Just A Few More Quilt Books Please

Just 2 more "for now" 😄 the older quilt books seem to have the best patterns & certainly more details,the complete  guide to quilts has done  all the math for you for each quilt from how many blocks, yardages,strips etc from crib to king size,along with tips,a color chart & so much more ,Nickel Quilts is packed with quilts made using 5" scraps

between the two books these caught my eye for possible candidates in the future , 16 patch & flying geese,what a great scrap buster! The star looks outta my comfort zone but challenging enough to wantta  try it ,I can see it in Spring  or Fall colors

These blocks arranged in a strip style would be neat ,I haven't really done a lot of appliques  but I like it enough to give it a try

Not Feeling This Flimsy 😄

 I pulled this top out the other day to make a decision to leave it at its current 46 x 50 size & use it for a snuggle lap size or make it full sized

but when I lay it out there's something about it that just messes with me😄 maybe it's the wider green border🤷

 leave it? unstitch it & start over? different layout? add frames around the center blocks? different color borders?  quilt it & be done with it & not look back?🤣I don't know but for now its going back in the closet 😄

Rain Rain Rain

 If it keeps raining , I'm going to have to get a boat😄 the sun pops out in spurts  , just long enough to run out & pour the water out of the barrels my veggies are planted in so they don't float right outta the barrels 🤣 the morning started out with more rain & a yummy bowl of greek yogurt with blueberries/raspberries & a granola mix

 

finished up the large rag balls,as soon as my niece saw a picture she fell in luv so guess I'll be making more for me later😄

another spurt of sunshine was a window to get Sadie home,the bottom fell out as soon as Grace & me got back home

by this time it was 2:00 & pouring down rain so what to do but make something yummy again😄 spaghetti & salad is always a good  quick lunch to whip  up when you're hungry & want something good, I pulled out one of the scrappy quilt tops with the thought of making it larger,the more I look at it the more I want to just rip it apart & start over😄

Sunday Inspiration

 

Rainy Days Calls For Silliness & Sewing

 We are still getting rain,so much that it us starting to cause flooding in some areas ,Grace & Sadie are stir crazy from being inside so they've been hanging with me in the sewing room ,what better to do on a stormy day but be silly 😄

Apron #3 is done,the chicken print requires a bit of gathering then I will be done with this section of Summer aprons 

I've been finishing up the pillow covers & working on binding on the patchwork quilt, rose lemonade herbal tea & thin cranberry almond cookies makes for a good break

I was wondering to what to do with all the basil that's growing faster than I can use it,I made pizza! Pesto,creamy melt cheese,grilled chicken,roasted sun-dried tomatoes & fresh basil on philsbury roll out thin crust dough,I've been researching vinegret  recipes so we'll  see what I come up with lol

Slow Stich ideas & Garden Updates

 I've got to do something with the basil,the parsley & the dill soon,but what?  I'm not sure just yet ,any ideas?

the tomatoes plants may be duds🤣 they're growing  but not blooming 

the squash seem happy

with all the rain the cucumbers are happy but drowning in the grass😄 guess I'll be pulling up grass 

I think the collards are ready to eat,they have really enjoyed the rain

just look at those little nobbies😆 those are little brussels coming out

the little black bees are back

todays a day of odds & ends ,I did get pillow too #2 with the blue & chicken print done,I may fool around with the stitch journal today & get some prep work done for different projects

the blue on the left is cut out from the fabric I bought from the warehouse,it will be filled with stitches,french knots etc.

we picked Sadie up this morning,I usually take them straight to the park but its already getting into the noon hour & its sooo hot outside,it was already 80 degrees at 9 this morning!

The Chicken Bobbin Won!

 I've won a few times but this morning the chicken bobbin won with only 8 inches to go 😄

Another bobbin in & the first pillow cover front is done

When trimming & squareing up make sure you know where your tape measure is 🤣

Fussy cutting more chicken blocks for pillow  top #2, its another rainy day ,the sun is refusing to shine as to day I give up let the rain have it 😄 so what better to do on a dark rainy day than some random sewing & maybe  squeeze in a finish or two on something