While in Virginia, I made some new simple curtains for the bathroom.  I was there with all of my sewing stuff in tow, so it was the right time to do it.  I had taken two sewing machines for the “Straits of Mackinac” class.  The one pictured on the Quiltville blog was my Emilie, a black 1954 Singer 301a.  That girl has quite a history, but I will save that for another day.   My husband was pretty adamant that if I was driving that far for a class that required a sewing machine, a back up was necessary.   The one I chose is a very compact 1960’s Kenmore 1040, so it didn’t take up much room at all.  This machine has a nice zig-zag, unlike the Singer 301, so it is the one I chose to use for the curtains.

It was definitely winter in Ohio when I left last week.  Virginia was so nice while it lasted!   Some flowers were starting to bloom and the temperatures and skies cried out “spring!”.

I got on the road yesterday morning, truly feeling as if spring had arrived, and drove in a very light rain off and on the whole way.  The zig-zag portion through country roads in the mountains were foggy, but thankfully never to the point that it felt dangerous.  I had to get a picture of this sign on the side of a gas station!   It was just so typical for the mountain area I was in!

 I got back home to Ohio after dark last night, and this is what I woke up to this morning.  There is ice under that snow.

We returned the rental car and I just had to take these ice pictures on the way home.  The signs were so interesting with the ice/snow slipping off of them!  It looked like the thin foam sheets that glassware comes packed in.

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Now to get all of the sewing supplies put away, and the book work and orders taken care of so I can play with my quilts!  I hope you find something good to create today!