We are still here in Kentucky, enjoying the family . it has been a great Thanksgiving weekend.
I forgot to take a photo of the quilt of what I have accomplished but I did find I had a photo of the top laid out , so I just show you what needs yet to be done. I’m writing this on my phone instead of my iPad.
The purple marks what I need to finish than I’ll be ready for the binding.👏👏
Just a peek into my weekend!
Happy stitching until next update.
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Today brings back memories of my family gather around my dad’s death bed,it has been 16 years. It is hard to believe that it has been that long ago.
I got more done than the last time. 😀 I was able to quilt 4 more blocks and sashing,only four more blocks and half the border than it will be binding time!
These are the last four blocks.
I would like to share my orchid in bloom ,it’s the first time it bloomed. It is a cattleya orchid
Isn’t she a beauty?!
I off to visit with some friends who come from Montana,I’ll check up with all the lovely update posts tomorrow.
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Sept was a busy month with picking jewelweed and making it into soap to treat our poison ivy rashes.
There was also three weddings that we attended. The first wedding was in Pa ,held at a wedding barn. It was beautiful!
We grilled the beef brisket for this wedding. We grilled the meat in Ga on our big grill then packed the wrapped brisket in three large coolers . We left late Friday evening ,arriving in time Sat morning to the reception for slicing the brisket and putting in it cookers to keep warm.
Then we went to Md to attend two wedding ,one on a Friday a niece on hubby’s side,on Saturday a nephew on my side.
We left Thursday evening to cross the Chesapeake bay bridge tunnel,for Hurricane Ian was kicking up some winds causing an alert there. We cross safely late that night with a sigh of relief.
We had a lovely weekend ,that quickly came to an end.
Hubby loaded up some door sections from his brothers business,that he have ordered for a job to do that week. Off we headed for home never once thinking that Hurricane Ian had a surprise ahead for us.
We arrived at the bridge around 3:00 pm Monday,to be told we couldn’t cross for there was an alert 2 , that meant no vehicle carrying cargo in the back of pickups allowed on the bridge. Winds were not to subside until morning. We then decided that waiting in the truck all night was not our cup of tea, we promptly find a hotel,relaxing the rest of the evening,getting a good nights sleep ,had a good breakfast in the morning . we were on our way back to cross the bridge by 7:30 am with no problems. Here a photo of the waves.
Old house on the hill
Remember this old house ? It is here in Tennessee, nestled in the hills,it is also in need of some care. It was left go for quite a few years,with windows shot out, trash left inside…(and outside), and a small fire damage where the wood stove was.
Floor damage
We are going to gut the house down to the frame and outside wall. The main structure of the house is good, we still are pulling up the old flooring to be sure the floor foundation is fine. Here’s some more of the mess we are making.
Trashy kitchenNow we need to get some dumpsters to load all this mess into.
Some random photos from Ga and Tennessee.
Sunset in Ga.Our little camper set up while we work on the old house. At one time it
looked like this…
Until the next update in my small world… Take Care!
Well… I had really good intentions of getting a lot more done on this quilt . Sad to say intentions get you no where.🫣
Here’s how much I did quilt this round..
One single sashing.
That’s all I did.🙂 I will do another post to catch you up as to why the intentions never happened.
So check out the others for their updates.
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Oh dear.. once again I’m late.🫣 I’m having a time trying to keep up with life, it seems everything is happening the last two weeks of September.
We just got back from PA , grilling brisket for a friend’s wedding of 250 folks, now this weekend ,hubby has a niece getting married on Friday and I have a nephew on Saturday both being in MD ,which is nice for we can take in both weddings as they will only be about 20 miles apart.it just means another 11 hr trip.
I did get some quilting done not as much as I would have liked but temps went back up to 100* again for a few days,guess it is giving us a last fling of summer. Quilting under a quilt in that kind of weather is sweaty business.😀
However ,I have only have eight more blocks to do along with the borders.
Four more just like these showing on the bottom side of hoop.One of the corners finished.
I’m over the half way point,of that I’m so tickled about!👏🙂
Now off to try and catch up with the others updates.
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I don’t have a new photo to show what I quilted this round but I did get four more blocks finish making a total of ten blocks finished ,when I finish the border block of my last block I will be half way .👏
Photo from last round.
I’m not home where the quilt is that’s way no new photo.
Just a few photos from the Tadpole Hollow , that’s the name of the lane here in Tennessee.
Tadpole HollowTrail camera caught Mama bear and babyButterfly on my croc🙂Wild morning glory
Now I off to see what the others are up too! If you have a moment check them out.🙂
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What a beautiful weekend this has turned out to be! Weather heat has been much reduced to 80’s with nights in the low sixties.
I am happy with the progress I had on Aunties quilt. I was able to finish a quarter of the quilt , I’m hoping to do another quarter or at least close too it.
Where I start from last update …
Two stars done and gray borders
Today four stars and borders finished.
Total of six stars done and working on the seventh.
That’s it for me . Happy stitching !
A hearty welcome to Cathy !so glad you’ve joined us.👏
Hand Quilt Along Links
This Hand Quilt Along is an opportunity for hand quilters and piecers to share and motivate one another. We post every three weeks, to show our progress and encourage one another. If you have a hand quilting project and would like to join our group contact Kathy at the link below.
Today was a warm one with temps at 98* with a feel of 111* … as of right now there’s a thunderstorm going through that is slinging down rain,and a thunder clap that made me jump out of my skin and back in again.😁
I’m happy with what I got done this round. I’ve started in the middle doing it in quarters , two blocks finished along with sides working on the third block.
In this quarter there will be two blocks across and three down,making six blocks in this quarter while the other quarter will only have 4 blocks.
Close up of quilting design.
That’s it for me this time, so off to see visit the others!
Hand Quilt Along Links
This Hand Quilt Along is an opportunity for hand quilters and piecers to share and motivate one another. We post every three weeks, to show our progress and encourage one another. If you have a hand quilting project and would like to join our group contact Kathy at the link below.
Now on to my Indian summer paintings. I won’t finish these by the end of the month,it will be fun to see how much I can get done. This painting gives me the fall feel in summer.
I wanted to get this posted earlier, the Internet was down…. So I had to be patient 😏
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