Summer Breeze

Summer Breeze from Scrap Basket Surprises by Kim Brackett is the quilt I chose to make for my Sister-in-Law, Wendy. Wendy was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and will have her second chemo treatment next week. I hope to be able to find backing and get it quilted over the weekend and off in the mail Tuesday. That may be a lot to hope for but I am going to try. Seems like I always forget to buy the backing. I wanted to use the same fabric collection, Fresh Cotton, but I don't want to have to wait on an order. I need to get in the habit of getting everything I need at one time.

Also a picture of my nine patch mess. This quilt is taking forever to put together. I need to get back to it, I'm tired of looking at it!

Carol

Thursday

More family fun

Pool Day

Pool Day Cont.

Busy Week

Each of the kids got a crayon roll.

Natalie, 1yr.

Natalie and Grady 4 mo.

My three kids are all together this week. The grand kids are having fun playing together enjoying the ocean and the pool. A couple of pics from yesterday.

Some Planting

I am off to Lowes this morning to finish getting the plants for the porch planters and some fresh dirt. Since we have had such early summer weather it seems everything is pretty picked over. I don't need a lot so maybe I will get lucky. I also need to replace the watering hose and get a new sprinkler. Seems sprinklers have a very short life around here.

I haven't done much in the way of sewing since my big finish of the DWR. Guess I needed a little break. Maybe today I can make some progress on the planting and spring cleaning and settle down to some sewing. I still have the nine patch out to work on, all the blocks are ready so I just have to get it together. The quilting machine is open for one of my quilts right now also. No customer quilts waiting at the moment. How odd. I guess the 5 new machine quilters in the area are making an impact on my workload. Sometimes it is nice to have a break!

I did have a moment of insanity and went Harley shopping last week. Thank goodness I came to my senses and didn't buy one. Sales people have been calling me all week. Yikes, I have to stay strong. Too many other things to spend the $ on!

Carol