Temecula Quilt Compay SNOW BALL sew along

This started December 7 Each week you are to make 16 blocks 

8 light and 8  dark 

This is a great way to use charm squares and scraps.

196 4 1/2 squares with 784 1 1/2 square corners.

So far I have 64 Blocks completed. only 132 more to go. 

DECEMBER

December is here and we have no snow on the ground. 

So happy. It was  26 this morning but got up to 47 this afternoon.

Here are 2 zipper totes

Still using the poky dot material

Poky Dot Material

A friend gave me  a layer cake of beautiful Poky Dot Material

I made wallets to keep  credit cards  in. 

Click on pictures to see how nice the dots look.

I also decided to make some tissue covers  to keep in  your purse.

Next I want to make some small zipper bags for make up.

These will make nice gifts for my friends.

Sewing at Round Lake Retreat

On my table was a kit to make a draw string bag. I said I have lots of patterns 

but never made any. A friend said Lucille you make it right now. And look it is

beautiful and I even put fancy stitching at the top

 

 This is the next thing. I sewed with 5 gold fish appliqued on took me all day to sew it together.
Those green and yellow corner stones  16 of them.

  I had bought this kit at Fields Fabric in Kalamazoo, Mi. to make Fishy Fishy Runner for my son who is a great fisherman and he has gold fish in his 2 ponds in his yard.
 Now I just have to layer and quilt it so he can enjoy it.

One day I quilted all these pot holders

and the next day was spent putting on the binding

 

I had a wonderful time sewing and meeting new  and old  friends.

The food and fellowship was great no dishes or cooking to do for me.

NOVEMBER

November is here and I am going this week end to the Fall Quilting & Crafting Retreat

for 4 days at Round Lake Sponsored by Parkview Christian Church. Now no

dishes, cooking, or cleaning just sewing and  seeing  friends.

I have been busy this week  fixing things for my husband to eat

Sloppy Joes, Potato Salad, 3 Bean Salad, Chicken & Noodles

Jello with fruit cocktail.Deviled eggs,Blue Berry cobbler and Vegetable Soup

I am looking forward to going since last year I did not go. and this is a 

great place and such wonderful friendships  have went many years to this.

OCTOBER

October is here and I have not posted what happened in September

We went up to Michigan 2 times so Dick could go fishing with Clark our son.

They had a great time..

Here is Dick with a perch he caught that is 11 1/2 inches.

Here are pictures where he caught 2 at a time  two different times.

LABOR DAY HISTORY

 Labor day is one of those holidays like Columbus Day or President;s Day. You don't really celebrate them, but you have them because it means a day off. It also represents the end of summer. It's the big weekend for the last cook out. Public pools close. We put out white cloths and shoes away and start pulling out our sweaters and boots. What is Labor Day really supposed to be about?? It's a day  to celebrate workers. On September 5, 1882, Union leaders decided to have a labor festival, including a parade. Only a few people showed up on the morning of the 5th, but by the end of the day over 10,000 came and marched in the parade.Oregon was the first state to declare it a holiday in 1887, and it was soon followed by New York. It became an official national holiday in 1896 under President Grover Cleveland.While it's not as talked abut as the Macy's Day Parade , many cities in the country do still have parades on Labor Day, I HOPE YOU HAD A BEAUTIFUL DAY AND A WONDERFUL FALL.

MARVELOUS MINI MONDAY

I  got behind with my Temecula Quilt Co Blocks.

 so here are   Block 11 & 12

    Block 10 & 8

These are very challenging to do.                  

BLOCK 9 OF TEMECULA QUILTS MINI MONDAY

                 I had to make 5 of these with 1 1/8 inch blocks and took me for ever to get them done.
                 and I was so pleased with how they turned out. Now I am behind   Blocks 8- 10- 11 I' have                  to do to get caught up.

AUGUST

 Sorry I have not posted. My husband has been in hospital with gall

stones and inflamed pan cress  and is home now but can't lift any thing 

going to see surgeon this week. The garden has been kept me busy and

I could not sew. We did 4 days of green beans and 4 days of shell beans

and carrots. Dick snapped the beans and shelled the beans He is getting his

strength back  and his sugar is finally coming down.

   

SNOW BALL BUSH

This bush is growing and more beautiful each year. 

Mushroom place mat.

I just had to make  so far 2 of these  One for each of my sons.. They love to

hunt mushrooms. Click on  picture to see the great print.

Rail Fence blocks with a STAR

 I made these Place mats for Justin  & Stefanie.

JULY HOT & DRY

July is here and we have had to water

our garden almost every day.

  We went up to Clark's and Dick is enjoying fishing in Michigan where they
    have big fish. If you click on the picture you can see the smile on Dick' face
and see that he knows he has a big one.

  This is Dick's first pike 25 1/4 inch not near as big as the ones Clark has caught.\\
    But it was Dick 's first and he was happy

  Now they had to have a little fun So this is how Clark had his dad pose for
  the cat fish he caught. Sun glasses and mask

Mini Monday Blocks

This week she had us make 4 blocks I picked the same border

for all of them.

MINI MONDAY

These are 4 inch blocks by Temecula Quilt Company

I have never sewed any 1 inch blocks before

This is a real challenge and fun and beautiful blocks.

Click and see how that middle block is with

the half square triangles.

64 YEARS OF HAPPINESS

June 14 was  my 64 years of marriage life. So I got up and rode my exercise bike for 1/2 hour while
I watched the weather channel. Decided I'm not going to cook or do dishes today. So I picked to go
to Huddles for Breakfast had sausage biscuit gravy. Then Dick and I went for a 2 mile walk in Creston Park.  Then we watered the garden with 2 gallon jugs each  by that time Dick picked to
go to Red Lobster for Lunch. Then we water the garden some more and Dick went to Popeyes and
brought Chicken home for Dinner. I mixed up some rolls to bake since I was out of bread. My daughter and son in law came up for a visit with watermelon.So I had a day with no COOKING and just a few dishes from the roll baking. Then I enjoyed reading on my library book.

JUNE

June is busting out all over. The sun is shinning and it is to be 

in the 80's this week. Maybe our rainy days are over. May

had April showers almost every day.

GARDEN JUST COMING UP

We have had  10 gallon of lettuce for all our friends and children.

and now the  spinach is coming on too.

This garlic was planted last fall. It growing great/

The peas were planted this spring.

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These beans are green bean, yellow beans , red kidney

horticultor beans and lima.  Click on pictures to see better.

 We have 15 plants of broccoli and 15  plants of green pepper plants

      Here are 2 rows of sweet potato plants that I started from 4 sweet potatoes.

                We have 60 tomato plants planted and here is one row of them

              One tomato plant a long time till August and we can enjoy them.

FISHING IN MICHIGAN

We went up to my sons and Clark and Dick went fishing My husband got this

27 1/2 inch cat fish 8 lb 7 oz

 He also caught this 19 inch large mouth bass 3 lb 6 oz.

 They got just a few  blue gills the next day.  We came home because it was rain on the news
for the next couple of days. Better luck next Month   we hope.

MAY 2017

 Just look at all the good eating there is here. The mushrooms came up early
                                               this year.

SPRING SEWING RETREAT

I went to Parkview Church Spring Retreat and had a great time sewing, seeing friends

from other retreats and had a very good time; I made this April BOM from A quilting life Sherri.

  

This the April Sew can She Mini Block by Caroline  I just need to put the binding on.    

Have it all quilted

This is a petit basket  I made with foam, a new experience will make a nice gift.   I will be teaching how to make these to the Rittman Stitchers in June.

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These are placemats I designed my self from 3 inch blocks made with l 1/2

inch strips.Now I need to quilt and put the binding on.

I did all these things in 2 days of sewing.