Sunday, August 20, 2023

Retreat


How I have missed going to quilt retreats.  Today begins my first in two years.  Our guild is again sponsoring the event at the Compass Centre in Mt. Calm, Texas.  It’s about a three-hour drive, but I always love the time with my friends. 



This is one of the two projects I will be taking.  It is a Bonnie Hunter project called Maymont.  No triangles, but I’m glad I made one block and a corner unit before leaving.  I also grouped fabrics for more blocks and even cut additional fabric after realizing I did not have nearly enough.  This is a project I had started while prepping for another retreat when I thought I had cleared a wait-list.  At the last minute it didn’t work out.

Here's hoping I’m able to make progress on this and the other project I’m taking.  Also I'm hoping I won’t have to be strapped to the car’s roof with bungee cords.  There are three of us riding together.


Thursday, August 17, 2023

A Finish




When you work as slowly as I do; and you are drawn to projects with itty bitty pieces, as I am; reporting a finish is particularly satisfying.

My first blog post about this project was May, 2018.  It began as a take-along project during a road trip to the northwest.  I finished piecing the center in April, 2022.  After I appliqued it to the border, it waited to be quilted until this year.

Vital statistics:  63 X 48 ½ inches; 1,575 hexies measuring ¾ inch per side.

Our string of 100+ degree days continues.  The high so far today was 111 degrees and it’s not even 4 p.m.  

 


It’s been too hot to enjoy sitting on the porch this summer, so hubby and I cobbled together this DIY birdbath that we can watch from inside the house.  Cardinals and sparrows have been enjoying it and our hummingbird feeder is getting lots of action too.  Since the birds are not interested in posing, you will just have to trust me on this.


Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Getting Close to a Finish





I am getting so very close to a finish on this project.  Three sides to go on the binding and, of course, a label.

Our very hot weather continues without a break.  The high registered so far today is 108 degrees.