As we have rain here in Wisconsin (much needed, so no complaints) today, I am unable to get outside and take good pictures.  So instead I will share a simple baby quilt I quilted.  I used a double and triple loop-de-loop.  The quilting is very simple, but a great beginner step up from meandering and looks great on the retro 60’s-70’s fabric quilts that are so popular right now.

Sorry that I don’t have a picture of the complete quilt.  I spaced that when I took it off of the frame.

I also have a selvage suggestion for those of you that save the selvages for a selvage project.

It is really time for a hair cut.  I can’t even quilt without my bangs driving me nuts.  In a fit I just grabbed some of the selvage laying in the basket and tied up my hair.

Lastly I will share a picture of some one of my lilies that were blooming last month.

The computer has died.  It is the hard drive, we maybe able to salvage the info on it. But it won’t run anything.  So I am working at my longarm like a busy bee trying to earn money to by myself a laptop and a new hard drive for the other one and that way if someone else screws up the desktop, I will still have my laptop.  I just wanted to let you all know what was up.  When I get a new computer I will have pictures of quilts, flowers, piecing projects and flimsies.  Hopefully that will be very soon! 

This is the first time I have been able to get to the library due to the worst summer cold I have ever had with a case of pink eye to boot.  I hope to be back on my own pc soon, until then please take care of yourselves.

Diane

WooHoo WooHoo WooHoo!  I am doing the happy dance today.  It is already 54 degrees here in Wisconsin.  I have 4 loads of laundry done, well two are totally done the other 2 are on the wash line, oh how I love clothes that have been hung outside to dry.  I am going to wash my sheets and the two quilts on the bed are also going to get washed and hung out to dry. (Note to self, change out of flipflops before going out to the line again.  Feet got wet and cold from the ground being wet.)

On the quilting side I have already finished a queen size quilt that I loaded on Friday.  It was a simple larger meander, so it went fast.  I will be loading a custom next, as soon as I get back in from the wash line as the wash machine just stopped.

and lastly I am going to leave you with what will be here soon.  My Grandmother Violet’s iris’s.  Oh how I will miss her this spring.  I believe her and my Grandfather are planning a wonderful garden in heaven, after being apart for 25 years.

First and foremost an update on Jr.  my Ds#1’s friend who was in the car accident.  He was released from the hospital on the 4th of July.  He had two or three surgery’s.  He is at home recovering.  DS says that he relies on other to help him move and can’t get out of bed on his own power.  He has alot of bones to heal.  This is one luck young man I tell you, I was shown a picture of his truck, it looked like one of those mangled vehicles that no one should have survived from.  Also I believe that had he had his seatbelt on his injuries would have been less.  The question here is “How do we get our children to understand that!?”.

I have been busy healing.  I am down to two small sores still open.

The inside of my leg is healed

My flowers are part of what is keeping me away from the computer.

And a sneak peak at some quilty stuff.  I quilted our guilds raffle quilt.  Look for a finished quilt posted next week.  But enjoy these for now.

I would like to Thank you all for checking back and for sticking with me during this long bogging absence.  Life just is so busy during the summer, you know run here and run there.

Today was quilt delivery day for DS#2.  This is Mr. Radle pictured with Dusty and the quilt we gave him.  Sometimes you have that one teacher who really helps out, he was a godsend to all of us here at our house.  He went above and beyond when I was in the hospital last fall and the later when I was home and couldn’t do much.  I personally needed to just say more than Thank-you, and how does  a quilter say more than than-you but bestow a quilt onto that special person.

The other morning I was watering some plants and thought “oh, I should really share how great these pansy’s look”  they just love this cool spring we are having here in Wisconsin. 

Next my lilacs were blooming, I caught them here towards the end of their bloom.  I would love to bring some in but they reek havoc on my allergies.

The next two flower remind me of my 98 year old grandmother.  The iris comes from my Grandmothers garden at the house where my father grew up.  This was the first one to bloom this year.  (mental note to have DH repaint the siding on the addition, use primer this time, Thursday thump) Now there are probably about 10 to 15 blooming beautifully.  The second picture is just of the violets that I allow to run willy nilly through my flower beds as my Grandmother name it Viola, every one just calls her Vi, so as  child I thought that was short for Violet.  Thus these violets are spared being contained as the remind me of Her.

Now that I have the binding done and quilt delivered I might have some time to get my next block of the week done.  If not there always is next week when Judy has another quiltathon, that I am planning on participating at least one day on.

On another note today is the last day of school for the boys, so my season of being referree will sart tomorrow.  Have a great day!