September Already....

This the latest doily I made it took about a month with all the swaps I was doing.

School started last week and the skies look different here too. The cool mornings and warm afternoons have been perfect. And of course the days are shorter which I don't mind. I am a winter person even though I was born in late spring.

My SIL is in the ICU at IU in Indy and I am worried about her she has been in bad shape for a while and it doesn't look good. I haven't seen her for 2 years but I think of her often. I lost my other SIL 12 years ago and still miss her.

I have been working on my new embroidery BOM from Gail Pan and it is so much fun. I don't mind tracing these on fabric either that is part of the fun. These ladys are so talented and are so generous sharing their work with everybody.

I have the quilt done for the mini swap in October but will not mail it until Holee is moved and settled.

I have part of the next doll quilt cut out too. It is due September 30th. Then I am going to slow down with the swaps until next year.

We don't do anything for Labor Day but maybe cook out I will try to get some steaks on Sunday. I am making soft tacos when DD comes tomorrow and a favorite Magic Cookie bars. Yummo!!

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Rainy Friday....

This is her quilt in her doll bed. How cute!!

This is the doll quilt I made for Barbsbus she wanted a small one for a doll bed she has.

And this is the one she sent me I really like it.

We got some much needed rain today only a ½" but more on the way. I have been going back to some of my oldest forums for crochet and visiting with the gals. They always seem happy to hear from me. I may do some swaps with some them too.

I have been working on a mini quilt, embroidery quilt and getting started on another doll quilt too. Also finishing up a CAL at Celt's too. I also do a BOM at HGTV.

Have a great weekend

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A great day

It has been a great day we took Maggie to be groomed and glad that is over for two months. Then DH is having a window glass fixed and when he went to put it in the frame it cracked. So he is down there now having that part repaired. He didn't get too mad. LOL.

I have been working on my doll quilt for the swap I have all of the blocks done then have to put it together and add the border and binding. I don't think I will quilt it too much because they are spools blocks and there are a lot of small parts to it.

A few days ago a woman on the Board needed some purple and some green squares 5" and 6". So I mailed her 8 which is all I had in those colors and today she sent me a lot of fabric cuts which are so nice I couldn't believe it. She lives in Texas and is originally from Germany and just as nice as she can be. I really appreciate this more than she can know. They are in the photo above.

Thanks for reading. PS I hope Holee's move is going well. And this house should be a lot warmer.

first tote bag

scotty challenge doll quilt

I hate to say it but summer is winding down I can't believe it is August already. It has been a beautiful day today I went to the library and got the book I had on reserve it is so easy to read. I also got Crow Lake which I read about on someone's blog. Because of budget cuts the state is cutting back on helping libraries, so ours will be closed on Sundays again and not open days until 10 am. That is fine with me I was just praying our branch wouldn't close. There is a special election tomorrow to raise city income tax 1/2% so I hope it goes thru so firemen and policemen don't lose their jobs.

I made the tote bag and doll quilt last month. The little quilt was for a challenge to make using the scotty dog. I love those doggies.

I made lasagne for supper tonight and it turned out good. I usually don't like mine but this time wow!

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Time sure flies it is the end of the month and we have had below normal temps most of the time. We did get some beautiful rain again yesterday.

My husband went out to a farm we know and got some more sweet corn bi-color. This will be the second time we have had it and the season is going fast.

I am in the HGTV mini quilt swap again for fall with Holee again. She is my favorite partner because I know I can count on her. The doll quilt above is the one I received from PamH at the Board I really love it and the bright colors. She is so nice of course she lives in Missouri LOL. I am working on a challenge doll quilt with Scottys and it is fun to do my own design. I am also embroidering some blocks from Willowberry Designs block of the month. She has three more to put up and I am working on block 5.
Do you ever watch Bill O'reilly on Fox News at night? Well I read his latest book and it wasn't nearly as good as promised. I guess people really care what he says but I take him with a grain of salt LOL.

Monday

It has been a wonderful day today. We had 2" of rain on Saturday and the air is so clean and not humid and the sun so bright. I love it.

I am going to mail my doll quilt and potholders tomorrow for my swap partners. And I have signed up for Holee's new mini swap at HGTV. I only want to do the fall one because I have enough Christmas decor. Fall is my favorite time of year.

DD was here on Saturday and we had a nice meal Cheddarwurst and potato salad and of course chocolate cake. She will not be coming this Saturday she is going to a craft show in her town and I think that will be fun for her.

I rejoined the scrappy quilters group. It was always a lot of fun but I don't want to do those block swaps. Heather said that was okay. I have missed those girls too.

The photo is of the doll quilt I made for PamH at the Board

Good day

It has been a dreary day today cloudy and cool. I have started my doll quilt for the swap and I am doing it in the bricks pattern. I got the pattern free from the Moda website.

The pic is of the quilt I received from Chele who was the hostess for the swap the first time and I didn't get one. She made this for me and insisted I take it. It is really pretty.

I finished my huge doily finally after a month and now I am going to make some more thread potholders from a new pattern I got on the web.

I should be getting the next one for the swap tomorrow from Pa. Thanks for reading -