Another Birthday!

 Yesterday, I spent the day with my family.  We had a good lunch together and spent some time together.  Isabel got some great pictures of us, too.

I'm very thankful for my family, especially my daughter-in-law's.  Isabel made the cake and cupcakes.  They were delicious!

It looks like I might be blogging again

 It looks like I might be blogging again

I've lost control of my Facebook account on my laptop and Facebook won't give me a new one
that's the short version of what's going on
I've appealed (the new account) and I lost that appeal

at some point something will happen to my cellphone and I'll be locked out of Facebook forever

I've been thinking about life without Facebook and Messenger
they're connected and I figure I'll lose them both at the same time

I've been spending a lot of time on youtube and more time on sewing

but, I miss having an online voice/connection from my laptop

April is a very busy month and there are always a lot of distractions

I've cut out a top for our granddaughter today and I'm also working on a quilt top from 6 packs of charm squares

 HELLO!

I'm back!

I'm working on a special project
I was gifted some wonderful fabrics from Hawaii

I'll post more once I get a little further in the project

disappearing 9-patch quilt-a-long

this weeks step will cover making the 9-patches

sort your 120 square novelty prints into 4 equal groups
place those squares in the 4 corners of a 9-patch layout
place your neutral squares between the novelty squares
and
place your tone on tone squares in the center

take the squares in the top row to the sewing machine
piece them with a 1/4" seam
return them to the layout

take the squares in the middle row to the sewing machine
piece them with a 1/4" seam
return them to the layout

take the squares in the bottom row to the sewing machine
piece them with a 1/4" seam
return them to the layout

the last step for this week is to sew the 3 rows together with a 1/4" seam
and press the blocks

Debbie's disappearing 9-patch quilt along

Disappearing 9-patch Quilt Along

I'm sharing the quilt above here on my blog.
It's my original layout.

This is the 2nd quilt I'll be making with the same layout and block size.
My quilt will have 30 disappearing 9-patch blocks, they will be made with 5" cut squares.
The quilt will also have a border (same fabric as the center block or not your choice).

You will need 30 tone on tone fabric 5" cut squares for the centers of your 30 blocks.
You will need 120 background fabric 5" cut squares for the 30 blocks.
You will need 120 focus fabric 5" cut squares for the 30 blocks or 120 different novelty fabrics 5" cut squares

The quilt will be full size.

I will start piecing this week and update the blog with the next step soon.

how I start moon flower seeds

I've had trouble starting moon flower seeds in dirt. 

  I've used this method several times and it works out well for me.
I start with 2 larger, thick paper towels, I put the seeds on them.

 I fold in the corners of the paper towels.

 The shape ends up being small enough to fit in a quart size zip-lock bag.

 I add water until the paper towels are moist.

 I put the bags in the laundry room on the washer or dryer.
I check the seeds in a few days and look for germinating seeds.
Once the seeds germinate, I plant them and keep the ground moist.
I love growing these plants.

red onions planted today

this is what I planted today
I'll have a 22' row of red onions and a large pot of them
I should have onions in about 3 months