Birds on a Wire

Now you have to use your imagination , we are just pinned together. I have 30+ birds, of 2 sizes and various hues, (and most with wings since I took this pic) 4 yards of ric rac and two yards of background fabric. I have pinned on the birds, their wings and sat then on the ric rac. Tomorrow I am going to iron down the birdies and wings are they are backed with double sided adhesive and I must iron them on and then stitch them in place. I have left some ric rac on the edge for a little leaway. Once all is stitched in place I have another dilemma ... Should I put leaves and buds along the ric rac and make it look as if the birdies are sitting on vines. Hmm well that is up for debate and of course another day. As you can see it is a progressive approach nothing is decided until this is stitched down and can't move.

Yes I have gone to the birds.

In admist a bunch of old coots!

As I made my rounds I noticed something peculiar. A vine hanging from a tree adorned with a stuff monkey. As most of our residents are elderly I wondered which little kid is missing his favorite bedtime toy...

Good help is hard to get!

The wind is whistling around the corner and the sun is pretty strong but I placed his highness on the perch and this is what we got. The quilt at least looks better in person ... hopefully you get the idea




You may get the idea of what I would like to do here. I have a twin sized quilt the center is brown/white chevrons
I am going to top stitch that part with


Then in the white part where there are no trains I will do a locomotive circulating on a track. Where the applique train is with the animals I will stipple around to make that part pop.

SO many ideas .. Wonder if it will work out as planned, LOL. Time will tell................ On another note I have another applique quilt in a kit, Hmm wonder where that is. I guess I will look for it tonight!

This is taking forever

I started to crochet them and I must admit I am a loose goosey crocheter so I decided to knit them but there are so many other distractions. LOL I made them 15 X 20 and it looks to be a good size



I also played around at monogramming vinyl placemats with my embroidery machine, turned out ok but it is the infancy stage where I want to tweak more but it is ok cheap entertainment and I can put all sorts of stuff on that one vinyl placemat and at $1 it is my practice piece

One more bites the dust

I attended a lovely sew in at a Public Library in Belleview, FL.
I had a collection of 4 X 4 HST and arranged them into this pattern, then added some little borders that are from a majestic mountain pattern. I put large side borders on this quilt - I am not sure if I am going to over quilt them in Free motion or perhaps add some embroidered detail Time will Tell. This quilt would be large enough for a single / twin sixed bed.



Once again after a good press and mounted on the frame instead of the floor of the RV the quilt will come to life. Hmm now I wonder what I patterns I will bestow onto this top

Can't cut straight worth a darn

I made up my own Xmas cards, embroidered the lace angel on my embroidery machine, grabbed a new card, cut a hole then put a backing on the hole. The angel is glued on and can be removed to hang on the tree. SO far so good as long as you don't look past the angel at my crooked cut. With dull kitchen scissors, and a crooked ruler what does one expect. Heck I can't even color within the lines

Picture this................

My neighbor was outside his house, bare chested and scratching, He said he had ants .. yep even in the pants. He dumped his drawers and there in amongst all his clothing were these million of ants. These little minute guy have big choppers. We brushed out the shirts inside and out and the shorts and pants. Loaded with spray he sprayed his drawers- not the ones he had on but the ones that house his clothing.

After the ho haw the other neighbors appeared - of course after the ferocious beasts had been put down. Vic and I nursing our bites as the neighbors went to investigate Vic's domicile a plan was constructed. It is hot and humid just the perfect weather for our pesky friends and Vic is on the warpath.

http://mypestprevention.com/2012/04/ant/

Strip Tease

I had a load of fabric odds and ends,they were in 45" widths, so I cut them to make nine different strips 2.5" X 45". I sewed them together. Now I had a long piece about 18 X 45" with nine various colors I laid it down on it's width once more cutting my sewn strips every 2.5" Now I had the little squares all together and approx all equal in size. I played with the placement and I am now adding 3/4" strips between. In the end I will have 16 pieces that are I think going to be about 13" x 19". I am getting there a few more hours of sewing and then pressing and then to figure out which orientation I will place them in. Here is the work in progress






As you can see I got the 16 sections together, this is a modern quilt and luckily they are supposed to be a bit on the whacky and not level to the eye Good thing!! I used every scrap I had and yes there are a few places where it dips but in the end the whole quilt top is squared. Now I just need to cut some finished borders- but it is too darn hot. Maybe tomorrrow

Hotel guest

One of the neighbors has a shady lot and on that lot lives a large turtle. He seems to lunch on lettuce, apples and hibiscus plants

What goes klank klank in the night?

Seems as if we have a pet at night?? I noticed a large hole dug out under one edge of the shed. I filled it up and later that night I heard a funny klanking sound, the shroud of the armadillo makes a weird sound as he slowly moves hunting for worms. I was prepared. I poured some Ammonia into the whole and then replaced the sand and added a little more ammonia on top for good luck, AHHA no Armadillo was here last night!!

The neighbors suggested that I manage to mix ammonia and chlorine in , in my line of thought I would gas myself with mustard gas ( ammonia and chlorine are among the ingredients) before I did in the little armadillo. I am still armed and dangerous with my ammonia we will have to see what comes back if it does and I wonder where the heck the neighbors dog is?