WOW- What I'm Working on Wednesday

It's almost Week 14 on my SAL with Bee in my Bonnet

Week 12-13 blocks

(except the Kettle)

I've been playing catch-up with my Farm Girl Friday blocks and today I stitched up more

  Stars in a Time Warp.  Between my Grandma Time, that is...

Can you see a Smiley face in the Top Left one???

I laid them out on my Floor to check for Duplicates.

32 Stars and NO two alike- YEA!

It's Wednesday and time for another Step in the Painted Quilt Mystery,

she said it may not be until a couple weeks before the next step.

 I had some fun with certain fabrics in these 5.

A Quilter's House, Moda marble Swirl, Robyn Pandolph

Downton Abby (Mary & the Dowager),  Some Modern from one of the Stash Quilt I bound.

I haven't put my Scrappy Houses together yet.

It's been a Fun Summer so far with Grandchildren coming and going.

We had 6 of them at our Ward BBQ on the 24th of July

Sadly this is the only Picture I took that evening.

Cousins playing water Balloon Toss.

O teamed up with J and E teamed up with his brother.

Grandpa took them for a walk after I fed them Pancakes with G-pa's Strawberry Jam

DD#2 boys come almost every other week to play at G-mas.

They love to be helpers Harvesting the Flowerbed garden

Look at the Bounty!

Cucumbers, Beets, Green Beans and Tomatoes

They were interested in eating any of it. Especially the Beets 

after I told them what it would do to them, LOL (Red Urine)

Or does that only happen to Grandma. 

 I know --TMI!!!

In my Spare Time...

I have learned in the almost 36 years I've been a "Crowther" that you can't take the Farm out of the Farmer.  Even with Paul's allergies, he is out working in the yard as much as his work and Church duties allow. I'm so glad he enjoys doing the yard work. He likes that our postage stamp sized lawn doesn't take long to mow.

The past 2 Weeks have been jam-packed.  I haven't made it to the Umatilla Co Fair and probably won't get there at all this year.  I had to make myself a Taco potato.  It was pretty good with fresh grape tomatoes.    

The other tomatoes are soon to be ripe. I hope!

I have onions and green peppers so I can make my Chili Sauce this year. 

This variety is called "Colossal". I got it at the Farmer's Market downtown.

 My favorite thing he planted this year is the English Cucumbers!

 I begged him to buy that variety. YUMMY peeled, and sliced with just a little salt.  

                                      

 Our Grapes have gone crazy and the wasps love them too. Go pollinate- wasps!

We might get some to eat and make jam or raisins from this year.

 Yesterday was the day for Elder Turner to come home from his 2-year Mission to Brazil.  His mom had said something about him wanting an American Hamburger...so I took him a Whopper Value Meal and a Chocolate Milkshake.  They had a Free Whopper deal that came with buying the Value Meal.  I wonder if he shared that 2nd Whopper?? It was a VERY HAPPY DAY for my Friend, Wendy and her family.

I call these days "PAYDAYS".  When your friends children do a good thing, 

it is great to be able to share the joy! 

Elder Turner is hugging his Maternal Grandparents, who flew in to greet him

These are the newest Books on my Bookshelf.  I finished the Emilie Richards one last night. The Quilter's Academy Book is written by Carrie Hargraves, who I met at Trends in Portland this past Spring, and her Mother; Harriet.  The run the Quilter's Academy in Colorado. 

I think I've read two of these but they were a great deal on Amazon and Sandra Dallas' books are 

worth re-reading while I wait for Jennifer Chiaverini's next book- "The Giving Quilt". 

 I'm hoping we get to see her in Colorado for a book signing this November. 

 It would be a bonus to go along with a visit with our Daughter and her family. I'm looking for 'cheap' flights.

The Olympics are over on Sunday so life should get back to normal... Quilt guild is this coming Tuesday and I have a quilt to finish and a Block Lotto Block to make.  August is almost half over and I need to get my things ready for the Fair, Shop Hop and Walla Walla Valley Quilt show.  YES, you read that right, I am putting some quilts in our local FAIR.  I got my entry filled out in time and picked up the cards to fill out.  Last year there were so few quilts to see on the Fair's FREE DAY, it was a shame!

Swap Meet and Farmer's Mkt

Friday Night we went to the Turner's for a BBQ before the "Opening Day" of the Walla Walla Sweets Baseball season.  We were sitting close enough for me to get a picture of the mascot "Sweet Lou".

 (not a bad picture with my new phone) We left, because of the Rain, while the Sweets were ahead 4-2, but I heard later there was a Grand slam by the Cowlitz team in the 8th inning to spoil Opening Day- final 4-6.

 The Country Store is a fun place to go and browse-- I went by myself on Friday evening and with Wendy on Saturday mid day.  I saw this doll and thought my sister Roma had one like this. She even still has on her high heels and earrings.

I saw this quilt on Friday night when I didn't have Wendy with me to hold it up. I liked the flowers and the quilting on it.  It was $75 but I didn't buy it.

Bonnie Hunter shows old quilts that she sees when she is thrifting and I had to look around more today and saw these fun quilts.  Wendy helped to hold them up so we could get both sides of the first one, a baby quilt.

 

The apple core was fun too--- see the hand stitching?

Wendy was tired of holding them up all the way so this one is folded in quarters.  Butterflies with some embroidery.

Saturday, this is what DH- Paul did...Our Lawn watering system was getting worn out and corroded so he built us a custom sprinkler to attach to the hose and move around. The neighbor said he should "Patent" it. LOL

 I picked up Green Pepper and Cucumber Plants at the Farmer's Mkt.  Paul planted them by our Onions and two in the front flowerbed where we had squash last year. the pink stuff if fertilizer (Miracle Gro)

We have used up all the soap I got from my Blogging buddy so I selected a new bar from the WW Soap Works to try "Calendula"  I also got a free bar of "Lavendar Twist" to try out.

And this evening while out taking pictures I had to stop and Smell the pretty Roses. It was a very good day.

Nice to be Ahead- for NOW

 I have finished all of the Farmer's Wife Blocks for June (left) and July (right).
 There are some Teeny, Tiny HST's in a couple of them. June Blocks L-R are Basket, Noon and Light, Bouquet, Rosebud, End of Day, Tulip, Friendship, Waste Not, Windows.  July Blocks L-R are Darting Birds, Star Gardener, Morning, Temperance Tree, Pine Tree, W.C.T.U (Women's Christian Temperance Union), Postage Stamp, Weathervane, Sawtooth, Wild Goose Chase.
These were fun Blocks especially the Postage Stamp which is 36 1-1/2" squares. I used 36 different fabrics for mine.  I see that I could have used a bit more contrast in some of these blocks. My total for Farmer's Wife is  74.


While I was cutting tiny HST's for these blocks. I thought that the same Marti Michell Templates would work for three of the SBS blocks on my list. The same pieces in the Kansas Troubles Block and Crows Foot at in the Farmer's Wife Darting Birds Block. They are just arranged and turned around a bit.  Fabric selection on the Crows Foot was extra fun.  Lynn had the Rooster, Chicken Wire and Green Dot fabrics so I put them together.  Rooster's 'crow' and roosters are male Chickens, so it fit. The third SBS Block is Lady of the Lake, just put together different from the Sawtooth Farmer's Wife Block. Total SBS is 68.

I had to walk in the yard and see if it was almost time for my Strawberries to be picked. They are loaded with berries and I should have some by Memorial Day as is the Normal time- with our delayed Spring I wasn't sure we would have our garden stuff at the usual time.  I had hoped they wouldn't be needing to be picked while I was visiting in Idaho.  Paul has planted Peas and Carrots in the flower beds by my roses this year.  Remember Forrest Gump telling Jenny about them being like "Peas and Carrots"?

 I get to go to the place where our Quilt Guild Meets for a Sew-in, all Day, this Saturday.  I'll have something "NEW" to show on Monday's Design Wall... Not that I really NEED to have a NEW thing to Show.  I just signed up to support the Guild and  learn a different quilt technique.  Hope it turns out good.