The girls and I seem to be getting a lot of quilting done, however, we have also been making masks. It is a good thing that we all have such awesome fabric stashes, to draw on, at times like these. We are making masks using batik fabrics, as they are a tighter weave of cotton; two layers in each mask. We have used up all our elastic, but we can make masks with ties. Kirsten has been doing some slow hand-quilting on her Civil War Nine Patch quilt. She got three lines done this week! She and Jane are having a look at it, as shown in the photo, above. She and Jane are trying to keep their distance, but are wearing their masks just to be extra safe. Be safe out there, and stay home and quilt, sew, read a book, do your nails, run around in the back yard, plant some seeds, replace light bulbs, refill the bird feeder, tie-dye some fabric, build something from wood scraps, take a nap in the yard, try new recipes, like the coffee cake recipe on the brown sugar bag (but you need sour cream for that . .). Keep checking back on our blog!
I went camping with friends, last Thursday through
Sunday. We stayed at the Lafferty
Campground, which is 22 miles northwest of Council, Idaho. We had a relaxing time. We went exploring and for walks, and I went
wading in the creek. There was a rabbit in #2 and a rabbit in #3; we were in #8. There was no one else at the campground, except for chipmunks and Mr. Snake. I had time for napping,
reading while napping, and napping while reading.
I also did some hand
quilting. Marsha, Astrid, and I are doing The Civil War Nine Patch
Challenge. I have my quilt top all
pieced and I am hand-quilting it. I
brought it on the camping trip to work on, since we are roughing it and have no
electricity.
I tossed my camping quilt
on a nice warm rock, after I asked that nice little garter snake if I could sit
on one of his rocks, where I sat and got a good amount of hand-quilting
done. I still have a long way to go,
however.
Saturday afternoon we had a thunder and lightening storm
with lots of rain, so we stayed in the camper, where I did a little more
quilting. It is starting to look rather
rustic, like a Civil War quilt should.
