Just another week

A week of very little that was blog worthy, but the sky did turn blue again the winds shifted directions and the sun warmed things up considerably ITS SUMMER HERE!  I've put away the wool socks! I went for a walk in the evening the lilacs are late blooming but the heat bring out their scent..........its heavenly and the iris are blooming I need to go to McCrory Gardens for a look and take my camera.  Hubby got ready to go fishing for a week, he had clothes to wash and pack, jigs to gather, reels to respool and lots of other things to do so I just stayed out of his way and when he left it was catch up time for me.  Clothes to wash, spa day for sweaters, lists of projects for the week and such.
It was also son's birthday so I took him out for supper then gave him his new socks so fresh off the needles I forgot to take a picture oops. He asked if I could fix a hole in these felted slippers that I knit him a few years ago this picture is before felting.  When I looked at them and picked at the hole a little it got bigger.  I'll have to knit him a whole new pair. oh darn! I'm thrilled he has been wearing them  the last couple winters.  Then I gave him another pair of slippers, a different pattern that I tried and felted and put away.  He said he likes the slippers on the right best because they slip on.  I guess that's what slippers are supposed to do, slip on and off.

Then I gave him half a loaf of fresh bread because I don't need to eat it all and a jar of  raspberry freezer jam.  He said the day just keeps getting better and better.
--Ann--

summer and the end of May

Wednesday the furnace was running Thurday hubby turned the AC to kick in and kick in it did.  The weekend is for more summer temps.  I went to the greenhouse to buy tomatoes and peppers for future DIL and got my greenhouse fix.  The little violas are so cheerful and sweet. I didn't buy any we have rock around the house and rock just seems to cook the roots of annuals and I don't like to dig in rocks.  We haven't had rain for 6 days now yippee!!!!  The sun is shining but the sky is grey from smoke from wildfires in Canada.  The next time we do have blue sky I expect to hear the Hallelujah chorus.  Missing the interlude between winter and summer of a few days with the windows open.  --Ann--

Ta da da done

Auditioning binding  

  I free motion quilted an X through the double 4 patch blocks with a little loop in the red triangles then changed threads and did loops to the eight directions of the snowball blocks, the loops to the red triangles have an inverted loop to look like a heart and the loop to the sides have a leafy looking loop into the double 4 patch block. The machine quilting really does not show up very well in the photos or on the quilt and just as well because there are lots of variations in the size of the loops.  It will look nice on my patio table in the study.  --Ann--

Memorial Day

 Remember to honor those who have served.   --Ann--

March 84th

 From a distance and in a photo these blocks look like there is alot of brown but the fabrics are blacks and reds with some green, oranges and golds thrown in because I had them.  Now to work on something else for a couple days while I rearrange the blocks and think about the border.  Maybe a 3 inch strip of black with a row of strip segments or a 1 1/2 inch black border then offset the strip segments and do 2 rounds of the squares.  Now I'm wishing I didn't cut all those strip sets into 3 inch square segments, I could have had a nice piano key border which is always a great finish to a scrappy quilt.  oh well................this will work.  Still turning up the furnace every morning and putting on the wool socks. --Ann--

elna

I had to get my old friend out over the weekend.  I was sewing long strips together and had a need for speed.  This one has such a pleasant hum when it sews and I can go through 3 or 4 bobbins of thread before I have to oil the machine unlike my newer Berninas which crave oil after every bobbin.  The forecast is for more cold, wind and rain so a few more hours will be spent in the sewing room today.
Disclaimer this watercolor was done with the waterlogue app click a photo then click the app and watch it paint.  --Ann--

March 81st

March 81st that’s what May has felt like overcast, cold, wet and windy.  But on the upside many productive hours were spent in the sewing room over the weekend. The sun is shining bright today and the clouds have all gone elsewhere.  I hope it warms up here. --Ann--