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Yesterday I saw a video of something similar to these and I couldn’t wait to try them. Vince loves breakfast. It isn’t my favorite meal but I try to eat only between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. so I do need to eat breakfast. Here’s how I made them: Ingredients: Flour tortillas (2) – I...

 Had the first two quilt shows for 2024. 

The first one was the Boundary Bay Quilt Guild show.

And the next weekend, we were at the Langley Quilters Guild show.

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 Trimming is one of my favorite ways to make sure my units are accurate before being put into my quilt blocks.

April was another month where I didn't get the camera out much.  Knee surgery and recovery made it difficult to get out and about.  We spent the week before surgery in Texas for the eclipse and that's about the only time my camera saw any use.  Walking was difficult, so I wasn't very enthusiastic or focused on getting good pictures. It was a nice surprise to find some visually interesting photos in the few that I took. 

I haven't written a blog post since last Tuesday so I should have plenty to report. LOL. That's not really the case. I've been busy with other non-sewing things, and I've been somewhat unmotivated to work on any of my projects. I did, however, keep referring back to my last post to see what I needed to be focusing on and ended up finishing the week on a pretty good note.

1. Quilt three customer quilts. Yes. 
   
   
   
   
   The first one had a pieced back, which I thought was pretty cool
   
   The third quilt is quilted, but not ...

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 Remember when I shared a shortcut to making half square triangles?  Well I pieced them all together and found some matching fabric for a nice border.

The green fabric matched perfectly with the leaves on the fabric.

That is another charity quilt for the nursing home project for Christmas. Yay!

hand embroidered buttons and beads

I feel a tinge of guilt that we didn't have to completely clear that house, but it's only a tinge. 

But YES --- going through this entire process has made me look at my house and how it would appear in the eyes of someone after I am no longer here. Yes -- that is a totally scary thought! If I'm no longer here, I wouldn't hear their comments, but I cannot leave this mess for someone else to judge me. Come on -- you know they will! 

It's been eight years since my parents moved off the ...

I can’t believe it’s a week since we got home and I’m just now getting these greens planted. We did buy some at the farmers’ Market Saturday so we haven’t been without. For anyone who wants nutritious, fast growing greens, this is the way to go. It’s so easy to grow them inside, especially with...

You know how sometimes you make a project and don't like it very much?  And then it gets quilted, and you find out you really DO like it?

I like seeing trees and shrubs in bloom, just not the allergies they cause

I am watching a video on sketchbook painting ideas  and this was one...

The simplest brushes of color, and a black pen create a scene... 

a lawn ornament made of cutlery purchased back in Maryland

the bugs are back

Birds are trying to build a nest in the shallow window well above our back sliding door. The bits they'd collected blew off and we shooed them off. Location ...

I haven’t been working much this week, but I get a few hours in here and there. Here’s a picture of the one I finished Monday: 

Most of the work I did today once again can’t be show but soon I will be able to.  So in the meantime I did work some on the quilting again – Carpenter’s Wheel almost got done with this end on Tuesday night but did last night and rolled it down. I worked on hexies […]