Wednesday in the garden

This is a shot of the garden. Some of the tomato plants are doing well. We have had a few bug problems. The purple hull peas are on the right. The okra is going to seed on the far right.

Ranch Rush

Our grandson was into this game, then I got into it. I finally finished it yesterday. It's a lot of fun. This is a shot of my trophy page.

2,000 piece puzzle

I really enjoyed putting the 2,000 piece puzzle together. It's the largest one I've ever worked on. It took almost 2 weeks for me to put the puzzle together.

stitch samples

I watched a you tube video on raw edge machine applique. The stitch she used looked like the top on one this sample. I may have to try it for applique. The sample stitches were made on a Brother 650Q. I haven't been doing a lot of applique the last few years. The stitch I used on my old machine looked more like the 2nd one on the sample.

Bonus Quilt & puzzle progress

The quilt is finished and ready to be wrapped. This is one of my favorite patterns to make for babies. I also love the hand print fabric.

This is the update on the puzzle. I had hoped to be finished with it by now but, it's been a really hard puzzle. I also have a lot of distractions in my life.

PLAY!

I like to do puzzles. This is the biggest one I've done so far. I started it Sunday evening. The following photo was taken about 9 pm on Tuesday.

PLAY!

This is the background for an applique practice piece. I'm trying to come up with a technique for a quilt I'm piecing. The following photo is of the applique and quilting I did last night. The last flower has faced petals. It was a lot of work and difficult to attach to the quilt. The seam allowance bulk got in the way. The stems are bias. Some of the edges were straight and some were cut with a rick-rack rotary blade. I'm planning to use some other techniques on the lower section of the quilt. I plan to wash the piece several times to see how it holds up.

LR, Junior & the quilt

This is our grandson and is webkinz Junior. This evening he pieced and quilted a quilt for Junior. He likes decorative stitches. This is a closer shot of the detail of the quilt. He picked out the fabrics himself.