Missing Carol...

I started going into Carol withdrawal shortly before she left and, as she pulled out of the drive, it got worse...  we had a long weekend of perfect days visiting, catching up, doing stuff, and just hanging out.  But, I will have a number of things to remember the fun we had.   

First, Carol brought me a new ironing board cover.  She was wandering through some store in her neck o' the woods and stumbled across something that cried "Freda!" to her....

Isn't it perfect?  I love it...  so much better than the metallic-y gray of the one I had!   Carol even liked the ironing board cover enough she picked out a new one in teals and blues for herself as well. 

Carol was pleased with her tote bag and began putting things in it to take back with her...

I shared that I wanted one for myself to carry lunch to work because the bottom of the tote is square and would carry a food container flat rather than on its side.  However, after making two, I had no inspiration about what fabrics to use.

A funny I wanted to share....

Yesterday, Carol brought up that she had no idea how to match fabrics so we went to my sewing room and I got out fat quarters, charm packs, jelly rolls, etc... and we talked about general principles of putting fabrics together.  I found a neat charm pack that I've had for a while and thought it would be perfect for my tote.  It's an older one with only 22 fabric squares and not enough for the number of 2.5" squares on the outside of the tote.   

S0, I had Carol look through my scrap bins for coordinating fabrics while I dug through stash.   Carol selected the following...

Everything goes with my new ironing board cover, doesn't it?

So, today while the Carol withdrawal continues, I will start work on my tote bag...   which will remind me each time I use it about the fabulous visit with my wonderful sister Carol.