Catching Up

 Debbie and Cheryl (middle) display Cheryl's finished Monthly Bliss 3 quilt while Bobbi looks on.  The blocks are hand pieced and Cheryl hand quilted this beauty.  Can you believe that she's only been quilting about two years?  Great job, Cheryl!

Last week I did a labeling class and what an artistic job these ladies did.  Each is holding up the final project.  They combined components learned earlier to make lovely wreaths.  You should be able to enlarge each pic to see more detail.  Take a look.  Emily, Marilyn and Diane--dazed but happy.

Debi, Robin, and Doreen.

Doreen again, Marie, and Lorraine.  Check out those smiles!

Traci and Cassandra.

Terri, Penny, and Collie.  (I had a great shot all lined up when Terri tried to get out of the frame.  You can see how well that worked.  I just couldn't crop her out.)

It's so exciting to see the creativity come alive.  Plus, I always say this class is the most fun you can have with your clothes on.  It must be true--there was a whole lot of laughing going on!

Blissful hugs,
Sharon

P.S.  I am listening to Lethal by Sandra Brown.

Mary's Dresden

On April 4, Mary started her Dresden Plate wallhanging at a Lake to Lake Quilt Guild workshop.  Now, one month later, she has it completely finished!  And I do mean completely!  Take a look:

Mary cut each blade individually and then hand pieced them to complete the plates.  

Then she machine quilted this beauty.  She used a 30 wt. thread for the quilted in the center circle--doesn't it look like seeds to feed the birds?  What a fabulous job, Mary!  Thanks so much for sharing!

It's been a beautiful day here in central New York.  I started out on the riding lawnmower--took two trips around the lower part of the 2-acre lawn and...the belt came off the mower deck :-(  So I spent the rest of the day mowing by hand.  Did me good (that's my story) and the lawn looks better because I used the mulching blade.  I did NOT get the whole two acres done--only about half.  Still....  And it seemed funny not to have Lynnie running in circles or waiting at the door.  But Dickens did make a couple of appearances at the door--I'm not sure what he thought was going on.

Also, I have a mourning dove sitting in an old robin's nest near my front door.  I keep getting the hairy eyeball each time I open the door.  We chatted tonight and I gave her the scoop on living on the front porch. We'll see how it goes.

Other than that, it's been a paperwork kind of day.  Seems to be a lot of that!  And laundry.  I swear my clothes multiply in the hamper.  And for those of you who know me, you know almost everything I own has to be ironed.  Can we say "giant pile of ironing"?

Okay, off to see what I can get into.

Blissful hugs,
Sharon