Fishing & my Bro...

Now here is some good fishing (video - takes about 15-20 seconds before it starts)
I am sure DH, DS, Bro, and DSIL would like to experience that one day...
Awesome, unreal, too funny!! 8-)

My Bro is making slow progress in the hospital... 

I am hoping we can get him out of bed today.

He needs to do some walking I think.

I'm hoping to get to my CCC group tonight,  as 

I have missed a couple weeks...

Hope that you all are having a productive week! 

Happy stitching!

Myra

Baby Jackson's Quilt...

Packing up the machine, setting up the machine to finish off this quilt, and then pack it all up again and go home...?... Naw, I chose to forgo the mini retreat today and just get it done here...
My loss, as I always have a good time
at the minis... Next time! I didn't get to the hospital to visit my Bro either today...

Quilt made & washed by 2:00pm today!! 

(First time machine stitched the whole binding.) 

Baby quilt done in 9 to 10hours!!! Wow!!! 

That is a world record for myself!!! 

Patting myself on head... 8-)

Presenting "Jackson's Quilt"

  I did the siggy on the binding...
Folded and ready to present... 8-)

 And here, a photo of baby Jackson
with the quilt... 8-)

 He is such a content little guy... 8-)
It was nice seeing my niece
and her beau again too...

Hope you all had a great weekend!

Myra

Under pressure and hospital visits...

  I'm having a niece over with her baby boy on Sunday, & decided to make a quick quilt for him... BUT, that got pushed to the wayside Thursday.

Reason?
My dear Bro & DS went dirt-biking that day. Bro had an accident. Long story short, hospital transfers, several broken ribs, a bruised lung, sever pain... CT Scan confirmed it isn't as bad as it could have been. Us gals stayed just long enough to watch a beautiful sunrise Friday morning... Now catching up on some much needed rest...
Never a dull minute in our family... 8-)

Today I decided, since we won't do a hospital visit till tonight, that I am sure I could whip up a quilt top today...

I had a layer cake, cut it into 4s, and then I made my 9-patches...

 Cross-cut the 9-patches for the D 9-P...

Quilt top put together... The fabrics are running every which way, but that is ok...
I'm happy with it! 8-)

Hopefully I will be able to sandwich it after the hospital visit tonight... Machine quilt and bind it tomorrow at a mini day retreat...Get a visit in with bro on the way home from the mini retreat, and prepare the BBQ dinner for the visit with the niece, and present the baby quilt...

Here's hoping!!! 8-)

Have a great rest of your weekend!

Off to the hospital I go...

Myra

Serging along...

 ... after I cleaned, oiled, and figured out 

proper threading and tension... 

I haven't used my overlock machine in years... 

Many, many years!!!

Once all that was sorted out I serged 4 receiving blankets for my future grand-baby...

Next up, I'll be trying out this diaper pattern...
Can someone tell me what this "PUL" on the Materials List is? 

Time is closing in on me! 

Much to do in preparation of this 

little bundle we are expecting... 8-)

Hope you are staying cool!

Myra

A missing blog in blogland...?

Does anyone know what happen
with Tammy's blog?

Treadleworks by Tammy 

I went to see what she has been up too,
and I get a message that reads...

Blog has been removed

Sorry, the blog at treadleworksbytammy.blogspot.com 
has been removed. This address is not
available for new blogs.

What happen Tammy!?!
Where did you go?
 

I've been away...

  CAMPING!!!

Dryberry Lake (Ontario), far into the forest, 

3.5 hours from home...

We did a pit stop, looked at some 

of our maps, let the dogs out..

  Off the highway, onto a rugged road, 

about 2-3 miles long...

  Slow going... You can see our speed on the GPS.

 It took about 50 minutes off road,

and finally we get to the boat launch.

  We are off! My Bro and SIL ahead of us, for the 30-40 minute boat ride to find a camp spot...

 Weighted down with all our camp gear...

 Yup! I'm there! 8-)

Very rocky...

 Beautiful...

 Bro's dogs love going for boat rides, 

and camping...

 Our fur-girls stayed at "doggy hotel" for the weekend, and sure happy when we 

picked them up again! 8-)

A bit of fishing done... not catches...

 A foggy morning...

 All in one boat touring the lake...

 A stop to check out another camp spot for future use, and the dogs checking things out...

 A carving at that site...

 I've never seen so many loons together on the water... Though I only caught some on photo, there must have been around 25 together...

 The guys and the dogs did a bit of climbing...

 To take photos of Native rock paintings...

 While us gals waited in the boat...

 This is the sandy beach we camped at...

 Very clean water! Beautiful!! 8-)

Because of the heat, we swam quite a bit...

 View of our camp from the boat...

 Bro's screen tent under an extra large tarp to keep a bit cooler and for good shade...

 Our tents and BBQ table...

 DH even found a place to hang his hammock!!

 Our view from camp...

 At sunset...

 Blueberry bushes I discovered right around camp just before packing up...

 A waterfall from a higher level lake in the area that DH showed me on the way back to the dock to head on home yesterday...

It was the first time in my DH's boat, 

much to his pleasure...  

I got just a tad-sunburned...

I actually went swimming 4 times! If you know me, that doesn't happen very often, especially in lake waters... but it was so very clean and hot, 

I just had too!! 8-)

Very happy we had the screen tent 

cause the bugs were many!

We had a lightening show we watched far off in the distance one night, expected rain, thunder, and lightening, but ended up with a REALLY BIG wind storm at about 2:30am for about an hour, with only 2 minutes of spitting rain...

  It was a wonderful weekend! 

Thanks Bro, SIL, and DH! 8-)

Time to do laundry and clean up stuff!

Will do my blog visits soon... 8-)

Myra

Wildlife, plus Show and Tell...

 Driving to my cousins yesterday, on a busy highway, I had to stop for a "Goose Crossing". There were 30 of them! Lots of this Spring's babies, and their parents. Too cute... but not the mess they all make! lol!

My cousin showed me her first quilt project she was working on, and I didn't even think to take my camera out! Duh!! She was doing a wonderful job of it! 8-)

This is my friend Sandi's garage. She emailed a few photos of her new "pets" (circled in red) she just found in there... I think she mentioned there were 4 babies. Her cat is laying there in front...

 Don't know if there is a Momma around... Yikes!!! A delicate situation... 
 Sandi always has "something" going on at her place. I look forward to hearing what happens now... Good luck Sandi!! 8-)

Here is 1 show and tell from last night's Country Rose gathering... Pc is into making baby quilts, bumper pads, bed skirts just now for a new grandchild... This top still needs a couple of borders put on yet... Her own design...

 Show and tell from tonight's CCC gathering...
This is Dl's QTM (quilt of the month)
quilt top for July...
You can read what that is about at the link provided if you are curious...

 This is another of Dl's creations that she had started a while ago...

 Here we have Sg's Bargello...

Just thought I'd show you my birthday goodies from my CCC gals... My color request was for purples... With this added to my stash, I think I have enough purples collected now to make a purple quilt... Thanks friends! 8-)

 Thanks for all your comments on my progress of my grand-baby-to-be's Sunshine quilt top in my previous posts! 8-)

Take care friends, and happy stitching!
 Myra

AND.... I leave you with a video of a dog trying to get a stranger to throw a stick... Too funny!! Enjoy!

That's better...

 Applique glued in place, stabilizer pinned on, ready to be sewn on... 8-)

... and yesterday's "issue" was fixed! 8-)

Here is where the problem was. Somehow this whole section got flipped the wrong way...? 

I had to fix it!! 8-)

Feeling good! 

Thanks for your comments/suggestions 

on yesterday's post!

Hope you all had a great weekend!

Myra