It was a weekend!

It was a busy weekend. Friday night I had company, and we made a pecan pie and a cheesecake. These were for my nephew, SIL, and brother. The girls had never made either including pie crust from scratch. We had a good time. They both know how to beat an egg now!

The pecan pie was made in one of my cast iron pans. Vicki, I turned the pie out so you could see how nicely the crust bakes. My brother said the pie was really good.

Saturday, I made a quick trip to the Italian food market and then got ready to head to my brother's house for the big show. My nephew's band was opening for Donnie Iris at the Casino in Northfield, Ohio. Here is sound check

The casino had a nice space for the band to relax. There was a catered meal and snacks. I took a Kind bar and headed to the lobby to help my SIL set up the merch booth. I didn't get a picture of the booth because after eating the Kind bar I got a horrible stomach ache. I felt horrible the rest of the evening and it was all I could do to get thru it. After Michael played I got slammed! I never thought we would sell so much merch! My SIL came to the booth and helped to wait on people. We got slammed again after the Donnie Iris show with the people that we couldn't get to earlier. We used most of the tote bags that we had on hand. The band got a standing ovation which is unusual for an opening act. I took a picture of this picture on his FB page. I could see the show a bit on a big screen that was across the room in the lobby area.

I don't remember what time I finally got to bed - midnight? 1 a.m? I did get up around 8 on Sunday.  I decided I needed to get some placemats at least started. A woman at work had asked me months ago to make her some (this is the same lady that I made the pillows out of men's ties last year), but I just hadn't had time. Well, since I don't know what to get her for Xmas, she will be getting placemats! She picked out the fabric long ago. I got the fabric cut, layered, and quilted enough for 6 placemats. Three are finished. I couldn't believe how long it took me to get the binding on the first one! I ended up having to go to Youtube to find a video on how to join the ends because the more I messed around the worst the problem got! The second one went faster and the third one, well, I was in the groove. She wanted a different fabric on each side.

The next three are at the point where I need to join the binding so I can finish sewing it.

I have all the fabric and binding cut for the next six - yes, she wanted 12 placemats. I did run out of that white batting shown in the picture. It is a firmer batting that would be used for things other than a quilt. I used a layer of it and a layer of regular batting, and the firmness and weight were just right for a placemat. It took me 40 minutes to quilt enough fabric for 3 placemats so I think I should be able to get them all done so they can be gifted this week.

I was gifted a lovely box of Malley's caramels from my nephew, SIL and brother.