Finished ahead of schedule!!

Baby quilt #2 finished and ahead of schedule at that!! (Does that mean I can start something NEW??) Just kidding.....it is a relief not to be stressin' about a finish on the day of the shower :-) .  This morning we (DH and I) woke up at 4:45 am to be downtown Detroit for the Free Press International Marathon!!

The weather cooperated for the most part--just a little drizzle for a bit, but mostly mild and dry. Here's DH and our SIL who ran the half marathon (13.1 miles) with him.

They did great! It was her first half marathon and her time was better than she expected. Proud of them both!
This guy was on the riverfront walkway lookin' for a handout....

He wasn't the least bit frightened of a bundled up woman with a camera!! (That's Windsor, Ontario, Canada behind him across the river. )
Have a wonderful week ahead----happy sewing!

Boy, I'm glad that's finished!!

'Had a bit of a go ' with this one.....she's done and she's good enough!! Did use the templates and it was fine. But wow, what a lot of seams to press open!! Looks like I lost a bit of the lower right corner, ripped it out and re-sewed it twice! So.....good 'nuff!

Here's my sweet SIL with her string quilt!! She likes it--she really likes it (in a Sally Field voice ;-) That makes me happy! Here's more happy stuff:

The pieces for the cross quilt all lined up like good little soldiers and MORE Denyse Schmidt fabrics for the Farmer's Wife quilt! Now I promise......this is my LAST batch of peach-raspberry jam for 2011!!

Thinkin' I could make this in my sleep--------! Have a great weekend, all, no matter who you're cheering for in the BIG game around here.......

Yeah---it's staged........but it is MY blog afterall!! GO GREEN--GO WHITE! :-)

This and That.....

Took a walking tour of downtown Rochester, Mich. on Saturday with my BQFF Barbara...  This is our (and 16 other people's) guide, Rod. It as a beautiful, warm day and he was fabulous! It started in front of what is now the Rochester Mill Brewery....

which was the largest woolen mill in the country in the 1920's. The settlers built it where 3 rivers came together.

This next building sits on an Indian burial ground and the rows of rocks are from the farmers' fields, who brought them into town when they visited!! The top stones are purposely larger so that to someone looking up from the sidewalk--the stones all appear to be the same size!

On the quilty front--this baby quilt is finished!

The shingles were delivered today!! Jim loved that conveyor belt--no climbing necessary!

And just to show how absolutely wonderful it is here in Michigan this Fall....

Thanks for stopping and letting me share a little of this and that with ya's........Have a great week ahead! :-)

just playin.....

Just playin' with the layout at my attempt at a cross quilt ala Exuberant Color! It's fun to audition these crosses and one leads to another quickly!! We'll see how big this gets this weekend! :-)
Then, I played most of the afternoon with these....

And ended up with these!!

14 jars of Green Tomato Relish--wowsers! (some will be forced, i mean, given to friends and relatives) Sure hate not to do something good with all that nice produce from the garden. So grill up some hotdogs and brats---I'll bring the relish :-)      Have a great weekend, all!!

String quilt finished!!

I LOVE this little quilt!! Kind of a nasty day outside, but was able to snap a quick shot on the bench swing!

Allover meandering and some loopy stuff on the borders.........

Took lots of pictures 'cause it goes to live with my sweet SIL in a couple weeks for her birthday. (I will miss it.... :-)  But maybe it can go to this week's guild meeting for Show & Tell! And it's time to start another one for DD. It took all my willpower not to just hand over this one to her! LOL! Also received a nice surprise from someone in New York....

A beautiful Thankyou/photo card of Victoria (BumbleBeans) signature block quilt!! Mine's in there! Have to admit I let out a little squeek when I saw this!! Made me very happy!
Wishing all a happy weekend....



  

something to go with the card and the check.....

Always like to give a little SOMEthing giftie to go with a wedding card and gift of money...Old fashioned--probably...a bit more personal--certainly...! The little pillow on the left will hopefully find a nice spot in the newlyweds' home after their wedding tomorrow. The groom and family lived next door for 20 years and i babysat when he was 3. It promises to be a wonderful time!! (the words were a PDF, i'm sorry i didn't copy the site, they were meant for 2 pillowcases.....)  On another note...  

this is one of my favorite new books!!!! Everything in it is a 'project in waiting'!! Enjoy the weekend, all! And happy sewing............

Blogger's Block of the Month.......

September's block by Sherri. Trying to use all Kaffe's from the (ancient) stash & realize there's not much to call a neutral or background in the bunch! Seems my purchases have been mostly the big and bold prints. The green print at the lower right is from Botany by Laren & Jessi Jung for Moda. (no green Kaffe in the stash!) Hoping these Floating Flowers will serve as the background throughout....Hmmmm.

Two baby showers in October!! This is a work in progress, with the brown to be used as binding. Hope it will read BOY-ish well enough.  OK--back to the sewing cave to add borders to BQ II ! Have a great week ahead, and Happy Sewing!