Now that I have access to a sewing machine again, I have been sewing up lap-quilt tops. Below are six of them. I think my favorite is the red and green one. It all started with the center square that someone else made. I found it in the unending collection of quilting squares that Laura Jost always has in her garage. It didn't seem to match anything else she had so I just decided to make it into a quilt all by itself. I found white and matching red and green fabric in the huge bins Laura has and there you go....
The blue and yellow quilt next to it originated as a pillow sham I made several years ago. It was eventually replaced by a different bed spread scheme and it seemed silly to just have it folded up in the linen closet so I found some coordinating blue fabric and now it and it's companion sham are lap quilts.
I have continued to make pottery. I pay for six 2 1/2 hour sessions at a time and, in this set, I have managed to throw 16 pieces.
Only the front two pieces are mine in the photo below
all but the far right piece are mine. The weird"bowl" in front is actually a lid to the piece on the left in the top photo.
I will glaze everything in two weeks and start a new set of sessions the end of August. I am taking requests since I really don't need any more pottery of my own but I don't want to stop going.
Pulling weeds has been my primary yard activity. Picking has been secondary. The vegetable garden looks lovely but I have yet to pick many green beans and squash. The butternut squash plant is trying to take over the yard. I guess I expected it to grow like a yellow or zucchini squash plant. Nope. I am picking tomatoes but I am not overwhelmed with them. And, we picked about 8 peaches from one of our three trees. That was it.
Movie report:
Flash of Genius - the last of my Greg Kinnear movies. The story of the man who invented the intermittent windshield wiper.
Lady in the Van - Maggie Smith poignant portrayal of a homeless woman
Concussion - This surprised me how good it was. I put it in my queue on Steven's recommendation and I was going to watch it over two days but ended up staying up late to finish it in one viewing.
All three films were based upon true events.
Both Steve and I had dentist appointments this month. Both of us have had to make return visits - Steve to have two of his crowns put back in (!) and me to have a filling re-anchored.
Part of this week, we have had Lucy with us. Thursday evening, Elise and I drove to the half-way rendezvous at Jonesburg to pick her up and she will be with us until this evening.
It has been delightful to have her here. We went swimming Friday morning.
We picked flowers
She has played dress-up (with stuff she brought).
And, she has dressed up her little toy dog with some of Sadie's clothes.
This dog of hers is battery operated and is like a real dog. Sadie was certainly fooled at first. Fortunately, she didn't try to attack the toy but she was still really curious about it. Having just one grandchild here has been easier on Sadie. And, Lucy has been very sweet with her. In fact, I think Sadie likes Lucy. She licked her nose last night and she always wants to be on the bed when I read stories to Lucy every night. Its pretty cute.....
And, so July 2016 comes to a close.
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