Poodles and Quilts

Surprisingly May ended up being a good month for quilting. 3 tops made, one even back from my friend Kerry who does my machine quilting!                                                                This is Arcadia - 3rd top finished The one I am working on now is another quick pattern called Just Can't Cut It. And yes another kit that is well aged!  Needs the borders then it can be crossed off the list. I had made one of these before for my Dad. The main fabric was a fisherman print as Dad loved to fish.. Am enjoying this print-Cowboys and Christmas! It has a narrow green border and then the print again for the wide outer border. One last project-made the 12 blocks for month 2 of the Kaffe Mystery A friend sent me this cute bag. Will use it for projects when we take off for a few days. ...

      Did not get my usual post done for yesterday so am playing catch up! Nothing new for me!!! It was a week of yard work mostly for Galen. We are slowly getting rid of our Asian Jasmine ground cover in the front. Yes, it looks nice, is not native and likes to climb walls and bushes. It is a pain to keep out of the shrubbery. So after 19 years it is getting torn out. My job was keeping the new sod watered! It is taking hold so we are hoping that after this month as can get back to our regularly scheduled watering days. I am cringing to think what this water bill will be; but we did need to sod some of the front yard! On the sewing front, there was some success! I did finish the top I was working on. Hash Browns by Cozy Strip Club and a long overdue club project from Honey Bee. I gave it to Kerry yesterday to quilt for me. Also gave her 2 quilt tops from my friend Wendy in MO. Kerry will quilt them and when finished I will pass them on to the Thank you Quilters. ...

It was a fairly productive week. I managed to bind another quilt. It will go on the stack to be sent where and when needed. My friend Kerry at Tincanquilting.com did another great quilting job. Yes it is the same backing as the one I showed last week. One thing nice about using wide backings if the quilts are the right size you can get 2 on the same backing. This next picture is a better one of the quilt I showed last week I dug out another old strip club pattern and fabric from 2005. I think I pulled it out once before when we were remodeling the kitchen in 2014. Had some of it sorted and cut. But then the kitchen was done and it got put away again. Not anymore. The Pattern is Hash Browns by Cozy Quilt Company. This will be a great guy quilt when finished I laid it out on the kitchen island as I was also canning the last batch of sauerkraut! Sometimes I can multi task! Done with sauerkraut now - another 7 pints and 6 quarts should last us for a ...

I actually accomplished some sewing last week. Galen was out of town from Tuesday on. I bonded with my one of my sewing machines. Set it up on the kitchen table so I didn't have to keep running up and down the steps to let the girls out to chase squirrels! It's is one of their favorite activities! Before I started on a new quilt top I finished binding this one. Still have one more to bind or maybe two if I pick up one today! Kerry at Tincanquilting.com is doing a great job on my quilts I have had this quilt kit from Honey Bee for a little while and decided it needed to get made Got my strips sewn together And cut And then proceeded to put the first block together-Wrong!         Amazing how I can look at a picture and still put it together wrong! Won't  be the last time that will happen! Now on the right track And the top is finished!!!! It is a good size quilt-72 x 90. And a  fun pattern to make. ...

A lot has been going on in April. Galen went on his bio-blitz trip with the people from I Naturalist (I Nat). He got several additions to his firsts lists or lifers. He got back on the 9th and we took off on the 15th to go back to Junction, TX, Stayed in Kerrville for that trip! I decided that instead of taking my machine I would take 4 quilts that needed the last step on the binding. No I did not expect to get them all done but I did not want to run out of something to do! At Junction we went to the South Llano  River State Park. There are several bird blinds with feeding stations. Loved the use of the old wood pieces for feeders And of course the ever important running water I walked to this one with Galen but then later on stayed in the pick up with our "girls" so I could have windows all the way down. It was warm but there was a breeze. Yes it is possible to bind a quilt in a vehicle                   ...