Dinner Party Means .......

........a lot of cooking and cleaning!  And what dinner party is not complete without those tiny little toast things with a creamy soft cheese dip for a starter?

The house is clean and I think I have all the groceries I need.  If not, there’s always the nearest store!

 The fish dishes were the only dinner party dishes that survived, so we have a "fish" theme I guess.





I have half the hexes for the bees made for Carrie’s Pinkie Girl Quilt.  I love those bees!  They are so awesome.  I want a whole quilt of bees!  They would have to be bigger though; these are like 3 inches.


DiNozzo and McGee are distraught tonight.  They have heard through the
grapevine and commercials that they are knocking Abby off tonight.  They have cleared their calendars to be totally available to watch the show and see that happens.

All ears, so to speak.


 I asked Frank to cut own my ligustrum poodle bush that lived right in front of  the window for the last 3 years.  It looked like the one to the left there.  But now it was blocking over the view.

Since the flood, we have made the rest of the house "modern" in style. So the patio is getting a modern makeover as well.

This is step one.  Bush gone.



Speaking of Modern.

Lori  and I did a presentation for the Modern Guild last night.   Lori and Barbara shared their judging sheets from the GSQA Show with the group.  Lori compared the way QuiltCon was judged compared to the GSQA shows, which are very traditional in nature.  She said that the Modern component of the GSQA Show was judged by Traditional Judges.

Hence the comments about clipped tips on HSTs and Flying Geese!  In the Modern world, that is not such a bad thing.  In the Traditional world, it is awful.

It was a very interesting discussion.  The Modern Quilting philosophy has not moved into all the areas of hardcore traditional quilting minds yet.

But it is moving forward into those areas at lightening speed!

Design Wall Monday 7-9-12

Aloe - Can I eat this?

Can you imagine it is coming up on the middle of July already?  I guess I should have gotten the idea from the mercury in the thermometer!  July is one of the two or three hottest months we have here in Louisiana.  Although last night was cool in the 70's for our walk.  After the rains cooled things off we were in the low 80's during the day even.



My garden is still going strong.  Except for the leaves that Hugeaux peed on, the caladiums are still incredibly beautiful.  Charlene and I sat on the patio and enjoyed them for quite a bit before the last meeting.

Here is an old project so I will have a picture for Judy's wall.  I am going to make some watermelon rind preserves this week so I thought to pull up the Watermelon quilt!  This one went to cousin Karen, who obviously does not read this blog!  LOL.


My design wall is one I cannot show you.  I am working on the Paint Chip Challenge.  I have all the blocks squared and placed and I am working on the border.  Most people are having trouble coming up with the name, but the name on mine was pretty easy!  the name is supposed to be pulled from your color names.  My colors are perfect for this name and it fits the quilt wonderfully.

Dutch

Bonnie Doon

I am going through fabrics to do a duffle bag for the raffle at the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog National Specialty.  I usually donate a quilt and some other things, but this year it will be the duffles.    We will see how many I get done by then with my dog fabrics.  I will have to piece them to get a large enough section for the outside.  So that will be another wrinkle in the mix.  I am also thinking about a denim duffle with dogs as the pockets.  Recycle some old jeans in the mix.

 I am off to do some errands.  And I have a lot to do this week, next week I have a week long retreat!  So much fun!

glen

Lazy Sunday Afternoon

Frank has been searching high and low for the Atari Games package for the Wii.  He saw it somewhere and failed to purchase it.  Then he couldnt' find it anywhere after that.

So I finally found it for him at Wal-Mart of all places.  But now we own the Atari Arcade Games.  And I spent the afternoon creaming his butt!

I figure out the games faster than he does and I beat him.  Then when he finally "gets" it, he practices day and night until he beats me.  So I generally just enjoy the initial play with him.  Today I beat him then made won ton soup.

I made the Won Ton from the left over veggies I scoffed from Ann's Pampered Chef party.  These are the won tons we made about 2 months ago and froze.  So they will be dropped into the boiling soy sauce and chicken broth and veggies and made moist and delicious!

Yesterday we cleaned up the patio area and he did a lot of work on the back yard.  Now everything is in ship shape.  Here is the before and after of my patio.

And my favorite, the caladiums.