Reproduction Block Quilt!

Recently I saw a posting on Barbara Brackman's blog about dogs in quilts. I loved one of the blocks with the polka dot dog and bird and had to try one for myself. Of course I wanted to make it into a mini quilt, so I added my own touches. My brain was off this week, so things didn't all come out as planned, but it was fun to make and gave me some practice with hand quilting.

The piece measures 20" x 16".

My bunny buddy has been visiting me every day and night, he knows a good thing when he sees it;)

All Creatures Great and Small!

I think the word has gotten out, my yard is the place to be, lol.
I went out onto my porch and looked out and this is what I saw, they usually never come out during the day, isn't she a beauty.

I sat down and watched her and as I was looking around the yard, I saw a brown spot under the tree. Someone was enjoying a rest in the shade, he is my new bunny buddy and visits me during the day and night.

And if that wasn't enough, a bird was squawking at me. She wanted to add onto her nest and her nest is under my porch. I guess she is adding water proofing to her nest, but doesn't look like it will be too comfy.

Giveaway Winner and my Win!

I really enjoyed reading the comments and the fun quips to go with my photo. I do feel blessed that I live in an area where there is so many beautiful natural wonders to enjoy. The winner of the giveaway is #9, Sue Tokash! Please pick a free epattern from my ecrater site and email me with your choice.

I also have been blessed with so many wins this year.  The giveaway was hosted by Patti of Patti's Patchwork. It was an extra giveaway along with the 100 blocks tour and I won a fat quarter pack of Northcott's Stonehenge Stars and Stripes. The fabric is gorgeous and a really nice weight, so much better than a photo can show. It will be fun coming up with a pattern to use them in.

Sunday Paddle and Caption Giveaway!

The weatherman said that it would not be as humid today, but I think he lied, lol. It was a beautiful day and a nice breeze on the bay, but still hot and the type of heat that you do not notice until you are done and totally exhausted;)

This weekend was the art festival, but I had a choice and I wanted to paddle, so I decided to go into town to check it out. 

Going into the town's harbor, we were greeted by feathery fowl.

You can see the artist's tents, over 200 artist's displayed their work, this year. 

Way too hot to sit in the coves, it was time to leave and head for the bay. We went out and straight for our town beach, the perfect place to go for a swim.

That helped refresh me, so back out on the bay and down the coast. Blue skies and blue seas, is the only place for me.

Around the next point, the water gets rougher, wind, tides and lots of boat swells, better than a roller coaster.

With high tides, we can go into coves that are normally cut off by land. Usually the island to Bill's right, goes all the way across during low tide.

In the cove we paddled down the river that runs behind the old mill.

And now for the contest photo. As I was getting this one ready, I noticed some funny things, sooooo, give me a caption for the photo and I will put all the names into a drawing and one lucky winner will receive one of my epatterns or booklets. I will draw a name on Tuesday night and announce the winner on my blog post. I will be doing a traveling box, just need to decide on a box size and what I will put in it, so stay tuned for that.

What to do on a hot day!

It was much too hot to go paddling and I am sick of sitting in the house, so we went to the mall. I haven't been in years and I needed some sweat shorts to wear around the house, so we went shopping. It was nice to walk around in the air conditioned mall and one place we made sure we stopped in was Jordan's furniture. The boasted of a light show and it is free, so we got a free laser show that is shot through water, talk about a cool place to visit;)

Hard to get shots since the lights were flashing and strobbing so fast, but here are a few that I got, was fun to watch along with the music.

On the way home we stopped at the flower shop. While I was looking, a few monarch butterflies kept flying to these flowers, so I just had to get some to plant in my yard. Hopefully they will attract butterflies to my yard.

I saw a large pot of flowers and jokingly said to Bill, there's some flowers we can put on the new porch, should have known better, lol. I was being sarcastic, but he insisted they weren't too big for the porch, so there they sit;) Hopefully tomorrow will be cool enough for a paddle. I hope everyone enjoys their weekend.

I was thinking I could get a small prim stool to put them on, for now they are on a crate.

Table Runner and Thrift Goodie!

It took me most of the week, but I finally finished the quilted piece that my friend Kelley sent me. I decided to make it into a table runner and with the red and white it works well for americana and I can use it for Christmas too. The photo makes it look square but it is actually 34 1/2' x 23". I used black pearl cotton and hand stitched around each block, then an X across them.

I wanted to get out today and decided to hit the local consignment store, it is like a thrift, except they have antiques and vintage goodies. I was hoping to find some nice wood items but nothing today, so I got myself a fun item that I can put on a shelf. I might decorate around it and add pieces to make a whole village or maybe a sea port scene for the bathroom shelf. The angel is something I carved years ago and the cat is something I found in a gift store. It could also be decorated for the holidays, so fun for halloween and Christmas.

Happy Fourth of July!

I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe fourth tomorrow. I have been working on my projects, a bit slow this week. I hand stitched my table topper, but my hands were too sore to finish the binding tonight. My husband finally finished the front of the house, all we have left is to stain the porch front. I treated myself to a new decoration this week. I saw this ladder and loved it, and I received a coupon from the store for 30% off one item, so I had to go back and get it;) Now we need to make a prim bench to put on the side.

The flag is aged, but the photo lightened everything up.