sew stitch snap SHARE #24

I am really having fun with the gang over at sew stitch snap SHARE this year.  (you can have fun too, just join in like you own the place).  Just click and it will take you there.

I really admire how Linda puts together those fabrics.  I haven't gotten that courageous yet, Modern is as far as I am willing to stretch.   But maybe one Sew Stitch Snap Share Week I will shock the pants off Miss Linda and have some wild and crazy mixed up fabrics all tossed into one quilt and see what comes out on the other side.  I am excited to try my hand at it actually.   Maybe this summer when I get some of these projects out of the way.

Here is what I am working on right now.

I have a Fiber Group meeting on Wednesday morning.  We are doing those Inspiration Letters.  I have the letters H and E and put together the Tenement and Factory.

I was looking for something to use as the background and found this piece that I think will be good for the outside.  If it needs an outside?  I am actually not sure it does.

 I will sleep on it and if it still needs one tomorrow I will add one.

Gale Garber came to our guild meeting this week and did a presentation tonight.  It was interesting.  She had a trunk show and of course her stuff is really nice  Flying geese galore. 





I bought some poly clothes line because I couldn't find cotton. 

I was all hot to see how it would work. 




I had done a couple baskets with the cotton and liked it but had not worked with poly before. 

It was a bit stiffer as a finished product, but I liked it as well as the cotton. 



 I need to order some cotton line online I think so I can compare the two since I can't seem to find it around here anymore.

   I found some purple poly so I might try adding some interesting stripes to another basket.

 If I  can overcome the boredom of going round and round and round and round I can make a tote  bag and some handles..........

Family "Ties"

My cousin Jason who got married last year (remember all those 5 boy quilts I made for the Colorado wedding?) is in town this week to celebrate our family news with us.  So we are excited to see him and his Carrie and however many boys they bring with them.

So exciting to see them again.  And his momma scored some crawfish!  I am amazed since the season is pretty much over. So I get more crawfish.  Maybe I will remember to take some pictures this time.

Wait till you see what I have been playing with!

Rope.

Scraps too good to toss work beautifully here.

And I have an idea to use it.

See the corner of the table there?  That was courtesy of the Fabulous Bonnie Doon.  She hated square corners and went on to round every corner on everything we owned.

That plant in the picture is a succulent I thought was called staghorn, but I can't find it on the internet.  Hmmm.  More research.  Given to me by a dear friend who is no longer in this earthly plane.  As the "arms" break  off you just lay them on some sandy soil and they take root and grow and grow and grow.

And I am meeting with my renter to "talk" about binding.  LOL.  I think I can sway her with the money!