Short and sweet ...

Just finished this quilt!  I had been working on piecing it for the longest time, off and on, and finally got it to Benjie to have it machine quilted while we were away in TX.  I sewed the binding on around the edge yesterday, then spent the evening under it, sewing the binding down by hand.  Now it's done!  Ta-da!  I originally got the idea from Jane S., who was working on a different pattern with these colors and I loved the combo so much I decided to do one as well.  So glad I did.  Wendell and I both love this quilt!  I know I said I'd never enter a quilt in the Greene County Fair again but maybe ???

I hung it out on the railing this a.m. for these pictures.  Here it is, with the corner flipping in the breeze!  It shows off the backing very well that way.  Happy accident!

Here's a view from the deck side; I used about 50 different reds and browns ...

This close-up shows some of the fabrics I used and Benjie's wonderful quilting!

And here's the part W. likes the best ... the back!  He's weird!  LOL!

I've been catching up on several projects around here since we got back.  And tomorrow I've promised myself I'll go outside and work on cleaning up flower beds.  That's a project that badly needs to be started at least!  Hopefully it will be somewhat warmer tomorrow.  It's been very nippy outside with that north breeze blowing up on our hill.  But the daffodils are getting ready to bloom, and the crocus is already showing off it's purple flowers already.  So it's time I got out there!

And speaking of finishing some things, here's another project I finished last week.  My yellow ware bowl rug.  It's seemed sorta big to me the longer I hooked it and I've been working on it a long time, too.  Not as long as that quilt, but long for me to work on an average size rug.  About a year I'm thinking, off and on, with other hooking thrown in besides.  I completed the middle but set it aside because I had a heck of a time deciding what to do for the border and finally went with this ...

Well, I'm done hooking it but as you can see, it's not been steamed or bound.  But the hard part is over; the hooking!  I LOVE this rug!  I promise to put another picture on here when it's really done....

Well, I also finished needle punching a little piece I did to affix to a small washboard I found in TX and I'll put a picture on here of that next time.  Don't want to make you glaze over with my 'projects' ...

Having fun sewing recently with Jane and the other women at Project Kindness.  Our next project will be walker pockets for vets at the VA.  I've found about 7-8 military-type fabrics to begin with and we'll go from there.  We just finished a batch of bib/aprons for Glenburn Home in Linton.  It's always fun and fulfilling.  And I get to spend time with kindred spirits at the same time!

Well, I guess I'm really back home now ... (and feeling better) ... God is good to me!  Later y'all!