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The Rose Garden – 17 more blocks to go – Section by section they get done And added to the wall – I think every print used in the blocks are actually used several times but they are different shades – this new block is the same as the one in the lower left corner […]

This one is going easier – I think I really have it in my head now how to construct  these Rose Garden blocks the easiest way possible – after 10 blocks I should right LOL – the corners done And it was on to the flying geese which really is the hardest part for me […]

Well I got caught up on my stars – these come together so easy – two blocks done in less than an hour!  So different than the Rose Garden stars which takes me 2 days to do 1 block! It is getting hard to see them all on the wall but I tried – on […]

It was a kind of busy off and on day with plenty of listening to audio books too.  The Rose Garden Block was finished bringing the total of finished blocks to 12. Linking to Small Quilts and Doll Quilts — A little quilting on the Pineapple Quilt For the month of August the RSC group […]

I hope the weatherman is right – predicted for low to mid 80’s today after quite a long stretch of 95+ we need it!! It would be so nice to sit out on the porch for hours and be comfy.  Even though I have been in the house a lot I just haven’t really been […]

And some quilting of course.  First the piecing – I had started another Rose Garden block the other day and meant to get finished on a block yesterday but got busy with other things and didn’t I need to press these flying geese units and then finish up the block – maybe today – should […]

A little more work done on the pineapple quilt each evening and it is moving along – when I rolled the quilt down the half way row is very much completely in sight.  This is the section I did on Wednesday night this quilt would be hard to keep track of where the half way […]

I remembered to take some photos of block construction as I finally got back to work on the 11th Rose Garden block – I did miss the first couple steps but here are some from construction of the star blocks Construction is going much smoother now I’m not sure what color I will pick out […]

I am finding that the Rose Garden blocks get easy with each one – the trick is getting into a routine with it I think.  I still can’t sit long enough to finish one in a day but if I finish one every two days I’m satisfied.  All of my pieces are divided into trays […]

Same old stuff here, read, piece, knit, quilt – garden and sometimes cooking and keep repeating day after day.  At times I wonder where the day went but then at the end of the day I look at what I have accomplished and most of the time it is a bit. Yesterday I got some […]

Managed to get back on track and get another block started yesterday – it helped that it was 92 degrees outside because it was too hot to be outside to relax on the porch and I have a good audio book to listen to also helps me to stay sitting at the machine longer than […]

Finally one more block finished for the Rose Garden – this makes nine finished.  For me I really have to get into an assembly line type of mood to get this done.  The day before I had lined every thing up – first thing I do is sew the flying geese unit to the top and […]

Yes I finally got back to work and have one more block started.  This will be block #9 out of 30.  The corner units are made and pressed – pressing open as I go. Flying geese units are made and the blocks are laid out to sew today.  Then you assemble the 9 blocks into […]

Yesterday was so nice outside it barely got above 83 and low humidity – next week will be different so I’m glad I was able to enjoy it.  End of the week and next week – hot, hot close to 100 – I imagine I will get caught up on sewing then. Little acorn squash […]

Sunday morning started out early as I woke up at 5:30 and couldn’t fall back to sleep – it was lightly raining – we have actually needed the rain here as everything was beginning to dry out but we have been having rain for 3 days now so it can stop we have 2.5 inches […]

The quilt that is – I really don’t have a rose garden anymore!  It took me two days to make one block for this quilt named The Rose Garden!  Trying to get the routine of this block is messing with me and not fun! it better start to be easier or I can see it […]

Sometimes I just have to say I hate little bits of fabric and other times I love them!  When you leave a project for awhile and then go back to it and have to reread a pattern and look pieces over repeatedly to remember how to piece them together can lead to a hair pulling […]

First of all thank you to the two readers Paula and Maria that quickly responded to my inquiry on yarn yesterday – I really do not know why Raverly didn’t pop in my head as a place to look to see if anyone had yarn for sale.  I am a member of Raverly but as […]

And yes the mistake on yesterday’s block is fixed – I can’t believe how much trouble I had with that one, I must have really not been paying attention.  But I got it fixed first thing in the morning – I thought I’d watch Prince Phillip’s funeral just because and took the block with me […]

Sometimes you really have to wonder why you keep on making a block when it keeps giving you difficulty – most times you continue because you know you are not paying close enough attention and it is you making the blasted mistakes!   Yesterday was one one of those days – I kept making one mistake […]