Poodles and Quilts

We decided to take off and head towards Fredericksburg, TX for the day and drive the Willow City Loop off of route 16 between Fredersicksburg and Llano. you can read about it here .  First we stopped at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock to get a few pictures of the girls in the bluebonnets. There was another spot with more Indian Paintbrush mixed among the blues but there was some one else there with their 4- legged family member. Another day! After getting these we drove to Fredericksburg. Made a quick stop at the quilt shop in Dripping Springs.  At the intersection of 281 and 290 outside Johnson City the median was full of Indian Blankets.  Taken through the fence at Wildseed Farm. Huge field of Poppies in front and Bluebonnets in the back. We headed north on 16 once we got to Fredersicksburg and  found the Willow City Loop I think we probably crossed 10 cattle guards on the 13 mile loop. The road goes through ...

It has been 2 weeks since I last posted. It has been busy, but not much on the sewing front. As I have mentioned I am trying to sort, toss, find a place for a lot of sewing items. Among my discovery  was a plastic tote with the waste triangles from various snow ball block swaps and other projects. This is approximately 400 such waste triangles that need to be trimmed and pressed. I know there is another container as well as a bag from a swap I was in a few years ago! I did work on some crumb blocks. Have 15 made that 6.5 inches. Will put them away for a little while. But over the weekend I did manage to get the binding on and finished on the last quilt. This is the bigger version of the one I showed last time. This one is set 5 x 6 We have been enjoying Mother Nature's flowers the past few weeks. We were able to take a drive over the past weekend towards San Saba. Later on this week will post pictures from our "flower trips" So for now Back to Pa...

Back home in Round Rock. Had a great week in Rockport, TX last week but now it is back home and to reality! Left there in the rain Friday morning and brought it back with us. Rained almost all of Saturday. We stayed put yesterday but feeling somewhat better today. I have 3 finishes to report. Hooray for me! Finished binding 2 quilts while away and the 3rd one yesterday. Pineapple Blossom a Bonnie Hunter free pattern on her blog. PINEAPPLE BLOSSOM This one is from the NY eve mystery group on Yahoo. Waiting for my larger one  from my quilter friend This one is Chevron Pattern using Kaffe fabrics If you look at my blog you know Galen (DH) takes pictures of birds, butterflies and dragonflies. Why we spent last week on the coast. And he goes out here a lot too. The camera is always in the car. We have Burrowing Owls that winter here near Lake Granger. They will be gone by the end of this month.  While some do stay, these guys seem to take off. Love these lit...

This will be the last posting from Rockport for a while. It has been a fun few days. Galen has managed to get quite a few pictures and when back at the motel I have been able to sew bindings on 2 quilts and partially on the 3rd.                                                    Quilt number 2                       Before going out of Rockport we stopped at one of the viewing areas                       Then we took 1069 out of Rockport until we came to Camp Velero Rd.                                 You can understand why this is a good area for wintering birds. Tiki has also taken up bird watching! WHITE IBIS (JUVENAL)   ...