I brought home some squares from our last church sewing circle because we didn't meet a second time in May because of Memorial Day. Both fabrics are poly/cotton, cut by hand in the 1970s and inaccurate. The print is high majority polyester so it is slick and shiny and won't ease at all. I have no love for fabrics from that era. I need to press it and take it to sewing circle this afternoon.
The Red Penstemon is in full bloom now. The flowers are a really pale pink, almost white.
The yellow primroses are also in bloom. I have them planted in every flowerbed.
When I was little we used to go down by the creek and pick wild buttercups. These remind me of those flowers. I love yellow.
The flowers are lovely! So far I have not killed my zinnias and they have their third set of leaves. The canna are growing well despite some cold nights we have had this week.
I agree - polyester for a quilt is the pits! I machine quilted a baby quilt last year for someone that had used a mix of cotton fabrics and polyester and it was a pain to work with.
we have had so much rain this past week I haven't been able to weed or cut grass - too much rain!the sun needs to come out and help the plants out a little bit.
Passing on something you really don't want to do is a gift to yourself. Good choice. I got a big bag of many of those kinds of fabrics and made one small quilt from the most usable and threw the rest away. The smell of them when I press the seams is not fun! The gifter felt like she did me a service and I'll never tell! (Except right here)
Passing on something you really don't want to do is a gift to yourself. Good choice. I got a big bag of many of those kinds of fabrics and made one small quilt from the most usable and threw the rest away. The smell of them when I press the seams is not fun! The gifter felt like she did me a service and I'll never tell! (Except right here)
My flowers are starting to bloom. The irises are about done. Have a good time at Circle. Chris
ReplyDeleteThe flowers are lovely! So far I have not killed my zinnias and they have their third set of leaves. The canna are growing well despite some cold nights we have had this week.
ReplyDeleteI agree - polyester for a quilt is the pits! I machine quilted a baby quilt last year for someone that had used a mix of cotton fabrics and polyester and it was a pain to work with.
we have had so much rain this past week I haven't been able to weed or cut grass - too much rain!the sun needs to come out and help the plants out a little bit.
ReplyDeletePassing on something you really don't want to do is a gift to yourself. Good choice. I got a big bag of many of those kinds of fabrics and made one small quilt from the most usable and threw the rest away. The smell of them when I press the seams is not fun! The gifter felt like she did me a service and I'll never tell! (Except right here)
ReplyDeletePassing on something you really don't want to do is a gift to yourself. Good choice. I got a big bag of many of those kinds of fabrics and made one small quilt from the most usable and threw the rest away. The smell of them when I press the seams is not fun! The gifter felt like she did me a service and I'll never tell! (Except right here)
ReplyDeleteThose fabrics really were a nightmare! I love the yellows too.
ReplyDeleteButtercups are one of my childhood memories, too!
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