Sewing time

It has rained at least a few drops nearly every day for the last 6 days.  It is nice rain, and just enough to not have to water twice a day.

I have finished the Tiger quilt.

I like the color of the background but not the fabric.  It is linen and difficult to work with in pressing seams.

This is Connie's recipe from the farmer's wife whose name I cannot remember.  It is potato, tomato and zuccini on sauteed onions with gruyere cheese and it is delicious.  I cannot figure out how to make it small yet.  Have to try to find a smaller dish to cook it in.

And last but by no means least is the first four rounds of Stone Log Cabin. It is a quilt from Kaffe.

There are about 18 more rounds.  The challenge will be to keep it flat.

More church zoom meetings and eating.

Rainy quilting.

Sally

 

Rain is welcome wind not so much

The sound of rain is good on many levels.  It is soothing and relieves you of the need to water. Of course too much of a good thing .....etc.
As L likes to clean out flower beds my Tithonia are just about gone and it is maintaining until time for pansies.

Some more flower pictures.

I call these cabbage begonias because the flowers are huge and lovely.

Dahlias are so pretty and less demanding.

My choice for flower of the summer.  Pentas are wonderful.

My trumpet flower plant is lavender with purple edging.  It is stunning.

I love the rose of sharon bush.  I hope it is happy here.

If I have had these on before just ignore.  

I am working on the 8th tiger block and have two quilts to take to H.  Bed runner to go over pillows for a quilt too short and a baby quilt for baby girl due in October. 

I'm working on getting the binding on the mystery quilt.

Every time I think about going to the new Bernina shop here I look at the fabric I have and say "I don't think so.  To be honest if it were not for CV I would have been there several times by now.

Time to get back to work.  

End of July quilting.

S

Mid July

It seems as if I can only get to this once a month.  It is too hot to do anything else except sew.
I have been working on a kit from Missouri Star with Tiger faces in different color ways.  I am making 9 blocks and as of today have done 5.  I must say I have taken out many seams which were not exactly 1/4 inch because the unit would not fit others  My goal is to make at least one block without having to unsew.

Here are the first four blocks.  Love the attitude on the face.

The other project this spring was to put in flower beds in the back.  This is a picture of the tithonia that Lily gave me and they are on steroids.  That fence has to be at least 10 feet high.  Now the plants are on top of about 12 to 14 inches of soil but still. I will only have one of those next year because they are crowding out everything else.  Those orange mexican sunflowers are stunning though.

This is my 2019 Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt.  I did change the border to make it long enough to go over the pillows.  Now I just have to bind it and put on a label.  Arrrrgh.

My nephew does custom wrappings on fishing rods and he made me one with blue and turquoise line and finished it with a reel with variagated blue, white, and turquoise line.  It is beautiful.  This was a fish I caught on the pier in my sister-in-laws subdivision.  Yea.

So that is about all that is going on unless you want to see plates of food from local restaurants.

Fishy quilting???

s

Picture post

It is all about the flowers in my new backyard bed.  Keep in mind my back yard is about 10feet by 30 feet.  Thanks to my niece it is full of flowers. 

The first picture, the upside down one is a large pot Lily found for my neighbor who did not like it.
Since I have never met a blue pot I did not like I took it and I love the "cabbage" begonias and pentas.
The next 6 are plants in my new bed against the fence.  I love my trumpet plant which has lavender
blooms.  The tall ones are tithonia? or mexican sun flowers which grow like bamboo. Had to stake then against the fence b/c there is a strong breeze often back there. 
The final picture is my privacy fence and I have crammed all I could there. My herb flower box and petunias box off what I call my half-patio.  When it is not raining I enjoy sitting, reading and looking at my flowers. 
I call this living life abundantly.
I did manage to finish my Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt top and get it to Heather to quilt.  Now for a Christmas quilt, baby quilt for a new to be born great niece, and finish one for her brother.
Happy quilting,
Sally
Rainy quilting.

A new year late

I don't know what happened to January, wait yes I do.  Dr appointments and physical therapy and just stuff. It does not look as if it will be any better for the next two months. But I always have "Bonnie"
to occupy my time.
I like the colors this year but I will have to say this is the most involved setting I have done.  After the last clue there is still a lot to do to get the block made not to mention the sashing.  I know: "no whining it is a mystery."

Can you tell what is wrong with this picture? The block on the left was made first obviously without looking at the directions.  The one on the right was made at a later time obviously looking at the directions.  So a lot of unsewing to fix the first one.

Six blocks and I finally have a process.  I  use the units of the next block, which all have to stay together, as leader enders for the previous block and it keeps me going. I suppose I could use the 

sashings as leader enders.

Last but not least I finally found a groomer who could work with Cecil who is nearly 16, blind and deaf.  This is the best he has looked since I moved here.  He is so sweet I want him to look nice.

Lots happening this month and to avoid more problems with my hip muscle I am limiting my driving long distances until the last of the month. I will also be starting vein work so lots of sewing time I hope. I would like to get bindings on and work on some of the kits I have.  It is a challenge not to open the quilt shop emails.

Rainy Saturday quilting.

Sally