Plugging Along

The machines are humming

as I try to tick items off my list.

I'm STILL working on the same quilts I started

at the beginning of the summer.

*sigh*

But,

I did dig out this old, leader/ender flimsie.

Borrowing a page from Lesley's book,

I decided to try spray quilt adhesive

because I really detest laying quilts out on the floor

and pin basting them.

The only space available to work with the spray adhesive 

is on my front deck.

Mother Nature hasn't been kindly to us up here this summer,

so I had to wait patiently for a nice dry morning

with no/little wind off the water.

I'm pleased to say it's about 2/3 quilted.
Spray basting works like a charm.

Can't wait to show you when it's finished!

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I was digging through my 'stuff' and came across this 

foundation pieced pattern and fabric from 2002.

I never did finish collecting the other fabrics.

The focus fabric is Michael Miller

and is a half yard cut.

The little boy I was going to make it for

is now a grown man.

So,

it's up for grabs!

It's a shame for it to sit in the bottom of a bin forever.

If you are interested,

just sign your comment with an XO,

and you'll be included in the draw.
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This sweet thing visited me every day for three weeks.
"These birds are sociable at all seasons,
and it is rare to see just one."

At first, I thought it had been separated from its flock,
and I found it's constant thin, lisping cry
from the tops of my trees disturbing.
Then I decided it was nesting, and I felt better.
Cedar Waxwings join the American Goldfinch as late nesters
because they eat berries.
(American Goldfinch, of course, eat thistle seeds.)

"Named for the red tips on the secondary flight feathers,
which suggest beaded wax, but the fact is that the entire body
of the Cedar Waxwing seems poured from wax.
From the sweptback rakish crest to the yellow-tipped tail,
every feather on the adult seems seamlessly set in place."
(Pete Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion)

Check out this cool video.
I'd love being able to do this!
Notice the red tips on their secondary flight feathers.

Stay sweet!

~karen