Football Day!

It was a beautiful day for a football game yesterday! The weather has cooled a bit in the last few days. We were only hot for the first quarter; then the sun moved a bit and we were in the shade for the rest of the game.

That photo of the white Auburn logo floating the air - that's apparently a new addition to pregame this year. There is a machine on the sideline that makes these logo shaped bubble creations that float up and away. Each is made of thousands of little soap bubbles. Really cool!

Hubby and I were in our happy place!

And the band was in fine form. We so enjoyed our day on campus!

I finished basting my hexie pieces on Friday before we left the lake. Friday afternoon was spent doing laundry and buying groceries. So today I'm ready to machine stitch my hexie pieces together. And maybe I'll do a bit of feather quilting, too.

Friday afternoon various neighbors stopped by to offer condolences and bring food - we love our neighbors!

You know, when Hubby came home after being gone for so long, I had already increased my walking. He has jumped on the bandwagon. We try to walk a bit more each day. I tell him when I'm 'halfway tired' and we turn around and go back. This morning when I told him, he said I should pretend I'm only 3/8's of the way tired. Okay, I was game. We ended up walking (with Cooper) for almost 3 miles. We'll take a shorter walk this evening. I love that we push each other.

Now it's time to make some bread. While it's rising I can sew!

Have a great day!

Work Day

Poor SeaDoo - stuck on its lift for the winter. Today is a work day, mostly for hubby. He'll mow, weed eat, put the cover on SeaDoo, fix a light fixture, and a few more things. I'll be cleaning inside (and basting hexies).

We grilled out last night - burgers for dinner and smoked sausage for tonight. Looked away for a minute and Cooper scarfed down half the sausages! That dog! Luckily there are enough left for tonight's dinner.

 The weather is a bit cooler today! The high will only be 83 - a big improvement! I'm leashing up the dogs for a walk before I do anything else. 

Go forth and hexie!

Hexies Prepared!

Done! I have a gallon size ziplock bag full of smaller baggies with sets of hexie piece ready to baste at the lake. I've added my glue sticks and scissors (to snip the curves). Eventually I'll keep my featherweight at the lake house for machine sewing there, but I'm not taking it today.

We forged a new trail this morning. Cooper adores walking on trails! So many wonderful smells! We are increasing our walks - this morning's walk was more than 2 miles. Our afternoon walk will be at the lake.

Today's trek took us to the golf course. Lovely morning!

I found a bit of time for quilting feathers. Don't you hate it when this happens? You realize something doesn't feel right. You look on the backside. UGH!!! I've learned to never walk away from a mistake. Rip it out immediately! Rethread machine (yup, that was the problem), and quilt again!

Have a great day!!!

Hexie Fabrics for Today!

Okay, I'll admit it. The only way I could make it through last night's presidential debate was by playing Bingo with hubby. This was my card - I ended up marking 9 of these items during the evening. I won! And that's all I will say about that! 

This morning's walk was fabulous! The geese were out in full force, many swimming in the lake. With hubby along, we went extra far. Through the woods. Across a field. Lots of steps!

And now for fabric! Here are a few I'll be working with. You probably remember this quilt is called Bliss - I'm adding fabrics that represent my favorite things. So I figured I'd add a touch of Auburn fabric. Why not? Haha! Just a touch...

I plan to cut and prepare lots of little packets of curved hexies today - ready to baste at the lake.  And maybe I'll also fit it a bit more feather quilting.

I'm working on Bliss every day until I get the top finished. I promised the full pattern by the end of the year, and you will have it!  It's going to be fun to quilt - can't wait for that part!

Have a great day!

Feathers!

Feathers! Feathers are happening! I traced a circle on the block, quilted the circle, then started making feathers to go to the edge of the square. !!!!!!!! This is fun! 

The first square I quilted took FOREVER! But...with practice comes speed. I'm getting much better and faster at this.  I'm thrilled to know this is doable - not as hard as you might think. 

We went to a volleyball game yesterday only to find out it was away at Texas A&M - haha! Oh well, we had a nice little outing and I spotted this pot of flowers - so pretty!

The afternoon walk with Cooper was beautiful. A gorgeous sunset. A deer just yards away. Ahhh.....

So today's plan... HEXIES!!!! I plan to cut fabric and get organized. We're going to the lake later this week and I'd love to take a pile to baste.

And now it's time to take Cooper for a morning walk. Have a great day!

Back in the Saddle: Quilt Basting!

Firstly, thanks to all of you for your prayers and support and kind comments - they meant so much! The funeral for hubby's father was Friday morning and was CROWDED. This man had touched so many people during his life - job well done, Clyde!

We will miss him, BUT I have my hubby back home! He's got a bit of a cold now, but we thoroughly enjoyed spending yesterday watching football together.  We grilled out chicken last night - things are slowly getting back to normal.

In the afternoon I basted this quilt sandwich - I do this on the dining room table close to the football game and hubby!

I plan to quilt this with my Bernina using rulers. I have gotten more of them! My LQS (Stitch Therapy) got them for me. I now have the second set along with the feather set. Yes, you can quilt feathers with rulers! And it's not as hard as you might think! I haven't decided if I'll quilt feathers on this quilt, but I do need to practice, so maybe so...

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Hello dear friends,

My father-in-law went to Heaven last night. We are so relieved his suffering is over. I'll be away from the blog for a few days. Your sweet emails and comments have meant the world to me. Thanks for being my friends.