First Mystery Blocks

This was the view out my carport yesterday morning

Fall has come with cool weather and lots of rain. It rained pretty much for two days and the temperatures down last night in the 30's I saw frost in the valley's going in to swim this morning, This one I took out the window of the porch and the flash went off, so the spot. Hope you can see the colors on the trees in the distance.

Now here is a picture of the first blocks for the Jelly Bean Mystery quilt.
Unusual to have three blocks, So what kind of a design is this going to end up being. I love mysteries. Have to wait till the next months instructions now.
So be Cont----

Look What The MailLady left me Yesterday

No the sunset did not come into my mailbox, but I just had to show you another one I took just the other day. The western sky was a blazeThis is what was in a badly damaged Flat Rate box yesterday. All the fabrics for a new Thimbleberries Mystery using the Jelly Bean line. I had seen this line while in Dayton on our retreat and really liked it so jumped at the chance to do this mystery. I just love Mysteries There are 15 diferent prints which include two georgous blues. Have the first blocks done now and will post those tomorrow. Don't know if it will be a month before the next one comes are not. This was a closeup of these fabrics. Here is a closeup of the papers that came with it. Shows all the prints with their numbers on the one sheet has the first set of instructions for the first 3 blocks. It just might be that if you click on the picture that you can see what it is.

This week has been alright health wise. Swimming has been great now that it is colder out the pool is steamy and water really warm. Makes for wanting to stay there.

I have the Butterfly quilt ready to sew down the black anntenes so that needs to go to the basement. I'm not so sure about doing this. Kim seems to think it's very easy. Ha.

Have some other blocks to get done and finally found out the pattern which was a mystery at the retreat. Come to find out they had changed their minds an here I had all the strips cut. But looking at the pattern on Quilter's Cache I really like it. It's called Carrie Nation and when put together makes a neat design. So will get going on it one of these days when I feel like stitching. That always seems to go fast. But getting them sandwiched and quilted is another thing.

Thanks for stopping by. Tomorrow I'll show you the finished blocks.

Look At These Tree

This was taken out my porch window. This is what I look at when I'm not on the laptop or sewing. These woods are just starting to turn. The tree in the foreground is my Dogwood tree The roof is the shed of my neighbors. These are her woods to the west.

Not sure this will show up good or not. It looks pretty dark but sometime s with clicking on the picture it shows up good. The dogwood is just starting to turn red.

Then yesterday I had to go to the grocery store and thought about taking my camera and hoping for a red light at his intersection so I could snap a picture. This is the tree I mentioned in my last blog. Just kept getting redder and redder.

I was going to the store for this shot, then on the way home I had a red light for a bit but got this snapped a little early but you can tell the size.

This is the main street in town. Originally the first road to Washington. and Baltimore, Route 40. But now called Alternate 40 with the new one about 5 miles north which has been replaced with Interstate 70. The road to the East to Baltimore and Washington DC. 60- miles .

Not much else to talk about today. It's early as Hubby just can't seem to sleep or stay quite for 7 hours during the night. I have a lady coming at 9 so I can get to my swimming at 10 to 11 and then I need to head into town to the used book store for Hubby. He's been reading the Trailsmen series by Jon Sharpe and he's missing some numbers so I need to hunt them down. Try to trade in the ones he's read.

Hope to get a little sewing this afternoon. Oh, and we are finally getting some rain. Even heard some thunder about an hour ago. We really need it. Thanks for stopping by.

Fall Has Arrived

I know this does not look like fall but this is how my perennial garden looks now. That light green runner is taking over. But the pretty dark pink flowers just keep blooming and blooming.
I'm afraid I have not kept it cleaned up but I at least got the old stacks off the lilies. I have been getting some sewing time in. Hubby is doing pretty good and letting me sleep the whole night although he figures 5 AM is time to get up.
I have been to the basement and got these two little wall hangings quilted and now am working on the Butterfly quilt. Have a couple more hours work on it and then the border. Although the butterfly template I have and wanted to use is to big. Guess I have to get something else.

Yes,. fall is coming to these mountains and I tried to find an old picture to show again but couldn't I have never gotten my pictures organized right and is folders so I know whats there. Just don't know how. Most of the leaves are still green. The dogwood are the bright red and the maples are turning. There is a beautiful tree downtown that I would love to get a picture of. Just forget to take my camera with me.
Guess you remember this Scrappy Stars. One I made out of leftover HST. I machine quilted it along with the one below.

This was my kit I got at the retreat. Everyone was to bring a complete kit of something. This is all Kansas Troubles fabrics. The pattern was from This and That and called Baskets of Blessings. Fun to make. Thanks Eileen C.

Sorry I have been so long in posting again. We've had a lot of Doctor's appointments and then going to Water Aerobics three times a week takes a lot of sewing time out of the day. But things are fine on the home front. Now to get some more quilting done. Almost finished the Sunbonnet quilt. thanks for stopping by.

Boonesboro Days

Welcome to Boonsboro, Maryland. This is the sign at the street that turns down to the park. Course the building beside it is the town laundrymat.

Sorry I have been a week getting these pictures in and writting. Time just seems to fly by and when you get called about every fifteen minutes to get something, it's hard getting anything done.

Here is the butterfly I talked about before. Ours has swans on either wing. This stands a good 5 feet and is in a concrete base. Every butterfly that was made is different and made out of different materials. Some with designs made of glass. I'm just glad that Boonsboro has one.

Across the steet is the restored Trolley station. It ran between Hagerstown and Frederick. The tracks were where the street is. Probably why our main street is a little wider than a lot of old towns.

This is the front of it and hard to believe that 10 years ago it was a storage for feed at the Hardware store, now gone.

This is the main room inside, Turn around and there was a pot belly stove and the rest of stuff which was for the comfort of the station master. Didn't get any other pictures as there were too many people in the way.

A stroll down the road and we're in the park and this day it was packed with people and stands etc. This is the stream that run through the park. The water comes from a spring under an old home on main street.

One of the booths. This man makes old corn husk brooms and sells them.

This lady makes bird houses out of gourds. Really neat.

I really have been getting some sewing and quilting done. Here are the results of this past week.

This is from a kit I got at the retreat. We were each to make up a kit and then we exchanged them. Mine came from the other Eileen in the group and is called This and That. She had a package of Charms from Wildfower Serenade and two Kansas Troubles Fat Quarters. I machine quilted it yesterday and got the binding whipped down while watching the Redskins.

This I have shown as a top a couple months ago. Made from leftover HST It's all TB and machine quilted also.

I now want to get the butterflies pinned and quilted next. Kim is sending me some black wool for the antenna's

Hubby has been pretty good except for the nights that he can't sleep then wakes me fairly often. But we tried a sleeping pill last night and he only woke once and called. We just take one day at a time. Thanks for all the concerns. We are fine.

Twenty Butterflies Going every which Way

Remember when I went to Dayton on retreat? I had posted a couple pictures of individual Butterflies. This is the results. Done, all except the antenna's They have to have them but I need some black wool, that Kim is going to send me. They can be sewn down while quilting I hope.
This was one of the Buggy Barn designs in the Celebrated Craziness book. Some other neat designs also. These are just so much fun to make. Like putting a puzzle together.
I want to do this again using the full size block of 12 in. One of our members drew this out for me in a 8 in Size as that is the size of Layer Cake that I had and wanted to use. It is made out of Neptune some vibrant colors.
The nurse that comes to visit my Hubby saw the blocks and commented about the butterflies and the symbol for the new Arts school starting this fall in a refurbished theatre in Hagerstown. One of her girls was picked to attend. This is part of the school system. So If this turns out OK I just might give it to her to take to the school to be hung or auctioned off or whatever they might want to do with it.
This summer for a money making project different people designed and made large butterflies which were put on concrete stands and displayed all over town. Then auctioned off. One is now standing in the middle of Boonsboro. Not sure who bought it but I suspect Nora Roberts did for the town. Will try and get a picture of it tomorrow when I go down to Boonesboro Days in the park.
The weather isn't very good for it today but at least it's not raining. This is the other project that I have been working on. Our online group is having a swap of these All In A Row blocks from Kim Diehl's book Simple Comforts. There are some other really good patterns in this book.
I still have another set to make. A set consists of 5 blocks and I am doing 5 sets. Probably will end up making a few more blocks to increase the size of this quilt. But a new project .

Just a little about my life. Hubby has been doing very good. Only getting me up once a night. That I can take. I also started back to Water Aerobics on Wed. Then Friday we have found a lady that will come in and sit with Hubby while I go swimming on Mon. and Fridays. So next week it will be a full week.
That with all the Home Care people coming to see him, things are going fine.
He has survived getting those 3 teeth out and not eating much except soft foods. It's a chore thinking of something he can eat that he will eat. Lots of jello, pudding and ice cream here now. Hopefully by next week he can start to eat something a little more solid. The only trouble is the dentist did not think that our dentist will be able to save the other teeth. Time will tell.

So all in all things have been going fairly smooth around here and with fall coming I guess the next thing is turning on the heat. Although they say 80's again this coming week.
The dogwood tree has a lot of red berries and the leaves are turning a golden red. They are the first to start changing. Thanks for stopping by.

Leftovers

I finished the leftover runner. By this I mean these pieces were in a baggie that I had put back after finishing a swap. All the saw teeth were triangles cut off the corners of a piece. Don't know what now but then I also has all these 4 patches. Guess I made too many. Just played around with them after sewing all the HST before I had gone to retreat. I found some of the blue in the stash so finished off with the triangle ends. It is all machine quilted and I just finished whipping down the binding. Took it along to the dentists office this morning while Hubby had 3 teeth pulled I got the sides whipped down. How do you like what I did at the seam in the ending? Couldn't let some of those HST go to waste. I took this on my island standing on a chair. The wall is still full of the mystery blocks.

This is another angle. Could play checkers on it I guess.

Haven't had too much time in the sewing end. A little done on the butterflies but they will come along. This weekend might be easier. With Hubby not eating much but soft stuff that means I don't have to cook much. Made him some lemon jello and vanilla pudding so that will last a bit. He was not feeling good at all on Tues. and then had a procedure at the Urologist yesterday , eating a little but then this morning the teeth pulled has made for a rough week.

Hoping next week is better. So far the main thing is Water Aerobics is starting next Wed. I have sure missed it.

Then Wednesday 9-9-09 is my oldest granddaughters 21st birthday. She has just returned to her Senior year at Art School in Philadelphia,,

Happy Birthday Ashley. We love you and know you are going to do very well.

As I write this the western sky is so red. Almost as pretty as my heading picture.

Thanks for visiting.