Well my 75th birthday was Wednesday and its a blessing I am still doing well. The day started out bad as our power was off for 5 hours due to trees down from a storm...but good it came on in time for me to get a shower and meet Friends at Ruby Tuesday to celebrate - but bad because while they were all here, my husband fell in the bathroom and we had to call EMT for help to get him up and to the hospital...but good because he did not break any bones and is now just dealing with some soreness. We were in the ER for 12 hours! But Thanks be to God, I have been blessed with fairly good health and able to take care of him.
Yesterday was our 51st anniversary and we simply spent a quiet day at home. He was not up to doing much.
APIP #1: Meryton - Whoopee - I have it in the hoop and did a little quilting on it this morning. I just love hand quilting, find it so relaxing. And I needed some relaxation this day.
APIP #2 : Bloom and Grow - I did complete all the stitcheries and had hoped to start putting the blocks together - but life happens!
APIP #13: Rose and Tulip Applique (Tote Bag)
This started out as a demo to my Guild and club using Golden Thread as an applique "underlay." I liked my sample so much, I turned it into a tote bag, with the applique on the front anda Bolar Fusible panel on the back. I had made the panel in a recent workshop and did not know what I wanted to do with it. So here is the finished project;
APIP #14 - Bright Hopes Crochet lap quilt - I won't attach any pictures as they pretty much look the same, but this week I did finish enough blocks to make one row, and maybe next week I can show you that!
APIP#15 - Hues Clues Challenge (New) - I guess I needed something else to do, so I signed up for a block challenge at my LQS SewEndipitous. Its called Hues Clues and you draw a color card with four colors and have to make a 20" block using those colors. Its a light, medium and dark of a particular color and one complimentary color. You do not pick the card you want, you just had to choose it and only found out the colors after you chose. I am happy with my draw, and decided they looked like earth tones to me and with a complimentary color of Turquoise, reminded me of Native Americans. So between yesterday and today, I completed a star block and then one side of a border using Seminole piecing. I have the one border and another couple borders fabrics to see how they look. Its a fun project, but has interrupted my progress on other projects as I am so excited to see how it turns out. I plan to do a little beading in the Turquoise color. Has to be done by June 21 - Yikes!
So now, I think I am done for the day.....hmmm...maybe go and hand quilt some. There is always something for me to work on so makes it hard to find time for cooking, laundry, cleaning......
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