It's A Flimsy

 Even though I don't have a complete finish, I thought I would share my recent flimsy to prove I have been sewing a bit.

TA DA!  I love the color purple and all of the berry shades in this quilt top make me so happy.  

Most of the floral fabrics were a generous gift from a friend.  I had said how I loved these prints and she shared some leftovers with me once she finished her quilt.  I really didn't want to cut them up small, so I used my All That Jazz pattern.

I love it!

My daylilies are starting to bloom so I have been outdoors enjoying them.  These are probably one of my favorites right now.

The ones on the bottom of the photo are called Butter Popcorn.  They are so ridiculously big and yellow.  I think I have about 30 varieties all told - so I get to spend a lot of time each evening deadheading.

But I think I will be skipping my gardens for a few days.  It is supposed to get up to 110 degrees on Sunday.  Our all time highest temperature is 108 and that happened in August of 1981.

I don't like the heat...

If I do go outside, I will probably be hiding in my cooler shade garden.  If you meander down the path, there is a sitting spot just under a big douglas fir tree.

Somehow I think I will just hide in my sewingroom with the fan blowing :)

Happy Friday Everyone!

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Some Time to Play

For a couple of years now, I have had a little quilt idea in my head.  I buy or get gifted bits of fabric and they might look like they are languishing in my stash but the truth is I am constantly thinking about ways to use them.

So once I start cutting a project, the process goes pretty quickly....

First I started fussy cutting out some fruits and vegetables from a fun old Alexander Henry fabric I had in my stash.  This is one I have been hoarding for a really long time.

My outdoor gardens are all organized in raised beds so I thought my fabric gardens needed to be too.

Then it was time to get them all laid out in a background fabric.
 I made two long strips that were about 10" x 48".

Then it was time to bring in the bunnies.

A friend had given me these leftover strips and I have been thinking about how to use them.  My inspiration came when I was talking to my sister about her gardens and her bunny problem.

From that conversation, the idea for this quilt was born!

It still needs to be quilted but the flimsy is all finished.

It is always fun to have an idea form in your head and then see it executed.

Now onto the next crazy idea!

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