I just have to share the end of another successful Barred Owls of Indiana season. I so enjoyed watching these three grow and then branch successfully off into the big wide world. I really like how the owl parents are so attentive and make sure all three, even the youngest and smallest, hatched days after the first, gets plenty of food. Their eyesight is thought to be better than ours so imagine emerging from the nest box and seeing all the world in front of them for the first time- no wonder they look transfixed. 

We skipped the challenge last week. It was Mother's Day weekend and I wasn't sure there would be time to get a post together.  Plus none of us really liked what we had for photographs last week, so we extended the deadline by a week so we had a chance to explore other options.  

The week 111 challenge continued the theme of "concepts".  

Concepts are a lot more of a challenge than finding an object to photograph. Consequently, it usually makes for a more interesting set of photos as we each seek to find some object to photograph ...

There is a beautiful Hindi song - Gulabi. 

Although Gulab (in Hindi language) means rose, the word Gulabi can mean rosy or pink. Watch this video and notice all the pinks. It is a visual delight. Lyrics Translated in English here.

That is how I feel today. Everything is rosy.

Dogflowers/Snapdragons

The nature is bursting with gorgeous pink blooms.

Peonies

Roses

There is a new season of Bridgerton, celebrating all things romantic.

Close-up of a White Peony with Fuchsia Center

I am working on my Rainbow Scrap Challenge blocks for May. 

All fabrics are Island Batik. It is good to ...

I’ve been catching up on some smaller projects. It has been raining for the last couple of days, so the weather was perfect for staying inside and sewing. Betty and I braved the rain yesterday and made a road trip to Yorktown. We visited the quilt shop there and then drove to Cuero for lunch. When we got back to Victoria, we went by the quilt shop here, so it was a mini shop hop for us. I bought a couple of things in Yorktown, but I haven’t gotten the bag out of the car yet. I’ll ...

Someone mentioned that they are also in the process of doing a file sort/reorg. Yep—it can be tedious, and we'd all rather be sewing. For myself, it's the satisfaction of knowing that I've gotten a little closer to the ultimate goal of getting that stuff all cleaned up. That feeling now supersedes sewing at my house! 

I don't spend a lot of time sorting, especially if I'm not in the mood. Aim for 15 minutes a day. Surely, we can give up 15 minutes of sewing time to push ahead with the decluttering ...

Whoever said "Happiness is to be found along the way, not at the end of the road" wasn't making this pattern.

But let's start at the beginning.

We were out Wednesday (I think) and stopped by Lowe’s to see if we could find a lilac to put over Rita’s grave. We did find one. I didn’t start any eggplants this year because I wasn’t going to plant any. I’m so limited on garden space and had decided not to plant okra or...

 Check off one more RSC finish!  And it's a UFO to check off too.  Yay!

This is the Elephant quilt, and I love it.  My reluctant quilt holder kept standing in the shade, and holding it crooked. But you get the idea of how bright the border actually is at the bottom where the sun hits it.  The quilter did Baptist Fans on it and the texture is wonderful. 

The 12" elephant blocks were part of my RSC sewing in 2022-23.  The colors of the elephants are bright and cheerful.  And the border is a gorgeous Laurel Burch print ...

 I have a love/hate relationship with technology. DH tells me I'm his IT tech. He's in trouble because that's not my area of expertise, but yesterday, he sat down next to me and asked me for help. His phone did one of those automated updates and this is what now shows up on the little icon above my name in his phone (I erased my name and # in the photo for privacy)I guess I now wear a turban

The first is a sketchbook painting, a self portrait of sorts. 

If I was Queen, you've all heard that phrase. I tried to paint someone sticking out their tongue in disgust. 

ever feel like that? 

I had a very painful week, making sewing difficult so I sort of planned my feathered star hoping next week I can sew at the machine

I sewed on a border or two on this

I sewed ...

Pulling out another vintage recipe from the dessert files of long ago. I thought I'd shared this, but my search came up empty and this one is too good not to share. I've had this recipe for 37 years. In fact, we're still friends with the couple who sadly, are no longer a couple, but the husband now neighbors us and the wife is our real estate agent. Back when we were first married, he and his

More thread basting is taking place and I did order more papers should get here in a couple days but I have plenty to keep me busy in the meantime.  I love the little sayings and most I find so true!  (or should this one say use up your fabric?) The box will slowly fill […]

If you’ve been following along, you might remember we had family pictures taken a bit ago. They came back and I’m finally getting time to share them with you. I was super nervous about how they would turn out. In the end, I’m pretty happy with them. It was a task to wrangle all 19 …

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Tech Know Quilters Masters Challenge - Design Your Own T Shirt

​Many of us have made quilts designed from old T Shirts.  Maybe like this design from my T Shirt and Panel Quilt class. ​But what if we reversed the concept -- and took a quilt we designed in EQ8 and transferred it to a T Shirt? Or create a design in EQ8 specifically for a T Shirt?  Wouldn't that be super fun to wear to your next guild meeting? Or your next quilt show? ​Everyone will be asking where you got your shirt.

Custom Set Quilt Design from T Shirt ...

Today was another one of those days where I could sleep in if I wanted, but it didn't happen. Ron was volunteering at the food bank today, so we didn't go walking. Patrick and I walked instead. It's a good walk where we chat about stuff we don't normally chat about. 

After that I decided to pull out the box of genealogy stuff to organize it and get ready to enter information into the family tree. That took a couple hours as I needed to go through the photos as well. I had Patrick take the ...

 So sorry for my tardiness lately bloggy friends.  I have caught a little something that has worn me out this past week.  I have also been working long long hours as well.  Two more days of school next week and I will be free for a couple of months!  Yay Yay!  

Let us begin with the Chookshed Challenge Mid-Month Check in.  I have not started my kiwi birdies yet - well, I printed the pattern if that counts as a start.  I will maybe take them with me to work on when I visit Chris next week.

Please feel free to ...