While continuing to clean off tables and put things away this box caught my eye. It is full of 4.5" and 2.5" strips. I guess I was preparing for another double 4 patch there too.
The cookies are baked and the art quilters are coming. We got 1.75" of rain overnight Sat. night and on Sunday morning. That is over 3" so far and more rain predicted. Luckily there are breaks between storms and lots of sunshine.
To finish cleaning off one cutting table I had to cut the big squares for 8 more combinations. Then I could put the fabrics back on the shelf. I sewed two of each combination last night and will finish sewing the other 2 of each tonight.
We had rain several times yesterday and lots of sunshine in between. I dug up 2 more hostas for a friend who is coming by today.
I spent most of the day cleaning the basement and I had many piles of fabric to put away. The art quilters are coming Monday so I'll be spending all day today down there cleaning off tables and design walls and dusting.
In NC at the farm there was a demonstration of alpaca shearing. I didn't get a before photo unfortunately.
Here is the after photo, a much thinner animal. There were 5 alpacas grazing at the farm for a week.
Here is a photo my son in law took before I arrived in NC. I didn't realize they came in so many different colors.
As I search for the fabrics matching the sewn strips so I can cut the 4.5" squares I'm thinking that maybe I was going to make some 16 patches to mix into the quilt. If I don't find any more matching fabrics I'll just go to the stash and cut more fabric.
This is at the waiting area for our gate at the Asheville NC airport. I don't think we'll ever see rocking chairs at the Chicago airports.
I have the yellow primroses in all of my gardens and they are all blooming now.
The flowers in the pots are filling in too.
The tomato plants grew a lot in the 3 hot days I was gone. Now it has cooled down a little and we got some rain.
I need to download the photos from my phone and then I can show you the alpacas.
My daughter's best friend from grade school and I flew to North Carolina on Monday. We were sitting right over the wing in a small plane. On May 17 I mentioned that my daughter's property with a named waterfall in NC is going to be on a TV show. Tracy and I were there for the taping of the reveal segment where my daughter and son in law got their first look at the improvement on the property. You can go here for some background on this.
This is the largest of 3 waterfalls on the property. You can see a video of another one on the link above.
I found my new favorite candy bar while we were shopping.
This was the decor in one of the restaurants. I just got home and was exhausted so I'll tell more tomorrow. I can't show the reveal because it is going to be a TV program and is a secret.
I cut a bunch of Flying Geese pieces out of Kaffe fabrics a couple weeks ago. I was trying to decide whether to use solids of prints for the small triangles. I finally decided on prints and started sewing.
I laid them out like a Dutchman's Puzzle block but that isn't what I am going to do with them.
They will be geese flying in formation. They probably will be mixed up as a scrappy set up instead of all alike as in this photo. I won't know for sure until I play on the design wall with them. Meanwhile there are lots more to sew.
I have a few more blocks done and several more in progress. I definitely need to move it over by the other lights because it is prettier than this photo.
This is the front jungle after the rain. There are Hosta, Primroses, Balloon flowers (not blooming yet), Tiger Lilies (not blooming yet) Red Penstemon, and Wild Geranium plus 2 bushes. I will dig out a bunch of the Primroses when they are done blooming. They spread a little more each year.
