got to share this one

I came across this this morn and it is just too joyful not to share.

Smile!

 

I crack up.every time I see this photo... 

Coming along...

 I still need to put borders on.  Not the gray I had in mind for between the blocks.  Our daughter came to work on one of her projects this past weekend.  I enlisted her help in arranging the blocks.  Plus she got to looking at fabric to go between the blocks.  I had not thought of this fabric...it is a deep red and to me has a hint of fuschia about it with some black.  The minute she laid it out, I knew it was what I wanted.

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I did not see the grasshopper in the photo below till I downloaded the photo.  I guess you could say the sunflower/goldenrod had my full attention.

Falling charms...

 This is the not so pretty quilt top that I pinbasted Friday.  The 'block' consists of the square of colorful fabric to which I added a 2 1/2 inch strip of fabric.  I just used every old thing that had.  A lot I did not particularly like. Some were given to me...some I do not recall from where they came.  Some were leftovers from other projects.

Can you tell there is somewhat of hump in the middle...from about halfway on up.  There is an actual hump.  Two seams landed on each other and the backing is made of flannel and is thick and it just would not lay flat and stay flat no matter how much I ironed it!  I think quilting will help it, plus when it is washed the rest of it will fluff up and maybe it will lay flatter and be less noticeable.  Whatever happens it is no big deal because it is going to be a quilt to cuddle under  while watching TV.

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I got the above ready to post on Friday but wanted to add more.  Just did not get it done.  I came in here for something else and thought I might as well finish it.

It has rained some today...not a lot, but enough for things to be damp.  And it is clouding back up like it might mean business this time.

I am headed to the sewing room.  My older daughter was here this weekend and she played with my little Economy Blocks that are  made from solid fabrics.  I had wanted her to come help but hated to ask cause I know she works and has stuff to do on weekends.  And when we were over there last I did not think of taking them, and I don't think I had all of them made.

Just a photo I hope will be pleasing to your eye...

Bits of life...

 

I thought I would give you something to look at if you didn't feel like reading...this was taken out at the strip pit area September 8, 2021.

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I was going to post last night but was simply to tired to think straight.  I had been busy yesterday with the usual bits of house work...a load of laundry, vacuuming, damp mopped the kitchen, plus cooking and washing dishes.  I also pieced together a backing for my not so pretty quilt top.  I cannot find where I have shown it.  I may try to take a photo of it when I start pin basting it.  I thought I might do that after I fixed supper last night, but just did not have the energy.  So I am hoping to get to that today.

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Don't you just love all the yellows of autumn?

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Roger saw the pulmonolist NP Monday...she wants to try a new medicine but wanted to discuss it with his ENT first.  His scan of the spot on his lung came back as no change, which is good.  

Roger has had phone call with cardiologist.  When they did the CT scan to check the spot on the lung, they noted that he had calcification of the mitral valve.  So the pulmonologist wanted us to get in touch with the cardiologist.   We had stopped appts when the pandemic started.

The dr.  set Roger up for a nuclear stress test the middle of next month.  

Then we had to see our family NP for renewal of his everyday meds.  That was Wednesday night.  I won't say how long that took...we always have to wait, but it was bad the other night.  But she is so good to Roger and all her patients.  I could hear enough to tell that some others had some problems...we were just there for renewal of meds.  But she always checks him out.  More on this at a later date if I can remember.

We are headed to get his blood drawn to check out everything...A1c, cholesterol, etc.   What's fun is I know that the cardiologist is ordering more labs.  We will probably have to go do them next week...

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It is the start of a beautiful day....I hope you all have a good one!

 

Playing...

 I don't know about you, but I get a few of these in the mail.  Sometimes more than others.  There are a lot of things I order because it is easier than me going and hunting and trying to read labels.  Once I order it can I look back at order history and click to order again.  No having to search and search.  And it saves quite a few footsteps.  (the above photo is after I boxed the bottom.)

Anyway, I happened to fold the corners as if I was going to make boxed corners on a bag or zipped pouch and realized if I did it would stand up.  I took it in my sewing room the other day and today I did a bit of playing.  It was a flat envelope but in a matter of a minutes, it had a boxed bottom.

I turned the plain side out and folded the top down a couple times.  It stands on its on.  I will use it to throw snippets of thread and fabric in if I can come up with a convenient place to set it.  My floor is always a mess around my chair..

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I think I am done making these.  Though I do think about making 5 more till it would be a rectangle when put together. But since it is going to hang on a wall somewhere, it doesn't really matter.  I am deciding what fabric I want to go between the blocks.  I am leaning strongly towards a gray fabric.  It will more than likely be a print...or at the least have texture.  White would not be bad, but I would need to make a couple or three replacements for some of the lightest blocks. 

I have did a couple loads of clothes today, vacuumed, and just a bit of this and that.  Plus tearing the foundation papers away from the backs of these little blocks and putting them on the design wall.  And I spent a LOT of time looking for a fabric I just had... probably less than two weeks ago.  Or at least it seems like less than two weeks ago.  I do not know why I did not put it back with the grays.

I also just made up what I call roger's medicine packs.  I use what is called mini cups with lids and make up the morning meds in one group, and evening meds in another.  I do enough for 16 days...it is much simpler to do them several days at a time.  He takes about 5 or 6 that the drs. want that are OTC meds, and then maybe 12 that are prescriptions.  So, take a bit of time to get them made up.

That is it for my day.  It is raining as I type this.  I hear a bit of thunder but nothing bad.  The rain comes for a few minutes, stops or else slows down to almost nothing.  Then it will sound heavy.  Good sleeping weather.

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This is an oldie I have shared before but it is worth listening to again....

Things....

 This is not the greatest, even after manipulation.  But still, I like Red-winged Blackbirds.  I love their song, specially in the spring.  When we start hearing them, we know that spring really is on its way.

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Sandra, over at Fourpaws did a post on her favorite things.  And I thought I could do a post on favorite things.  I could probably come close to naming 10 of my favorite posts of hers but I will limit it to just three or four that I think of often..such as Eek!  Geek Position Open,      Eek, Geek Position Open part 2,   Bloviator,  and just one more:  The Art of Love and Bickering.  There are others but these are just a few of the ones I go back to, to lighten my mood.

Their conversations are so funny simply because they make me think of Roger and me.  I really need to start writing down some of ours.  And we won't mention the times that Roger will get me going on purpose by pretending to think I say one thing when all the time he knows what I actually did say.  Or he will say 'what?' repeatedly.  

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Anyway, as to favorite things, she listed 10...

1.  I love seeing/hearing from the kids.  Just a text or two really keeps me going most of the time. 

2.  Emails or letters from friends. 

3.  New books, especially memoirs about living in Alaska.  

4. Sitting on the front porch to read is a favorite thing.  It is one of the things I miss most in winter.

5. Tomatoes.  Fresh from the garden!  Or in my case this year, direct from my potted plants.

6.  I don't get to go very often...cannot even remember the last time I had a rambling drive with no destination in mind.  But I would love to be able to take at least one rambling drive a week.  They just do not happen now.

7. Photography is still a favorite...I just need to learn to find stuff here at home to photograph.

8.  The internet!  I love how so much information is at the end of our fingertips.  

9.  Quilting and sewing is a love, as you might have guessed.  I love sewing machines, and fabric and needles..just anything related.

10. And I love Psalm 139: 1-18  

Those are just a few of the things I love....what are some of yours?

Edited to add:  How could I forget Fall!  It is one of my favorite things in all life.  Thank you All is Amazing for being the first to comment and remind me.

Fawns

 I posted a photo of a fawn the other day over on my other blog...and told that there was another one.  This is it.  At first I could not see the spots then she changed her position and I got a surprise. 

This is the only photo of both, because the one in the lead headed off through the woods when the second one got across the road.

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Not one single stitch of sewing was done yesterday.  I did not even touch fabric.  I think I am having withdrawal problems.  LOL

A bit of sewing...

 This is a little zippered bag that I made for Lorelei.  Every time I make one it is basically an experiment... she does not seem to mind.  She put snacks in this one.

I have been making a few of these economy blocks using solid colored fabric...

Just wanted to share these while I was thinking about it.

A finished table topper....

 This is not the greatest pic...maybe I will take a better one at some point.  Again, on this computer it looks quite a bit darker than it is in real life....

Just popped in to post it.  Not much else to write about...

Fun sewing...

 First of all, let me say that on one computer, these look much darker than they are, and the other one shows them pretty much like they were. They are not super bright, but on this computer they just look so dark...  Anyway, I have been wanting to play with making leaves but had just never taken the time to shows one side and below is the other side of the same leaves.

I cut the heart leaf and the two simple leaves free hand..

These two I found a simple drawing.  Normally I can at least draw leaves, but sometimes my hands get shaky when I try to do something like that now.  

Just thought I would show a close up of  one.  I used Heat & Bond light to fuse two fabrics together, then I cut out the shape and did the stitching around the edges.    I have ideas for making a bunch of these but I don't know if it will ever get done.

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Daughter continues to recover from Covid.  I am glad they did not all get hit so hard.  She is starting to feel more normal, but still having headaches and only has partial taste.

I just cannot get up the nerve to try to blog again...maybe I will start posting every now and then.   

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Following are a couple videos of Copper reacting to a spider he seen on the ceiling.

I hope you enjoy them...they crack us up.