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.