Carol B 🇺🇦❤️
@be-a-kind-human
Life long learner, mom, grandma, quilter, gardener, recently retired HS science educator, cyclist, lap swimmer, SUP paddler, Ex-Postie, and 24/7 Geek (zone 6a gardener)
I feel like I’m finally making some progress again on Star of Wonder. Row 11 of 20 is finally done 👍 It is nice to see the larger design take shape. I started this project 12mo ago l - expect another 12mo to complete the top. It is a serious skill-building pattern ripe w/challenges! #quiltsky
I procrastinated & procrastinated cutting and piecing this M-F-er 8.5”x8.5” block for most of today. I finally started putting it together after pouring a generous glass of Cabernet🍷. I think I seriously dodged a bullet sewing under the influence tonight!!! Luck was with me 🍀 #quiltsky
Raccoons🦝🦝 threw a party with my sweet corn 🌽 last night! The first ears were just days away from picking 🤯🫠 They ate most of the 40 ears they stripped from the stalks. Only a few small ears remain. They left every cucumber on the vines though 😞 #gardening left: the remains right:a month ago
I pieced a quilt top over the past few days using a large border frame from a new book I bought on Tuesday. While I am not a ‘panel’ quilter, I was inspired by how the authors made borders interesting. Toby is not a natural ‘quilt model’ like Pete was 🥲Toby really just wanted belly rubs 😻 #quiltsky
I picked bunches of white currants last night from a bush I planted just last summer. Aren’t they beautiful? I’m making strawberry currant jam later today with berries from my garden. I’m very curious how it will turn out. #gardening
Zara supervised my quilting much of yesterday before and after my shopping adventure… she’s a BIG girl! Toby was keeping an eye on the bunnies from the porch.
Here are several of the first 31 blocks completed- times two - one quilt for each granddaughter ❤️❤️
I have learned that I cannot go quilt “shop hopping” without supervision! I visited 4 new quilt stores yesterday & 3 more today. The better part of 12 yards of fabric followed me home 🫤 Did I enjoy the retail therapy sessions? 💯 & I found 15 great little prints💕 for my Alice’s Wonderland! #quiltsky
My grand kitten Suvi (18!) caught a mouse this morning and proudly shared it with us 😻❤️😻 The old gal is a fraction of her once impressive weight, but she’s still agile, alert, and affectionate. Good work Suvi! #catsky
3/3 I realized that I’ve not had much bunny trouble previously because Pete adored tine in the cat yard & probably kept it mostly bunny-free. Toby only goes out when I’m out because I don’t trust him yet with the fence. Good news- no new bunny garden raiding since the chicken wire addition! Pete 😻
I have been having bunny problems in my garden this past week- eating lettuce & Swiss chard , tearing down & eating peas, nibbling bean shoots. GRRRR 😖 I just put a 15” chicken wire fence on my cat yard fence that forms one side of my garden. Last night Toby flushed out the bunny 🥰 1/3 #gardening
It has been a long 180 school days of caring for my grandkids, 4 & 2. I’m grateful to have this special relationship with them, but I am EXHAUSTED… Leaving home before 6am and getting home about 4:45 eats my free time. Quilting, gardening, exercise, and house repairs will fill my summer.
Happy #caturday from Toby & Zara. Both have been busy supervising quilting work & some gardening today. Toby thought that all of the fabric & batting when loading the quilt frame was THE BEST for kitty play, but settled for a cup under the sewing table after being put on the other side of the door.
Fruit trees and vines are starting to bear fruit… finally. Nectarines and seedless Concord grapes are the first of the lot to start fruiting. I’m hoping my semi dwarf apple trees ‘might’ start next year as well as my apricots. Pink Lady trees had blossoms this year! #gardening
My garden is almost all planted. I still need yellow sweet peppers. I picked strawberries this morning, asparagus is finishing up, lettuce is ready to start picking, & my first snap peas are on the vine! I need to clean up the drip lines so I don’t trip again 🤬😖 hard fall last week. Ouch #gardening
Angela Walter’s is offering a FREE free motion quilting series focuses on feathers starting in July. I’m looking forward to having some time in my life again to improve my quilting skills over summer break. Register for free at the link below: #quiltsky quiltingismytherapy.com/feathers-bor...
And Feather Farts by Kelly Larrock at the GVQG show at RIT was great too! A Legit Kits pattern but very personalized quilted feathers in remembrance of a beloved furry family member. #quiltsky
The Genesee Valley Quilt Show in Rochester NY was impressive! 650 + quilts and the majority of them of quality that you might see among this at an AQS show. There was some beautiful free motion quilting that took my breath away🥰 I failed to photograph names… my apologies😞 #quiltsky
I love your colors so far! I’m doing the same pattern temperature quilt (x2) for my two young (both 2) grandsons who live in different climates. NY on right, NC on left Jan to April
My 4yr old granddaughter was browsing Hancocks of Paducah online WITH me to find the last few petite florals for the quilt she wants me to make her - Alice’s Wonderland. We both said “wow! Beautiful!” At the same time when we saw the perfect 108” floral backing… We are in synch 🥰 #quiltsky
My granddaughter just told me that she “loves loves loves!!!🥰” this quilt on the cover of the book I brought with me today. She said I should make it for her 💕🥰- please?! I think THIS will be one of my summer projects! Quilt making is wonderful when you are making FOR someone 🥰 #quiltsky
Of course I see an assembly error in the right that will need fixing!!! Grrrrrrr