecoming, especially since he was nominated Sophomore Homecoming Prince, but that's another story - and I was recruited to do his girlfriend, Shannon's, hair. It's always fun being a part of the high school dance hubbub. Shannon's step-mom, Kathy, made a wonderful Brazilian dinner (which was done as part of a cultural event project for school) and it was amazing. Once the kids were dropped off at the school, I went home and hunkered down for some serious TV watching... We DVR'd Monk and Psych. Two of the absolute best shows.



Sunday was normal. I taught myself how to crochet. More on that later, though. Do you know about Masterpiece's ( aka Masterpiece Theatre) new line-up? Can you say "The Complete Jane Austen"? Last night they showed Persuasion and I have to admit there's a new Jane Austen Hottie on the block! Say Hello to Captain Frederick Wentworth! (Rupert Penry-Jones)



Apart from the new hotness ::sigh!:: the way they shot this version was just very creative and very refreshing for an Austen adaptation. Even Robin was in to it! I was delighted and charmed. And did I mention the Borg Queen (Alice Krige) is in it, too? Creepy! Next up is Northanger Abbey. Needless to say I already have my DVR scheduled to record it. Tata! Have a charming Monday!