monday morning...ok, afternoon... star count

17 out of 90 whole stars completed.
1 out of approximately 25 partial stars completed.

I did some basting this week.  not a lot.  and I stitched one star.  woot!!!!  almost all this progress was accomplished on Tuesday evening while Hat and I watched Deadliest Catch.  We really like the show, and on Tuesdays they show the previous week's (or two's) episode(s), then a show called The Bait where the cast discusses behind the scenes stuff, and then the actual new episode, which is sometimes also followed by another program called After The Catch where the crew again assembles and talks about more behind the scenes stuff.   we like all of it.  and its great to watch all that snow and ice when we are sitting in the middle of sticky summer humidness.  stitch stitch stitch to the sounds of seagulls and waves crashing.

I try to baste 3 minty green "background" diamonds for every one star since that's about the ratio needed. I sorted my fabrics into color families and am working through one family at a time (yellows, reds, greens, browns).  I'm getting near the end of the yellows although I will need to repeat some fabrics later. 

linking up with jess @LifeUnderQuilts

Summertime

its been a month since my last post.  I was just starting to get the hang of blogging and now im afraid ive forgotten how I did some stuff again... I actually forgot how to even get to this blog place, and forgot the password when I found it.  good thing I don't use so many passwords, I just kept guessing at the "usual" ones I use and one of them worked.  yay!!

not much quilting progress in this past month because summer got in the way.  we did a lot of yard things including build an extension of the porch to help connect to the pool.  sort of a boardwalk.  this is phase one of the pool deck. the actual deck may or may not get completed this summer but I already enjoy the new part.  we completed this part just in time for memorial day and hosted our big family for a cookout/pool party.  wonderful time by all, wow the kids and grandkids sure grow up fast.

two weeks after the cookout we hosted an adult-family canoe trip.  hilarious time.  I love our family, they are just the funnest people.  casualties while canoeing included clothing, keys, a wedding band and 2 smart phones... worse than usual but still a great time!







the family that canoes together stays together :)



we had a total of 5 canoes and 2 kayaks.

this weekend I did actually get busy again on quilting!!  well ... sort of.  I finished colorfastness testing new stash fabrics, then prewashed, ironed and starched them all. (bleahhhh!!!  "laundry" is not my favorite part of the quilt process!)  and last nite I cut diamonds from some of them.   today is going to be more cutting of diamonds and then... maybe ... even... stitching!!  woot!

 

going to (attempt to!) link up with Jessica at Life Under Quilts BlogSpot for her Monday Morning Star Count.