Spring Flowers, Fabric & Quilt Tops

 The last of the spring daffodil's have finished blooming.

The Dutch iris have just started to open and the
hummingbirds are back in full force.

 The landscapers finished edging and mulching all

the beds.  We asked them to take down the river birch tree

which is right next to the house.  It's a messy tree and one that

should not have been planted there to begin with.  The roots

 are invasive and are pushing up the asphalt 

in the driveway which is not good.

 I was very happy with the variety package of bulbs I

found at Lowe's last fall.  Now we need to decide on

what annuals we want to plant in our beds.

... Derby ... 

Could he be thinking ...

I can't believe she bought more fabric 

or

Doesn't she ever give that sewing machine a rest

I look at it this way - people collect many things like

fancy sport cars, art work, stamps, coins, jewelry 

you name it and people will collect it.  In my case

at least what I buy stays in my collection for a short

period of time before I use it and pass it along for

someone to enjoy.  

 The little white dogs look like little white lambs to me.

 I'm not crazy about these but I do think

they would make beautiful go-green tote bags.

I finished up 4 more last night and will post

photo's of them tomorrow.

I'm not crazy about this one as well. 

This was a pre-cut quilt I picked up from Outreach.

This top is a new super-simple pattern I wanted to try

using some of the fabric bundles I picked up on sale

at JoAnn's.  This will be given to Outreach to finish up.

You know what they say it takes a village to get

things accomplished and that's what I love about

Outreach.  It's a village of sewers working together to
accomplish one common goal - to help those in need
within our community and beyond.  For example ...
When I turn this top in someone else will pick the
back fabric, someone else will put the three layers
together, then it will move on to be quilted by yet another.
It then will be passed on to someone to put the binding on.
The final step is the transportation by yet another
to it's final in-need home.  So what starts with little old me
 in my little old sewing room will be touched by many
before it arrives at it's final destination.