My husband pinched the tip of his finger off while helping a fellow motorcycle rider up a difficult spot.  He grabbed hold of the forks to pull, the driver turned his handle bars for balance, and my honey's finger was caught in an impossible spot.  His entire finger nail was ripped off along with all of the meat/flesh around the bone from the first knuckle to the tip.  The bone is also broken.  He got himself to the hospital after a difficult 1 hour motorcycle ride and 1 1/2 hour truck drive.  I met him at the emergency room finding him in a lot of pain. I am now in c ..read more

 It was an eventful weekend in both good and bad ways.  Let's start with the good... My husband was gone all weekend which meant uninterrupted sewing time.  My pineapple top (Chookshed Challenge for this month) is done.  Now to piece the back. I made my Aussie Baradine row - well all but one more Moda Love block which is cut and ready to sew.  Two campers are done, well... were done.  I need to fix the tongue on the trailer because it looks like my tire is stuck in the mud or something.  All I need to do is lengthen the trailer hitch part into the d ..read more

Love the way my bag turned out!  There are four outside pockets including one on the front and back and sides.   The Bay Mare in the photo is the one that lost her filly, still sad about that. I tried to get Jasper, our baby, but Momma horses always try to block their little one out of view.  She is successful. There are three inside pockets - one on each side with a vinyl one as well. Two weekends ago our kids, their spouses, and our grands went camping.  Son and his wife were the only ones missing.  We were even joined by my brother's family a ..read more

 Last week's goals: 1. ✔ Finish binding my bag 2. ✔ Do some Mystery quilt sewing 3. ✔Prep Fishy Business for applique' I am liking he yellows this month for RSC.   4. ✔$ BB Kaffe, Country Rose, and Jewel of the Caribbean.  5. ✔ Paper Piece Vesta 6. ✔ More hand work on Let's Bake while playing in Moab This week' goals: 1. Finish Vesta blocks 2.  Assemble Pineapple Quilt 3. Mystery units progress 4.  Cut Moda Love blocks 5. Sew Moda Love blocks 6.  Choose Baradine camper fabric ..read more

This is me, upper right,  NOT at Scrub Stitchn' but zooming with the bunch instead.  We started off early with Janice, the tour guide, Susan, and Lou.   Chris joined us shortly after.  We also got to see snippets of the Scrub Stitchers in Baradine.  Hello Jenny and Lianne.  I need help with some of the other names. Chooky shows up! And then there were Janice, Karen, and Gail...  We were all together last year except for Karen. It truly felt like I was there.  When I first got on Janice was taking us around the room showing us what w ..read more

Vesta Row of the Month by Julia Wachs Designs. Here is a mock up of what it could look like. I am adding in a little more dark green, so it could go a little more this route. These are the colors I had in my stash for the Vesta quilt. I actually only paid $4.50 a yard for them on sale at a retreat in Delta.  There is a beautiful border print that goes with them. These are my five blocks almost done.  There is one more unit that needs to be added to the blocks to make them square, but this was a fun way to display them. This is going to be a fun journey each month.  ..read more

To Do Tuesday Last Week: 1.  ✔Quilt panels for a new Boundless Bag  - I got much further.  The bag is complete except for the binding edge.  It has been fun and simple. The inside.  I added side pockets. 2.  ✔Piece the boat sheds in my Aussie/NZ quilt.  I am behind on this BOM.  I can't wait to see this come together. 3.  ✔Cut out my Hussey Mystery pieces (the lady hosting it has a last name of Hussey).   4. ✔Do some hand applique' and embroidery in the evenings while camping (Let's Bake) -Layer cake, sifter, and jam ar ..read more

 Here are the 5 goals for this quarter's UFO Club on Ravelry. 1.  Tula Pink Pineapple 2. 3. 4. 5 ..read more

Thanks to several days at home alone, I am catching up on my goals that I fell behind on in March.  I have finally completed my Wellington, New Zealand boat sheds. They look a bit odd under my seals, but I wanted to show them together as they will both be in the New Zealand section of my memory quilt. I thought it would be fun to photograph them with my Fishy Business  blocks.  No, the fish will not be a part of this quilt.  The new color for April is yellow on the RSC.  I won't be able to start those fish blocks until the pattern releases in a few days. Those o ..read more

I caved and couldn't resist starting a row of the month.  I was browsing Blogland yesterday and came across "Vesta" at Frederique's blog.  She keeps a list of current BOMs.  I knew I shouldn't have looked at them (sigh). Vesta started just YESTERDAY!  It is very unique' to anything I have ever made which is a "must do" for me! Do any of my blog friends want to join me?  I would love to do it with a friend.  It has paper piecing and some applique'. Vesta Row of the Month can be found at this link. It is a one time $52 fee for the pattern.  I will be going thr ..read more