Guild quilt

I just took this guild quilt off my frame this morning - a practice quilt. I was trying Sally Terry feathers on the border. And doubling feathers inside without having to draw. I really enjoy feathers, but keep needing practice to make them perfect. You can see some closeup pictures on back posts.

Bella Jean Boutique

We are starting to make plans to move Bella Jean Boutique off the porch and into our new rooms in our shop. The girls bought these planters and flowers for a start. The rooms are framed. We just need to insulate, drywall, and paint. And also buy things to make it nice. But this is a start.These are 100 degree days for us, which don't come often. It's not like vacation, when you can jump into the pool. The girls still sew outside. See the sprinkler for running through to keep cool. At least we do have airconditioning when most of our friends don't. This only happens one week out of every year.

Sweater for Kaylee

These are pictures of the sweater I was knitting on our vacation. I just got the buttons and was able to finish it this morning. One problem I had - I went to try the sweater on the little girl, and I noticed one sleeve was a couple of inches shorter than the other. So I had to do a bit of readjusting as I had knitted the sleeve into the neckband. But I ripped it out down to where the raglan started and knitted more. I was able to make the top of it blend into the neckband quite nicely. Problem solving is a good thing to learn.

A close-up of the lacey detail.

Summer Tablecloth

Finished this tablecloth. I got the idea from my local quilt shop Bayside Quilting 2. I thought it was a nice summery idea. This has a display of a few things off of our porch.A close-up of the applique. I machine appliqued and put some stitches on the leaves. I probably could have used a stabilizer behind the leaves for the vein stitching. It seemed to bunch up.

Feathers and Scotty

I was working on my longarm this morning. I am enjoying doing these double feathers with the twirls. Much practice makes closer to perfection anyways.I made this scottie dog from a simplicity pattern. I think he's pretty cute.

He's checking out the chickens here. An adult can have as much fun with him as a child.

Home again

It is good to be home again. Vacations are times of refreshment - to step back from busy everyday life and get renewed. It was a very enjoyable vacation. Here is the bag that I won from Suzanne . As you can see I'm using it for my knitting. Thank you Suzanne


My quilt guild met this morning and we made New York Beauty blocks - paper piecing. I've done a bit of that several years ago. So I got a new lesson. It was pretty fun. I did the methods where you don't have to rip the paper out. Worked quite well. So maybe I'll have to come up with a new project for it.

Day 9

Today is our last full day. It has been a wonderful vacation. Here I am doing my regular morning activity when we weren't off somewhere. I would applique until it was too hot. Then I would put it away.We spent a lot of time at the pool. It is so refreshing when you get too hot.

And our newest game was shuffleboard. That's pretty fun to do.

We'll see you back at home.