Poodles and Quilts

It was a pretty good week around here with some time to sew! Galen left on Thursday to go with a friend on a bio-blitz in Del Rio, Texas. That is SW of San Antonio not far from Lake Amistad and the Mexican border. While I enjoy going along on some of his trips I am not great at climbing up and down canyons anymore. And yes we do have them in Texas! Pecos River Bridge near Langtry, TX. This is where they hiked on Friday. We often stop at this overlook when in that area.  Can't wait to see all his pictures, he has some new lifers and a few that are rarely photographed in Texas! Good trip for him-he gets home today and a great few days for me to spend time sewing and sorting through years of "stuff"! Tilly and Tiki did find it necessary to remind me that they were home and wanted to go chase squirrels in the back yard! Earlier in the week I had watched a u tube video from Jordan fabrics-Jelly Roll Drag Race. Loved the way theirs turned out so decided to give it ...

     First of all I hope that those who celebrate Easter and Passover had a blessed day .    For us it felt like the middle of the night going to 7 AM sunrise service. Still quite dark!   March did go pretty fast. Of course being away the first week helped. We left Port Lavaca the morning of the 5th for Rockport, TX. It was a nice day for the drive. Before we crossed Copano Bay we stopped at Goose Island State Park near Lamar. They were pretty well up and running again after Hurricane Harvey. The campsites had just reopened that weekend. Drove down to the water and Galen got some pictures of the birds in the marshes. Then we went looking for the Whooping Cranes. We only saw a few this time but fun to see them again. Same field as in December. I had taken 2 quilts along to give to Jeanne at the quilt shop in Rockport. I knew she would be giving them to a place on the East side of the bay where we were. So we hunted it down. . Schoenstatt Shrine  They ...

Getting this written tonight as we will be on the road in the morning and heading to Rockport for a few days. We drove down to Port Lavaca on Friday so Galen could hopefully get pictures of the Purple Sandpiper. He has been wintering here in Point Comfort across Lavaca Bay and that is unusual for Texas. It is another bird from the Arctic. We saw it Friday afternoon but did not get good pictures. Saturday was very windy and misting. No bird when we were in the area. Today was good! Lots of pictures so now Galen has another lifer as far as birds go. And it was a good day for other's as well. I got to sew Saturday evening and this afternoon. Looks like I did not bring enough a long to work on. I have 28 of the 36 blocks needed completed. Guess I will have to do a little shopping in Rockport  at   Golden Needles and Quilts  . It is really a cute shop and the owner is very nice. Don't need much room to sew! Put bed risers under the coffee table in the room...

Surprisingly I did manage to rack up a quilt and some block numbers for February! I made the Almost Houndstooth Quilt, a pattern from the Stashbuster series on Sparrow Quilt Co. 60 blocks Then I started the Breezy Day kit from Fat Quarter Shop. The blocks are finished, quilt top not! 35 blocks It is a mix of shades of blue and grays with white. I am working on blocks now for QWL. We have a block challenge now until the end of April. Everyone will be sending their blocks to me to put into tops for donation quilts. I picked the Nine Patch Straight Furrows block from Quilter's Cache. Got 5 blocks made so far. The requisite is very scrappy, lights and darks! In other words use some of the stash we tend to have too much of! Here's my 5 I have one of my March projects and ready to take along to the coast tomorrow. Yep, leaving on another trip. I think this kit could be from 2005-2007! Yes, I am unearthing some long over due kits and projects. This will b...

Looks like I took some time off from blogging! But I have been busy! While at the quilt show last month at South Padre Island, my sweet husband bought me one of the demo Martelli Work Stations. This is the mid size one and I am loving it. On  demo models you get a good discount. And we had the pickup so it came home with us. I am loving the adjustable height, easy to move casters etc. And it does come apart so we were able to get it upstairs where I wanted to use it!   That's my everything gift for this year and then some!!!!! And it has been getting used. I have been following and also making the stashbuster quilts each month from   Sparrow Quilt Company  If you follow this link it will take to you where I can see the one for March. February's quilt was Almost Houndstooth. I was able to use quite a few layer cake pieces that were left over from other quilt tops.                        ...

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