Geranium

This Martha Washington geranium is sitting on my front porch on the west side.  She started out on the south and wasn't doing too well.  Look at her now!!

Design Wall Monday

It's back up--Scrappy Trip Around the World from Bonnie Hunter's pattern that started life as 46 Ugly FQs.  Had to make another block--and I don't think it will play well with the group.  It is still here in the house, not on the wall.  Here's hoping!  I would like to get this put together and quilted in this life time!

Gift Package in the mail!!

This came in the mail:

Rats!!  I hate it when the photo loads sideways!!!!

Anyway, Becca sent me 3, THREE!!  episodes of Downton Abbey, a small purse mirror with green zebra on the back :) , a green crystal key chain, a fabric bundle to make a binkie blanket, and a ??.  Can you guess what the white item is?!?

Thanks, Becca--you made my day---and the coveted gift bag is back in my possession!!

Wordless Wednesday

Birds and bears and....oh, my!

Our little neighborhood is on bear watch...I check around before closing the door and getting too exposed before dashing to the studio!  Last week a mama brown bear and two large cubs were helping them selves to my neighbors trash bags.

Of course I have no bear pictures, but this teenage robin was very cooperative.

Our weather has been wonderful, so yesterday a motorcycle trip was taken to Princess Lodge in Cooper Landing--I love their KPL salad!  Then friends from church invited us to dinner--sushi and fellowship were both great.  Hmmm.  I wasn't in the kitchen yesterday.....


This lovely was found in the "back 40" and transplanted to my flower bed.

Design Wall Monday

This is on my wall--and there are two more rows of blocks finished that won't fit--it is a queen size BQ quilt from Maple Island.  I need another quilt for my bed like I need another hole in my head, but I fell in love with this huge poppy print and "had" to have it!  DH loved it too, (which helped--he's my enabler!)

Instead of Quilting

I've been doing a lot of this!!  But up here, you make hay while the sun shines...and has it ever been shining!!

View from the turn out at the top of Homer hill.  This was last week.
We started toward Seward today, but could really smell rain at Sunrise, so turned back into the sunshine.  (We are fair weather bikers!!)

12th Finish

for this year.  But I must confess, they have not all been quilts.  There have been placemat sets with napkins (I counted the whole set as one, not eight!!!) and tote bags included in the count, but, hey!, they ARE a finish. (And quilted--the placemats were customed, too!)

This wallhanging is the pattern "Oh Henry" and used a panel--very easy. I quilted it with Parrot Highlights thread from Superior in the top and a purple bottomline in the bobbin.  The binding was done in the car to and from Anchorage--in between photos and admiring the scenery!

Road trip

Made a quick trip to Anchorage to pick up a scroll saw DH scored on Craig's list--and had lunch with the DIL.  The weather was great til we hit town--sorry the pics are thru the car window while moving, but you get the idea!!

Quilt for Uncle Wayne

is done--just needs to be put in the washer.

Whenever I gave  a quilt to a new baby at church he'd ask where his was, so here it is!!  I decided to quilt it using Omni thread by Superior and the panto " Chantilly Lace"                                       

Shop sample

in the window.  This is using the comma fabric line from Moda.  Remember me belly aching about the 18 60 degree mitered corners??  Well, they turned out great.  Kathy, a long arm quilting friend wanted to quilt it for me.  I was hesitant 'cuz I didn't know how flat it would lay (and I didn't want her to think I was a rotten piecer!!) but she said it was good--only one side was a little friendly!

Pat is in Portland at Quilt Market, so I'm holding down the fort and making executive decisions!  Actually, I'm rearranging, shuffling, and having fun!

At the end of Easy Street!

It is finished, washed and hanging on the deck railing.  This lovely is done!!!

Close to the finish line!!

I'm working on the binding of Easy Street!!  (It's 105 inches square, so I'll be at it awhile.)

I'm anxious to put it on my bed.  (DH: "How many quilts do we need for our bed?")   Silly question!!!!

Design Wall Monday

This is on my wall:

It started life as the 46 Ugly FQ bargello quilt.  And then it sat, all in strips til I saw Bonnie Hunter's scrappy trip blocks.  So it morphed into these blocks--still have a bunch to put together.  I was working on this at the crafter's retreat and ladies were trying to be polite and say something positive about them, but when I said they were 'sposed to be ugly fabrics, the relief on their faces was comical!  I purchased 100 FQ sight unseen for $100.00 way back when I first started quilting----won't do that again!!  DH thought the whole thing was ugly, but it reminds me of something our grandmothers would have done from their scrapbags!

Winner!!

Look what I won!!  This T shirt was tie dyed by Vicki and she gave it away!!
( DH likes the fish!)

Her Etsy shop is full of her hand dyed fabric (which I couldn't resist). Since I'm computer challenged, the easiest way for me to direct you to her is: go to Vicki under My Blog List .  She has tutorials and all kinds of fun and interesting things on her blog.

Thanks again, Vicki!