Hello August!

What happened to Judy in July.....

what is she doing and why isn't she posting???  

Could it be the dog days of summer?

Or

Could it be because she has nothing exciting to post?

Or 

Could it be because she is playing too hard?

Or 

Is it because she is a champion procrastinator? 

I quilted this UFO wall hanging.

It still needs a trip through the washer and dryer.

Then I'll share the finish.

I've been dehydrating extra broccoli from my small deck garden.

We've eaten a lot of it but I want some for winter too.

We spent a lot of time at the beach.

This is the back corner of our lot and it was a small jungle.

We paid for the whole lot, we want to use the whole lot!

So we borrowed our son's tractor.

I say we like I did so much work.

Nope, I mostly stayed out of the way.

Our friend Bill was a huge help!

I took a big bag of half square bonus triangles 

and cut them to the size I need for my new leader/ender project.

I'm doing the new Quiltville l/e project that can be found in the tab section of her blog.

I forgot my rotary cutter at home and was quite mad at myself over it.

Ernie was going to get some diesel for the tractor 

so I asked if he would look at Jack's for a rotary cutter.

He did, they didn't have one.

So my super sweet husband went to Long Beach and found one at Dennis Company.

Oh how I miss the quilt shop there!!!

The poop deck is gorgeous.

Our friends Pam and Bill comes over and waters when we aren't there. 

I couldn't have flowers without them.

Mean while, back at home,

my hydrangeas exploded. 

Absolutely gorgeous this year.

We've been putting wood stove ash on them all winter and spring.

I think it helped a lot!

I made some wine bottle carry bags as gifts for friends.

They were fun, quick projects.

I had to have one too. 😉

I'm UFO busting some of my embroidery work.

This is quite cute up on my sewing room wall.

I have my next embroidery UFO out and have started working on it.

I've also decided to start some wool applique and 

have a couple of kits ordered.

This week we've had fun watching this silly guy 

at his baseball camp.

We brought him home with us 

and had to have pictures in front of the hydrangeas.

I'm ready now for a big quilt basting party in my living room. 

I am ready to quilt again.

I'll be back when I'm back.

Hopefully a bit more often now.

See you soon, thanks for stopping by!

Design Wall Monday

If you stole my quilting mojo,

would you please return it!

I'm having a heck of a time getting the Crabapples quilted.

Mostly is an arthritis issue. 

In my left pinkie finger, of all places!

It is so painful sometimes that I can't move the quilt around.

Then I remembered I had the Fabulous Fabric Glide from The Gypsy Quilter.

What a difference that made.

I'm hoping to finish this today!

I swear! Even get the binding on.

I needs to be finished so I can play!

I was one of the lucky 94 quilters that was able to buy The Easy Center Square ruler

when they became available on the Quiltville blog.

I just happened to read that blog post at the exact right time.

This beauty is right outside my living room window.

It's about 8 feet tall and loaded with buds.

I've spent the winter worried about it because there were so many buds so soon.

I'm hoping the rain goes away so I can enjoy this before the flowers all fade away.

See all the fabulous Design Wall Monday link ups at

Patchwork Times.

Garden Fun Update

I was reading Stephanie's blog-Scraps and see she has an update on her tipsy tower. Since I basically copied her tipsy tower, I thought I would show an update of mine too. I moved mine after telling hubby I needed his help to pound the rebar into the ground more. He told me if I pounded it in anymore, I would be going right into the sewer line. Whoopsie...... So I moved it to the front of the deck and pounded the rebar in the ground too far to put the fifth pot on.
This is a pot full of wave petunias that Taylor planted last week. They are doing great in their new home.
I love looking out the window and seeing all the colorful pots. They make me happy.
The wheelbarrow is looking full and fantastic. I think today would be a good day to give it a drink of Miracle Grow and see if that stuff really works. (I know it does!)

Garden Fun

After picking Taylor up, we headed to Home Depot to return a mower belt. We went to the garden section to get some more pots for another tipsy tower but they didn't have what we wanted so we bought a few flowers for a new flower bed. We stopped at the pepperoni store, then the library to enroll in the summer reading program and fill our book bag up, grabbed a couple Subway sandwiches and headed home to garden.

First we had to fix strawberries for the dehydrator, then we played in the dirt. Tomorrow we are going up to the local nursery to get some more plants and we have to put up a fence to keep the dogs and chickens out!

After dinner and dishes tonight, we climbed into the hot tub and now it's time to read for a while and sleep! Tomorrow is another full dirt day in the veggie garden and flower beds.

More Outside Fun

This morning we went visiting our friends Dick and Donna. Donna loves to garden and has numerous flower beds that she works very hard in.

Just walking around her yard gets me excited to come home and work in mine. I've been working on this corner since I saw this blog post at Stephanie's Scraps. I quickly commented and then followed her link to the tutorial. That led me to call my dad who has a very nice assortment of rebar and I was more than welcome to take some of it. He even cut it for me and since he knows me pretty good, he cut me 2 pieces. I went to town to buy flowerpots and plant and then it started to rain again! I'm pretty much a fair weather gardener so not much got done.

Now I have a grand plan for this section and I have Hubby willing to help with a couple projects. I also must use the other piece of rebar and I think I have the perfect spot for the second tower! My break is over and now I must go back out and plant more flowers and pull up more grass.

Stash Report 4.25.10

The Care Bear quilt is coming along, only one border left to go on. I've been a gad about this past week so not much time was spent in front of the machine.

I'm hoping to change that this week. Remember my goal is to get to 100 yards used before May 1.

This week's report is a bit more encouraging. I just need to stay out of the fabric shops and if I do need to go, I don't need to buy it just because it's the end of the bolt and 50% off. But I know I'm going to!!!

Used this Week: 5.5 yards
Used Year to Date: 85.5 yards
Added this Week: 7 yards
Added Year to Date: 91.25 yards
Net Used for 2010: -5.75

Go on over to Judy L's and see how everyone else is doing. (If you are reading this on Saturday night, you need to wait until Sunday.)

The lilacs are from my old bush. We live in my grandparents old house and the lilac bushes have been moved from their original home. I am thrilled that after 35 years of living here, both the white and the lavender bushes have survived the trauma that my family has put them through.