In the Garden

It's raining, so I went to clean out our dry wall on the back side of our house for the runoff to drain away and saw these.

My yellow Lady Banks Rose is starting to bloom.  Guess she thinks it's Spring already.  I'll take her prognostication any day over that ground hog.

It's in the low 50s today - a 30 degree difference from last week when it was in the 80s - typical California weather - LOL.  And here is our adenium. It has bloom all winter long.

Stash Report 1/30/11

Made another secret block, so I used about 1/8 of a yard there of scraps.  Assembled a charity quilt to tie and used about a yard of scraps for the top.  Haven't made the back yet.  Found a yard of fabric to donate to the Thrifty Corner at out guild.
So my numbers are:

Used/Donated this week:  2.12 yards

Used/Donated Yr to date: 6.72yards
Added this wk: - 0.0 yards

Total Yr to date Added: -1.25 yards
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Total  Yr to date Used     5.47yards

Hey, I almost doubled my fabric used!

Over at PatchworkTimes, Judy has posted what she and others have used this week.  Check it out.

First Quilt to Tie

I dug in my stash and found a cowboy print and have put it together for the first quilt St Ann's Sewdality will tie.  It will measure 36" square.  I've got the rows done and guess it will go up on my wall til I can get back to it.  Must think of a backing. I'd like to find something that we could just bring to the front and bind it that way.

Do you think a toddler would like this?  The pregnancy center takes things for up to three years of age.