Another Finish WHOOHOO! & Finish Along Quarter 3

Have you ever heard the sayings "Life's grand if you don't weaken"?  I had a boss, Barbara, that would say that - and honestly, it didn't do much for me. 

 

As I'm looking back at my Finish Along Quarter 3 Goals  I keep hearing her voice - saying it.

For this finsih - it's so true! 

 

I had the hardest time adding borders (and thereby changing the design) to this quilt. 

 I'm really happy with the borders, thanks everyone for the advise and help. And then I used spray stuff instead of pinning - no that didn't work for me. So quilting it was frustrating! (I didn't smooth out the quilt for this picture.)

But in the end the binding was so fun to put on.

And I'm happy with my quilt.
And so is Miss Neptune - Look at her hiding!
 
You know she's thinking - "If I lie still - Mama won't see me on the new quilt".  I'm naming this "Where's Neptune?"

So that makes 2 finishes for me for The Littlest Thistle -Finish Along (3rd Qtr):
"Where's Neptune?" and my "Flower Wreath". 

Thanks Katy for hosting!

Happy Stitching,
Linda


 

My County Fair Win! WooHoo!!

You know I didn't enter the fair to win anything - and I didn't expect to - but I DID!

 

Boy am I excited!  There were so many wonderful quilts there and I'm honored to receive a 2nd place ribbon.  Isn't that just the best?

 

We also rode the Ferris Wheel and we had Corn Dogs for the 1st time too.

I can't believe I waited so long - they were great!

I'm telling you, we had the best time.

 

Happy Stitching,

Linda



Bed Head and Label

Hello Fellow Quilters

 

I had the unfunniest thing happen to me. But it sounds a bit funny.

 

I fell out of bed and cracked my head.

(No more Monkeys jumping on the bed!)

 

So I had to have stitches and I have a concussion. 

That concussion thing is not fun.  I'm often nauseous.

And I haven't been able to quilt - but oh do I ever want to.

Nor can I stand to do much of anything, like write, clean (oh darn!), cook (double darn! hahaha) so that's why I haven't posted in a while.

 

Today is the last day to take our quilts down to the County Fair.

So I sewed a little label last night for it and then thought, why not make it a pocket?

A little pocket to hide something in when it's hanging up. How fun is that? 

 

I'm very happy to finally be putting something in the fair.

 

Happy Stitching,

 

Linda

Home Improvements

Every year for the past 10 years we have made a home improvement on our house.

 

I really wanted to plant some fruit trees - but it's the wrong time of year.

 

One of the problems with our house is from day one the coloring on the bottom of the house is off color.   This is the outside of the house next to the garage door.

The Builder had repainted it 3 times - and each time it ends up being discolored again.

 

So our solution and home improvement for this year is to add

this stone work. 
(you can see where it is being held up by some extra stones until it's dried)

I love the way it looks!

Linda