Fun on A Friday

I picked this up at the Old Country Store in Intercourse this spring and forgot to share it with you! I passed it several times then knew I'd regret it. I love it so much!

My first trip to the Old Country store I purchased a locally made Scherenschnitte that I treasure and I think this will be the same!

It is signed Mary Jane.

I've been taking advantage of warmer temps too!

Mount Hood in the rear

Did a long loop around Timothy Lake with my daughter. 

Did a long one night backpack to get physically ready for the season. It was a tough 21 miler over 2 days. I felt pretty rough the first night but better then next day. Then drove right to Walla Walla for the guild.

It's been a good start!

 

Multifarious Wednesday

I'm still all over the board trying to get my sewing room back in order!

Multifarious:

many and of various types.

"multifarious activities"

Yep great description. 

Short video of the craziness in my sewing room!

Wrong season, but I bought this from Michelle! I need to finish it, but it is so cute and well done!

My new friend, Marsha, bought a pack of fabrics but didn't like this beauty! I was the lucky recipient. Thank you Marsha!

I've been making a little quilt in the Cheri Payne group. I finally finished it and gave it a little coffee bath. 

Robin is expecting it, but I'm not ready to show it until it arrives at her home.

I know many of you have read my posts about my friend from Guatemala who works with kids in the garbage dumps. Getting them an education is key to a better life. She was in Central Oregon and I was thrilled to see her and give her big hugs!

My niece is going to Netherlands for work! Yes, it may be a possibility to visit her. We will wait and see how her schedule and life is. I've never been so it may be fun!

That's my life for now, friends!

Love ya and Welcome February!

 

Summertime- ♫Let's Take A Walk on the Wild Side♫

Happy Friday friends! If you've been following me this week you must know by now that I contracted Covid. So thankful I've been building my immune system and that this variant didn't give me severe symptoms. (generally) I was in the airports and airplanes for 12 hours on Friday. and really, how can you avoid people in these situations? Anyhoo.... Started getting a scratchy throat on Sunday evening, Monday I thought I was getting a summer cold- I worked for a little bit (unknowingly exposed my brother to C19 and now he is down) washed my windows inside and out, vacuumed, dusted, emptied my quilt bags and in general had a very productive day. That night in bed (I had already told hubby that we should sleep separately) all hell broke lose! The fever hit and I could barely walk the 10 steps I needed to get ibuprofen. Felt like I'd been run over by a Mac truck. Body aches, headaches, fever, nausea, sore throat, very weak. Exhausted Tuesday, tired Wednesday, no fever at all on Thursday, and here we are on Friday. I'm planning on having a restful weekend and continuing to recover. 

2 positive notes: So grateful for my good health and I should now be protected when I return to Southern CA in a couple weeks! (PS I have confirmed with my health care professional that the chance of re-infection on my August trip is slim to none and I will not be contagious) 

 

This cotton and wool quilt of Cheri Payne's always reminds me of summer. 

So I took Elsa for a short walk yesterday and snapped some photos of my garden when I returned. 

I have a wildflower patch out front and these little guys are putting on a show. 

                                 

  Ratibida columnifera (Mexican hat)

These daisies are short lived and will not hold up to the high temps we are expecting. 

But I am pretty sure these will.

Lavender gone wild!

Love my giant hardy white roses. 

My back island. I love watching the birds splash around in the bath! This is a nice little shady area for them- as long as Elsa allows them!lol

The sky last night was incredible! 

Thank you all for the well wished and prayers! They worked!! Have a super weekend!

 

Quilts and Crafts for Gifts

I'm sure I've shown you some of these before but I'm going to show them again. We stopped at my sisters in Idaho on our way home and I just love seeing some of the things I've made and gifted her with. The lighting was not good when I took these photos as the sun was going down.

I gave this to her last month for her birthday.

I must have given her this when blue and mauve were popular colors! LOL

I've gifted quite a few penny rugs.

I have a pillow just like this at my house!

I don't recall where I got this quilt. I'm assuming it is from the 60's or 70's. The fabric is all cotton and very thin batting.

Thanks for coming along with me this week during my travels! We should be home late today!

 

Wrapping up This Week

Got this bound and now will quilt. It is a good reminder for me since my words don't always wait before spilling out! 

I got the historic panels in. 

If you requested one previously I have contacted you.

If you'd like one now please send me an email at HumbleQuilts@gmail.com and I'll be sure to hold you one.

Love these sepia tones battle fields- I have more of these as well!

I plan on hosting a historic panel challenge starting this spring. Will post more soon!

Have a terrific weekend!

 

Wool Applique and First Overnighter

This is the wool applique that is hand sewn to raw silk. I opted to add no batting. I backed it with a gorgeous fabric that was gifted to me, then hand quilted around all the applique shapes. 

I may hang it for a bit then decide if I want to add more quilting. 

This backing was PERFECT!

Made it out for our first backpacking trip

We got to enjoy our fire until all the wood was burned up. Can you tell we are in the desert? As soon as the sun went down it was chilly. 

We could hear the river all night. Also trains that went by across the river. It was great!

Was so nice when the sun finally was up enough to warm us in the morning! (It wasn't in this photo yet)

Signs of SPRING! And I heard the Western Meadowlark singing! That's always a sure sign spring is near. 

I took the scenic route home. 

 Thanks for coming along on my adventure! Let's have a great week!

Wool Applique

As you know I've been finding unfinished projects and finishing them. This is one of them- not quite complete. I love that wool applique is so portable! I have several "one blocks" made! This is designed by Maggie Bonanomi. In her books so many of the wool applique are unfinished. I know I want to finish this simply, but not sure how. Any ideas?

Here's a little wool applique I finished this weekend. It was designed by Julie Porter and was in Primitive Quilts magazine, but I could not find my issue to finish. So I used a Cheri Payne design to finish the basket. She looks as ready for spring as I am!

 Our weather has truly been amazing and spring like. We've hardly had any snow. Of course, snow and very cold weather is in our forecast for this week!

Have a great week!