Summer journey

I found a quilt that was printed in the quilters newsletter that I loved and wanted to use my blocks that I had received in a swap in 2010, yes you read that right 2010

This is the start of it I have learned some things along the way scale! it is important. I had pieced the 12 baskets in a row and found that it was very long the baskets in the picture must be 4in so I had to unsew. My rows will have 9 blocks I also have 12 blocks that were not on point was going to put them in the middle as a medallion to change it up a bit but too big so my friend Rosemarie suggested to make a small quilt with and I have decided to go with her suggestion. 

We had rain so it has helped with working the dirt and getting rid of those weeds, still have a ways to go I might get it all done by end of summer. I don't have the same umph this year I am missing my mascot. Don't worry time will help me get used to it. I do have the neighbours with their hounds howling and a baby that just does not stop crying so there is not much peace in my garden. 

I had put the other leaf in the table to make it longer in the kitchen and the kitties now think this is a great place to watch me work in the kitchen usually both are up there we never eat at this table so it is their perch. I used to be really strict with my animals when I was younger now I just let them be, just no counter and they know this with gentle coaxing. 

My husband had visitors yesterday it was a fabulous visit he was in fine form his sister on the right and his niece on the left he did really well! 

 We were lucky the rain subsided for us to sit on the porch and enjoy the sunshine and company. 

Hope you can get some stitching in 

Decisions

Good Day to you all I had to make a decision on which quilt to give to my Mom's hand quilting group and I decided on this one. 

The middle block was a sew a long with Border Creek Station I don't see it listed but there are others you can do. I had already made a quilt with this block it was a bigger version but didn't want to make it again so created my own design with books and mags to get some elements from them 

It was fun to venture out of the comfort zone of just following a pattern and making up your own. 

I love applique and especially with piecing it really blends well together. 

This is the basket quilt that I had returned to me from my Mom's group so you can see why I would like them to hand quilt another one look how wonderful their stitches are. 

This was a sew a long during covid with Piecing the past Quilts

It looks wonderful on the bed, I have the binding cut just have to put it together and sew it on

This was a block swap I had done on Carol Doak's Yahoo group many years ago. I was going to submit this to moms group but when I put it on the bed I noticed I didn't put the last border on. I feel better now it is complete. 

Carol is starting up another group on Facebook you might be interested in she has a new book she is promoting but also posting free blocks as she did in her Yahoo group! Carol's patterns are exceptional for paper piecing you will love it once you try her method and use her patterns 

Well I hope you have time for stitching, I really haven't I finally started in the garden this week. 
 

variety of stuff

These flowers bloom at night and die off during the day I have had them for at least 40 years got them from moms garden

Murray enjoying a creamcycle on the patio

just some quilts I had put together earlier the on top I got as a partial finish so glad the quilter gave it up I love it

the top and bottom one originated from the same pattern I just set them a little different. My dad loved the red one so it was given to him

this one i did a strip swap with a couple of friends it was supposed to be our ugliest fabric as you can see they look great here. 

the one above was  a favorite that mom and i appliqued together pattern was sourced in a fons and porter mag

one of my OBW on the wall and then the one on the day bed I have on the couch now with the 2 pillows it orignated from a block swap when Connecting Threads used to have chat groups called Quilt with Us. 

 The one on the top was just a quilt I made for a doll quilt swap a couple of years ago 

These memories came up so thought I would show as you can see I am a quilter that loves variety.