The rain is gone and Hubby and I headed over to one of our favorite places to enjoy nature.
It was a glorious day!
The locust trees are in full bloom!
We visit this park frequently, and a search of Old Kettle or Kettle Falls Natural Recreation Area on this blog will show just how often!
Back home…
a photo of the barbed wire fence just because.
And the view from the back yard.
See the world around you!
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Tagged butterfly, Kettle Falls Recreation Area, LCsCottage, Locust Tree, nature hike, Old Kettle, pale tiger swallowtail
Mom spent about 2 weeks with Hubby and I and it rained nearly every day!
All that snow melt and rain made for raging rivers and the Kettle River is no exception.
Since the mouth of the Kettle River empties into the Columbia River very close to where we live (we can see it from our yard), we packed Mom up and took a scenic drive.
*Clicking on a photo will give you a closer look!
This homesite was lost to flooding a few years ago:
Do you enjoy going for scenic drives in your neck of the woods?
See the world around you!
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Tagged Columbia River, flooding, Kettle River, LCsCottage, scenic drive, spring runoff, Washington state
Julie Cefalu, the designer behind The Crafty Quilter, posted a free tutorial on making a folded corner pincushion.
These are super cute and I simply had to make some for quick gifts!
One can easily make these from scraps, too! That is what I did.
The little pockets are great for a needle threader, clips, and a bobbin with thread!
These are easy to make, but ya might want to be sure that you start with the correct size square, if ya want yours to be the same size as Julie’s.
Right from the start, I picked up the wrong size square and then wondered why my pincushion wasn’t the right size. Ha, ha!
I stuffed mine with both polyfill and crushed walnut shells, and I hand sewed my opening closed.
My photos aren’t the best, so I suggest you hop on over to Julie’s site and check out her tutorial. She also offers a boxed corner version…a version that I’d like to make as well.
Julie’s instructions are clear, thorough, and show great photos!
Quilt On!
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Tagged Juili Cefalu, LCsCottage, quick gift, scrap pincushion, scrap project, sewing, the Crafty Quilter
