A few years back, I started making a small quilt for each month of the year. The one on the right was my first November quilt. But, I couldn’t find just the right fabric for the corn. So, Chieko took that one, and I made the one of the left. I like the original one better – except for the corn…
I made this quilt top 10+ years ago from some of the first fabric packs I bought. I worked on it by hand while Roger was in the hospital. When I got stuck on finishing it, I donated it to the local quilt group I belong to. It was bought by Diane H.
About a year ago, I started wishing I had the quilt back. So, a couple of weeks ago, I emailed Diane and asked her if she was willing to sell it back to me. Here was her response: “I’ve had a feeling all along that someday you were going to be sorry that you let go of that great quilt top. I’d started to draw out a quilting design for it (only on paper, not on the quilt) but something made me set it aside. It is really your quilt & yes, you are welcome to it. I have already gotten a lot of enjoyment out of just looking at it pinned up on my design wall every so often.”
I picked it up at the quilting bee. Diane has suggested a way to quilt it, and I believe I will give it a try. I am very grateful for Diane’s generosity.
Chieko, my BFFL and fellow quilter, came to help me sort out my sewing room and hang a design wall. She brought along some of her recent projects. This is a redwork quilt – she sewed the redwork by hand.
The other quilt is my redwork – my blocks were done with my embroidery machine.
A have a scanner at home now – mostly to scan my maps for GarTrip and my quilt pictures. This picture showed up in some stuff from my mother. It makes me smile – I loved hanging out at the neighborhood hardware store from a young age. I am on the right. I don’t know who the other girl is…
Pie making is something I am still trying to master after many years. Sometimes I get the crust just right – and sometimes I get the filling perfect. Probably 1 in 20, I get both parts right at the same time. This wasn’t one of them. The crust was excellent, and the filling was runny… Oh, well, the squirrels liked the leftovers.
Toby lives next door. We hear lots from him, but see little of him. I finally snagged a picture today after enticing him off the deck and around to the side fence. He barked furiously the whole time. I was laughing so hard, I almost dropped my camera.
The garden is looking a bit forlorn these days. The mums are not going to put on much of a show. However, this is the right year for the zebrina hollyhock which puts on a good show every other year.
Brad, Sandy, and Mike (team name: Lack of Cartilage) came down from Pennsylvania to compete in an adventure race called VentureQuest. Early on, Mike makes sure everything is attached before starting the mountain biking section.
They did great – 41 out of 100 overall. They kicked butt on the orienteering section, as did Jon T. Jon finished 2nd overall in the race.
This hammy pooch has moved in across the street. Max is a Louisiana native who sought shelter from the storm. He is not a barker, thank goodness.
