Haven't had a lot of sewing time so far this summer. Graduation  was June 26, after which we participated in Project Graduation, a yearly event at a local college where the graduates get to eat and play all night long. After a very few short hours of sleep, we spent Sunday moving my DD and family to a new apartment the next town over. The graduate went off to spend the Summer working at the Boy Scout Camp as the director of archery and BB gun.
Since the weather has been quite warm so far we have spent time at the lake. Very nice. The rest of my time has been taken up with work, college for DS, canning and graduation party planning.

Wild black raspberry jam.

First time splashing in the lake.

Working on the sashing.

















Upcoming quilting goals for next two weeks are to machine quilt some of Trail to Eagle and finish the sashing  for the basket quilt. But if its 90 degrees out I'm going swimming!
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Design Wall Monday

I started this basket wallhanging to use up some of my smaller fabric pieces. There will be scrappy flying geese sashing, but I'm not sure what I am doing with the border yet. Not too sure about the pink basket, it doesn't have enough contrast.
I plan on cutting out some of the flying geese sashing today while I watch for the mail carrier. I sure hope he brings my Electric Quilt 7!

Bad blogger!

I am such a bad blogger... 3 weeks between posts. So this is a quick update. I am working again at the canal side restaurant where I worked last summer.  Check out the pictures under the family fun tab.Great place to work, and you can't beat the view. 

I have been working on a wall hanging of baskets, with flying geese sashing and the Quilter's Dream Select batting arrived, so I can't wait to get the Eagle Quilt started.







We are counting the days till my son (the youngest) graduates high school. The time went way to fast. I am going to miss his football and lacrosse games and him when he leaves for college. Luckily he will only be an hour away for the first two years!

He's number 45 in this photo.

Well, I know this wasn't much but I am going to post at least something every week!

My thread has arrived!

The Bottom Line thread from Superior arrived in last nights mail! I am excited and a little nervous to get started on the quilting for A Trail to Eagle.
 This quilt is special and I  want the quilting to turn out well. The size is good, about 71 inches and I have my table all set except for the vinyl cover ( see my very first post). I am going to mark the geese border with undulating feathers. I am not too sure what to quilt in the triangles in the star border.Also, I am thinking  straight lines, perpendicular to the  final borders, keep it simple. Somehow though, I think trying to quilt straight lines  on a domestic machine may be challenging. I know I will never again try to quilt circles after ripping out all the nasty circles on my brother's quilt.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms! We have had crazy weather here the last couple of days. Yesterday the wind seemed to blow half the new leaves from the trees. Pat and I were shopping for hanging baskets for our moms and the wind was just whipping all the nursery stock all over the garden center. This morning the heat was on again and I looked out the window and it was snowing!
It might freeze tonight but I haven't planted anything yet so I don't need to worry.
I've put a roasting chicken in the oven  for dinner, and now I am going to my sewing room to play for a couple of hours.

EQ7

Electric Quilt 7 is coming out in June. Every EQ update has been fantastic; with new features, more blocks and layouts. There will be an expanded section on working with and manipulating photos. I can't wait except... A few months ago my cd and my dvd drives quit working so I will have to get new ones before my software comes. Actually we should start thinking about a new computer since this one is 6 or 7 years old!

Trail to Eagle top is finished. The final borders went on without any problems and now I have to figure out the quilting designs. I belong to Quiltwhisperers  a great yahoo group moderated by Carla of Feathered Fibers that helps those of us who struggle with choosing the perfect designs for our quilt. I posted pics and hope to get some great ideas. The quilt is too big for
my design wall so I pinned it onto the upstairs hallway, but
I could only get a portion of the quilt in the picture.
It feels so good to have the top done!

Eagles... his and mine

My son's Eagle Court of Honor was Saturday May 1st! I gave my mom my camera and she was a little nervous so I only have a couple of pictures. I will post one later.

I finally finished the pieced border on Trail to Eagle. Woot woot!
 I am out of wall space so my file cabinet and sewing machine are in the picture.Sorry.
It was easier to tear out paper before sewing to the green border pieces. I also pressed open the seams of each section hoping that the seams won't show as much.
I ordered my thread from Superior Threads today. I should be finished with the top by the time it gets here.
Just three plain borders to go.