It was a perfect twenty-four hours of conditions yesterday. The past times 2 days direct maintain been a petty on the warm side, exactly it cooled off yesterday in addition to nosotros were all the same able to relish the brilliant sunshine. The kitties direct maintain taken to starting their twenty-four hours amongst a skilful sunbath.
While they were soaking upward the sun, I was finishing off the tertiary snowflake. I'm having a difficult fourth dimension getting a real skilful flick of these. The lightest bluish floss doesn't present upward good inward pictures against the brilliant white of the background. I retrieve y'all tin give notice instruct the persuasion though. I actually similar the beading on this one.
The outer black bluish triplets were done inward a black bluish metallic element floss I haven't used before. It's a relative newcomer on the Crabapple Hill Studios website. It isn't the floss Mary Corbet suggested inward her pattern, exactly I was non able to uncovering to a greater extent than or less of the flosses she mentions. Even amongst her suggestions for sources, I constitute to a greater extent than or less of it wasn't available inward the United States...not fifty-fifty online. Instead, I substituted this Cosmo Nishikiito floss, in addition to what a bugger it is to locomote with! I haven't yet come upward across a metallic element floss that didn't also come upward amongst challenges, exactly this is the worst. I'll never purchase it again. Consider this a warning. For now, in addition to for this project, I'm variety of stuck amongst it. I'll endeavour to avoid using it every bit much every bit possible.
When the kitties aren't sunbathing, they're posting pictures online. They both decided to direct maintain work inward the #dollypartonchallenge. It seems Dolly Parton (yes, the same one!) started a viral challenge where she posted a collage of photos she could include on for sure social media sites. Sadie in addition to Smitty didn't desire to locomote left out, therefore hither are their submissions.
We met upward amongst our friends Tom in addition to Deb inward Temecula yesterday. We outset had luncheon at a historic restaurant, read near the town in addition to its history correct here.
After nosotros finished drinking wine, nosotros took off walking downwards the street in addition to came across an H2O ice cream in addition to gift shop.
The "chocolate covered bacon" made us curious, in addition to therefore nosotros went within for to a greater extent than gabbing in addition to to a greater extent than or less H2O ice cream. There, nosotros constitute to a greater extent than or less interesting items.
I retrieve these are for me!
After eating our H2O ice cream, nosotros said our good-byes in addition to headed for home. First, though, nosotros stopped off at a local fruit correspond to a greater extent than or less local avocados. We had fried egg sandwiches amongst avocado for dinner terminal night, in addition to oh my goodness. Those avocados are therefore buttery in addition to delicious. There's aught similar locally-grown avocados. We tentatively planned to come across upward amongst Tom in addition to Deb i time again after inward the week, exactly we'll direct maintain to theatre upward our plans earlier I tell to a greater extent than near it.
For now, I direct maintain a pile of pictures from the quilt show. I'm finishing them off today, in addition to in that place are quite a few. So fill upward up your java cup...or whatever imbibe y'all prefer...and enjoy. As before, I'll present the information near the quilt in addition to quiltmaker first, in addition to therefore the quilt, in addition to and therefore whatsoever item shots I took.
When I outset looked at this side past times side quilt, I saw alone circles. I had to stand upward dorsum from it to regard the face. Wow!
I've seen this side past times side quilt on Pinterest. It was such a overnice surprise to instruct to regard it inward person. It didn't photograph well, partly because of the way it was lit, exactly I all the same retrieve you'll relish seeing it. For this quilt, it was all near the quilting.
This i was made upward of one-inch (unfinished) squares. Yeesh.
This was the i quilt I neglected to capture the information near the quilt or the quilter. My apologies, exactly I actually loved this quilt.
I wishing I could direct maintain gotten a ameliorate shot of this side past times side quilt. For anyone who's always visited the California redwood trees, it was straightaway recognizable. H5N1 adult woman was standing correct inward front end of it. It was tempting to shove her out of the way, exactly I decided to locomote polite on this exceptional day.
If y'all follow Lenore Crawford's blog, y'all mightiness direct maintain seen this i come upward together. It was wonderful seeing it inward person.
This quilt was made upward of shimmery fabrics in addition to beads. It looked every bit if it would locomote mutual depression temperature to the touch. (As a reminder: DON'T TOUCH THE QUILTS!!)
The applique on this side past times side i was therefore interesting. It was to a greater extent than or less other I actually wanted to send upon therefore that I could regard how it was made. The accompanying information explains the technique. Take a await in addition to regard what y'all think. And, yes, it's difficult to tell from these pictures.
The leaves on the trees were cutting out individually in addition to and therefore sewn on. Yikes!
This side past times side quilt was stunning inward its realism. I've stood nether trees in addition to looked upward in addition to seen this sight dorsum at abode inward Oregon inward the fall. So pretty.
This side past times side i caught my oculus since to a greater extent than or less of these same quilt blocks are inward the Mulligan Stew quilt I'm mitt quilting correct now. I was a petty surprised the information near the quilt didn't give credit to Deborah Henninger's book, Hobo Quilts.
And that's the terminal of them. I'm aware that others are posting pictures from the present every bit well. The weblog "Quilt Inspiration" volition locomote featuring them over the side past times side several days. Their outset installment tin give notice locomote seen correct here.
Today Mike volition locomote working on installing a H2O filtration spigot to our kitchen countertop. It volition allow us to instruct rid of the Brita pitcher currently hogging infinite on the counter. While he's doing that, I'm thinking I'll exercise to a greater extent than or less sewing. Also, I'll instruct dorsum to my mitt quilting penance on the Mulligan Stew quilt. Additionally, I desire to locomote out for a walk today. I postulate to walk off all that food, wine, in addition to H2O ice cream consumed inward Temecula yesterday. It's looking similar to a greater extent than or less other skilful twenty-four hours of weather, in addition to therefore it'll locomote skilful to locomote out in addition to soak upward the sun. It is variety of the indicate of these trips south.