Design Wall Monday April 24, 2017

Last week did not go as planned but I did manage some sewing. I found this pattern and they had used Kaffe FQS for it. So did I; 6 darks and 6 lights.

         The fun part was laying out. Love the off center design. Kept the picture                                handy when I was sewing the top together. I managed to get this far  early in the week                                                                                    

                             Tuesday morning we made the mistake of going out for breakfast. This happened on the way home. I was crossing the highwy with the light. The other driver ran the red. I saw her coming and got mine turned just enough that she caught the front of my door and the fender. Of course it helped that i was driving a Tahoe.Mine needs a new door and fender. They first thought they could repair the door but the hinges bent from the impact.
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Her car did not make out as well but fortunately since I got mine turned at an angle she did not hit head on. Could have been much worse. She had her 2 year old in the child seat in the rear and also she was very pregnant. 

Her car was driveable but they would not let her drive as the air bags had not gone off. The police said that since they didn't they could go off at any time. 

                                     Her insurance got us a rental so I still have  vehicle to drive.

                  Today I got back to sewing finally and got the top put together!

Today was a cool but sunny day. While I was getting the top together Galen was working on the back porch.

It is shaping up. Late May the yard gets a make over!

Hopefully that will be all for this year. The driveway can wait until 2018!

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Design Wall Monday-April 10, 2017

Managed some sewing this past week mostly on blocks for 2 yahoo groups where I am a member; Quilted with Love and Quilters Who Care. The QWL group is making the 6.5 inch bow tie blocks for this quarter out of kids, novelty and bright prints. Most of our quilts go to the little ones. They are fun to make. We send them to one person and she makes them into quilts.

       The QWC group lotto this quarter is a certain block in reds and wow and coc . At the end of this next quarter at least half of the blocks will go to a member in Canada and quilts for the Canadian service men and women will be made. Last quarter we did blocks for American military.

It's fun to make all these blocks and know they will be put to good use.

On Saturday April 1 we took off for a drive to San Saba.  For your next trivia question read this historical marker and use it as a question!

The color really does not show up very well. The bluebonnets, Indian paintbrush and Indian Blankets were very colorful.

                                       

This field was absolutely full of bluebonnets

This past Saturday we took off and saw that the Barrel Cacti are starting to bloom

We decided we needed an umbrella for our new deck. We wanted one of the cantilever ones. Now we won't be bombarded with stuff dropping from the trees. Will really be good in the Fall when the acorns are coming down.

Got the base weighted down today-filled it with sand. Tiki has decided this is her spot! The chair are just her size! 

That is about it for now. Not sure how much sewing will get done this week. Lots going on and of course all the various Easter 

services

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