I did manage to get to the quilt shop here in town today. (I tried last week, they were closed because of a family emergency - I suppose that's a problem for a lot of small businesses, especially those where several family members are the main employees). But I got there today. And I got the big piece of white for the Flower Show quilt, and a yellow Moda Marble to use with my pink and yellow fabrics for a Mixtape quilt. And I bought a really cute green fabric to use as backing on the Dozen Roses quilt - I had been hoping one of their closeout "sale" fabrics would work, but none did.

The green fabric in question, though - it has a pattern of white viney things on it that then outline a squirrel. Stealth squirrels! It's an appropriate color, it's cute, and I like it, so I bought it.

I also found out that the owner of the shop will soon start doing machine quilting for people - she is actually taking her classes to learn the use of the new machine she got right now. So I'm thinking, when she gets that up and running, of taking my quilts to her, both because of the convenience and because it gives me a chance to support a local business.

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I didn't get a lot done on the new scarf, even if I gave three exams this week. The pattern goes somewhat slowly, it takes me longer to knit while walking (I can knit faster sitting). And also, as soon as a critical mass of people finished up (meaning: no places where two people were sitting next to each other, even though I do a Form A and Form B where the questions are scrambled), I did start grading. Technically, it's not good practice to grade an exam while people are still taking it (for a variety of reasons, the main one being it could be a problem if you started cursing midway through grading because people were misinterpreting the question or something). 

But here it is:



The color, as I noted before, is called "Tea Party" but it actually reminds me more of a type of candy called "Roman Nougat." (I don't know if it's just Russell Stover that has it/calls it that: it's a cherry nougat with nuts in it, covered with either dark or light chocolate. It is my favorite chocolate that that company offers).

I like the pattern: it's complex enough not to be boring, but repetitive enough that it's easily memorized.