National Parks Fabric

 National Parks by Riley Blake Fabrics

This is the National Parks quilt I will be gifting to my primary

care doctor.  It was easy to make but did take some

calculation on sizing the five side blocks.

Six placemats made with yardage with two sets of napkins. 

There was enough leftover yardage from the placemats to make a

simple table runner.  Natural wooden buttons were added for accent.

 I ordered the Rocky Mountain National Park panel for fun.

 During my last trip to JoAnn's I picked up a 20" pillow form.

Since I'm not an expert pillow maker this may stay in

my sewing room and not go with everything else.  We'll see.

I normally don't pay full price for any fabric but this panel

was the exception.  I ordered 5 panels thinking I can make

them for donation to westie rescue auctions.  It's rare

to see a westie on any fabric let alone a panel like this one.

Julep's thought ... it's about time they printed me on fabric!

A Scrappy Quilt, Napkins & Westie Derby

A scrappy quilt top made using up my box of 4-1/2" squares.

This has already been placed in the pile for Outreach to finish.

This is mindless sewing.

I'm trying to use up my scrap blocks instead of saving them and Outreach

will benefit from my efforts [which is an excellent thing].

Yesterday I pulled my 6" blocks and will start sewing them together

in pairs of two over the weekend.

Derby ... napping under my sewing table.

This set of napkins and the pea pod set below are going to

Sarah [Wilson's daughter] in California.  I ran out of fusible interfacing

for the placemats so I need to make a quick trip to JoAnn's.

Pea Pod Napkins

This was $3.49/yard!

Putting the cart before the horse [so to speak].  This set of

napkins actually goes with the set of national park placemats I'm

mading for my primary care doctor.  I'm still working on the

national park themed quilt for him which I know he will

go nuts over.  He mentioned to me he has a room

full of national park collectables in his home.

I think the a/c guys must have slept in this morning because

they still are not here.  I baked them some cinnamon muffins

as a treat so I hope they get here soon.

Coast to Coast

Our friends [Stan & Leslie] just started their 11,000 mile journey

across the United States.  When they stop in Maryland in

a few weeks I have this quilt to give them.

Several years ago [as well as several motor coaches ago]

they did a similar trip across the U.S. so they are no

stranger to traveling like this.

This is R.J. who is the official co-pilot.

The other white fur you see in the lower left hand corner is Opie.

This is their brand new motor coach named "The Queen" ... plus

the Jeep & two electric bikes ... basically everything you need for

a trip across the U.S.A.  I personally would have nightmares 

driving something this large [not to mention towing a Jeep]!

Timber Gnomies ... From Henry Glass & Co. ... Test Photo's

14 Stockings are hanging on my tree from the 

collection designed by

Shelly Comiskey of

Simply Shelly Designs

for

Henry Glass & Co

These are only 'test' photo's and not the ones

I'll be sending into Jennifer to post.

I was trying out the lighting to see if I liked the photo's

better with the tree lights on or off.

Placemat and napkin ... I want to dig around in the attic and pull

a few of my bristle brush trees to add more interest to this photo.

I'm still debating how to display all 8 placemats/napkins

plus the 3 stockings that wouldn't fit on the tree.

Christmas in July ... and there you have it!

The Back Garden & Sunflowers

We still love our little stacked stone wall around our center bed.

Wilson & I are tossing around the idea of having one just

inside our back property line which will help keep

all those weeds and tall grasses out.

Volunteer Sunflower #1

Volunteer Sunflower #2

The plants have grown so big it's time to move and re-plant in the fall.

Wishing you a bright and sunny week ahead.

Timber Gnomies & What I Created With 13 Yards of Fabric

Here is group shot of everything I created with the

fabric collection "Timber Gnomies".

I was sent 13 yards of fabric to play with.

There is a leftover stack of 6-1/2" squares so

I plan on making a simple 'scrappy' quilt.  

. . . What I Created . . .

1 Lap Size Quilt Top

Pattern design was created by me.

. . . What I Created . . .

8 Placemats ... and ... 8 Napkins

14 Christmas Stockings

. . . What I Created . . .

1 Table Runner

That was a lot of sewing!  

I still haven't taken the 'official' photo's yet.

We are having our two new a/c units installed on Wednesday

and Thursday so I will need to remove the pencil Xmas

trees stored in the closet with the a/c unit.   I was thinking

of hanging the stockings on the Xmas tree to see how a photo

would look and then go from there.  I dread the mess not to 

mention having men go in and out of the house with the 

virus still going strong.

Remember Ava from a few posts back?

She was finally given her 'mid-year' birthday present of the

quilt and pillowcases I sent to her grandmother.

She was super-excited to receive them not to mention

she never expected a thing.

Tiger Lily, Sunflower & Eastern King Bird

I have two volunteer sunflowers this year which sprung from

the winter bird seed.

The Tiger Lily plant is indeed showing off this year.

Both plants are in the front porch area of the house.

This lily plant is still blooming!

The yellow finches will be picking at this as soon as seed form.

The new dog wood tree planted last fall is struggling.

Mommy Cat Bird has been building a nest and as long as

she doesn't bother me I won't bother her.

Wilson was in his office on a conference call and the

westies couldn't figure out why his door was closed.

A centerpiece I made for the table on the back porch.

There's a new bird in town or at least in our backyard.

I didn't know what it was so I posted this picture in the FB

group for Maryland birds and learned it's an Eastern King Bird.