Poodles and Quilts

  A Productive Week Managed to get a couple of things off my to do list during the week. Dentist appointment, not a good one but a needed one. Another one this week-consultation and set appointment for a root canal. Did finish the Pulsar quilt top for that quilt along. Love it and will keep the idea in mind for maybe another top in the future. Can’t post the picture yet-not until the end of the month per the rules. Next post. And I have the backing ready for my Texas quilt. Should see what I have for backing for Pulsar. I did cook up my pumpkins. Lost a couple, wasn’t thinking about this Fall being so much warmer than the last time I did this. The garage was too warm to keep them. Did get enough for 2 – 1 1/2 cups of puree. My Mom’s recipe that I always use uses 1 1/2 cups for 2 pies. Our neighbor enjoys them too! Have several more sugar pie pumpkins on order from HEB. Tomorrows grocery pick up. Will get those cooked, pureed and in the freezer. Before going in the oven. And yes, my...

  Design Wall Monday and other musings I was able to make clue 5 this past week for the Pulsar QAL by Bear Creek. Hooray, I am all caught up! I love the way this is turning out. Last week we were actually able to turn off the AC units for a few days. But so typical of Fall in Texas we have had to turn them back on, but not having to run them constantly. We have started some Fall cleaning in our flower beds. Galen pulled a couple of dead Mexican Sunflower plants. Still plenty of others blooming. Lots of butterfly activity along with the occasional Hummingbirds feeding on the flowers. We still have 2 feeders out for them s well. Will take them down in another week. We had not gone out to Thrall in several months, so we took a drive this past Saturday. Nice drive on the back roads but not much flying. The Dragonflies wouldn’t sit or were flying East into the sun. Galen did get a few pictures. The Kestrals are back and we did see a Road Runner. Like I said nice drive but we see mo...

  Design Wall Monday I took  last week off from posting so this is catch up time.  I realized I needed to concentrate on getting doggy bandanas made.  Finished up 62 holiday bandanas.  They will be split between Lisa’s grooming shop in CA. and the rest will go to our sister in law Donna for her church bazaar early November.   Made 3 sizes- medium, small and a few tiny ones.  This photo is a sampling. Lisa will be getting the Fall ones along with Christmas. Rest of the Christmas will go to Donna. They are fun to make and help get rid of my way to much fabric stash! Now that they are ready to send off I got back to my Pulsar blocks.  I have had clue 1 done for a while.  The fabric was cut for #2 but I needed to learn how to use the speciality ruler- the half rectangle trim tool from Creative Grids.  Took watching the u- tube video by Deb Heatherly a few times.  Got out the Scrap fabric and got it figured out. Clue 2 Since I knew ...