pineapple blossoms are arriving......

Some of the pineapple blossoms I won at Block Lotto!

I love love love them!

camping weekend.....

The weather was wet and cool. My goal was to arrive and get the tents set up before the rain....
The tents were up and then the rain started. It rained and rained Thursday afternoon.
The firewood stayed in the pickup with an umbrella to keep it dry. Two northerns and a bass were caught. They were plenty big and made for a delicious fish fry.
We had an excellent time.

the latest batch......

I finished 28 more blocks. The pile of these blocks is getting rather big, so I didn't lay all of them out, just the newest. 

I had been throwing 2 1/2 inch strips into a pile, the ones not big enough for the 9 patch. I had no real plan for them. Then I remembered.....

I had seen this block....

 (click here)

and thought it was marvelous.

I cut the 2 1/2 inch strip pieces to 4 1/2 inches, then randomly sewed them together. I wish I had more variety, but it is just a "I need to try that" block.

can't decide......

Years ago, I made a quilt that had black cat silhouettes on it. When I was cleaning, I found one black cat. I didn't remember it. I think it might have been rejected because he is backwards. 

He was a fun find that I had totally forgotten about.

I wondered what he would look like on my current old sheet quilt.....

Maybe.

Would it work to make more 6 inch stars out of that same red fabric and have them sprinkled around the quilt?? A pop of dark color.

Or do I keep it the soft look and save the cat for something else??

I can't decide.

ooops.....

This is what happens when the fan gets turned on in the living room.

Every thing is picked up and for now I will just make more 9 patches.

20 more blocks...

Making these 9 patches goes pretty fast. 

The pile of them grew. There were 20 more to add to the pile.

Last summer I did a quilt-along with Blue is Bleu. One of the blocks was this 9 patch. I liked the way it went together. (click here!) to see how they are getting sewn. It seems like you are getting two for the price of one when making these. 

I am off to make more blocks.

old sheet blocks so far.....

I started cutting sheets this afternoon. This is what I have so far. The blocks will finish at 6 inches. So soft looking. I hope I get to make some more tomorrow!!

things I have been working on....

I found this....I am pretty sure that I had made it back in the 90's,

...it was done except for two sides that needed the binding put on. 

I don't know why I never finished it.

The bindings don't match, but are close enough. And look......

I had even hand quilted it. 

My slate and stylus arrived in the mail. I need it for the braille class I am taking on line. I had to play with it and made Mr. B a postcard! 

Lauren's picture came in the mail too. Her graduation card was finished and stuck in the mail.

I painted the downstairs wall a deep blue. Crispy picked this color because it is opposite of orange on the color wheel. We loved this color so much that......

Crispy room got a new coat of paint too.

I sewed these for block lotto this morning,

very simple block this month. 

I am going to donate all of my chances this month,

because....

I won the pineapple blossoms from May!! I couldn't believe I had won again.

(here) are the blossoms I made and will just keep now.

Karen and I are splitting up our old sheets. Both of us want to make quilts from them. 

Exactly what pattern I want to use is still up in the air. I keep changing my mind. Maybe I should just start making blocks and see what happens. There is enough fabric there for several quilts.

This could be fun!