June Projects

We have been staying busy here, our spring jumped into summer with the tropical style heat and humidity. but the Garden luvs it !! Soon we will have goodies from there.

Finally after my required sewing, Ive got the new canopy on the swing. The old one used to be pink, now faded to a moldy grey. YUK . I cut it off the frame and measured directly onto the green fabric ~ It Fits !

My Tx Lady I sew for has been in a rut with dark brown and black fabrics for her stars. This time she chose a jazzy blue with teal polka dots for 4 stars!

The Holiday Quilt for 2010 has begun !! I'm only 6 months behind ! so why not Do TWO ? and here is a tease of the colors and the Backside !

We also sent 5 of the previous GoodDeeds to Peggy in MC for a charity auction. I have few more in the closet finished, and a few more on hangers needing quilting, and manymany more in the Idea stage.
I'm not done yet ~~ but now its time for either the pool or a ride ~~ seeya~~

Busy Spring ! 2

11 more Good Deeds in the works. If you study the 5 broken star/ carpenter stars you will notice ONLY ONE is correct. We will call it 'variation on a theme' for the other 4.

to date 25 GoodDeeds

BIG Batting

Every now and then I buy BIG BULK Batting. I found a new source, sorta local and off we went on a road trip. Ive never gave much thought to how much room is in that lil Ford till now.. We folded seats down, we shoved!, we tugged !, and squeeze it lil more! till the door went shut ! wow!!.

Thats 75 yards of batting !

Busy Spring !

The Critic~ Diva

One of our projects this spring was a bike group ride supporting http://www.homesforourtroops.org/. A local soldier had a house built for him with all volunteers! This was exciting that we had bikes from around the state come ride across town with police back up closing the intersections, humvees with flags, public all along the route came out to wave. Once at the house location they had Senators, Vets, even bussed in his Troop Unit. The walls went up like an Amish barn raising with the shingles nailed down by Sunday ! It was amazing and humbling to be part of this project.

I figured a quilt would be needed in his new house.

Also this spring after connecting with some memories from High School. I got dared by Tim to DO some art... something~anything ~~

The box of pastels was found after to many moves and 20+ yrs in storage!

ta da..........................

just tip sideways : }

! ~ PEEK~!

A Productive Month

While pacing/stitching WAITING for Carson to arrive I had plenty of projects in the works !

All of Jan part of Feb was hand quilting a Wholecloth White Quilt for the baby. This is a tradition many family baby have recvd. I draft out a design with pencil, on plain humble white muslin and stitch it up with as much quilting as can be fit on the fabric and fingers can stand. This method goes back to the 14th century with many variations of quilted clothing and trupunto techniques. ~~ google it ~

I did 5 hot pink feathered stars for a commission job.

Then got busy on stain glass quilt I had planned for ME. On my DO list since Nov! This was done once we got home watching the Olympics.
I love the colors and the way the eyes travel over this one.

Along with watching the Olympics I got six Good Deeds hemmed up, washed, ready to go do their jobs.

Yesterday I rummaged thru the color boxes for the next projects with a pile of pinky purple girly colors, and a blue & burgundy pile that will inspire me soon.

I also got a diff computor, NUTZ ! of course NON of the programs I KNOW how to do, work on this one now. My old one was 10yrs old.

I need to find a pic editing dohicky that will cut off the date on the pics. and cut ME off the pics. LOLL and maybe even figger out the camera and update the date.. oh wellllllllll....Spring will come soon too!

Welcome Carson

He's Here !!! We waited as patiently as we could. Finally got the call 8pm wed 17th. We were out the door by 9pm and drove clear thru to Iowa. Arriving there about 3:45am Feb 18 to watch Jake count fingers n toes.

He is a perfect bundle of baby boy. Hurray to Jade, Jake, & Raelle !

The Wholecloth Quilt was done with only couple days to spare!

Coming home was an adventure with white out and ice. We stopped in Ottumwa for the supper and to spend the nite. Tim was a very proud Grandpa flashing pics off the camera memory to store people, waitresses, hotel helpers... I GOTTA get him a Long Foldy pic holder !
xox