Dorothy, your applique and quilting are beautiful!

Rosemary, your DH did a fabulous job constructing the canoe. It looks like a work of art. you both should be very proud. I am so glad you showed a close up of your quilt. After the shark comment I looked and thought "well maybe". Not a shark fan after close encounters during my surfing days in my youth.

Wow wonderful quilting Dorothy!

Dorothy,
Your quilt inspires me to get better at free motion on my domestic machine, as well as my longarm! Awesome work. Does your machine have the BSR on it? I don't know which models have that feature. However, you still did a great job with or without it on executing the designs. Way to go!
May God bless the work of your hands,
Luann

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I have the quilt I did posted in the gallery, but cannot get it to upload here, so here is the link if you'd like to see it...not sure this will work either

Thanks for the close-up, Rosemary. Much nicer than sharks! That fabric is beautiful!! And I just love Lilly and hope you can share pictures of you and hubby taking her for her maiden voyage.

Wow, Rosemary,
Caning seats for a boat!? I took a class in that year's ago. A man I worked with provided a chair for me, we had to clean out all the holes, etc then weaving all those layers. I really wish it would have been MY chair by the time I finished doing it. But I did learn the process and enjoyed it. Maybe someday I will find that perfect little chair that needs a new seat,,,hmmm, maybe not! LOL
There's a lot already going on around here. But I love being busy about, with projects that intrigue me.
May God bless everyone with a day of calmness.
Luann

Rosemary,
Beautiful quilt.
And thanks for the tip on using a dark fabric to enhance a scrappy quilt. I always think along the lines of light neutrals, but I will definitely give this a go in the future
May God bless each of you with a calm day,
Luann

Lois, DH was putting a rope loop through the bow for lifting. He has been on a boat building retreat since Izzy's birthday He started with 4 sheets of 8' x 4' x 4mm plywood (Measurements are weird that way here in UK), a load of glass cloth & resin. I got to be in charge of draping the glass cloth (it is cloth = therefore I am in charge!) and caning the seats for him a few weeks back.

Very nice journal cover. I agree. It looks like leather. Rosemary, the quilt is lovely. Glad there were no sharks. Was that DH pushing Lily. Is the varnish job maintenance or did he construct the canoe? Is that what he did at our Virtual Retreat?

And here is Lilly - just got to wait for the varnish to cook off fully

Here are my 'sharks' Nancy




I actually got in trouble for cutting up such a pretty fabric from DH with this

jdeluka, I have found that dark colours seem to work well for setting off scrappy quilts

Lucky pastors wife Luann. Your fabrics look almost leather sewn that way.

Beautiful quilt Rosemary - The blue really sets off your scrappy piecing. While the bali-pops Judy Neimeier created to use in her pattern are nice to grab and get started, I wanted something a little different. I raided my stash, and then pulled a few of the original bali-pop strips I bought 6-7 years ago (I used most of a set of "strawberry fields", and part of a "mango" something or other and made my own color arrangement - that was half the fun for me!

Luann, the composition book looks great! I really like the multi-colored thread

Beautiful quilt, Rosemary! It'll be appreciated and loved! What's in the center of those blocks? It looks like sharks to me. Can you show a close-up?

Lovely composition book, Luann! I assume those are some of your lovely hand-dyes. Another gift that I'm sure will be much appreciated!