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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 started to bloom. It is spreading nicely.

Galen and our friend Nancy went to Gus Engling Wildlife Management area a week ago Saturday. They sent me this picture on their way back to Hutto. It does rain in Texas, just not at our home!

I have started another quilt. Probably about 20 years ago I was in a batik Nickle club- 5 inch squares. Back then when they were cutting the edges they used bigger pinking shear dyes to cut. very easy to lose a little of the square.

I was watching a u tube video from Revelations Quilts the other day-The Easiest Quilt Ever. She starts out with left over 5 inch squares. Turns them into half square triangles. She used lots of cotton prints for hers. I am going to see how it turns out using a lot of my 20 plus year old batik squares. Below is my first stack of half squares triangles. On to the next step!

Galen is taking off tomorrow for 4 days. They are heading to the Paducah, Texas area. That is north and west of us. You guessed it, I plan on sewing while he’s away! Maybe I’ll have a few blocks together next time.

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