Some Progress to Begin the Week!

I've had a very unusual Sunday afternoon since I go home from church.  Neither my doorbell nor my phone rang at all until tonight about 8:30.  That happens very rarely no matter what day it is, but it was rather nice because I was in the mood to finish marking and get started on  sandwiching my Civil War quilt.  I still have to decide how I'll try to quilt the open spaces, which worries me a bit.

The table I use is 60" x 30", and the quilt top is about 90" square, so that means I have to move it again and clamp it down again.  Anyway, it's centered and  clamped down and ready for me to start pinning it in the morning.    I probably won't get to start quilting until later in the week.

Saturday I went to Walmart and got some fat quarters to make a baby quilt to replace the one I refused to finish.  I forgot to take a picture of the fabrics, but I'll get it made before the next quilting bee meeting and will show it when I get it finished.

Thanks to my readers who left a comment on my last two posts.  Sandy had asked whether my little blue parakeet was still around.  I hadn't seen him for a few days until late this afternoon, but I looked out and there he was on the feeder with a big white winged dove.  I grabbed my camera and took some pictures from inside the sunroom.  He's not a bit afraid of the big doves, which really surprises me.  I managed to take seven pictures.  Again, please excuse the yard and rose trellis.  I wonder how long he will stay, and where he came from.

I hope I get my quilt all pinned tomorrow; maybe I will.

---"Love"