Sunshine Petals

Vacation Time

I'm posting this from Virginia.  We are traveling to Pennsylvania to visit family. The last 2 days were spent in Augusta, GA. It's nice to get away for awhile but I'm missing out on doing the binding on my quilt for the Quilt Along. Wish I could have brought along my machine! Oh, well, I'll catch up when we get back.

Earlier I talked to our son and he put the phone on speaker so I could talk to my furry son, Gregory. He said Gregory was sniffing the phone. I guess he was trying to figure out how his mommy got into the phone! He's such a spoiled baby that I hated to leave him. I'm talking about the cat not the son. lol Gregory is more like a dog than a cat with the way he follows me around the house. My son said the first day we were gone Greg kept walking around the house calling me.

I'm not sure when I'll post again. Hopefully I will get to check email every day or so.

Ready to Quilt

My top is finished and ready to quilt! I'm going to practice first on a small wallhanging that I did a year ago and never finished. Now that Dana has me so motivated in quilting maybe I will finish up all those UFO's I have. :)

Visit Dana's blog if you'd like to join in the fun. And you can also be eligible for great prizes each week.

Quilt Along Update

I'm making good progress on my quilt. Here's a photo of the squares and also one row. I think the colors in this quilt are so pretty together. My son looked at it and said it reminded him of Thanksgiving and hubby said fall. So I said, yes, and what is my favorite season of the year? That's right, autumn.

 

In just a bit I'm going to go sew the rows together. Last night I got a lot of them finished so it shouldn't take long. This week we will start the quilting on it. Free motion! I've never been brave enough to do that before so it should be interesting.

Visit Dana's blog if you'd like to join in the fun. And you can also be eligible for great prizes each week.

Pink Saturday

Welcome to Pink Saturday!

I love this teacup with pink roses on it. It belonged to my grandmother. I don't believe she ever drank out of it and neither have I. I keep it with a collection of tea cups that I either bought, was given or ones that belonged to my grandmother.

Be sure to notice the postcard in the background with the beautiful pink flowers. Don't you love her rosy pink cheeks? I love to collect old postcards especially ones with ladies on them. This one is dated October 5, 1912. It's titled From Him by Philip Boileau. There is writing on the back to Billy but I can't make out who wrote it, his grandmother maybe? She tells him to excuse her poor writing because she is tired that day. I find it so interesting to read something that was written almost a hundred years ago.

Stop by Beverly's blog, How Sweet The Sound and see the list of other blogs that are taking part in Pink Saturday!

9 Patch Quilt Along Progress

I am finished all my 9 patch blocks for the quilt a-long! Wow, I can't believe I am ahead of things on this one. As soon as I get caught up on the other quilt along, I'll start doing the sashing on this one. Here's a preview of some of the blocks laid out on a sheet on my design wall ... umm, I mean living room floor. I made extra since I want it for our queen size bed.

 Check out some of the other beautiful blocks at our Flickr group.

Another Quilt Along - Week 2 Progress

Dana at Old Red Barn Co. is having a Quilt Along that will be starting Week 4 tomorrow. I started late so I've just begun sewing my strips together. But I hope to catch up soon.

These are my fabric strips for Week 2 of the Old Red Barn Co. Quilt Along. I so love doing the quilt alongs since it has really gotten me motivated again with quilting.

I even bought a 1/4 foot for my Pfaff yesterday. OMG, you should see my perfectly consistent seams! And I can sew even quicker using the foot instead of worrying about having wonky wobbly seams! 

Visit Dana's blog if you'd like to join in the fun. And you can also be eligible for great prizes each week.

Pink Saturday

Welcome to Pink Saturday!

We are going to take another look at some of the pink flowers growing in my garden. I bought this pink Anthurium last year. When it outgrew the pot it was in, I decided to plant it in the ground. It's in a shady spot next to a large ixora bush and seems to be happy with that location. I know I'm happy with seeing it bloom! Never in my wildest dreams growing up in Maryland did I ever think I would grow one of these in my yard.

 

Pink Anthurium in my front flower bed.

 

Close up of Anthurium, also known as the Little Boy or Flamingo Flower.

 

Hot pink Petunia in hanging basket.

Stop by Beverly's blog, How Sweet The Sound and see the list of other blogs that are taking part in Pink Saturday!

30 down and ? to go

Here's some of my progress in the 9 Patch One A Day Quilt Along. I've gotten ahead of things and now have 30 done!

 

 

 

Flowers from Hubby

Happy Mother's Day!

 

Some of my favorite Mother's Day quotes.

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.   ~ Honore de Balzac

A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.  ~ Tenneva Jordan

Pink Saturday

Welcome to Pink Saturday!

 

I love miniature Roses and hubby bought this one for me the other day. Isn't it beautiful? And it even has a scent to it. Most of the miniature roses I've had in the past had no fragrance.

Stop by Beverly's blog, How Sweet The Sound and see the list of other blogs that are taking part in Pink Saturday!