Friday, October 16, 2015

Two More Christmas Table Toppers

Finally --- I finished quilting the last two of five Christmas projects I pieced a couple of months ago, or longer.  Life just kept getting in the way, and then I just had to make that Music wall hanging for some peace of mind!  I may or may not make a few more Christmas things.  Again life and donation projects keep me busy and confused; we'll see.  I had fun quilting these anyway.  My original plan for them was to send them to  my cousins whom I don't see often; all live far away from me.  However, plans may change; maybe not.   Anyway, here they are --- again not perfect, but I'm fairly pleased with the results.

Disappearing 4-Patch Poinsettias
I was amused by the quilting design when I finished.  I didn't mark it; just eye-balled it! 

Octagon Stack and Whack - This was fun!  If I were to make it again, I'd make a little change.  Can you guess what?

I finished this last one last night, but didn't make the picture until today.
After taking the pictures this morning, I decided to clean flower beds.  I trimmed about 22' feet of Lantanas down to the ground almost and piled it all on the driveway.  Next week the bulk trash will be picked up on my street, and I certainly want to get rid of all that mess!  After that, I raked up all the leaves and trash in that bed;  there are lots of iris bulbs there, and the tops looked awful after being crammed under all those Lantanas all summer, so I cut them all off with the scissors!  Got all that mess bagged up and in the trash can.

Then I decided to trim the hedges across the front of the house and clean those beds.  It got dark before I got the last five trimmed, but I did get a lot of  other trash and weeds (literally!) pulled up and bagged.  I'll finish that tomorrow if I'm able to get out of bed, and IF my hands will move at all!   Can you believe I was out there 7.5 hours?!!  No wonder I'm a tired OLD lady tonight!

Then, if all that doesn't finish me off,  I MAY tackle the iris bed along the east side of the house tomorrow too.  The iris bulbs have multiplied so much over the years that they could hardly bloom this year.  Of course, our 30+ days of rain and then almost 60 days with no rain at all hasn't helped flowers or grass anywhere in my yard!  I just hope I've been able to keep the roses alive with watering; they are certainly not looking good!

If I get all that done, then the front yard will be set for winter.  I'll work on the back flower beds as I can find time, and I really must do that!  That's what I see from the sunroom where I sew.  That's also what people will see during my Christmas parties --- coming up before we know it!

Are you getting ready????  (I'm already tired!)

---"Love"


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  1. a good yarnOctober 17, 2015 at 3:38 PM

    Lovely quilts love and your eyeballing is spot on. I'm afraid I can't tell what you'd change. You'll have to tell me!

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  2. canuckquilterOctober 17, 2015 at 7:44 PM

    Two beautiful projects. You should be pleased with your quilting. It looks great on both quilts. I struggle with those curves inside squares. You seem to have accomplished a lot in the yard. I'm hoping for a frost tonight to kill of the biting bugs that appear in the fall so I can get out and start cleaning up the flower beds without itching for a week!

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  3. RuthOctober 18, 2015 at 9:40 AM

    Both quilts are lovely and I especially love the "stack n whack" table topper! They seem like something that might be hard to make. Maybe one of these days I might try one. My body aches for you! Hope you aren't too sore this morning. Our weather is gradually getting cooler and we're getting more rain now, which we really needed. My veggie garden is just about done and I will probably pick the one acorn squash that I grew from the $3 or $3.50 plant soon. The flowers are still going. I planted a yellow lantana in front and it is still looking good!

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