George

Fooling you. This is George--

A new Schnibble and the quilt for the Le Petite for this month, Of course you all know my husbands name was George and I have a son and grandson with that name. So just had to make this quilt.

Wanted to get it finished before I left for my trip. It was made with. OOPS can't find the strips from the charms. Will have to wait to get this one quilted. Thanks for stopping.

Completed Quilts. finally

Surprise, finally back. I have been busy. This is one of the Kids Quilts that I have made. I took a bag of about 6 back to the leader that were all bound and washed. Also had bound a large quilt that someone had sent her. She had quilted it and I said I would bind it. She hopes to raffle it off at a flea market type thing the Town has to get money for fabric and batting. She did finally get a big box from one of the companies.

This is the back of one of the Schnibbles I made a few months ago. Will have to look up the name. The fabric I used was a gift and I used the 2 set of charms and then used the blue for the background and the print was this great stripe. So figured I would use it for the backing. It also shows up the quilting better. I machine quilted it.

Here is the front of Brocante. I had showed this back in April but now it is finished. These Minis are so much fun, but I am getting a lot of them.

It seems like this summer I have had a lot of friends and family who are pregnant. There are 3 boys coming in Aug. and a girl. I didn't have any suitable pinks so got this selection at my local quilt shop. For some reason I decided I wanted to make a tumbling blocks pattern but the only pattern I could find was a paper pieced one. I wanted the whole blocks. I found the pattern in an old book I had on Amish quilts. Ever made this quilt? Well it isn't easy. Has all those Y seams. But did manage to do it all on the machine.

Here is the results. The baby shower was Sunday and she was very pleased. If you click on the picture you might be able to see the prints.

Right now I am getting packed for a 14 day cruise - trip to Alaska. We fly out on Sunday to Seattle and then on to Fairbanks and travel down to Denali and then to Mt. McKinley, traveling by train and bus down to Anchorage where we will get the ship and cruise down along the glaciers to Vancouver. So hope to have some pictures to show when I get home.

I need to get Penny to the vet to get her nails clipped but this morning she did not want to get into her cage. So am going to try again this afternoon. She is quicker than I am. My neighbor is coming twice a day to feed her while I am gone. So will check in later. Hope you come back to check the July Schnibbles I've finished for the Le Petite quilt show at the end of the month. So be sure to look for that. Thanks for stopping.

Penny is Smart

I have my June quilt finished but want some input with it. This is the way the pattern was. Finished with the plain border. This is Recess by Schnibble. One of two that was given for this month for La Petite.

This is what I had thought about when starting this project. I have used double charms from the latest Thimbleberries fabrics. Had ordered this blue because I liked it. Then not to sure it needed the extra border. Does it distract?

I have not sewn the blue on yet but I think the longer I have it up on the board the better I like it. Sinta you may use which ever one you like.

I had a visit by my daughter this past weekend and since school is finally out she stayed though Monday. Sunday evening I had eaten my Activa yogurt and since Penny had shown a liking to this I have let her lick the package. She started this a few weeks ago and Sunday night she did it while my daughter was here and I quickly showed her my camera and knowing I could take a movie she took this.



Now hope it looks better than the way this picture came up. That is not good of me and my hand, really shows my age, but look what Penny does. I think she is so smart.You can make it larger.

We have been having a tipical spring, summer is here now with 80-9os. Thank goodness for AC so I don't mind it till I go outside. I even got some local friends to come and mow all my weeds. Looks nice now. I can do the touch up now with my weed whacker.

This Recess was fun to make. Easy cutting the strips off the double charms. Just had to cut about 2 inches off the end. Think I will have to sew those pieces together and do something with them.

Just waiting now for the time to start packing for my cruise. We have a meeting on the 29th and then will find out the itinerary and just what we need to take. Going to Fairbanks and then down to Ankorage and get the ship and cruise down along the coast to Vancover. Fly home from there. I'm sure I will have more about this later. If I can continue to upload pictures so I can find them with blogger.

Thanks for stopping and seeing what my Penny can do. Does your cat do this?

Trying Again to Post

Ah, Finally I have gotten a few pictures uploaded. It's been a while since I have posted because of getting my pictures into the right place. I have been busy and last week end spent it at the Annapolis Quilt show that my daughter and I used to always help and took care of the Country Store. So I rejoined, mainly to get to go to their retreats. They have two. One in the Spring , which happened to be the same weekend as my Granddaughters graduation in Florida. Of course I had to go to that. Then one thing I could do was help with the show. I have a widow friend that lives in one of the retirement homes and I called to ask if she was going to be home and would like some company. Then one in the fall.

This is one of the many wonderful quilts. It is typical Balitmore Album quilt and is hand appliqued and quilted. There was another one almost as beautiful which had been machine quilted and looked like hand

This is one that I put in called Rose Star. It is completely hand made of all feed sacks, including the backing. I don't know if you can see the quilting if you click to make it larger. The white pieces are completely solid with quilting

Look at this one. Machine quilted but great work. Sorry I didn't get the whole quilt but guess I wasn't back far enough.
This is one of the last little quilts I made out of half square triangles that were cut off the ends of others when making our friendship quilt. I sewed them together before cutting, like Bonnie Hunter has suggested doing. This picture has also been cut off. It has the sawtooth all the way around. It is all Thimbleberries and I machine quilted it. The hearts in the solid blocks was a template that I transferred and sewed free motion.

I have been busy making baby quilts. Three this summer, two boys and a girl. Should make another boys. Besides I have 5 of the kids quilts all finished with the bindings done. Have a meeting next week at the leaders home to work so will take these to her. I did find some kids prints at the quilt show to make some more.

But now I have been busy with doctor appointments. Just this week have seen two eye Doctors. My Retina specialist that I see twice a year to keep check on my Macular and then the other to see about a change to my glasses or get this cataract off. They could get some change in my glasses so will get them and wait until next year maybe to see about the surgery.

Then it will be time to concentrate on packing for my Alaskan Cruise. Can't wait. Poor Penny will not like it when I leave her again. After I am gone for a couple days, I can't sit down in my chair without her climbing into my lap. Doesn't work very good when I have the laptop on my lap. But at least she is now MY cat.

We have had some really nice weather but no rain until last night I guess there was quite a storm but I didn't hear it. Good to be a heavy sleeper. Suppose to get more tomorrow. My daughter will be up for the weekend . Hasn't had time for over a month. She is out of school and now has big plans for the summer also. Hope a little with me.

This is it for today. Maybe I can get some more of these pictures in now. Looks like blogger has changed a little again but hope this will be OK. Am busy getting this months little quilt made for the Pink Pinchuson. I'm suing Thimbleberries this time. Thanks for stopping by.

Candy Bar Pinwheels

Here is a view I had out my picture window the other day. They are in my neighbors yard, Thank goodness although I have seen some evidence that they have been eating in my yard also.Sorry I have been so long getting another post done. But have been a little busy traveling. My #2 granddaughter graduated from Collage in Pensacola, Florida 2 weeks ago and my daughter and I made a very fast trip down from Thur, evening got there Fri. afternoon about 5, spent the evening with her and saw those famous beaches. The graduation was on Sat. at 10. Then we had lunch with her and she showed us around the campus, will my daughter had seen it. Went to her job and met her boss. They love her and hate to see her leave. She will be staying there until her lease is up in July. Then who knows. We left for home around 5. Spent the night in Georgia somewhere and then got home again to Annapolis around 6pm . I spent the night and came home the next morning as Daughter had to go to school.
Thought is was time I show another picture of Penny. She has found a liking to laying on fabric. This is on the end of my ironing board. She also likes to sleep on my quilt I am hand quilting and have on the chair next to mine with the hoop sitting up. She goes behind and sleeps.

Now this is the quilt for the Pink Pincushion for this month called Candy Bar Pinwheels. It was

a free pattern from Moda. I made more blocks as I need a baby quilt so found this cute material with Norah's animals around the border. For a change I have this finished and quilted. Free Motioned around the animals in the border. You might be able to see it better by clicking on it.

I had just used a variety of blues from my stash.

Then this past week we had Granddaughter #1 graduate from U Arts of Philadelphia. So we went up on Wed. evening and got a hotel as graduation again was at 10 but we had to pick Ashley up early to put all her stuff in DD s van as Ashley is moving somewhere else. But she had to be in Maryland by 6 PM Thurs. Eve, for a wedding rehearsal she was to be in the next day. That with downpours of rain and then close to Annapolis gridlock as it was rush hour. I had it going home also for at least an hour and more rain. That we have had plenty of. Now they say it will be in the 80-90s this week.

At ;least Ashley has a internship for the summer in Philly but has made application for grad school. Wants to take Art Therapy

I had some pictures of the theater that her graduation was in, Beautiful. Downtown Philly in the Art district. This is where the school is and Ashley has spent 5 years there.

Hope not to be soon long the next time. Thanks for visiting.

Number two Granddaughter Graduates

Here is the graduate and Mother and Grandmother. Just look at those curls that this girl has.

This trip started on Thursday afternoon when my daughter got home from school. I had gone down to her place so we could leave right away. We were headed to Pensacola Florida. Graduation was Saturday morning at 10:30. About 12 pm , Daughter pulled off into a place that advertised motels. We were fortunate to find a really nice one. I went in to see about it as I can get AARP and AAA discounts. Of course there was breakfast so we were on the road again. Oh, found out we were outside of Charlotte, N.C. So we had South Carolina , Georgia, Alabama and finally West Florida. Arrived about 5 pm and called Angela and went over and got her to go find something to eat. This shows her right after we found her. Her Mom holds some roses that her Dad had given her
This is in front of the Civic center.

The evening before we went out on the inlet with all the restaurants but Angela wanted us to see the beach

So this is Mother and daughter talking as it was taking me a while to get down the long beach.go see the sand of the famous beach. The whitest and finishest there is.

It was very hard with my back. Then later I caught Angela out getting close to the water and waves of the gulf. No that is not oil on the beach but seaweed. Just like you find on the beach at Santa Cruz, Ca.

It seems that the other two pictures have disappeared. but at least I have the two here showing where I have been.

We left after having lunch at her favorite restaurant, the New York Grill. Good food. Then she showed us all around the campus and then over to the Game store where she had been working for a couple years. They hate to see her leave. She is not sure where she will be going but wants to go on and get her Master's in her field. We left for home at 5 pm on Sat. and was home about 6 on Sunday evening. Daughter has to go back to school on Monday.

Yes, I know it has been a long time since I posted . Now I have to upload some more pictures of the last projects I have finished or worked on since I have been gone. Came home to the grass so high. Will show you some of the yard and flowers blooming so this will be it for this post. Thanks for keeping coming back .

Brocante and Kids Quilt

My newest quilt for the Kids is from my stash. If you click on the picture you can probably see the prints. They are not new, maybe from the late 90's but with the plain blocks broke it up. Have put the rest of the fabric together for the backing. Will show the completed quilt when I get it quilted.
This is a closeup of a corner of the Brocante to show the prints and fabric better. Now I can't find the name of this charm set but it was sent to me for Christmas this past year by my dear friend Kim, Also with yardage the border fabric and the blue which I used for the background. The fabric is Park Avenue by 3 sisters for Moda. There is still another stripe which could be used in another quilt.

I put it on this dark fabric to try to show it off better. The colors are very soft. I tried to put the blocks in a way that the stars would show. Love this pattern so Thank you Sinta for picking it for this months mini. Hope to get it finished soon.Thank goodness the tornados didn't visit close. Although they did have some warnings up. Plenty rain though. The temperature was in the 70's today. The grass will really be growing. I at least got some leaves raked yesterday. It was so nice out I just had to get out and do something.

I'm still having problems with the pictures uploading but got it done the old way today. Probably be getting some dogwood pictures in the next couple days. Some of the little trees are starting to bloom. Thanks for visiting and hope your day has been good.