Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt cont'd cont'd cont'd...

My daughter is holding up the quilt (see her toes peeking through).  This is where I'm at with the quilt so far.  I have possibly three more rows to go.  It would be so easy for me to call it quits for the top, but I keep telling myself to do it right.  I had to order more English paper piecing papers from Ebay.  It's the easiest way to go.

Snowmen Quilt

I made this in 1999 (I remembered to date the back).  I didn't do a whole lot of quilting on it.  I'll add it to my To Do list.  Today we are decking the halls.

Candle Making

I made soy candles last night to give as hostess gifts or to add to baskets for Christmas gifts.  I order a lot of candle making items from Candle Science.  The scent I used for these is Christmas Hearth.  There's a hint of pine, orange, cinnamon and ? - I don't know - just yummy.  Time to go out and hang lights on the tree in the front yard.  Maybe I'll post pics of that.

Snoqualmie Falls

My daughter and I drove up to Snoqualmie Falls today.  It poured rain all day and there's flood warnings in a lot of the rivers around here.  The falls are HUGE right now because of it.  Lots of people there.  We had a blast!

Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt - Cont'd

All the blocks are ready to be sewn together.  How exciting!
And now for some close up shots of these darling 1930s reproduction fabrics...

After I sew all the blocks together, I will need to remove all the hexagon paper pieces by snipping away the basting stitches (as you can see in the photo above of the back of one of the blocks).  I have not picked out the backing for the quilt yet.  It's the thrill of the hunt finding fabric in fun shops!

Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt Progression

 

This photo is a little over exposed, but it shows the addition of the green hexagons.  Just about half way there for the piecing.

Time For Banana Bread

"Mom, will you bake some banana bread?", he asked while grimacing at the black spotted banana.

One More Rosette Needed

 My little Longaberger basket goes with me pretty much everywhere I go.  Actually it is my daughter's.  Just borrowing it.  It's with me in the car, the dentist's waiting room, doctor's waiting room etc. - you get the idea.

After I finish the pink rosette, I only need to finish one more rosette.  Then I can add the green hexigons to the outer edges and start attaching the rosettes together.  It's coming together slowly but surely!

 

 

 

New Middle School

This is a new middle school being built in the neighborhood.  They started breaking ground in June.  The scheduled opening is set for January 2017.

Score!

 

My husband was cleaning out the garage and I noticed a box marked "fabric".  Score!  I found all these 1930s reproductions to add to My Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt! 

 

 

A glimpse of Autumn

A cute Black-Eyed Susan I bought at Trader Joe's complete with a neat pot.  I hope to plant this by my picket fence and let it spread.

Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt - cont'd

Moving right along.  A total of 11 rosettes are needed for a lap size quilt.  These were done while on a two week vacation at the beach.  People think I am crazy doing "tedious work".  I love it!  The plan is to do my best work for whoever will receive this and to possibly enter it into a quilt show when completed.

Mt. St. Helens

Gorgeous Day for a trip to a beautiful sight: Mt. St. Helens.  I still remember when she blew in May 1980 which was just a month or so before I graduated from high school.

Road Trip to Oregon & California

We're on our way!

 

Mt. Rainier





The three of us fit in the tent just right






Mt. Hood




Crater Lake





Allen Elizabethan Theatre
Ashland, Oregon
We saw "The Count of Monte Cristo"



Sundial Bridge
Redding, California

Mt. Shasta




The Redwood Forest

From north of Seattle to Mt. Hood, Bend, Crater Lake, Ashland, Klamath Falls, Redding,

 Klamath California, Florence Oregon and home again.  Mary (age 15) drove 3/4 of the way.  She got a lot of great driving experience through curvy, twisty roads, wind gusts, fog, steep grades, huge semi trucks, Crater Lake cliffs without any barriers.  She did a great job!

 

Three Quilts

A sample of quilts I have hand quilted.