Am plodding along. My WIP and the Q4 list #17- The Red Thread made progress this past week.
April's is done so now am stitching March. : )
The Braid Quilt (WIP and #3 on the Q 4 list) I've been able to get all the blocks made. 37 blocks done which is enough since am thinking of using a 6 x 6 block grid layout with frames, pieced sashes and several different borders so this project will go on the back burner for now. Am still auditioning what fabrics will be used. The solid blue and that yellow print 'were' for sure with perhaps a nice white thrown in for crispness too. While looking at these photos for this post, feel that the yellow print washes out a bit too much. Will let this percolate and I'll ruminate.
Purple fountain grass and other plantings are all transplanted and am hardening them off. Talk about a lot of work bringing them in then out, then out to the in, (anyone remember the movie HOME? giggles) etc... so much, but am ever hopeful this will pay off.
This year am hoping to winter the grasses, geraniums, mandeville, vines and annuals. We live in zone 4, so many can't survive without bringing them in. I've wintered the geraniums before without problems. Also a couple of the palms and the desert rose cactus too so wish me luck for this year with doing so many more.
Personally I am tired of spending hundreds each spring to fill the planters - so am hopeful by wintering these, they'll be off to a great start come spring and I'll have more moola in my purse. We have a unit of shelves set up in the basement for starting seeds in the spring which I need to purge, clean and set up for this winter plan. That chore is on this week's agenda besides storing the summer clothes and footwear. I'll have to take a whole day to see what brings me "spark-joy" and purge that along too.
Hunting season is here and I love that the men in our family can provide natural game if need be. DH is actually suiting up too and going our back to see what signs are showing up. Won't be long now before we have some fresh venison and some game birds.
Happy Fall,
Jane
Am linking this post up to WIPs be gone at a Quilters Reader's Garden.
April's is done so now am stitching March. : )
The Braid Quilt (WIP and #3 on the Q 4 list) I've been able to get all the blocks made. 37 blocks done which is enough since am thinking of using a 6 x 6 block grid layout with frames, pieced sashes and several different borders so this project will go on the back burner for now. Am still auditioning what fabrics will be used. The solid blue and that yellow print 'were' for sure with perhaps a nice white thrown in for crispness too. While looking at these photos for this post, feel that the yellow print washes out a bit too much. Will let this percolate and I'll ruminate.Purple fountain grass and other plantings are all transplanted and am hardening them off. Talk about a lot of work bringing them in then out, then out to the in, (anyone remember the movie HOME? giggles) etc... so much, but am ever hopeful this will pay off.
This year am hoping to winter the grasses, geraniums, mandeville, vines and annuals. We live in zone 4, so many can't survive without bringing them in. I've wintered the geraniums before without problems. Also a couple of the palms and the desert rose cactus too so wish me luck for this year with doing so many more.
Personally I am tired of spending hundreds each spring to fill the planters - so am hopeful by wintering these, they'll be off to a great start come spring and I'll have more moola in my purse. We have a unit of shelves set up in the basement for starting seeds in the spring which I need to purge, clean and set up for this winter plan. That chore is on this week's agenda besides storing the summer clothes and footwear. I'll have to take a whole day to see what brings me "spark-joy" and purge that along too.
Hunting season is here and I love that the men in our family can provide natural game if need be. DH is actually suiting up too and going our back to see what signs are showing up. Won't be long now before we have some fresh venison and some game birds.
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| Son and PGS#2 taken the weekend before Josh's 19th Birthday. |
Jane
Am linking this post up to WIPs be gone at a Quilters Reader's Garden.
1 comment:
Nice to see you back blogging, Jane :) Your little stitching WIP is so cute...
Good idea to try to save some of your flowers. I bring in my ferns each year and even that helps save money.
Hope the hunters find some success. My dad used to hunt when he was young--deer, rabbit, pheasant. I think he did it more for the "male bonding" experience than the thrill of the hunt :)
Happy October to you!
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