grandmas-bits and pieces: control panel

A friend offered me some help with the printer issue. She said to go to the control panel and check out devices to see if the printer is checked off. So I am going to do that right now. Be back shortly.
Well it was a bit longer than that. And no luck. So I'll have to wait until Jim gets here next week. However I did spend some time going through all my photos, still more to go. Tomorrow I'll get back to that job.

I think the Block Of the Day for today is another flower, since Spring is on the way I am sure there are more to come.

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The colours are so nice, who could go wrong with blue and yellow. I particularly love the blue. Of course it would not be in the stores, it's like the quilt magazines, no chance to find the fabrics they use. The block is by Quilt Pro.

I look at the stats for my blog every day, particularly look to see how many people checked in that day. Some days it is pretty good and others not so. I wonder if the title of the blog may be the reason. Today's is Control Panel, sounds like a 50s girdle LOL.

I think I'll think more about the heading. There is also a distribtion of viewers on the world map and it is so interesting to see which countries the viewers are from. So if you blog and haven't checked out the stats do so, it is fun.

We did our usual grocery shopping and I sat and checked out the magazines. But I didn't buy one this week, maybe next week.

But we did buy another mum since our yellow one gave up the ghost. The flowers last about a month. They bring such lovely colour to the living room. This one was only $7.99 , instead of $9.99. Worth spending the money for the pleasure it brings .

We had lunch at Tim Horton's. I had the potato soup. I really like their soup.

Then Ray took the car to get it washed and vacuumed . He was gone for an hour and a half as the day was quite sunny and there was a line up for the car wash.

I used to wonder how this was done with the Flying Geese in perfect harmony. How did the quilter happen to get them at just the right angle to make a perfect circle.

I think I may have figured it out, the dreaded paper piecing. Think so? There is no other way to reach such perfection.Have any of you ever done this circle? However this makes a great wall hanging or table topper.

Last night I went through my picture files and deleted over 600 pictures, it took most of the evening. But it is now easier to go through them. Have you seen the picture site called 60 photos. There are so many photos of family and friends that I had not seen before and so I downloaded most that I didn't have. Good thing I made room for them LOL.

http://www.amisimms.com/ddruler.html

This is an interesting ruler. Ami Simms has a video that show how to make a Double Diamond bookmark. The ruler has other applications too , for instance it can be used on quilt borders and as decorations on clothing. Looks like fun.