Quilting by the Sea

Hello - and thank you all so much for your well wishes before I left!

I'm back, well sort of.  It's hard to re-enter the reality atmosphere.  Even when I engage my deflector shields, it hard not to get burned.

I keep going to the kitchen when I'm hungry and nothing is prepared....no matter how many times I leave my bedroom, that bed never gets made.  I'm in denial, clearly.

I actually did a little stitching on this cruise.  I usually take it and never do any.

Here we're sailing from Athens, Greece to Messina, Italy.

This was a great take along project, small and compact.

Here I am at one of my favorite spots:  Deck 3, promenade deck.  This where I head late in the afternoon after I've enough sun and fun for a little rest and relaxation.

Look at that concentration; have I mentioned I hate hand piecing?

This is why:  wrong, barb - again!

I should stick to what I do best on holiday - celebrate my family!

I'm still working on my photos, but will be back before the weekend with "Barb's Top Ten" of my cruise.

I'm looking forward to catching up with everyone's projects.  I hope you are all having a wonderful summer and finding time for some sewing.

Catching Up

Happy Friday!

Just catching up on some of the things I've been up to while away for the Fourth of July.

Before I left, I won a great antique button give away from Sandra of Cumberland Island.  She put the buttons in a stationery box.  How cute is this?  And it's one of my favorite subjects; birds :)

I love that it looks like a book!

It's magnetized, so it makes an excellent sewing project box.  I love using stationery boxes this way.

I brought this little hand piecing project with me.  I started it about 10 years ago.  It was before I did paper piecing, which would be way, way easier.

It will be for my little antique dolly bed.  I'm about half way there.

So it's back to marking and cutting new pieces.  I'll be taking this on our cruise in about a week.

Yea, I finished the little baby quilt for my friend.   I like the way it turned out.  I like to do minimal quilting so it feels soft.

I just have my name on the label and my friend will fill in the baby info.

We had a great trip to our family farm in Illinois.  Coco in particular had a great time being a country dog.  I'll be back with photos next time.

Hope you are having a great summer and finding time for a little stitching!