Crafters May 27 through June 2

A most solemn Memorial Day to you all.

Hard to believe that the calendar flips over to June at the end of this week. As I sat down to start the thread I was just going to add to last weeks, until I realized it is also Monday. I do know we will be viewing the local Memorial Day parade- we usually attend one parade each year...I am hoping that we stay really local today. Dh is a veteran, as was my dad. I usually get choked up watching the parade when the veterans go past.

Phyl- sounds like you are having a great weekend with so many graduation parties!! Do you have good weather too??

CJ- I LOVE those jar toppers, they are so pretty. Hope that they work up easily for you...which color scheme did you purchase? The fabrics for the mason jar quilt are adorable, and will be perfect for your project. You find the most interesting projects to work on! Thanks for sharing. I started checking out the amish quilt auction- yes there are some amazing and beautiful quilts shown.

Sue- were you able to get more sleep? Its so calming to listen to the birds in the morning...

Ruth- so glad you were able to activate the new phone with such ease. Yes, the fitbit does sync pretty much all by itself once the App is activated. How are you finding it using Fitbit? I am guessing that the granny square baby afghan you are making is more “girl colored” than the blue one you were working on. So many pretty colors of yarn out there, what color scheme are you using? My DD made one for a friend (also the huge granny square) that faded in and out of a tan/brown/grey- it was striking...a simple piece but the use of color made it so interesting. Glad its not too hot in your area. You might be looking for spring- but its great that you have not gone into instant summer. Yes the dreaded yardwork awaits us....darn I have a hard enough time keeping the inside of they house and now you expect me to keep the outside pretty too?? Ha ha ha

Got a bit of work done on the third block last night....as soon as I say goodbye I hope to finish that block and get set up to start the last one for this month. Dd’s bridal shower is next weekend, and this week is a little bit busier than most, so its best if I complete all my blocks early.

Lovely to hear the morning birds out there......I can hear some geese overhead too along with the chatter of the birds.

Gotta go start a load of laundry and then finish that block.
Ginny

Hello Crafters

Ginny - I'm glad you were able to get some work done on your quilt blocks. Sounds like things will get busy now for the wedding.

The small quilt I bought was in aqua tones (they call it mint-ish). If you do look through the Mennonite Auction quilts, I really liked the one that looked like a large tedding bear - the quilt was done all in squares or half square triangles. So clever and cute.

It's in the 80s and warm here today. I had the windows open earlier, but I've closed them downstairs and turned on the AC. I left them open upstairs for a bit because I was getting a nice cross breeze.

I'm baking a small loaf of bread today, not sure how it's going to turn out since I changed up the recipe to suit myself. It's one of the no-knead ones. I watched a video this morning where someone made the no-knead bread in plastic bag - no touching the dough at all. It was interesting.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day.

There was a parade in town today, but we didn't go. We have been watching war movies on Sundance channel. Things like The Dirty Dozen which still makes me laugh. Kelleys Heroes which is a Clint Eastwood film.

My craniosacral therapist is working today, so I saw her early this morning. On my way back home I saw several small old planes making their Memorial Day flight to a town in the next valley to the east. There weren't as many as usual, probably due to the low clouds. A helicopter was flying around this valley with a large American flag. The birds were out, including geese and ducks.

When I got home I pulled dandelions out of the long raised bed along the driveway.

The house that had 18 offers on it a few weeks ago must have closed in record time. The new owners are moving in today. One of the smallest houses is getting a big makeover. A two story addition that must quadruple the footprint is being added to the back of the house. Across the fence and one house to the east was adding what I thought was a shop/pole barn or something similar looks more like a house with a second floor. It's huge, probably 4,000 - 6,000 square feet. It's on 1.5 acres, so there's plenty of room, but if it's a second house,

The aspen leaves are still very small, but they're quaking in the breeze.i picked some daffodils. There are three different types, but they're all a combination of pale yellow and white. I need to think about planting some new tulips this fall. I've gotten multiple years, but they are smaller and fewer in numbers. Tomorrow I may go pick up some annuals to go under the back deck in the hosts bed. Some spots of color!

CH how did the bread turn out? Do u have any of the strawberry rhubarb preserves to spread on it? Were you able to settle on a mason jar pattern?

Got quilt bloc#3 done and am cutting out the fabric for #4.
The bridal shower is women only, more traditional in concept. Slept poorly last night.

Good afternoon everyone. It's a dismal looking day today but we do need the moisture. Only problem is it dries up fast and then we still have drought conditions.

Phyl, it's good seeing you so many times in the last few days. I'm sorry to hear your back hurts. I hurt mine while my sister was here but it's improving day by day. Have no pain pills but in the beginning I did take ibuprofen. I'm also sorry you don't like your current project very much. I hope when you finish it it looks much better than you expect.

CJ, I, too, was wondering about the bread. I may have to bake some of my gluten free biscuits. Your bread makes me want to have a bread like product.

Ginny, how is little grandson doing? Is he over his strep and whatever else was going on? Is the baby still having teething woes?

I'm still working on the rectangular baby blanket. I thought maybe I was going to run out of the yarn I'm using before it got to a good size but I just found four more skeins of this pink mixture and at least one of the white I want to use for the edging so I'm all set and hopefully this yarn will be used up. I really need to use more of my stash.I don't have the earwarmers here in this room but after I found another I think I ended up with 5 or 6 of the waffle stitch ones and one cable one so not a ton but more than I thought.So eventually I'll make some more of the cable ones and the girls will each have a cable one and a waffle one. I also found a couple more patterns for others that I want to make and will make one for each of the girls in those patterns too and the rest will go into the donate box.

I'm doing some cooking and baking today too....lasagna and carrot cake.I was going to make carrot cake while my sister was here but didn't get to it. There were several things I didn't get to while she was here but I'll keep my list for future company.

See you all later