It seems friends are the solely flowers we'll endure seeing if this pelting doesn't allow up. It's truthful at that topographic point are blooming trees all around town correct now, including our ain flowering plums.
Man, nosotros could exercise some sunshine though. We're expecting ameliorate weather condition yesteryear Wednesday, as well as it can't come upwards a infinitesimal every bit good soon. For now, I'm making my ain flowers amongst this block of the Friendship's Garden quilt. This 1 is called "Friends are Flowers." I simply finished it this morning.
These are the 2 blocks I receive got completed for this quilt.
Next, I'll endure tracing out the side yesteryear side block for the Sundress quilt. I started this piece nosotros were on the road, as well as and thence none of the blocks I've finished as well as thence far were trimmed. This morning time when I got it all out of its box, I decided to larn ahead as well as cut down the finished ones to size. Here they all are together.
I'll endure tracing out the side yesteryear side 1 subsequently on today.
Yesterday I was busy cooking, cleaning, as well as getting ready for our identify unit of measurement dinner. We had a wonderful fourth dimension visiting final night. Despite the twenty-four hr current beingness as well as thence busy, I notwithstanding had some fourth dimension to brand this piffling mug carpet for Mike. I substituted the words "Let's Go!" amongst the vanity plate Mike has on his yellowish car.
Now this is all finished except for the top-stitching. I'll do the top-stitching 1 time Big Bertha comes habitation from her annual maintenance. (It's been 2 weeks. Geez! I'm starting to wonder if she's gone on walkabout or something.) Anyway...my friend Rosemary asked me for clarification most where Sher's Creative Space patterns tin endure found. You're no-reply, Rosemary, as well as and thence I can't respond you lot personally. I'm hoping you'll run into that you lot tin notice Sher's patterns on Craftsy correct here. She has some cute ones for cars, trucks, cats, campers of all kinds. I've purchased several of her patterns, as well as they're nicely done as well as tardily to follow.
While the kids were hither final night, nosotros had a view from this fellow. He's listed on our cheat canvass for birds nosotros mightiness await to run into inward our backyard. In xvi years at this house, it's the commencement fourth dimension we've seen the Varied Thrush.
Isn't he a handsome fellow? I had to receive got my painting demo through the window, as well as and thence it's non rattling good. Here's a ameliorate 1 from the internet:
(Image Attribution: By Eleanor Briccetti (Varied Thrush - Vancouver Island) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons)
So that was form of fun seeing a novel aeroplane piece the kids were here.
As for today's sewing...you mightiness recollect I've fix categories for myself. Today I'm going to depository fiscal establishment check off the Charity Quilts for Kids category. It tin also jibe nether the "Scrappy" category.
My goal is non necessarily to larn through all the categories inward a unmarried calendar month (although that would endure nice). Rather, I'm trying to do something inward each category earlier starting over again. I receive got a dual exercise inward choosing the Charity Quilts for Kids. It'll endure a means to exercise scraps as well as donate to a skilful cause, but it'll also brand a skilful quilt to practise my costless motility quilting inward training for moving onto the FMQ category. I'm working toward starting to quilt the Quiltmaker's Garden...the quilt that has haunted my dreams for as well as thence many years.
Yes, it's on the route to a finish...but non simply yet. I demand to practise my quilting earlier I tackle it. It's sandwiched as well as ready to go. I've simply been trying to create upwards one's take away heed how to quilt it. I'll endure quilting inward some details, but also choosing an all-over design. That's the 1 I demand to practise earlier I larn started on it.
So you lot tin run into there's much on the agenda. It's starting to experience every bit if we're dorsum inward our piffling rut hither at the Three Cats Ranch...a rattling comfortable identify to be.