Beat the Heat!

There were just a couple of us that made a pilgrimage down to the river yesterday morning.

Granted - the July Quiltvillians had just arrived Wednesday evening, some of them having driven 3 days to get to us.  So "pilgrimage" really is the proper term!

Many were still barely waking when I asked who wanted to go as I walked in the door at 9am.

I get it!  But I'm also really glad that I could find just a couple of folks to come stretch their legs with me!

Thanks to everyone who reminded me that these beautiful hlue wild flowers are chickory. 

But just like quilt blocks and their various names all for the same thing - there are other names for chickory!

Common chicory is also known as blue daisy, blue dandelion, blue sailors, blue weed, bunk, coffeeweed, cornflower, hendibeh, horseweed, ragged sailors, succory, wild bachelor's buttons, and wild endive.

So those of us who were calling it cornflower or bachelor's buttons were not wrong.

I also know now that the bright orange mushrooms I showed in yesterday's post are called Jack-o'-lantern mushrooms.  And they are not good - not that we would eat them anyway.  

It was just interesting to see what they did, and they are now gone.

Yesterday's walk along the river.

It still got pretty hot yesterday!

The obligatory state line photo op!

Things are getting busy in the Quilting Quarters!

Design walls are just beginning to fill up!

Jean is working on Weed Whacker from the Free Patterns tab!  Such a fun way to use up 2'' strips, complete with bonus triangles!

I can't wait to see her project grow on the wall over the next several days.  

Pokémon is in the house!

And so is Straits of Mackinac from String Frenzy!

And there has been some assembly going on of my own.

These blocks have sat in a box for about 3 months.  I had the sashings cut and everything, but I needed a time when I could lay them out and sew them up before Lola could block surf everything into oblivion.

And then my fall down the stairs happened - tail bone/backside injuries prevented me from being able to stretch and bend and layout and pick up.

Yesterday I finally felt brave enough to tackle this.  I can feel it this morning.  I needed to bend and move and stretch.  As we age it really IS a 'Move it or lose it" situation when it comes to our flexibility.

And that goes for walking too.  If you stop walking because it's hard - it's only going to get harder.  So do what you can without exhausting yourself.  And then the next time push it a bit farther.

We CAN do IT!

And I did!

I have the whole top webbed and off the floor.  There was no surfing of blocks for Lola last night! LOL!

over the next few days I'll be doing the cross-seaming. I don't know if I'll do borders or not.  I just wing it as I go.

I'm calling this quilt Boxy Bow Ties and it will be available as a PDF pattern in due time.

I'm just happy to know that I can survive a quilt lay-out-and-pick up!

(No, I do not have a full size design wall that is 100'' tall or 100''wide and I don't want one.)

Zoey Jo - chillaxin' on a Summer evening!

I left the gals at Quiltville Inn as their dinner was in the prep stage, and headed home to fix my own.

Though the days have been hotter than I like, the evenings do cool down and I really enjoy being out on the porch.

So does Zoey!  (Aren't those ears a crazy crack up?!)

What did you get up to for your Thursday? I hope you had a good one!

Rockabilly Swing is still at our 25% off introductory price through July 31, 2021! (Only 2 days left to save!)

Fabrics from 1980s all the way to today -

Scraps in all colors, in every genre and variety.

You cheered me on as I made block after block after block in this adorable size - and watched as it was assembled, quilted, and bound.

And now you can start your OWN Rockabilly Swing journey with my PDF pattern which includes the printable paper foundation template.

The introductory price of Rockabilly Swing has been placed 25% off at $9.00 through July 31, 2021.  No coupon code needed. 

Rockabilly Swing is paper foundation pieced.  I have used Carol Doak's 8 1/2'' X 11'' Foundation Paper with much success.  It is available in the Rulers, Notions & Tools section of the Quiltville Store. (Limited supply)

You can also find it in the Quilting All the Time category of the Quiltville Amazon Affiliate Store  Direct link HERE.

You can also use 8 1/2'' x 11'' newsprint, though it doesn't like some printers. (I get jams occasionally on mine)  It is also available HERE.

If this is your first time downloading digital patterns from my store to a computer click HERE.

If you intend to download to an iPhone/iPad click HERE.

And yes, fabric rolls are still available at Cotton to Quilts to enhance your scrap stash, so check them out.  It's always more fun to sew in some new fabrics along with the older saved scraps - it gives everything new life.

The wind has kicked up this morning.  It's not supposed to be as hot.  I know the ladies will be busy working on all things quilty and enjoying their time together.  I plan to join in!

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

If you aren't happy with yourself, make a change.

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Start small and build on it.

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We are not limited by our past, the future is wide open!

Happy Friday, everyone!