Quiltfest! (And resolutions)

Yesterday I headed down to the annual Quiltfest, with a stop off at Colonial Williamsburg along the way. Driving there and back sucked; going down it was clumps of flakes as big as butterflies plastering on the windshield, while coming back things were fine until I hit unending slush 40 miles out of DC. "Let's Guess Where the Lane Is!" is not the best party game.

When I got there, I was a little disappointed in the venders. Brother didn't have a thing I could buy for Poohcifer, and Starr quilts didn't show up at all.

Still, I'm glad I went. I got my annual cup of peanut soup, about 2 dozen pictures of gorgeous art quilts, and the fixin's for some art of my own. tchwrtr, I found a kit called "Butter and Blue" that made me think of you instantly, so it turns out that you will have a sunny beach quilt after all!

And me - I got my silks. Ever since fabric.com started selling fat quarters of dupioni silk, I've been thinking about making a rainbow-colored silk crazy quilt, with embroidery and fancy stitching and all. I found someone selling a whole range of quarter-yard cuts, and came home with 42 different shades and hues. Whee!

Now to find the time to actually DO anything - although ( I'm staying ahead of the New Year's Resolutions, go me! )

Pro-choice: "Bodies are not negotiable."

Please read This brillian essay with links by "Lorraine" at Daily Kos.

Read about the Kansas politican who is seeking unedited records of women who've had abortions so he can "search for crime." Read about how repealing hate crime protections against gays has also repealed hate crime protection from battered women.

"History shows us, time and time again, that those who seek to control bodies eventually want to destroy them."

Take an hour and read the comments too.