Tonight we must bid a fond farewell to Sesame Bun.

You may recall that Sesame and Nickell were the first bunnies I brought home in April 2012.  Nickell died last July and today Sesame followed her to the great clover patch in the sky.  He was the sweetest and the best.  We'll miss him greatly.

Until then, keep stitchin' . . .

Will someone please adjust the thermostat?

With a high of 90 today and a humidity level at 3 million percent, it's officially summer in my neck of the woods.

Today the house was cleaned up, the bunny cages were cleaned out, and as the heat index rose, I sequestered myself in the A/C room.

There, I starched and cut and trimmed and stacked.  My hand-dyed fabrics are going to add a lovely dimension to this project.  Bali prints would work beautifully also.

Inspiration came from a quilt store catalog dated 2011.  When I came across it yesterday, I knew it was time to switch projects.  As you can see, Fall is on my mind.

I'll need a total of 108 9-patch blocks, but I'm going to assemble them in a non-traditional matter.  

Will post pictures of that process as soon as possible.  If you'd like to join in, you'll need a range of browns, red browns, gold, orange, green, and black for framing.  (I'm using 2" squares, but 2-1/2" would work just as well.)

Until then, keep stitchin' . . .

Epiphany and a turkey!

"It's a woman's prerogative to change her mind" . . . again and again and again if need be.

Yesterday, I had a light bulb moment . . . .

Instead of quilting this with straight lines, why not use wavy lines on a slight diagonal.   Something to add interest, but not distract.

The backing is all ready so I hope to work on this soonest.

Here's the turkey, slowly foraging through my front yard yesterday.  I'm not sure how many youngin's she had with her.  Can you see the one far to the left, between the fence post and the tree?

It's nice to live in such a quiet corner that turkeys can roam freely.

Stay cool everyone, we may reach 90 today.

Until then, keep stitchin' . . .

God Bless America!

Have a happy and safe 4th of July everyone.

Until then, keep stitchin' . . .

It's such a simple thing, the focus point on the Nikon D7000

But it was the main problem I had on Saturday.  Well okay, that and a few other things.

 When I tried to get focused on faces, sometimes it would work and sometimes not.

These 3 young people are waiting for the bride and groom to smash cake in each other's face.  I think it's the only time they were standing still.

 The groom's cake.

Love this Chevy.  

Getting ready to climb in the back of the truck.

 A lovely guest.

 I bet I could dance better if I had shoes like this.

Finally a sewing shot, 2-inch square assembly.  About all I've had time for lately.

Until then, keep stitchin' . . .