MY SQUIRREL HAS---

 Squirrel had jumped down the rabbit hole-----

when I was getting down something from my quilt book shelf--I found this one--

this still laid around for a week or two--I did look it over and along with the book I had  a plastic bag of white envelopes, that I discovered had the flower patterns already cut from freezer paper in each one--hummmm????

I also read inside the book it said--May 2007--and I do even remember when and where I bought it--at a little shop in Dundee, NY with my friend Anne--she may have even bought it for me for my birthday as that is in May--????  But other than doing the pattern prep after getting the book--it has been hauled around from apartments and states for 18 years!!!  I decided I would do some of the flowers as I was looking for an applique pattern--but still hadn't decided 'when'--

Well--the 'when' came by and visited me on Thursday--this week--first I needed to check out all my greens, I even had a envelope of green leaves I had even cut out-but needed fabric to match for the bias stems---was lucky and did find some to go with the leaves--then I cut 8" squares (that will be trimmed to 7 1/2" squares later from white fabric--and as I seemed to be on a roll--I prepped '4' blocks to applique and got one done yesterday afternoon--

Now--I also discovered in the pile of envelopes I had too many envelopes--why????

well--then I realized and remembered that there was 2 flower quilt books by E. Burns that day and that Anne had gotten the second one and I had borrowed it, and also had those flowers all traced and cut out on freezer paper--so I did go hunting to find that book and did find a used one at Walmart --online--for only $5.00--so you know me--had to order it --but who knows how many years it will be before I do some in that book???????????  If I wait another 18 years I would be 95---!!!!!

I also had some finishes in the last couple weeks-

First up is the truck piece is finished--

And I am now working on Jenny's bom from, I think, 2 years ago--

Am doing a cross hatch design in the block and then straight line hand quilting on the strips around each block--I just have 2 centers left to do and then the border--

On the cross stitching front--I have 2 total finishes--

This was kit that Anne sent me for my birthday--the Bee is from the pattern--but this fabric was way too stiff for me to work on--so from there I just did my own design to finish it with the tall sunflower and then finished it off--

And here is  another design from Melisa's treasure trove of designs--

I love these crock 1869 designs she does--and needed this bee hive for my collection--thanks, Melisa!

And the one I am working on now--is also a Melisa design--

As for knitting--

I got '2' new hats done in the new pattern--though there was some taking out--or undoing the bind off row, to add more length--still not sure they are long enough???

Not alot of adventures--just the grocery shopping trips--and watching prices go up and up!!!

But last Friday, Carolyn and I walked around the block to the Harvest Thyme Cafe and I got  some flower photos--

we had a nice lunch of ice tea and Strawberry French toast--yum--and another friend even 'popped' in to join us--!!

We had a Thunder storm yesterday afternoon that last for over an hour--of consent lightning--never have seen or heard a storm with that much lightning, before--and the funny thing was --hardly any rain--now this afternoon more thunder--but not so close and we had some rain!!!!!

TIME TO GET BACK TO MY APPLIQUE FLOWERS--THEN SOME HAND QUILTING--AND I WILL TOP IT OFF WITH SOME KNITTING BEFORE BED--

TAKE CARE--STAY SAFE--EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO STAY HOME AND JUST STITCH!!

HUGS, DI