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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Sun Dress for Kenz

I saw this dress that Veronica made for her granddaughter and just had to try one. They are so cute.  The tutorial is on Nancy's Notions. I used the pieces cut out for the arms to make a pocket.


What fun to make!!!

wilmaNC

Wordless Wednesday



Friday, June 25, 2010

Reading instead of Quilting

I got very enthralled in 2 books written by Denise Giardina. The First was Storming Heaven, and the next was The Unquiet Earth. Both are written about the coal mining towns at the turn of the century and up to 1989. I read these because I was very interested in the Mountaintop Removal Valley Fill coal mining that is being done in the Appalachian Mountains. It is a travesty on our beautiful mountains. Ms. Giardina writes in way that keeps you spellbound. I recommend these to everyone.

 
After I finished these books, I decided to do a quilt on the Sunshine Quilter. Well, I still do not like this machine It is too finicky for me, and I am not a patient person, so it's up for sale, really cheap!!! Wish me luck on selling it. I am going back to my reliable Juki.

Later,
WilmaNC

Friday, June 18, 2010

How does our garden grow?

The garden is doing well this year. Except for the corn. We had our first bad thunderstorm and half of the corn went over, so we had to go out and put it back up. We have this problem every year, but the corn we get is always worth the hassle. Plus all the wet weather has made the weeds impossible to keep up with. But hey, the plants still grow, lol. We're going to have way more summer squash then we will be able to use.


We have fruit trees in the front yard that we planted a couple of years ago, I think each one had 1 or 2 pieces of fruit last year, but this year they are loaded. The poor little apple tree can barely handle the weight of the apples. Hundreds of peaches, and hundreds of pears.




I don't know if these will good to eat or not, but I will certainly try them.

We also planted 4 blueberry bushed 2 years ago. Last year I had 3 blueberries (which I ate!!). This year there were more. We had to put a little fence around the bushes cause the rabbits kept gnawing at the bushes. The birds left the berries alone though.


Here's a picture of the berries I got this year. I'm going to have them on my cereal this morning!!


We should be getting zucchini soon, there are a few big ones, but I am waiting most patiently for the tomatoes. My favorite.

Don't you just love a pretty garden?

Later,
WilmaNC

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Downy Quilts Finished

I finished 2 quilts for kids for the Downy company. They were really fun to do. I quilted them by doing all the seams and diagonals with stitch #4 on my Bernina.






WilmaNC

Friday, June 4, 2010

Sink Hole

A giant sink hole has appeared on our road. There is a poor little goat trapped in the bottom. Here's a picture from about 1600 feet:






Here's a picture from 1 "foot".  :^)



I couldn't resist, lol. This round hole appeared this past week and I was amazed how much it looked like a sinkhole. So I made Dave go to the store and find me some tiny farm animals.


Hope I made you chuckle a bit.

WilmaNC

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Being Short

I love my bib overalls, long pants and shorts. But the straps are always so long, and I have fought with them forever. In order for them to keep the pants crotch at the right height, the little metal thingy always ended up almost behind my shoulders where the strap is too fat to lie nicely. So, I cut down the straps, got rid of the metal thingy that slides, and shortened them to the correct length. Then I found these cute buttons to sew on. Now the pants stay at the right height. Yay!!!


Sometimes a plan actually does work, lol.

wilmaNC