Spring Has Spung

 The wild cherry tree at the back of our property is in full bloom. It is old as you can see from the trunk of that tree. But the cherries are good. Even the deer like them

 Now this is the view out of the living room window. It's on the north and this is just a little window beside the fireplace and I can see it from my chair. Really has a lot of blooms this year.

The old one at the back of the house is just starting. It lost some of it's limbs this year so won't be as pretty as other years.

 This is what I have been doing this past week. A new design that our leader came up with. Cute  animal figures on this one.

  Then I can't forget to show our months Schnibble. I made this a couple months ago and have just started to quilt it. So this is the bare form. Been a long time since I made any houses. This was made out of scrapes of Thimbleberries.

I finally got back in the pool today and OH it felt so good. Been out for a month. Don''t know why, but today they had an open house , hoping to get some new people. We did get about three I think for either our arthritic class or the harder areobic class.
The class starts on the 3rd of April and goes to the end of May. Course I will miss a month in the middle as I am going to spend it with my son in Colorado and a niece and family in Colorado Springs. Also plan on going out to see my older brother in Oregon for a couple days while I am in Co. He will turn 90 the middle of May. But a very spry 90.

So back to the String blocks for hubbys quilt.  Thanks for stopping by.

Spring Is Here

I know I have been away for a long time but now I tried to get some pictures uploaded from Picasa but it wouldn't work. So will try a different way. Sorry  this is sideways. You can still see all the applique. Some of those flowers were stuffed.

This is one of the quilts from the Lancaster Show that I went to last week. Have a lot more so will see.The border of that quilt. This is the quality of quilts in this show. The log arm work is out of this world. Not what the average person does.

This is the Pride of Baltimore. Another Baltimore Album quilt. The hand quilting is wonderful. Maybe you can see it by clicking on it.

This is the center  block. The ship Pride of Baltimore. Applique and the hand quilting.

I see they have a new way of doing this so maybe I can post some more of them. I have been making string blocks with my Hubby's shirts as I have showed in other blogs. Have maybe half of them made. But been trying to get some other things done. Like basting my Log Cabin quilt to be hand quilted. I plan on spending some time in Colorado this spring with my son and a Niece so wanted something to do. It might be the last quilt I get hand quilted.

Then I have also been trying to get some Kids quilts made each month. Maybe two or three. Seems each time I take some tops she has a couple of mine to get bound. Kendra Grove is our leader and has a long arm and quilts them. Does a fantastic job getting new places to put them. I also have fabric of my own to make some IF I get around to it. Trying to keep up with machine quilting my Schnibbles that I make each month.

Spring is really coming. Have had crocus and daffodil's that are over and now Narcissus in bloom. The dogwood will possibly be out this weekend if the rain doesn't delay them. Had a couple pictures of my spring flowers but with this new way of uploading I couldn't find them. Live and learn, if I can remember. Thanks for stopping by.

Friday Night Sew In

This is a little block, picture I made from a baggie full of scraps. My stylised Christmas Tree.

Now to the blocks for my version of Virginia Bound. I think I will have to rename it Maryland Bound as that is where Hubby was from and I went to as a young bride. I am using his shirts as he left us almost 2 years ago after too many years  of hurting too much.

So this is what I finished yesterday. The last three pieces to complete these four blocks. Have 16 complete blocks to go.

Now this is what my sewing table looks like. I have a Featherweight in it's table and an extension table. This is in front of my porch windows. Next is a big board on top of two sets of plastic drawers for storage of fabric and next to that is a 6ft. table for cutting. Makes a nice quilting porch. Of course at the end my TV etc.

Nice mess but workable. I have all the strips in this bin and the lid.

This is the Schnibbly quilt for this month. I used fabric from a plate of Patisserie which Carrie Nelson sent as a prize a couple of months ago. This is called I,S,T,H. Miss Rosies Name.

The black amd setting fabrics are Thimbleberries. The red just out of my stash. I really like this little quilt. Thanks Carrie.

Maybe I have got through this post without loosing a picture. I still had a cute picture of Penny but maybe another post.
They have been calling for snow here with this big storm coming from Texas but now think it is going out the coast. What a crazy winter we have had. Hope to get out sometime today and rake some leaves. Can do a little at a time. So hope you all have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by.

Friday Night Sew In

I just have to show you the completed Orca Bay quilt on the bed. Of course it still has to be quilted. But that will come later.This shows the border which I really like.

As you  see I have joined in with the Friday Night Sew In. Kim talked me into it. So if you want to join in go to Hand Made by Heidi to sign up Starts on the 17th.
Here's one of the things I will be working on. My Strings with my hubby's shirts that I started at the Workshop last week with Bonnie Hunter. It is fun but the stuff takes up a lot of room so put it up for this week as I needed to sew something else I needed to sew up. But tomorrow night I will be making at least one of these blocks.Need three to complete these 4 blocks

 

This is my Schnibble which is this months little quilt to make. for the Pink Cushion quilt show the last day of the month. This needs to be sewn together and the picture is sideways. Well the last picture left so that will come later.

See you at the sew in.  Thanks for stopping by.

Orca Bay and Workshop with Bonnie

This is the finished Thimbleberries quilt I got in Kansas City last year while at retreat. I loved the blue fabric so figured I would like the quilt  which I do very much.

Then below is the finished Orca Bay mystery quilt that Bonnie Hunter gave after Thanksgiving, It has lots of fabrics but what fun waiting to see what comes out. She is so fascinating to watch her mind work with strips. So fun to be in a workshop and then listen to her when she stands before at least a 100 quilters at the Annapolis Guild on Monday night.

Well you now know that I attended a Workshop for Virginia Bound. A quilt shown in her first book. When my Daughter had looked through the book which I had gotten from Bonnie when it came out, she had really liked it with the shirtings. We had decided to cut up my husbands cotton shirts as this is what he wore during the summer.

This is a picture I got when she started the workshop and had us gather around her to show how she made the template to mark off the kite shape to mark on the paper  so we could sew strips. Then this is a couple of the blocks that I made. It won't have the variety of prints that she has as my husband was very consertative, so no bright colors. We decided we had to use a couple reds, sorry George.
This is really fun and a little harder as most of his shirts are permapress so has acrylic . Just have to be careful with hot iron.

This is how they go together and will need 20,blocks and then a nine patch border with stars in the corner. This will be my main sewing project for the next few months.

I will be going to Colorado to visit my son for almost a month in April. My last granddaughter will be graduating from Collage the first part of May. She is the only one so far that is going to be a teacher. Right now is doing her pactice teaching in elementary school up close to where she was raised so is living at home this semester.
Sorry I have been so long blogging but this machine gets to me sometimes. I plan on taking it along to Colorado so will try and keep in touch. Thanks for stopping by.

Full Moon Over Boonsboro

Early morning with a haze about a couple weeks ago.
The lights are Boonsboro 2 miles away. Taken out of the window of my porch

Click on the picture and see it clearer. It was foggy.

 

This is the first Kids quilt I finished this month. Sorry I had the Orca Bay on the board so took it over it
the picture over it. This is a pretty lavender-pink for a girl. Click on it.

This is the last one I made. The print is Hockey so a boys. Kendra, our leader will quilt these two.

Orca Bay !!!

Picture is gone so will have to wait until next time. Hope to have the outer border on then

Then finally I got this sewed up, the inner border on. Now to get the outer boarder which is pieced , finished.  I made this all out of my  stash. Using the same colors that Bonnie had used in hers.

Sorry I have been absent. Just trying to get this quilt top finished. Then to get back to the Thimbleberries quilt that I had bought the kit in Kansas City this past fall. I had folded it and put it away.

This has been the strangest winter. Really no winter yet. Had a little snow and some below 32 weather but then back to 40 and 50. Not that I'm complaining. In a couple weeks I am going to a Workshop with Bonnie Hunter. Again with strip piecing a pattern from her first book. I am going to use Hubbies plaid shirts . So it will be his quilt. Better than going to the second hand store and buying them. But will need to get something a little brighter, like red for the border. He didn't like red but ---

Orca Bay

 This is the picture that I had in the last post that disappeared.
These blocks aren't arranged that great but hopefully with another week I can get to it again and try to get it put together. I have the first two rows sewn together so just have to finish making the last two rows of Ohio blocks and get all the red strings squared away and then can put it all together. Course there is the outer border.I have a few of the blocks done but have a lot more. Always got to do a few to see what they are going to look like.

This has been so much fun but a great design Bonnie has come up with.

I didn't say Happy New Year to all of you. Thanks for stopping by and hopefully won't be so long again till I have something more to show you. I have been busy and lazy.