Hello again,
My blog is suffering from summer fun - I'm just having too much of it! Last Saturday was our annual Block Party BBQ. The street was closed off - all two blocks of it - and the neighbors got together to catch up on family doings and who had heard from which former neighbors recently. The weather (which was extremely wet in the morning) cooperated just in time to light up the grill and let the local littles play in the sprinkler.
Between travel, recuperating from travel, and all the other fun stuff - not to mention the exhaustive heat - it has been too hot to spend much time at the upstairs sewing machine - but I have spent enough time to get a couple of the corners done for my RRCB:
yeah, I know... still in the drawer.
... and a "Trend class" sample is quilted and bound:
The 4 x 6ers have almost all received their postcards from me for July before the middle of August:
and I've received this beautiful little quiltie from my friend, Lani, all the way from California!
doesn't it look like a sunrise behind a Manzanita? I love it! and, it's her first try at a postcard quilt. I think she did a great job on it - she has a wonderful sense of design - and I love those bright colors!
The FATraders exchanged embellished coasters which we joined into books to celebrate our 6th anniversary on Yahoo.... it took a bit longer than expected due to the postal workers strike in Canada, but I'm loving my little book. Here it is:
I've also been working on an embroidery block of the month - I'm keeping up pretty well with the Little Birdie Stitches by Little Miss Shabby... I'll post those pics in a day or so, along with the latest update on the Happiness Key Mystery quilt.
...and I've sewn, cut, re-sewn, rearranged, cut, sewn again on my QCE Guild fabric challenge - due in Sept. which I can't post pics of or any other details until the 'Reveal' at the next guild meeting.
The QCE guild has a quilt show coming up in November - and I'm trying to prep a new quilt or two for that deadline. I'm also trying to get to Philadelphia to spend a couple of days with my one and only daughter, who has graciously kept her calendar free for the time of my visit. Smoochies!
My blog is suffering from summer fun - I'm just having too much of it! Last Saturday was our annual Block Party BBQ. The street was closed off - all two blocks of it - and the neighbors got together to catch up on family doings and who had heard from which former neighbors recently. The weather (which was extremely wet in the morning) cooperated just in time to light up the grill and let the local littles play in the sprinkler.
Between travel, recuperating from travel, and all the other fun stuff - not to mention the exhaustive heat - it has been too hot to spend much time at the upstairs sewing machine - but I have spent enough time to get a couple of the corners done for my RRCB:
... and a "Trend class" sample is quilted and bound:
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| Isabell's, Janet's, and mine |
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| Lani's pc |
The FATraders exchanged embellished coasters which we joined into books to celebrate our 6th anniversary on Yahoo.... it took a bit longer than expected due to the postal workers strike in Canada, but I'm loving my little book. Here it is:
I've also been working on an embroidery block of the month - I'm keeping up pretty well with the Little Birdie Stitches by Little Miss Shabby... I'll post those pics in a day or so, along with the latest update on the Happiness Key Mystery quilt.
...and I've sewn, cut, re-sewn, rearranged, cut, sewn again on my QCE Guild fabric challenge - due in Sept. which I can't post pics of or any other details until the 'Reveal' at the next guild meeting.
The QCE guild has a quilt show coming up in November - and I'm trying to prep a new quilt or two for that deadline. I'm also trying to get to Philadelphia to spend a couple of days with my one and only daughter, who has graciously kept her calendar free for the time of my visit. Smoochies!
