I knew my knees couldn't stand crawling around on the floor sandwiching this quilt together so I brought out my Quilters Floor Frame that I had forever ( when I thought I wanted to hand quilt). I used my Quilt Tack gun and it all worked great. However, I know why I pay for someone to quilt my quilts :)
I saw this binding hint on a blog and tried it and it works great. I also did the 1/4" steam a seam 2 binding trick that Diane Fournet from the Beaumont Quilters Guild taught us at Quilts Bayou in Lake Charles and it also worked great. Will definitely be using these hints again!
I had started this quilt at a late night sew in at Quilts Bayou in Lake Charles. When my uncle wanted to send a quilt to one of our cousins in Arkansas who has had a cancer scare I thought about this one. I dug it out and finished the borders and quilted it on my sewing machine. I hope Patty enjoys it.
Our grandbaby got to spend the day with us yesterday and of course Nana thoroughly enjoyed it. This is my son and daughter spoiling him. Love him!
This is the quilt I made at our quilt retreat in Kountze, TX. I used Eleanor Burn's pattern, "How Charming". I just need to get it quilted now, I'm really worried about those scallops since I've never done that before. It went together really easy, I love using charm packs.
When I saw this quilt in this Quilt Sampler magazine I called the shop that had it posted and they sent me a kit. The design is from Artichoke Collection. I think when it is quilted I will hang it over Karson's crib.
I used the pattern, "Sailing Sailing" from Hollyhock Quilts by Glenna Hailey. Loved how it turned out. A lot of pinwheel's LOL. I think I will use Thangles next time.
These are my BOM's from The Borne Quilter in Lafayette, LA. I love the 1930's fabric and these are super easy to put together as everything is already cut for you.
The Beaumont, Tx Quilt Guild had Bonnie Hunter from quiltville.com at their August meeting and I got to go. To see her quilts in person was so exciting after reading her blog for so long.
Another block done for my Sentimental Journey quilt blocks. This is from blockcentral.com website. I need to get caught up on the other ones.
This is what I picked this morning. Not very many this year they are just starting to ripen. 
Just got back from our vacation to Branson, Missouri. We had a great time just the 2 of us. Nice going with the kids but it was also nice all by ourselves, we got to do our own thing and we spent alot less money. (Ha) The picture of the skies is how it looked on the day we left. I have never seen anything like it, pretty but weird. The 6 Camaro's were for the show, "6". It was six brothers, they made their own music with their mouths and the singing was great. We also seen the show, "Pierce Arrow" also great, loved their comedian and the last show we saw was, "The Haygoods" this is 7 siblings, very talented family. All were great, I laughed one night so much that my jaws ached. On our way home we stayed one night in Mena, Arkansas at Wilhomenia Inn it had beautiful views. Glad to be home after taking the scenic route home (like a snake).
After 24 quarts and 17 pints I do not want to look at another cucumber again! We all love them so I guess it was worth it. 
