It was a hot 24-hour interval hither inwards Hemet yesterday. We turned on the air-conditioning inwards the afternoon. I was running the washer, which didn't aid the within temperature 1 bit, but it was plenty warm plenty exterior too. Smitty melted similar chocolate.
Before I tell yous nearly my sewing day, I receive got a few pictures leftover on my photographic television set camera from the 24-hour interval before. And, don't worry, at that topographic point are pictures from the quilt exhibit at the end.
Smitty wanted me to endure certain too tell yous that he's been out for several walks since my terminal post. When he's outside, he kickoff checks his reflection inwards the chrome bicycle of the truck, too hence smooths his whiskers on the mud flap. H5N1 gentleman e'er tried to human face his best, yous know.
Sadie offers suggestions from the catio.
For whatever novel readers, I should explicate why Sadie never gets out for a walk. She was practically feral when she came to the Three Cats Ranch to live, too she tends to revert to feral when she's panicked. Also, she has an anxious personality, fifty-fifty on her best days. So nosotros tried every harness available...yes, fifty-fifty the 1 you're thinking about...and she has managed to sideslip out of every unmarried one. On a previous trip, nosotros nearly lost her inwards Teddy Roosevelt National Park. After that experience, her walking days were over. Sorry. Not sorry.
At the destination of the day, nosotros were treated to an interesting sunset. I peculiarly similar the silhouette of the birds on a wire on the correct side of the prototype below.
Mike surprised me amongst something he ordered off Amazon. It's a propane give the axe pit. If you're wondering why 1 would receive got something similar this, it's because it offers an choice to wood-burning fires. Now, I similar a wood-burning give the axe every bit much every bit the adjacent person, but at that topographic point are oft burn downward bans inwards effect. Also, most RV parks volition non allow forest fires at whatever time. As an added benefit, it doesn't brand smoke, which oft ends upward smoking us out of the trailer. It provides some warmth when those lava rocks start glowing red, too hence it was sort of fun to laid it upward too affect it off.
It came amongst a truthful cat trap at no extra charge!
Okay, hence directly we're dorsum to yesterday morning, too I'm simply nearly to tell yous a muddied lilliputian secret. I moved on to the tertiary snowflake without stitching a unmarried stitch on my mitt quilting project.
Here's my excuse, too it's a proficient one: When Mike's sis came yesteryear the other day, I didn't desire to exit the larger hand-quilting projection because it's difficult to flexure upward too create out too to travel along inwards a tidy bundle. With fellowship coming, I opted for the smaller to a greater extent than compact project. It's a proficient excuse, no? So, I've been working away on that for the yesteryear duo of days. I stitched the diamond-shaped portions inwards a bluish sparkle floss, but I was going to run out for the triplets around the outer edge. For those, I switched off to a darker bluish metallic element thread. I'll travel along working away on that, too when it's finished, I'll larn dorsum to my mitt quilting...no excuses.
So it existence a warm 24-hour interval yesterday, nosotros had the blinds unopen on the S side of the trailer to travel along the Sun out. It made for a rather night function space, but I used the lilliputian clip-on low-cal I got at the quilt show, too that gave me a squeamish vivid infinite for sewing.
So seldom practise I run upward on Pfelicity that I receive got to reteach myself every unmarried fourth dimension I laid it up. Yesterday I was doing costless motility quilting, too hence I also needed to attach the hopping foot, which is a full-day lawsuit inwards too of itself. I fussed around amongst the machine for nearly an hr earlier I was able to seat thread to fabric.
This is a small-scale project, too hence I've taken it really nearly to a destination now. You mightiness retrieve I started this projection nearly a twelvemonth too a one-half agone afterward taking a class amongst Meg Hawkey from Crabapple Hill Studio. I finished the embroidery long ago, too hence combined it amongst some other blueprint to brand this lilliputian Pumpkin Pie wall-hanging. For the background, I filled inwards amongst the "Double C" motif I've used before.
After that, I switched to orangish thread too quilted some "ribs" into the pumpkin. Then, I switched to light-green thread too stitched some veins into the leaves too some lilliputian remnants from the vine.
It was all going nicely until I looked at the back. Oh no!
For the outer border, I did a sort of leafy, swirly, feathery thing. (Technical quilting terms, hence attempt to travel along up.)
By day's end, I had a finish, except for hand-sewing the binding. This is a small-scale quilt, too hence I await to destination it today. And this is my Jan OMG, hence I'll brand it simply nether the wire.
Oh yes, too I almost forgot! After all that, I needed something sweetness for dessert. I made these Carrot Cakes for Two amongst Warm Cream Cheese Sauce. Mmm. Mmm. Mmm.
Okay, hence let's larn dorsum to the quilt show, shall we? As before, I'll kickoff exhibit yous the information nearly the quilt too the quiltmaker, hence the quilt, hence whatever particular shots I took. Today's quilts are all animals, too some of them were hence realistic, yous mightiness receive got idea yous could achieve out too pet them. But DON"T TOUCH THE QUILTS, if yous know what's proficient for you. That reminds me of 1 of my favorite quilts ever...this 1 is non from the show. It was made yesteryear Rosalie Gray.
So travel along your hands to yourself unless yous desire to destination upward similar Sunbonnet Sue. Enjoy.
This quilt was hence realistic, you'd swear the deport was correct inwards forepart of you.
This was 1 of my favorites. It had a shimmery human face to it that didn't interpret good into photography.
The lilliputian hairs around the oral fissure were hence realistic, it was difficult non to achieve out too experience them.
There were a serial of quilts from the majority shown here.
This was some other 1 where the animate existence appeared three-dimensional, too you'd swear it was sitting correct there.
So I withal receive got lots to a greater extent than quilts to exhibit you, but that's plenty for today. After yesterday's rather frustrating sewing day, I'm going to accept a 24-hour interval off, larn out, too relish the warm atmospheric condition too sunshine. Mike is withal checking off projects from his list, but we've already decided to exit fairly early on earlier it gets every bit good hot. As for me...I'm going to function on the hand-stitching on the Pumpkin Pie quilt too add together it to the finished column.