throwback thursday

 

yes indeed...and i have been doing some but mostly frittering away time setting up new computer.....first the phone then the laptop....and i probably shouldn't say but the toaster oven is underperforming as well...adding all those quilty blog bookmarks was a big task but necessary....

while transferring files from old laptop to new desktop, had a chance to revisit some long-ago finished things...here's a few

a sweet little patriotic wall quilt gifted to a neighbor....i used a yellow chalk marker and it never did fully wash out...lesson learned, now i use only white or washable graphite pencils

the infamous orca bay top...this was huge and (ahem) resewn several times to get it right...too many seams to hand quilt so the top was gifted to vermont flood relief to finish and donate.  i used mardi gras colors so called it 'fat tuesday on orca bay'...

and this was made decades ago when i was dipping my needle into mod territory....the original i had seen in a book was various shades of blues/mauves but of course my scrappy muse took over, but i like it a lot...

summer has arrived and the shorts are on for the duration...hot weather recipes on tap and anxiously awaiting native tomatoes and cukes...pretty much all ready for vacation in just 46 days....have a glorious day!

perfect weekend...

well almost...never is without a car but i digress....the weather WAS perfect...good thing as hots coming later this week...but any weather is ok for sewing...

this got machine quilted and finished...a table topper from waste triangles...miss sunny, being (ahem) older, is not enamored with the walking foot, the new-fangled thing for machine quilting.  but she persevered under duress and it got finished.  she doesn't care for bulky seams either, so it was a double challenge....

this wall quilt got basted...plan to hand quilt this one; being small should be a fairly quick finish...

some sewing done for senior center...added these pinwheel blocks to this panel...probably somebody else will add borders and finish for selling...funds go to our group for supplies etc.  the photo is horrible but it's a nice red cream blue combo....(blogger has decided it has to be on the left)

more quilting on dreams...this should be a June finish....and resurrected these previously used triangles from the solids drawer...time to use them up!

will be firing up the A/C since hot humid starting tomorrow...just in time for those increased electricity rates...fresh veggies just starting to come in.  concerning news all around and personal stuff as well, but today it's gorgeous and perfect for doing anything  ....in spite of all, so thankful for my God who cares for me abundantly...Praise God from whom all blessings flow!