Yesterday started equally green alongside some dull stitching, in addition to I stitched upwards the residuum of the hoop for the latest Snow Globes block.
After I moved my hoop, I happened to aspect out the window to reckon Sadie hot on the trail of some squirrel.
After that, it was fourth dimension to caput out to the Northwest Quilter's Guild quilt present at our ain Portland Expo Center. It was a nifty present this year...lots of gorgeous quilts.
I went a petty crazy taking pictures at the show, in addition to therefore I'll merely present some of my favorites a few at a fourth dimension each solar daytime until I've shown them all. Right within the forepart door were the quilts from the fellowship challenge this year. Here's the explanation of the challenge:
I'm solely posting the ones that caught my oculus for i argue or another. In each case, I'll outset post service the cite of the quilter in addition to the even out behind the quilt, in addition to therefore a moving painting of the quilt, in addition to inwards some cases, an paradigm of some item I liked.
So...who doesn't beloved a skillful span of shoes?
I loved the details inwards this adjacent one.
Look at the thimble on her finger.
And I loved the simplicity of the faces.
Pretty dimension inwards this one.
I recall I photographed every truthful cat I saw at the show.
Love this one...
This is a pretty way to complete a border.
And aspect at the jellybean toes. Cute.
This adjacent i was done yesteryear blogging friend Claire Alexander. Hi, Claire!
I'll present you lot to a greater extent than quilts from the primary move of the present tomorrow, but first...take a aspect at this.
Ha! Look at that! s place! I actually wasn't expecting that...so exciting!
You actually wanted to reckon that ribbon upwards close, didn't you?
And I was pleased equally punch to run into some other blogging friend, Sally Trude there. Sally's quilt won a ribbon too.
Sally's even out in addition to the piglet that looks "as if it went through a meat processing plant" was the beak of viewers. I was amused watching several of them endeavor to notice the grunter inwards question.
Sally was doing a demo of inset circles, in addition to she had other quilts inwards the present equally well. You tin forcefulness out reckon the residuum of Sally's quilts at her weblog post service right here.
After that, I headed for dwelling identify in addition to finished upwards the binding on Santa's Village. It's all finished now.
Here's a close-up of some of the details. I forgot to sew together roughly i of the windows on the correct side there. I tin forcefulness out become dorsum in addition to educate it without whatever problems.
Here's how it looks from the back.
This morn I went to the Farmer's Market alongside Erik in addition to Mae.
At the farmer's market, I picked upwards some other cherry tomato plant to supersede the i that got eaten recently. This i is inwards a hanging basket. Hopefully, I'll endure hanging it out of accomplish of whatever made of repast of the terminal one.
Before heading out, I started some staff of life dough rising. This volition endure educate for baking roughly dinner fourth dimension tonight.
I'm making it alongside some starter I poured off when I fed the "mother" terminal week. Since in that location was even therefore feasible starter left inwards the jar, I decided to feed it again, in addition to I'll start some other loaf after on today.
We're having dinner alongside Erik in addition to Mae tomorrow for Mother's Day, therefore I tin forcefulness out stimulate got a loaf ascent over night, in addition to and therefore bake it off tomorrow morn to accept alongside us when nosotros caput to their identify for dinner. It'll endure a petty surprise for them.
I barely slept terminal night, having made the error of drinking a drinking glass of Thai iced tea (in other words, caffeinated) at dinner terminal night. It was after 2:00 a.m. when I got to slumber terminal night, in addition to and therefore I was upwards early on this morning. H5N1 nap is sounding actually skillful correct now, in addition to that's where I'm heading next. I'm hoping to teach dorsum to the Quiltmaker's Garden quilting today, but it powerfulness non move on until tomorrow.