TMI Quilt

 Back to my Three Mile Island Quilt.  

The accident happened in 1979 so I'm using classic 70s colors; avocado green, harvest gold and chocolate.    I'll be adding sashing and borders of course. I found this great chart on line.

I'm using the Jen Kingwell steampunk pattern that I used in my Chernobyl quilt.  There will be three in the series of Nuclear Accidents.

I've been sifting and sorting and purging again.   It is sometimes a little painful, but it all feels better when it is gone.

One of the projects was auditing my sheets.  Ridiculous!  I had so many sets and random singles.

While watching the January 6th hearings I got them organized and folded.

King sets and pillowcases I want to keep

Twin sets - one set going back about 25 years.  The tulip sheets by Laura Ashley and they are still in perfect condition.

Queen sets:

Would I rather be sewing? sure.....but it felt great to get this job done.

Some are going to Goodwill and some are going to my kids.  yay!

Other stuff I'm letting go of to various thrift and charitable outlets:

Don't worry - that Chrome quilt was not included!  ha ha

As Mary Poppins so wisely said: "Well Begun is Half Done". 

I always over plant my containers because I want them to look lush and full.  It becomes survival of the fittest.

The weather has been sublime.  Coco likes to enjoy the fresh air outside without actually being outside, lol.

The labyrinth down at the Sound has expanded a lot since I last saw it.  I would have walked it, but coco wouldn't have understood.... at all.

Happy Juneteenth.  I'm grateful for  this cultural awareness holiday.

Stay well friends!

xo
 

Hello from Here

Hi friends! It has been a long while since I have posted.  The news of the world has affected me a bit, but I'm here now to catch up.arb

Barb turns the big 60!

As you may have seen by now - I turned 60 on June 2nd.

We had a wonderful celebration in Vero Beach Florida.  Lots of famil  time in a wonderful VRBO.

My family had a surprise Party for  me.

Don't you love the peanut M&Ms on the charcuterie board? 

We loved  the pool my kids dubbed it "the little ocean" when we stayed home as opposed to going to the beach.  watching the blue land crabs peeking at us from the garden.

 fun to watching the blue land crabs peeking at us from the garden.

A visit to Universal Studios for one very LONG and very HOT day of FUN.

We actually have as much fun in line as on the ride.

The Newer Diagon Alley area of Harry Potter is amazing!

It truly is like entering a different world;  a magical wizarding world.

My wonderful children took me the McKee Botanical Garden

This is an amazing outdoor kitchen in the Spanish style.

A wicker sculpture - amazing!  it took two weeks for a group to construct this of green willow branches.

It was very neat to walk through and admire.

As for  quilting - I finished my workshop pieced portrait of Nutmeg.

the pinning was insane.   It was like hand piecing for the machine.

I always wanted to learn how these quilts were made and now I know, and I may will never do it again. 😅

One of my favorite summer side dishes - Three Bean Salad.

Here is the link to the recipe.

Hope you are having a lovely June!  Thank you to everyone who has wished me a Happy Big Birthday.  I so appreciate you all.

xoxo