July bee block

I can't believe I got this done!  I guess I just needed a break from packing and move craziness.  Craziness such as the seller calling me to complain about his wife being a psycho and calling the cops on him so he couldn't move his stuff out of the house.  Eeek!  I just want to imagine that no one lived in the house before us, so please mister, don't call me.

Anyway, Sharon's fabric arrived today and I finished her block today as well.  Yeah, I'm shocked, too.  And it was fun even though the theme of a manly cowboyish block scared the pants off me.  But I pulled on my sewing pants and got on with it.

I also figured after talking with Mr Psycho, who informed me he owned guns, by the way (not very common among the urban Canadians I'm used to), that I needed some retail therapy.  And not just contact lens solution and coffee beans from costco.  Real retail therapy.  Quilt store variety.  As I mentioned before my LQS is pretty country, but I did manage to get some Sugarpop and Central Park.  And some Aurifil, my fave thread ever.  My partners in the four by five have requested aqua, apple green, and iris.  A little hard to come by when your LQS skews country, so I'm hoping these additions to my stash will help.

This will probably be the last post for a while.  We move out on the 28th, then I'll be bunking at my parents for a month.  Hopefully I'll get some sewing done while I'm there and can post a bit!

Cheers,
C

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May bee block

Oh, I am so behind on this! I just could not come up with an idea, and I'm still not that happy with what I produced.  I guess I'm just not as good at thinking creatively as I thought I was.  Boo.

Anyway, the challenge was to use the large plaid print for a picnic themed block.  Does mine fit the bill?  I hope so!  Originally I'd thought to add an applique ant but couldn't find any black solid other than a nasty poly.  So no ants at this picnic, sorry!  As soon as the postal strike is over, I'll get this in the mail, though.

As far as the block design goes, this was the first time in years that I'd done something with half square triangles and I tried the sew big and trim down technique for the first time.  Man do I hate that technique!  All the stupid trimming.  Blah!  So not for me.  Props to everyone out there who does lots of hst work.  Yup, I'm talking to you Rita and Jeni!

And just because, here's a shot of the cedar waxwings wreaking havoc in our cherry tree.  I don't mind so much that they eat the fruit, but the little buggers are loud and don't stop squawking until about 11!

ciao bellas,
C

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June bee blocks

Ok, I feel awful about this.  I just finished my June bee block and I haven't done my May one yet.  I was just so inspired by this one but can't come up with anything for the May block.  So bad, I know.  Anyway, June's was inspired by this post on Comfort Stitching and was a blast.  Yay!

adios yo,
C

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