A start and a snippet

I started this piece a couple of weeks ago

Yes, I should be a lot farther along, but pretty much everything you see has been stitched at least twice. Seems every time I would stitch on it, I would have to go right back and take it out. (operator error - I guess I can't count!) I think I'm on a roll now though. (cross your fingers)


Here is a snippet of a piece I finished this week. It is a gift so I probably shouldn't even show this much. After seeing the close up shot - I really shouldn't show it at all. I need a lot more practice with Bertha! It is the thought that counts - right?

Hope everyone has a safe and happy weekend!

Just for me

I've been working on some things that are gifts (including the little snippet I showed yesterday) but I finished up this throw late yesterday and it is just for me.

It is a really good thing I like the crinkly look since it helps cover up how awful my quilting is. I really hope to get better at it - someday.

Someone asked about the quilt on the end of the bed. The one hanging is one I purchased a long time ago (maybe 10 years?) I ordered out of Country Living magazine. When I bought it we were still sleeping in a full-size bed and I used it as the bed cover. When we bought the queen-size bed it would still work, but could stand to be a few inches wider. I still love it, so I hung it on the foot board! The yellow and blue quilt folded at the foot of the bed was given to me by a friend who no longer uses those colors in her home. I don't think there is anything between the top and backing. Sherry didn't make it, she had bought it when she had those colors in her home. I don't know if she has any idea how old it is or not - I'll have to ask her. Sometimes I swap them around and hang the yellow and blue one - just to be a little different! :)

Today I've been working on another gift - I'm doing some applique and it doesn't look any better than my quilting does. Maybe I should try hand applique and hand quilting - I do better with hand work than I do with machine work! I'm still debating if it looks too bad to give as a gift or if I should start over.

I think it is time for a chocolate break.

Have a great weekend!

106 - oh my!

Yes, 106.

We hit 104 yesterday. A few minutes ago I walked past the TV and saw that we are now at 106. I've spent the day inside with Bertha and thought I would take a break and go down to the mailbox but I've changed my mind - I will wait until later when it cools off a bit!

I wasn't going to show any of this project since it is a gift, but I thought maybe he might cool us off a bit so I'm showing just a tiny corner.

Hope everyone else is staying in and keeping cool!

101

The temp hit 101 yesterday and is supposed to do the same again today. It has been 30 days without rain (so far). What is a girl to do when it is so hot out? First she should water the few plants she has outside - then -

play with fabric!

Just plain hot

That is about all you can say about the weather here these days. We are supposed to hit 100 tomorrow. Yuck.

I took this picture awhile back. For awhile, dh and I would get out and walk around the block every evening when he got home from work. It was a nice shady walk, but now it is still in the 90s when he gets home. Heck, it is still in the 90s until after it gets dark. I like being outside, but I don't like being out when it is sweltering hot. (among other things, getting too hot usually triggers a migraine and I have enough of those without asking for another) Hopefully we will get some rain soon and it will cool off enough for a few more evening strolls - then again, it may be September or October before we get to walk again.

Hope you are all having a pleasant week. All I can say is thank goodness for air conditioning!

The grand tour

I showed you the balcony the other day so I thought I would show you the rest of the apartment.


Come on in


You have to climb. The door at the top is the pantry.

at the top of the stairs, to the left, is the kitchen

From the far corner of the living area you can see where the stairs come up

From the other corner, you can see the bedroom and bathroom doors. There is also a door from the bedroom to the bathroom and they all meet in that one corner - you have to play musical doors!

The bedroom

note the lovely window dressings

the bathroom

From the bedroom door you can see more lovely window dressings in the living/dining area

Let me open them so you can see the view.

Not much, but it is home for now.

If you think there are some things hanging in odd places, they are. The only nails I have put in are the chalk board and the plate in the bathroom - everything else is on nails that were already here.

Well that's it.

Hope you come back soon.

Another square finished

I'm still behind - this is the April square

for the Thimbleberries quilt but it is the latest one I have so I guess you could say I'm caught up. :)

I'm still not sure how the shop lady managed to finish the whole quilt in a couple of days. Granted, she has been doing it a long time and knows what she is doing, but it took me all day just to do this much!

Sure hope everything fits together when it is all ready to be assembled!

I'm way behind (again) on reading blogs too - I do dream of some day being all organized. A girl has to dream, right?