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A little of everything done yesterday.  It was an off and on light rain day so I got a little more done in the sewing room then I had been. First I had ironed on my freezer paper templates for Georgetown on my Mind and then got them cut.  Some of this is done with […]

We are having friends over for dinner tomorrow, and the weather will be perfect for an al fresco meal of grilled goodness. Everything is greening up, the azaleas are close to being in full bloom, and I needed to get the veranda ready to enjoy. This time of year it is covered in pollen, so the first thing was to give it a good wash, scrubbing down the boards and rails. Here is the culprit, the oak tree pollen is rampant. This picture came out so well, I might enter it in the fair this year.

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The binding was put on Hunter’s Star and it is ready for the hand work over the next week or so – it is all folded up here on the couch handy for me to work on – these are just some of the colors on the binding. Today I hope to get started picking […]

Inside and outside – it was a beautiful day but quite warm by mid afternoon.  I got all the binding cut for a rainbow binding for the Hunter’s Star but I still need to press it and sew it on today – then I can finally get back to the RSC quilts – two to […]

 The storm is past and power has been restored for everyone. Then it was really cold like we had dialed back a season back to winter.  However today, spring hopes are revived as it is going up to 15C.  I did pick up my seed packets while out and about yesterday. I found out last year that these are classified seasonal and only available on the shelves for a brief time, so have to get them early. I bought more of the Zinnia packets because I had good luck growing those last year and they stayed in bloom so long ...

I worked on Friday evening when I would have been exercising in getting the Carpenter’s Wheel on the quilting frame.  This one went on very easily considering the size and took barely over an hour to get all three layers in place and the room back in order!  I love it when it goes on […]

I finished Hunter’s Star Thursday night – and got it off the frame.  I did get all the excess cut off the sides  and it is folded and ready for binding to be added when I get to it which I know won’t be for a couple days at least.  I’m linking all my yellow […]

Hunter’s Star is coming to an end and the next post it will be finished.  Last night I sat down to quilt the last block and today I will take it off the frame.  There are a few things that Mike needs to tighten up on the rollers before I load the next quilt.  I […]

We are expected to be able to view the eclipse in its totality for 4 1/2 minutes this afternoon – it might be cloudy but the weathermen are thinking positive and say it will be ok.  I’ll let you know!  We plan to be in our backyard or wherever we think we can view it […]

The garden is still gearing up, with some things finishing their blooming cycle and others are just getting started. I still haven’t bought the forsythia I want for the circle island, and now it may once again be too late. I need to figure that out this week. This is a photo of one from a few years back, just to show you the gorgeous yellow flowers that cover the bushes in early spring.

The redbud tree is coming out beautifully, with the pink blossoms alive with pollinators.

I love the rich purple pink of these flowers.

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Now that I finished the little table topper in yellow and grey, I wanted to set a pretty springtime table with it. I pulled out yellow chargers and my favorite yellow salad plates. They are called Chloe, and I got them from Pier 1 years ago.

I start with putting the table topper at an angle on top of a white tablecloth, with the points toward the places.

I have two of these adorable ducklings with eggs, with green hats and big orange feet. Pulling out my yellow ceramic basket, I filled it with faux spring tulips and hibiscus, along ...

It has been so nice outside (other than the wind) that I have been outside a bit more than inside last couple days but I have gotten closer to starting the next border for NYB – I picked out colors for the 4 blocks that I will be doing next – usually I do one […]

I hadn’t mentioned this quilt in awhile as it had been put aside while I was catching up on the applique of the circles for Happy Daze and the Mercantile sew along.  The other day I finished thread basting the hexies for the next section I am working on so before I got to any […]

Good afternoon, my friends. It's our last day here in Escondido. Tomorrow morning, we will head east again, stopping in Arizona for a couple of days, and then continuing on our journey to the middle of Texas, where we will hope to see the solar eclipse. 

My morning started with some slow stitching. I filled what was in my hoop, and now I've moved my hoop up to begin stitching the kitten's face and the flower.

Good afternoon, my friends. It's our last day here in Escondido. Tomorrow morning, we will head east again, stopping in Arizona for a couple of days, and then continuing on our journey to the middle of Texas, where we will hope to see the solar eclipse. 

My morning started with some slow stitching. I filled what was in my hoop, and now I've moved my hoop up to begin stitching the kitten's face and the flower.

Sunday was a nice day I was inside and outside.  Inside it was all about purple.  I got done with the Happy Daze applique purple block (circle) and started on the red one for the applique part of it.  One down two to go And I cut out the back and cut that part up […]

First I did get some accomplished yesterday and will link up to SoScrappy today for the RSC group.  I have the 3 Happy Daze blocks ready to applique to the background squares.  (the Mercantile block is on the right side).  Also linking to Patchwork & Quilts – I also have the first Mercantile quilt block […]

As we deal with the blasted time change yet again, I thought it would be nice to take a quiet walk in the garden to soothe the irritation changing to daylight savings time. I know everyone else likes the light in the evening, but it is going to do that anyway in a few more weeks. For me, it is abruptly dark later in the morning, and I don’t like that. I wake later, meaning I do not get as much done in the morning and have less time to read, plus it takes me weeks to get used ...

On my way to getting caught up for the March colors for the Happy Daze quilt – The half Dresden Plates are made for the border – I have the accuquilt die for Dresden Plates so that made the cutting easy.  I make them in a long chain and quickly snip them apart with the […]

It is purple this month for the RSC group and I am busy with my purple block for Georgetown which has 9 large blocks and then a lot of smaller ones.  Right now I am making one large in the color selected a month – it takes about 2 days to do each block so […]