Priorities Straight

A free airline ticket + a furlough day = a quick trip home for Lauren. "Quick" as just a bit over 48 hours...but we managed to do a little fabric shopping (a girl's got to have her priorities straight...it was our first stop on the way home from the airport!); painted fabric (together we painted a chrysanthemum for a pillow that Lauren will later free-motion quilt); played games, all sorts (actually, Vera and her boyfriend, Sean, spent Saturday with us teaching Lauren a game called "Magic". Here's a pic of Lauren at Meisnners wearing what she'd like to be our next project...

...just what we all need, a crown!