Joy in Athens

I love women’s college basketball.  For the past ten years I have followed most of the teams in the SEC and enjoyed every minute.  Since I am originally from Mississippi I watch MS State and Ole Miss when they are on TV.  And I have also followed UT Vols and UGA Bulldogs on TV and radio.  But have never actually seen an SEC women’s basketball game in person.

Yesterday my two favorite teams were playing in the afternoon in Athens.  My sweet daughter and her husband asked me before Christmas if I would like to go and I said yes, yes, yes.  We went and had a wonderful time and saw the Dawgs beat the Vols. 

Afternoon games work for me and I hope to get back to see more games before this season ends.

Go Dawgs.  Go SEC.

Quilt Backing

I love, love the wide backing fabrics for quilts.  It is so much easier for the layering of the top, batting and backing.  Some of my quilts are machine quilted by a dear friend.  Others are quilted by hand on a quilt frame by a local church group and some are spray basted and I hand quilt them.

With a large quilt I feel that an extra wide backing is almost a necessity.  Now here is my problem.  I live in a small town and wide quilt backing is limited.  The quilt shops close to me (5-10 miles) have a very limited selection and the only other option is the nearest JoAnn's which is 20 miles from me.
Occasionally I will order on line but that has been hit or miss.

I really needed a backing so the church quilters can quilt a quilt for me.  On New Years I went to JoAnn's and finally found one that I think will work.  But it is red, red, red.  It's a pretty red and I do like it but now I am thinking that I had better wash that with color catchers.  Maybe several color catchers.

Please wish me lots of luck washing, drying and folding massive amounts of fabric.