Poodles and Quilts

  Design Wall Monday I hope everyone enjoying the Memorial Day holiday remembers why we celebrate this day.. Last week ended up being busier than planned. But I was able to work more on my blocks. This may end up being a table square or a table runner. Played a little bit the blocks. Not sewn together just playing with layout. I have more HSTs  made. And some others ready to be made into blocks. Didn’t get to meet up with Osie last week.  Hopefully we can get together later this week. And needo get busy on more doggie bandanas. Plan to spend lots of time bonding with my machine!!   poodlegirls     Daily Happenings ,  General Sewing ,  Life at home ,  Quilting ,  Uncategorized   Leave a comment     May 26, 2025   1 Minute

  Tuesday Ramblings I spent a good part of last week and weekend working on Dog Bandanas for Lisa and her shop in Ventura, California. It’s La Mia Bella West. They were mailed off yesterday. The top 3 photos are size medium. The bottom 3 are small. I have fun using decorative stitches on my machine when sewing the fold over in place. Speaking of machines I got my other one back. The laser light unit has been replaced. I haven’t tried it yet. Hoping that has solved the problem. This past Saturday our landscapers mulched our big beds. We used to get the bags and do it ourselves but those days are past! Sometime I will have to post pictures of the yard when we bought our home 26 years ago and now. We have a lot less grass. Our trees were small then and lots of sun. Now we have nice size trees and more shade. Getting mulch in the beds helps retain moisture too. That’s vey important. The Giant Coneflower is starting to bloom. About 10 days later than last year! The Bee Balm has also sta...

                         More Dog Bandanas I needed to start making more bandanas for my friends grooming shop in California. Made some generic medium and small size the past couple of days. These are the medium size.  This is the size our standard poodle, Lady wears.                                  These are a few small ones. I will try and get more made over the weekend and get them in the mail on Monday.  Then I will start more Patriotic ones for summer plus some summer themed ones.  These are fun to make and by using the templates from Winner Designs I can cut multiples at a time. https://winnerdesigns.com/ She has lots of templates with no slip backings. Our summer in central Texas has started a little early this year and it has been dry. On the bright side we have had a few ripe tomatoes, that's a plus.  We have ...

  Mother’s Day 2025 First off Happy Mother’s Day.  Being a dog Mom Lady wished me a happy day. Not sure what made me think of this. Many years ago- mid to late 50’s into early 60’s we almost always spent Mother’s Day by going shad fishing! We would get up early in the morning,  Mom would pack a lunch, load up Dad’s aluminum boat on to the car top carriers and we would drive to Port Deposit, MD.  Spend the day on the water fishing on the Susquehana River.  Sometimes we caught shad, sometimes not. Mom was always very careful when she fileted them- very boney.  I had not thought about that in a very long time. We were lucky and had rain earlier this week. Up to 6.66 inches for the year.   Get to keep the irrigation system off for another week. Galen was out last Sunday with a friend.   They went to an are near San Antonio.  He did get some nice pictures.  Comanche Skimmer.       Golden Cheek Warbler P...

LAST MONDAY IN APRIL 2025 Another month just about over. The past few weeks have gone by quickly. The weather has been nice enough for Galen to get out to take pictures. They even got a 3 day trip in to SE Texas. We had a lot of rainy days in our forecast. Most of the storms however went around us. The ones west of us should have helped our lakes some. But here at our home we have only had 4 1/2 inches since the first of the year. That’s not good!!! Mexican Sunflower plants are sprouting from last year’s seeds as is the Butterfly Weed. The Bee Balm is also growing. We managed to keep some Lemon Grass through the winter as well. Our older Amaryllis bulbs are also doing well. This pot is from 2024 or 2023. Not sure which year. And we are getting a few tomatoes. Yes I bought a tomato plants that had buds on it! Too our surprise we also have 2 or 3 volunteer yellow pear tomatoes growing! We have rabbits frequently in our yard not to mention those pesky squirrels. We have to keep moving bir...