A Quilting Reader's Garden

How's your Summer going?

Hello, all. How's your summer going? Mine's been pretty busy so quilting is happening at a sloth's pace. The border in that commission quilt is still mostly undone. But I did make the label. Here's how I did it.

1. Printed out what I wanted to say:

2. Copied it onto freezer paper:

3. I ironed it onto a square on the front of the top . Then quilted it.

Now if I could just finish the border and bind it.

To round out this report here's some photos from summer days:

Possible quilt border (from Mission San Fernando)

A second possibility

Retable (altar piece) Mission San Fernando

Retable Mission San Gabriel in LA

Off for my walk before it get's hot. Then to the dentist. And hopefully some quilting. What's your list for today? Visit LeeAnna's I Like Thursdays to see what others are doing. Blessings,

Friday FMQ

Still very busy - cousins back to Houston, family back from Portland, holiday over. Tuesday I leave for WA - summer fun continues.

Quilt-wise, I've been working on that commission quilt FMQing that last border, but I have to stop and bind two St. Anne's quilts other members made. Here's one of them:
She made 36 patch blocks from the 9-patch ones she was given from a donation, and paired it with some bear fabric, also donated. It's 36" square. Turned out sweet.

No fabric destashed; no hand stitching done. And the weather has been wonderful - in the mid 80s.

I'm linking to Let's Make Baby Quilts, Can I Have a Whoop, Whoop!, and Oh, Scrap!

Have a wonderful weekend.

Tour Day #3

Because the Ronald Reagan Library is quite a ways from home, and also it is necessary to take two of the most busy freeways to get home, we stayed a night in Alhambra. After the four hours at the library, we were ready to rest. So we drove to Pasadena Old Town and had dinner at the True Food Kitchen.

We sat at the table where the guy in the orange shirt is sitting. Their indoor seating is like a three sided room.

Two of our party had this Spinach and mushroom pizza - none left to take back to the hotel, it was so good.

Mom and I had delicious minestrone soup - just a cup - and each serving was BIG. This mainly vegetarian restaurant was a nice change. I would go back. We walked around a bit after dinner and wound up at a Cheesecake Factory for dessert. I was the only one to abstain. The calorie count per slice started at 840 calories! Then off to the hotel where we had a nice sleep. The next day we went to Pasadena's Arlington Garden - "a 3-acre botanical garden. It is Pasadena's only dedicated free public garden. The garden was designed by Mayita Dinos, it was started to be built in 2005." We're all early risers, so we were ready to visit the little (only 3 acres) gem at 8 am. Draw for me - hundreds of California native plants.