I can show you the finished project.....

This was finished and washed and found its way to its new home this week...all the way to Texas.  It is definitely in paler colors than I normally work with.  And was made with a line of fabrics...not just stuff pulled from here and there that was in my stash already.

My daughter designed the layout.  And we worked together on it one day.  And had plans to work more together but things interfered with our plans, and I finally finished the top on my own.  Thankfully, she had printed out the layout.  Then I did the layering and quilting.

This is the back...I regret that I did not get it on there straight, but I was doing everything by myself  and doing it on the table...so could not move layers easily.    So crooked it is.  (You can tell it is crooked by the fabric at the top and bottom of the part with all the white.  I did not plan for that to be in the center...I always like back art to be off center at least....and if I had  had enough fabric, it would have all been off-kilter on purpose.  But I was scrounging to have enough to do the backing.

This shows a bit of the free-motion quilting I did on my Juki TL98Q.  It was 58 inches square before it was washed and dried, but then got in such a hurry to get it to the post office I did not measure it after I got it out of the dryer.

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I have made four different types of masks.  The first was a group of 7 that I sent to nurse.  They had the loop of elastic that went around the ear.  I showed them when I made them.    Then I made another kind that I did not take a photo of....

Today I made a sample of two others.

This is basically like two others I have made, but instead of using elastic or a strip of folded cotton for the ties, it uses strips of an old cotton t-shirt.  It is fairly comfortable.

Then I tried this style...the video I watched said 22 inches of elastic should be plenty.  Of course that was quarter inch elastic...and all I had was 3/8's....I cut mine 22½ inches,  and first pinned the overlap and tried it on and it was too tight.  So I butted the ends together and wrapped them with fabric and sewed them in and it is still a bit on the tight side.

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I hope this finds you safe and well.  This week is almost over and done in the blink of an eye for me.  The time has flown.

Projects

Well, one project is finished, but I won't show it for a few days...in the meantime I will continue to make a few of these along:

I have a 3 or 4 more I have not put up...but I must have miscounted...I would have sworn I counted 50. and I have made a few more since then.  I will have to look and see if I have misplaced some.  One thing, this has really shown me hat I like polka-dots.  Or maybe I should say dots.  I cannot think how many different dots are in this.  And some are not exactly dot but are flowers in a circle.  (Scroll on down to see another pic...I found the other blocks)

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You have ever right/reason to be afraid of this.  It is a Brown Recluse.  Expand the view to see it better. Lorelei's mom was moving a computer tower at work.  Had moved it, and was going to bend over and grab the cables and saw this just in time!  I did not ask her what she did with it.  She normally carries spiders outside if she finds one at her house.  I know she wouldn't carry this in her hand, but she might have put it in a cup or something and taken it out.

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It has been raining a bit tonight...I don't think it is going to rain too much.   I hope it is done by tomorrow.  I need to go pick up a few groceries.  I always go earlier in the day when there are only a few people out.  

Everyone take care....

Edited to add:

I went back in there and found my other squares laying on the step stool.  So had to take  a pic and show you!

Binding...

I got the binding sewn to the quilt....all that is left is to flip it to the back and hand stitch it down.  I would actually be pretty easy to stitch it by machine. but I will enjoy the hand stitching.

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We actually went for a drive this afternoon...headed up to one of my favorite places...what we call the swampy area.  There were Wood Ducks and Canada Geese, and I saw a Great Blue Heron in the distance.

When we first got there, there were half a dozen of the Wood Ducks right beside the road.  But the minute I slowed down and rolled down my window, they flew away.  This guy was too far away to hold steady on.  But you can at least see that he is a Wood Duck.

I saw three pairs of Canada Geese and heard more....

It was so nice to be out and see a some nature.  I did not see a single turtle...I don't know when I will start seeing them again.  I saw 5 or 6 hawks...one of them I seen on our way there, and I think I saw the same one on the way home.

And I spotted two more Bald Eagle nests...the one I could not see anything on, but this one had one on the nest.  Both nests today are where I have room to pull off the road and look.  The only thing with this one, I didn't have much room to look without a bunch of bushes obstructing my view.  And it was so far away, I could not really tell that that stem is in front of it till I downloaded the pics.  There will be a slightly better view later on my other blog later tonight.   I also saw two Bald Eagles in flight.

All in all this has been a good day...I really needed some time out and seeing something different for a change.
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When we had been home a while, Lorelei sent me the above pic.  When she was around 2 and 3 yrs. old, this little Chick went everywhere with her!  And heaven forbid that it be forgotten.

I cannot see it/think of it without laughing.  It also went to bed with her.  She would come here to spend the night, and of course the chick went to bed with us.  Well, she would play with it, and sometimes actually hide it, other times she would lose it. And she would have me up at all hours looking for that Chick!  Sometimes it would get between the layers of the cover, other times she would have slid it down between the bed and the wall.    It is funny now, but it was not funny being woken at 3:00 a.m. with an upset toddler...and having to find this little thing.  It would fit on my hand...there were times I had to take the cover off to fine it.  Now it is just a fun memory.
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I hope your weekend is good...