Tag Archives: LCsCottage

A Stroll in the Garden

“Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower.” – John Harrigan

Geum

*Clicking on a photo will give you a closer look!

Iris

Lilac

Allium

Petunia

Peony

“The little boy nodded at the peony and the peony seemed to nod back. The little boy was neat, clean and pretty. The peony was unchaste, dishevelled as peonies must be, and at the height of its beauty.(…) Every hour is filled with such moments, big with significance for someone.”
― Robertson Davies, What’s Bred in the Bone

Peony

Iris

Lilac

Maple

Creeping Phlox/Jenny

Lilac

Nothing is more wistful than the scent of lilac, nor more robust than its woody stalk, for we must remember that it is a tree as well as a flower, we must try not to forget this.  –Stevie Smith

Lilac

Creeping Zinnia/Allysum

How I Spent My Saturday Afternoon

I had a very pleasant Saturday afternoon off from the day job, so I spent the time doing some prep work for sewing.

Bonnie Hunter had a leader/ender bow tie challenge back in 2011.  I decided to make this quilt back in 2018 (you can see that post here, and you will find a link to BH).  No hurry.  Nope.  None at all.

I’ve been out of cut squares to make more bow tie blocks, so I cut a few more.  I don’t have a picture of those, but I do have a picture of the finished blocks. 

There are more than 578 little bow ties in this basket!

Bow Tie Leader/Enders

Remember the Lets Sew Quilt Along

I have finally pin basted it!

Lets Sew Quilt Along

Lets Sew Quilt Along

While I had the pins and table set up, I pin basted Floral Reflections, too.

Floral Reflections

The inspector got involved…she had to check out the safety aspect!

Floral Reflections

I will be working on ESS (Every Stinking Seam…Cindy Needham’s version of SITD…Stitch in the Ditch).  This will take a while!

Stay safe.  Stay healthy.  Quilt on!

Traffic Jam One and Two Finished!

Not one, but two finishes to share!

Traffic Jam One and Traffic Jam Two are done!

Traffic Jam

These two quilts will be gifted to young boys.  I sure hope they like them!

Traffic Jam

Edge to edge stars (I think my stars look more like starfish) are quilted on this one:

Traffic Jam

And this one has edge to edge swirls going on:

Traffic Jam

These scrappy quilts were fun to make and the only stash that I shopped was my own!

Traffic Jam

Previous Traffic Jam Posts:

Pat Sloan’s Pattern

Traffic Jam One Update

Traffic Jam One – It’s A Flimsy!

Traffic Jam Two Update

Traffic Jam Two – It’s A Flimsy!

Stay safe.  Stay healthy.  Quilt on!