This and That

I’m a winner! I won this bundle of Farmhouse FQs from Andover on an Instagram giveaway.

Mr. Wonderful is the best cook! Can you tell the rice is formed into a heart shape? So yummy!

Another puzzle finish. I remember the commercials for many of these cereals from my childhood. It was pretty rare when any of these actually ended up on the shelves of my childhood home.

I thought this was so good!

I saw this at Goodwill. I laughed and laughed!

We dog sat for three of my grand dogs this week.

Bambi

Winnie

Milo

Have a great day!

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Finish It Up Friday ~ Little Hourglass

I finished my little bit!

This little vintage piece was my inspiration.

Here is mine after quilting on the long arm.

Something felt off. So I trimmed the borders down before binding.

I think I should have trimmed a bit more.

Have a great day!

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Tiny SMT

This is my inspiration for making the Tiny Scrappy Meets Thrift blocks.

I have been cutting pieces for the size quilt that I want to make.

These are the dies I used from my AccuQuilt 4” Qube. I love these Qubes! I have all the basic dies I need on my shelf.

I want this one to finish about the same size as this quilt so I can change it out.

Have a great day!

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A Little Bit

While kitting up the quilt I shared yesterday, I cut out a mini that I’ve had on my to do list.

These hourglass blocks finish at 2 inches.

Have a great day!

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Kitting Up

I’m kitting up a few projects to take in the RV this summer. This one has been on my bucket list for a while.

This is my fabric pull. I’m going to make a small version with six inch blocks.

These are the AccuQuilt dies I am using from the 4” Qube.

I probably wont kit up as much for this summer. But then, you never know. 😁

And here is another Gracie picture.

Have a great day!

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Welcome to the Family, Gracie Bear!

Oops! We did it again!

We stopped at our local family owned pet supply store. They often have puppies sourced locally. This sweet little girl is now 10 weeks old. Her momma is full miniature poodle, and we have no idea who or what her daddy is! This store took the puppies to find homes for them.

The mister took one look and he was smitten. 😍

Winslow and Willy have always been my dogs, though they do love the mister. But he needed a dog of his very own.

And this little girl fit the bill and stole his heart.

These photos are a bit deceptive. She is all black except for a few white hairs on her chest. The sun through the palm tree makes her look white/gray in places.

It’s hard to photograph a black puppy!

So far, this is the only photo I’ve gotten with all three pups. Winslow and Willy are still a bit unsure about this spunky, little upstart.

I’m sure they will soon be fast friends.

Have a great day!

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Happy Resurrection Day!

He is risen.

And that makes all the difference.

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This and That

Every spring when we head north, this cactus has had buds. We always left before we actually saw flowers! Not this year.

Not to be outdone, a couple of our other cacti bloomed earlier this week as well.

Oh, Willy!

We found a new favorite restaurant. It reminds me of Wisconsin. They had the best cheese curds ever!

We’ve had some weird weather lately.

But rainbows are always good. Have a great day!

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Finish It Up Friday ~ RWB Bow ties

I’m chuffed to bits about this baby quilt finish!

It turned out even better than I had imagined.

I used the tiny blue check that I used in some of the blocks for the back and binding.

I tried a little experiment to finish the binding with perle cotton. I thought this would be faster than traditional hand finishing. And it was.

It finished at about 36 by 42 inches, a good size for dragging about.

Have a great day!

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SMT Update

These blocks are coming along!

I think this pile has 50 blocks.

And I’ve settled on this print for the alternate blocks.

I actually don’t have quite enough, but I’ll use that as an excuse to get creative.

Have a great day!

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