Grandma O's quilt finished! Maggie, the owner, dropped it off a couple weeks before Thanksgiving and I got all the binding done on it last Friday. I was going to sew it down by machine, but I knew that it was going to be a disservice to the quilt and to its beauty by not doing it by hand. The whole thing was pieced by hand, so it just seemed a sin to do otherwise. I attached by machine and stitched down on the back by hand. I was pleased that this fact did not go unnoticed by the owner's mom when she picked it up. :)Beads have been the big thing this week. I volunteered to make 40 beads for the Lampworkers Guild--20 for Drachenwald (red, yellow and black) and 20 for Calontir (purple and yellow). I also got a couple of commission requests from Jadwiga (red, black and white) and Samira (red, orange and yellow). I got a chance to try a couple of new techniques and came up with some really fun patterns.
Samira's first few beads: I made 15 total that she could choose from. She bought 8 and may purchase the rest, depending on how many she finds she needs for the necklace. I suspect she thought the beads were going to be smaller. Once she gets the other pieces strung up, she'll know whether or not she needs more. 
I just got new glass in the mail, so more beads are forthcoming!
Ben had surgery on Monday for his nasal polyps...again. They got them out successfully along with a bunch of pus and stuff...gross. However, they chipped a tooth as they intubated him. Ugh. Off to the dentist tomorrow to get that fixed.
