Poodles and Quilts

Nothing is on my wall at the moment! Yes, need to remedy that! I did manage to get several quilts bound and 2 tops completed! This is Arcadia. This is the back. The back is actually green but the sun was bright when we took the pictures! This was machine quilted by Kerry from TinCanQuilting.com                           This one is called Hashbrowns. It was a strip club from Honey Bee                                                          And another great quilting job b Kerry I had one left over block. Put it on the back. Can write a note on the light fabric. This one is the last of the nine patch straight furrow made from blocks from members of the Yahoo group Quilted With Love. Tiki was not going to be left out of the picture! ...

July has been a busy month around here. Mostly with inside stuff as we have had quite a few triple digits. I think all of the last half of the month.  Galen did manage 2 all day trips with friends searching for Dragonflies. They were productive trips. Good thing as both days  they had a heat index at 105 or above!!! The girls and I enjoyed the AC at home. They will run out into the yard, see what is around and then are ready to come back in. Early morning and late evening they like to be out. I think middle of the day they have no interest in  chasing squirrels! One exciting thing happened-my Koala Cabinet arrived on the 24th.  Those cabinets are heavy and it needed to go to the 2nd floor We do have a nasty turn at the top of our stairs. 2 guys came with the delivery, then they called a third and then a fourth showed up. The cabinets weigh between 500 and 600 lbs. They had the doors off and drawers out but still very heavy and awkward. The guys were very prof...

The first 2 weeks of July have been busy! Actually making progress on the upstairs sort, toss and organize job. I even found the couch on the landing that had been piled with "stuff". Now the girls have a place to hang out when they are upstairs with me. If Daddy isn't home they will come to see me. And having the couch covered means they are not underfoot.  Also got our smoker going once again. 3 pork shoulders smoked for Buckboard Bacon . I pretty much follow my friend's Judy way of making it. All sliced, packaged and in the freezer. It's good. Had some for breakfast this past week. Also smoked a brisket. So once was big pieces in the freezer are now in small packs! I have also been getting a little sewing in-have to have some therapy! This is the quilt that was cut out and next in line to put together.  My theme rows are done but need to sash them and finish putting the top together. This was a kit from Poppies in Georgetown. 2010 vintage! So not ...

June was one of those months that came and went and very little sewing was done! The beginning of the month I finished another very old kit from Honey Bee. It is a Christmas Cowboy quilt. Also made a few heart blocks for heart hugs. Then I have been playing with settings of  nine patch straight furrow blocks from my friends at Quilted With Love on Yahoo. Wasn't happy with this one Ended up with this one. Testing border fabrics in this picture Went our local family owned nursery and bought a few more plants for the more shaded area of our back yard Our perennial Hibiscus has been blooming. Was happy to see it made it through the winter Picked up a few rows for the 2018 row x row. My push in June and still early July is to get my sewing  better shape. Have a new cabinet coming mid-July and would like to be somewhat organized by then! Trust me I will never be completely organized, not in my nature! But I do need to be better at it!!!!!...

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 ...