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Let's take a walk from Fleur de Lis Quilts and Accessories

Succulents...I've been trying to fill this pot for three years. I might succeed!

Richard and I have been trying to walk. We want to get in better shape but we also need to get outside and breathe in the fresh air.

A pot of color next to the studio door

Sometimes we walk together, sometimes ~~one of us~~ Richard will get some steps in early. I've increased my walking to three miles three times a week and two miles on alternate days.

Althea

I've been enjoying seeing everything in my yard grow and bloom. Wednesday I ...

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This time... LINES from Fleur de Lis Quilts and Accessories

Remember my pictures for inspiration post from last week? Well, I guess I really like the concept, because I took another walk, this time on the search for lines.

a fence line

Trees have always been a big deal to me. I'm not sure just what it is exactly, their grandeur, their ability to clean the air, their home site capabilities, their colors and beauty. If you've ever seen the changing colors of the leaves in fall, or fledgling bluebirds following the mama from branch to branch, or Spanish moss dripping in the fog, you'd get it ...

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Pictures for inspiration from Fleur de Lis Quilts and Accessories

Under my needle today are these masks in gingham that my niece requested. Ten in total they've been relatively easy to sew. I made a jig to help in the pleating and that has made all the difference. Before this request, I'd made a few in oranges because I'd over-cut some 1½ inch strips. How convenient that they're the exact size of the straps.

Recently one of the BRMQG quilters posted some photos she'd taken on her daily walks. The pictures depict lines in nature, and she uses the pics as inspiration to make blocks ...

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Family, flowers, face masks...the little things in life from Fleur de Lis Quilts and Accessories

A rose from the new bushes

A beautiful moth Rich discovered this morning.
Look at those markings.

I haven't been sewing very much of late. Between enjoying the beautiful weather and the yard, dealing with being quarantined, and making masks (yes, sewing but not my fav), the days are flying by.

My new issue of Quiltfolk,
dedicated to Louisiana quilters

The children do occasionally visit, but we are keeping social distancing alive in the back yard. And of course, we visit Rich's mom daily, but again social distances have become the norm.

New tee-shirts that a wonderfully talented ...

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Weekend Work from Fleur de Lis Quilts and Accessories

This old hand-crank
pump was the impetus.

Richard and I have been busy in the yard. He wanted a water feature in the back yard to entice the birds. More birds. Apparently there aren't enough.

So what the heck. I made it quite clear that I am not willing to pull grass in a flower bed that we had abandoned years ago.

Richard: But everyone can see it (the abandoned flower bed) from the patio.
Me: Why does that matter? Look at the yucky mess the birds made ON the patio. (They throw seed on the bricks. Some they ...

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