No quilting done this week............

It's been a busy week getting my old roof off and the new one on. 

The roof before, very weathered cedar shakes......

This is what I had to deal with once they were all off....     

 

And this is the finished roof.......                           

 

Hope to get back to quilting later next week, but have things to get tucked in before winter arrives!

 

 

Granddaughter has arrived...............

Miranda Lee -- September 13, 2012, 7 lbs. 11oz., 20 1/2 inches long.

Miranda and her Daddy

 

 

Need to get busy on that quilt!

 

Great-nephew has arrived.............

My great-nephew was born yesterday (still waiting for my granddaughter).  I have his quilt top complete and ready to be basted to the batting and backing.  I thought about embroidering his name and birth date on the red border, but also thought of just embroidering a block to put on the back of the quilt.

I still have one more row of flowers to sew on my granddaughters hexi-flower quilt, but it's getting there!

Prim Doll Challenge...............

I joined Coth Doll Artistry hoping it would inspire me make dolls again. A pumpkin pattern was provided to use however you chose, this is what I came up with for the Prim Doll Halloween Challenge.  I call her Mrs. Peter-Peter Pumpkin Eater.  She is about 6-inches tall.

Three new quilting books............

I've been busy working on my two baby quilts, both babies will be arriving any time now.  The three new books are by Bonnie K. Hunter and they are all on scrap quilting.  They are like a modern day version of the way my grandmother used to quilt, especially the book Scraps & Shirttails: Reuse, Re-purpose, Recycle! The Art of "Quilting Green".  She made all of her grandchildren quilts and it was so much fun to look at them and find bit and pieces of dresses, or blouses I wore or shirts from my brothers.

 

(Don't know why this picture posted sideways, haven't figured out how to fix it!)

 

 

Cutting and sorting pieces for scrap quilts will be another project for this winter, as if I didn't have
enough projects already!

Bell and Bean Salsa

I've been away from the computer for awhile.  I went to Kansas to visit my Mom and my youngest brother.  While there my brother made this Bell and Bean Salsa, a recipe he received from my sister.
It was so good I thought now that I'm home and peppers are in abundance I would make some.

Bell and Bean Salsa

3 sweet bell peppers (red, yellow & orange), diced small
½ cup onion (red) diced small
1 cup celery, diced small
2 Tablespoons canned jalapeno pepper, diced
1 4 oz. jar diced pimento (didn’t use)
1 can black-eyed peas
1 can black beans
1 can shoepeg corn

Marinade:

Heat together ½ cup oil, ½ cup cider vinegar, 1 cup sugar or Splenda, salt and pepper.

Cool – pour over veggies, let sit up to 24 hours, drain.

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I've been playing around a bit with one of the baby quilts--

Looking forward to September--two new babies in the family and things will slow down a bit so I can get back to quilting.

Summer has finally come to northern Idaho

We went from below normal, to above normal temperatures practically over night.  I'm just grateful for some sunshine--finally! My cat -known as Mud- is enjoying an afternoon nap out of the heat.

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I have been working a bit on one of the baby quilts

I'm doing paper-pieced tumbler blocks for one side of my great-nephews quilt.  I was going to put the red along the two long edges, but after seeing it laid out I think I will mingle it in with the other colors.

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I have a couple of new quilting books.  Well this first one is actually old, but new to me. 

I think these blocks will be great for using up scraps.

 I can't wait to start doing the embroidery in this book. (One of these days, I hope my photos will be better!)