Catching Up

Time sure does fly by. I started a post on the 6th and got interrupted. I'm just now trying to get caught up on all the happenings this month. I got a really nice basket of fat quarters from AQG birthday club, lots of batiks.

I received more fat quarters from the girls in my bee. I haven't take a picture of them yet. I'll post a picture when I do.

Our Challenge quilts were also due this month. A lot of our members made quilts. I took pictures of most of them, but the lighting wasn't very good so the pictures didn't turn out well.

These are the ones that the pictures turned out the best. All of the quilts turned out great. Wish I could have gotten better pictures.








I also took pictures of some of the quilts the ladies brought for show 'n tell.






This is Jan's mystery quilt.

























This is another quilt that Jan made.














This is Sandra's scrappy star quilt. It is a graduation gift for her oldest son.


















This is a quilt Phylis made.























So far I've canned 16 pts. of spaghetti sauce. There are still more tomatoes that aren't ripe yet. I want to try making some that is hot to use for chili. I may have to make dill pickles too. We have quite a few cucumbers. I've never done pickles. Paul planted more corn and green beans because they didn't do well the first time around. I want to can some beans and maybe freeze some corn on the cobb.




This week EVQG is holding quilt camp at the Civic Center. We've had a good turn out. Tomorrow is the last day. I almost have my blooming 9-patch together. Just one more seam to sew the two halves together and then I'm done with the top. I took pictures at quilt camp too, but they are still on the camera.

Busy Week-end

My hubby has been very busy this week-end finishing our front porch. He painted the posts and railings Thursday. Friday I helped him paint the door and window frames. Yesterday we cleaned off the porch good and cleaned the Adirondack furniture. The furniture will be painted blue and the porch floor will be treated with a wood sealer with a wood tone stain added to it. He will do that today. The porch has to dry for at least 48 hrs. before we can use it. That part I do not like. We can't even go in and out the front door. It is inconvenient to use the back door. Our garage and parking is in the front. I'll take pictures when it is done.

Dora made me a birthday cake for my birthday. Actually she made it that evening and we ate some the next day.

It is supposed to be a bow on top, but the icing fell. It still turned out pretty.

I finished all the 9-patch blocks for the blooming 9-patch quilt and have it on the design wall.

Hopefully I can start sewing it together this week. I think it is looking OK. Dora likes it. I'd like to make a queen size one for my bed.

Happy Birthday To Me

Today is my birthday. I'm not getting any younger, so enough said.

Here is my new little kitten, Socks.

Isn't he adorable. I think he has been eating good. He doesn't feel like he's all skin and bones like he did when we first got him. The other animals haven't taken to him yet, but he doesn't seem to be afraid of them. He is faster than the dogs and so far Zoe just hisses at him.

This is Zoe. She thinks she's the Queen of the house. We've had her for 11 years. She still seems like a kitten to us.

This is Ivannah. We call her Ivan after "Ivan the Terrible". She is really a very good dog. Just out going and demanding, but very lovable. She is a joy. I don't think she likes having her picture taken. She looks scarred. Don't think she likes the flash.

This is Meiko. Her name fits. She is very timid and shy. Of course the quiet ones are the ones you have to watch. I think she would harm the kitty if she had a chance. She is very suspicious of him and jealous of him. She has big sad brown eyes that makes our hearts go out to her. She follows me around the house and is never far from where I'm at.

I hadn't taken any recent pictures of our pets, so thought I'd take pictures of them all while I was doing pictures of the new kitten.

56 more 9-patches to go. Maybe I will have time to work on them some today. First I want to sort through my quilt magazines and get them put on the shelf unit in my quilting studio. A start on shoveling out the living room. I still haven't finished the kitchen. One day I'll feel like doing it.

Paul brought in some green beans, tomatoes and jalapeno peppers from our garden last night. Think I'll cook the beans and slice the tomatoes to go with our meat loaf for tonight's supper.

Monday, Monday

I think it was the popup blocker that was keeping me from posting pictures yesterday.

This is the the finished Four Patch and Friends quilt.Here is Kevin with his quilt. He is on the right. My son is on the left. I hope Kevin likes the quilt. It is hard to believe he is going to be 17, he sure doesn't look it.

Dora took this picture of a pretty orange moth that was on the side of our house near the front door. It slept out there all day and then disappeared that evening and we haven't seen it again.

Where Did June Go?

This month sure has flown by! I can't believe it is almost over. I did make it to the 2nd Blooming 9-patch class and started sewing my 9-patch blocks. I worked on them some yesterday too. I haven't done much quilting this month.

I finally got pictures of a couple of quilts that I finished a few months ago. They have now gone to their new homes.

Well, it seems I'm not able to post any pictures today.

My de-cluttering project is kind of stalled. I was doing really well at cleaning the kitchen, but now I have stuff on the kitchen table that I don't know what to do with. Guess I should just move on and finish the rest of the things that need doing in the kitchen, like finish washing the outside of the cabinets and freezer and cleaning the inside of the fridge. Dora did help me with the storage room up-stairs. I'm sure there is plenty of stuff down stairs that could go up there, but I just don't want to clutter it up again so soon after cleaning it.

We have a new kitty. It's name is Socks, because of it's four white feet. It sure is playful. I haven't gotten around to taking any pictures of him yet. Or at least I'm hoping it is a him.

Roosting Round Robin Top Done

Finally, I got the last border on my roosting round robin that we did last year with AQG.

After several months of hunting and a few miss-acquisitions, I finally found this fabric. I'm still not real happy with it. It may be close to the right colors, but it seems a little washed out compared to the bold reds. Also, I don't think the design in the border fabric suits the top. Oh well, done is better than it staying an UFO.

I'm not getting very far with my de-cluttering of the house. I've managed to go through all the stuff that was in the spare bedroom and about half the stuff in the storage room. I've tried to tackle the kitchen and may have gotten rid of a couple of things. It is just too over whelming and depressing. I'm still tired from toting heaving trash bags down the stairs on Sunday.

Saturday is the 2nd Blooming 9-Patch class and I haven't even felt like cutting my strips and squares. Tomorrow is the only day I will be home all day to work on it and I've got so much other stuff that needs to be done. This week is just too busy! Monday morning I went to Sandra's to help her arrange her rows for the EVQG challenge that is due this month. Today was AQG meeting, Thursday the Paradise Piecers meet, Friday the Needleturners meet and of course the class all day on Saturday. My monthly and bi-monthly meetings all fell in the same week. This week just wasn't a good week for that to happen.

Last Thursday Sandra and I went to Hancock's. I got a package of batting at 40% off and a couple of batiks at 50% off and some Elvis fabric for Dora. Actually it is for her boyfriend's quilt that surprise, surprise, I will have to make.

The Allatoona guild had a silent auction today. I won the bid on a very pretty butterfly fabric.

13 yds. for $20.00, not bad. There were some co-ordinating pieces that I wanted, but I kept getting out bid. I finally had to pick one to keep bidding on.

Up And Running Again

My computer is now in my quilting studio for awhile anyway. I may move it again, but I've got a lot of organizing to do before then. We got the wireless network set up. I finally figured out why I couldn't print. It was stupid, but it is fixed now. So, my world is right, now.

Here are the fabrics I'm using in my Blooming 9-patch. Notice the new fabric in the #5 spot. I got it at Tiny Stitches. I think it actually works better than the other piece. Can't wait to get started on this.

Carolina Crossroads mystery top is done. It is nice and scrappy and I'm happy with the out come.

Maybe in between quilting sessions, I can find time to try to straighten out the house. I'd rather quilt.