Friday, May 20, 2011

Mini Project of the Day


OK, so I know I haven't been blogging in a while, but I have good reason, really! I've been trying to finish unfinished projects and we all know about those notorious UFOs! So when I made that commitment months ago earlier this year, I was going to stick to it. A part of that includes going to my sewing group and quilt group. For those who don't have a group, I encourage you to participate. There you will find great advice, encouragement, a bunch of fun ladies and men in some cases, tons of ideas and more inspiration then you can possibly handle.



I was given this mini 16' quilt kit for x-mas last year and once I had it together I was like how do I quilt it? So because I love to do hand work, why not hand quilt it with a embroidery thread in utility style quilting. So here is the results about 75% complete. What next after it's complete? In a frame and onto the wall.



OK, so your asking what the heck does cows, a little colored man, mountains, a creek, and a pasture have to do with quilting? Welllll....since we are a camping family, we went camping this past weekend at a campground we have never been to before, so when we got there we literally had to go up the mountain, around very sharp bends, come down the mountain and landed in the middle of our hosts' 40 acre pasture! Mind you, this was just "his" 40 acres, his neighbors all had something like 200 acres, 15 acres, etc. Who would have known a camping area found here? A creek, a 13 foot dug out pond with a colored man, and a small fence was our protection against some well tamed herd of "healthy" I might add, registered cows! LOL They came out during the day to graze and went in at night to sleep. WOW! Didn't bother us one bit, except for those darn bull frogs that kept singing all night.

My plan was to mark my quilt pieces I had brought with me, but I was so caught up in the excitement of it all I just took pictures and just enjoyed the view the whole time. Lovely, simply loved it!!!