THE MONDAY AFTER--

 Well for most--Easter is in the rearview mirror--But then-- not for all of us--seems I won't be doing Easter with my son and dil until tomorrow, Tuesday!!!

I did nearly all my runnin around last Monday so I could sew for a few days in a row--and I actually did sew the rest of the week--

First I finished the hand quilting on the Woven Wreath quilt--

And on Saturday I got the binding sewed on it--I was surprised I had a piece of fabric in just the right color for the binding--I think when I bought the top piece a year and half ago--I also got a half yard of that tiny checkered piece--thinking binding--only when I got it out this year to finish it--I used it as the backing--and there wasn't enough for the binding too--But as I said--had a perfect match in my stash!!

So this one is a total finish--I 'so' enjoyed doing the embroidery on this one each month last year!!  Thanks Kathy S.

Earlier in the week-- I also got the Truck embroidery top layered and basted--

I may have an issue with hand quilting this one as I did these back when I was using an iron-on interfacing behind the blocks for the stitching--and now to stitch through a batting and backing and the 2 layers in each block--well--we will see how that works out????

And I worked on the Red hexie piece all week--

 This piece has been a 'pain' ever since I picked it back up a couple months ago--I had planned on a Grandmother's flower style block--only I needed 6 petals of each print and only had fabric for '4'!! and discovered it was on old enough line that there was none left anywheres--so to Plan b or was it c by this time????   Then as I went to lay this top piece on the background--which by the way was very hard to find in my stash--I have lots of whites and whites on white--but this needed more of bit darker than white---finally-found one that looked good enough and wide enough to use--but then I also discovered I had to unstitch half section of the hexies and move them down a hexie--so some unstitching and restitching was done--the I basted the hexies to the background piece and then appliqued all around the outside hexies--then layered it with batting and backing--and now I am in the process of hand quilting each hexie---

I am slowly working each morning on the ABC farmer's mkt Cross stitch piece--

In other news--

My girl friend Carolyn and I were grocery shopping on Fridays and had a good 10 minute wait for the bus yet--so we popped into the Bealls store--and they already had Easter marked down to 40% off--so look who followed me home--

He was only $6.00--and I will leave him out for the rest of Spring and maybe even Summer!!

And 2 new plants came home with me from Publix--

First is a Spring Cactus--

A very loaded with blooms plant and a rosey-peach color--pretty-

and--

Both were only $7---I have not tried caring for miniature roses before--so we will see???

I also cut--12 different colors of fabric into 2.5" strips--

wonder what I am going to do with these--?????

And here is the yellows I will be playing with this week for the orange peels--

WELL THAT'S MY ADVENTURES FOR LAST WEEK--

ON TO THE NEW ADVENTURES FOR THIS WEEK--WHAT NEW ADVENTURES OR PROJECTS DO YOU HAVE PLANNED THIS WEEK????

HUGS, DI

I keep wanting to tell you all something and I keep forgetting or the post is already too long--I do read many blog posts and I often have a comment in mind-and I tell myself I will go back and leave that 'comment' when--when I don't have food in my hand or in front of the keyboard---you see--I do my blog reading while I am eating my lunch and supper--so I have a plate of food to work over top of--it just doesn't work very well--but do know that I enjoy each post I read and I love seeing all the work and projects and gardens I see on your posts-please-keep posting we need you--so many are stopping and right now--those of us who are still at it--need all the calmness and peace from reading those posts--thank you!