today's post...

brought to you by the word "more"....as in more progress on current projects.

more quilting on s'mores...and found a use for that pesky walker i need to keep on hand...

acquired an oval hoop from senior center donation but no stand.  besides, would have been too short but eureka!  the walker fits the bill.  i just might get this finished in june...

more basket blocks....

only 72 more to applique...on target for finishing them all by august 31st...i could really use a much larger design wall...

more album blocks....

only 18 more to sew up and then it's on to a flimsy....am thinking these 2 will be the last bed size quilts i make...focus more on smaller projects and some scrappy tops that will get donated.  

and in the UFO department, batting and backing on hand to baste this biggie....

you know how i love solids and this makes me absolutely swoon....hoping this will be my winter quilt, or at least one to warm me as the new year dawns....maybe?  a good task for a triple-digit heat weekend...

lots of personal stressors have been resolved and aside from the heat, should be--or hoping it will be--a week to relax and focus on some self-nurturing.  hot weather meals requiring simple prep on the menu.  it surely has been a rocky, stressful and devastatingly tearful spring, thankful to my God for His sustaining and comforting daily presence. 

happy father's day

 

my dad in one of his favorite places--the maine woods--this photo taken late 1990s i would guess, he died 2002.  certainly my most unforgettable character and his (un) wise words still live with me...got your haircut dad?  yes, all of them...or this one:  it isn't the car, it's the nut behind the wheel...and a gazillion more.  and i won't forget the few times i saw him cry...a simple, sensitive, determined and hard working man who loved us all very much, no doubt happy today as his dearest is now with him.