Borders

I got borders attached on two tops yesterday.  Each top got a pressing with starch and hung on the to be quilted rack.  I seriously need to quilt some as it is SO FULL!  I am slowly catching up.

Those are cows in the border below.  Fun!

Next Steps with Hexi Blocks

I am closing in on having enough blocks for my hexi flowers.  I have started to trim them all to 7.25 and make a four patch the same size. I am loving how this is turning out.  The colors are truer in the first photo.  It seems very soothing and just as I pictured in my mind.

Quilting Finally

Yesterday I spent four hours with my HQ repair man.  Many calls were made to HQ in Utah for support. I will be getting new tensioner discs and a spring.  But I can quilt with the machine as is.  So I did quilt.  It sure felt good!!!

In The Studio

The other day I wanted to sew and use up some of the MANY block parts. I decided on a pattern from Bonnie Hunters new book called sand castles. I had 3.5 inch four patch blocks available. See them in the bin, so many. And I had enough neutral strings for this quilt. But my four patch units were 3.5 inches. So I sized all the units up and got started. It didn’t take long before I had many blocks completed. There are 3 - 4 on the cutting board waiting to be squared up to 14.5 inches. It won’t be long before I have a quilt top and I will have to pick another design that uses my pieces parts.

The latest flower from the fish pond.

At the beach

I am at the beach with my son and family. I have wanted to do this for a few years but life has not allowed that. So here we are and having such a great time. Fishing with my son is the best!!!! I have done some hand stitching on hexies too.

QOV and flowers

I finished this QOV in time to take to the quilt meeting and pass it back to N. These are come of the flowers blooming on my property. Blogger has rearranged the pictures and I don’t have the energy to fix.

A Unique Restaurant Bathroom

We went to a authentic German restaurant a few nights ago. The bathroom just made me S M I L E. It included all the farm sounds.