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HQAL April 2025

Spring has arrived!

I have two big distractions…sunshine and gardening!

Home Flower Garden

Flowers are growing fast now! Lots of flowers!

Home Flower Garden

I am anxiously awaiting for all of those ‘trees’ in front of the garden to suddenly perfume the air with loads of pink, purple, and white lilac blossoms! Lilacs are everywhere here!

Home Flower Garden

I don’t have a photo, but the crabapple is full of pink buds and will open soon, too!

Daffodil

Daffodil

I am slowly spreading daffodil love around here. I have several varieties, and they are all doing well.

I used to have hundreds of tulips, but the rodents have devastated those (grrrrrrrrr). They don’t bother the daffodils, so a new look is happening around here.

Hyacinth

Grape Hyacinth

The critters, big and small, leave the hyacinths alone, too. Yay!

Here is an early lily that I think is very cool, and it appears to be thriving in my garden!

Fritillaria Persica

The peas are up, as well as the carrots, radishes, spinach, onion, a couple of types of lettuce, and the strawberries look great.

Tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and zucchini are all planted.

I hope y’all had a wonderful Easter! I know that I did! My daughter, and her fam, visited from North Carolina and it was such fun to see them!

Lest you think I have done nothing, stitching-wise, I do have a bit to report.

A very small bit.

Here is where I was:

Beez By Tricia Cribbs Embroidery Design

And, with a bad photo, here is where I am:

Beez By Tricia Cribbs Embroidery Design

This Hand Quilt Along is an opportunity for hand quilters and piecers to share and motivate one another. We post every three weeks, to show our progress and encourage one another.  If you have a hand quilting project and would like to join our group contact Kathy at the link below.

KathyMargaretDebSharonKarrinDaisy, and Laura

Have fun and carry on!

Fabric Basket

In this post, I shared a fabric bucket that I had made for my tea things.

Fabric Bucket/Basket

It was too small.

So I tried again.

Fabric Bucket/Basket

It isn’t as sturdy as I’d like, so maybe I will make another.

Someday.

Meantime, I am happy with this one.

Fabric Bucket/Basket

Quilt On!

Golden Peaks Table Runner 2

Ever since I made a table runner using the Golden Peaks block by Julie Cefalu, of The Crafty Quilter, I have wanted to make an almost matching table runner for the other cabinet in the living room area.

I finally got around to getting it done!

Golden Peaks Table Runner

Here is a look at the Golden Peaks table runner already made for the other cabinet.

Same block; different arrangement.

Golden Peaks Table Runner

This is a look at the back:

Golden Peaks Table Runner

Golden Peaks Table Runner

If you would like to see more about this block, then click the following links:

Quilt On!