Rocky To The Rescue Again

I was playing around with orange peel quilting and I like it. Since I'm not the best at drawing smooth curved lines, I used a disc to mark my lines. And since this was a small piece, I thought I would see how tight a curve I could sew with the feed dogs up.

The quilt sandwich actually is upside-down.....the narrow blades were done first and they do give a different effect than the wider blades.

I've been doodling on paper for practce and will take the leap soon, trying it out on fabric without marking.

Rocky had to lend a hand (or a face) to get the best shot. This post was started on my iPhone, saved, and completed on Kindle Fire...l won't do that again!

P.S.
I actually have to go back to iPhone to straighten out the spacing in the post.

Why I Do The Georgia Stomp!

Yes, I do the Georgia Stomp before I put on a pair of work gloves that have been laying around for even a short time. If my gloves have a bit of moisture in them I'll let them dry, then stomp and ziplock bag them.

And this is why!!! It's the biggest one I've seen so far and there's a never ending supply of smaller ones.

Happy Earth Day!

We were suppose to do clean up along our roads in our section of the development yesterday, but it was rainy in the morning, so we did it today around noon. All the better because I had already decided to go to my first Property Owners board meeting Saturday morning.

Wouldn't want to make a steady diet of them, but it was interesting even though a topic I am interested in wasn't discussed like I thought it would be, only a schedule of presentations to roll out the info was given.

Don't know for sure if I like the tree colors better in the Spring or the Fall.

Sad to say, but in the three trees in the fore ground, the one on the right (an Oak) is officially dead...no leaves this year. I'm pretty sure the root system was probably affected too much when the driveway was put in.

Blogging By Firelight

Sweetie is in the process of putting a fireplace on the back porch and it's far enough along that we can enjoy a roaring fire!

Love blogging by firelight on my Kindle Fire!

Quilting With Nature

Inserting pictures is a bit goofy with mobile blogging....at times I'm not sure what order that the pictures are going to fall in place...even when you retake them, trying to reorder them.

Anyway, it's such a glorious day that I had to open the big door even if only for a little while...pollen count was near 10,000 this past week! The white specs in the woods are the Dogwoods in bloom...love those little trees!

Also, meet Sophie, the newest addition to the quilt shop. A few weeks ago one of the ladies at my quilt guild asked if anyone wanted her. My hand shot up in the air immediately! She's modeling the quilted wrap/poncho that is in a redesign phase.

New Fabric Cutting Aide...It Was Free!

My 16.5" ruler wanted to slide even though it's a "non-slip" ruler and Rocky is a big help!

Quilting Home Decor

Some home decor that we put up a few weeks ago. Sweetie made the frames for me....I'll change them out at different times of the year. A great use for those slightly undersized blocks.