Sunday at the Landings

The long tablerunner:

Today the time had come to quilt it.  I haven't been doing much sewing lately, having been much taken up with working with clay.

 However, I tidied up my sewing room and sat down and started to quilt.  It just has straight lines running it's length.  As you can see, I am halfway through binding it as well, having chosen a nice bright green that co-0rdinates nicely with the back.

 I also spent some time today transferring photos around from my ipad to laptop, and having a little fun with them.  This one is a part of the previous photo,  tweaked by the "pencil drawing" effect on the Picasa photo software,

 The mandevilla vine has started blooming, which is nice, having spent the last several months twining itself around the banister of the back deck,

 I took these photos a couple of days ago, when it was really nice out.  Today it is nice too, but very windy as we are waiting to see what the tropical storm Beryl plans to do.

 I am starting to get excited about returning to Saskatoon and my yard!

 Isn't this guy fat? I think it is a female cardinal.  She was fluffing out her feathers and spreading out her tail, for some reason, maybe it just felt good. 

 I borrowed a book on fabric designs from a friend and spent some happy hours looking through it.

 It was quite engrossing to read all the descriptions of how patterns are classified,

 I love pattern and repetition,

 I also like blueberries,

and this is a new bowl that I made a week or two ago.  It is just right for blueberries.

Awoe

Absent with out explanation!
I haven't been very active on the blogging front lately-- taking a little break from most computer activity, it seems. However I might be back later,

Pickup Block #19, and the Final Applique Block!

this week's pieced block is called

and for the final applique block, Oak Leaves and Daisies

Just a photo

Jag vill, jag kan, jag skal
I want to, I can, I shall