So much has happened, so much to share. This will be a long one so buckle up.
First off my UFO busting projects.
I finished my table topper. I still have a hard time sewing binding on a hexagon quilt. But I'm happy with it. I plan on making some more in holiday fabrics.
Here is my finished top for my Scrappy Trip Around the World. I decided to do it in diagonal stripes instead of circles. My hubby liked this layout the best. I didn't have time to quilt it yet....So much going on.
We went up north to visit my son Patrick and his family. They have a 3 month old Fox Red Lab. Her name is Roxxie. She had a ball with our little Sammie. Sammie gave as good as she got. The trouble was Roxxie tired out Sammie. While playing together they got a little wild. I was out of the room and they knocked over my computer. I thought a new cord would fix it...nope! The battery charge port broke off from the mother board. It would take about $350 to fix it. I got a new computer for $400. It is not quite as nice as my original but I like it. It is just going to take a while to get used to Windows 8.
This morning I learned how to upload pictures on this computer. I took a few pictures while up north.
On Fathers day we went to the Ore Mining Museum in Marquette. They had an antique car show. Here are a few of the cars.
It was such a beautiful day. We spent a week at my son's. I didn't take any sewing with me so I didn't get much done this month.
On the way home we stopped at Seney Wildlife Refuge. We saw a beaver, muskrat, swans, turtles and ducks. Here are a few pictures.
We saw quite a few of these huge snapping turtles on the road through the refuge. I had to get out of the car a ways away because once I got close they rushed into the tall grass. As you can see, this one was running.
Once we got home I had to get to work finishing the commissioned Memory Quilt. It took a while. I finally got it all quilted and the binding on. I just have to tack it down and make a label for it. Now I can get back to my projects.
I tell you....when you don't have your computer you feel disconnected from the world. I do have my Kindle and my Droid phone...but it's just not the same.
Thanks for stopping by. Hope you have a wonderful weekend. It is suppose to rain here all weekend.
Hugs, Cathy
P.S. We leave next Wednesday to go camping with my Daughters and their families for the Fourth of July weekend. Not much time to quilt then.
I was going through some fabric and found the Santa piece. Then I remembered that I had finished the border blocks while up north. So I dug out the pieces, sewed the black inner border, sewed the blocks together for the borders and finished this quilt. It is approx. 32"x38". I started this in a class I took in 1998 with Jean Wells. I am so glad to have finally finished this quilt top. Now it goes in the pile to be quilted. Have a quilty day.
Now back to my THQAL..
Hugs, Cat
My Moose table runner.
As promised by the Weatherman.
Enough said....
I'm off to play in my sewing room.
Hope you have a quilty day.
Hugs, Cat
I finished my 20 years in the making Churn Dash quilt. I made the blocks when I first got serious about quilting. However, since I was also doing crafting I had a lot of polyester blends in the house so they were used in the background of the blocks.
I put the blocks together about 5 years ago while up north with Dad. He said it looked like a baby quilt. Well it is the right size. But this is going to be our picnic table cover quilt. Terry and I like to go hiking and have a picnic so I think this will work fine.
So I down and many more to go.....
Guess what is coming? Friday Night Sew In. I'm signed up, are you? If not go see Heidi and sign up.
http://handmadebyheidi.blogspot.com/ Hope to see you there. Remember you can win prizes plus get a lot of sewing done.
Wishing you a quilty day.
Hugs, Cat
