BLOCKS and FUN

Been working on these blocks today

 Love the colors

 Love the size of the blocks

Love  how it all came together.

This is a VERY simple block to make and looks great when all put together !!!!

STORMS

Yesterday afternoon went to a "social" in the country and watched a storm come in from the foothills.

It was amazing

beautiful

exciting

peaceful

wonderful.

PINWHEELS

These little pinwheels are soo cute

And easy to make.

I have made them using fabric in quilts 

but this is the first I have made them with paper.

Love the yellow bee

and pink butterfly

They even twirl in the wind.

{ I had them twirling in front of the fan }

I made them for flower pots but with all the rain we are having they have to stay inside

like me.

My Red and White is on the machine getting quilted.

Hot dog, another quilt almost done.

RUGS

Tuesday evening I was at My Sister Knits and Julie helped me rip about 10 yards of fabric for another toothbrush rug.

I went over with a basket of fabric and came home with a basket and a large bag full of strips.

[ sorry about the pic ]

And that was only half of the fabric ripped into strips 

The start of the RUG.

PICTURES

THE FOURTH of JULY

My Red and White Quilt. Tried to get it layered for quilting yesterday but too many other things to get done. Hopefully before our BBQ I will find the time to get this honey ready for the machine.

Finished my Aunt Philly rug.

Am pleased with how this rug turned out using "uglies" from my scrap bin. Uglies some how turned into BEAUTIFUL when all put together. Strange how that works out.

Have the house decorated

for the biggest summer holiday

of the year.

Enjoy your fourth, God bless AMERICA, and take a minute to remember everything and everyone who made it possible for us ALL to live in a FREE country !

Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave

I AM SO HAPPY

To be home and not at work !!!

I have fulfilled my "working up" at the hospital, so now it is back to PART TIME, HALF TIME !!!

On Monday I made 10 liters of laundry soap and I love this stuff. 

I used Down to Earth recipe

Easy, easy.

Early this morning I went out to the garden to check on my plants and I am satisfied that I will have plenty of beans to put up in August.

Loads of tomatoes.......did you know that tomatoes are considered a "super food"?

I love to eat fresh tomatoes right off the vine.

Roses are at the end of their first blooming

And this clematis plant is huge and covered with light and dark purple blooms.

Now when I tell you what I did today do NOT think " oh my she has flipped out now".

This is home made dog food. Yes you read this correctly.

I am very allergic to my dogs and they shed a ton of hair. So I thought maybe if I made them some better food they would not produce so much dander and shed less. 

Will let everyone know how this all works out.

Oh and some how the dogs knew this was for them, they stayed at my feet all morning while I was cooking. And they loved their new food at dinner, thought they had hit payday !

Continue to work on these blocks that are just a modified star block that looks like a bow tie block.

I love little scraps

This quilt is made from the "left overs' of this quilt.

Happy Friday .