Porchin' It!

Hurricane Debby left our area in search of places more coastal and more northern -

If you've been in the path and have found yourselves a bit soggy - I hope things dry out for you soon.

As for the TaDa quilters - as drizzle and rain  stopped being blown in sideways and it was safe and dry back on the back porch again - all meals and other activities moved to outside.

I know just how they feel - this porch is my happy place and I'm sad that we are creeping ever closer to mid August already.  

Let's enjoy it while we can! (And that includes Tula!)

Taco? Burrito? Salad? 

Fix your own!

(Don't mind if I do!)

Lunch came after I grabbed the Fantastic Four and headed down to Bear Branch for a road hike.

Things were a bit wet from rain the day before, but we still got out there.

We can't sit and sew all the time and not take time to get up and move.

Great job, ladies!

And I"m going to see if I can grab any willing ones to go walk along the river this morning while it is still cool enough out.

And this happened!  I have a Diamond Tile top finish!

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I"m loving it!
Sometimes a simple round of a couple of borders does do the trick.

And I'm happy that there is breathing space around those nine-patches at the edge of the quilt so they don't connect to the inner pink border.

This has been in the stash since 2002?  That's even before I started the blog which will be 20 in une of 2025.  (Crazy!)

For those who wanted pattern names from Yesterday's Post:

Jill's house quilt in progress is called Color My World.

The purple woven quilt is called Cascade.

And also from Yesterday's Post:

Guess what just released this week?

You all know my friend Bruce Leonard as the author of the Quilt City Hadley Carroll mysteries.  The ones with the cozy (if murders can be considered cozy!) mysteries happening around Paducah, Kentucky and all involve quilting as a theme.

You might not know that he also writes other genres - and since we all have a wide variety of things we like to read, I'm helping Bruce promote his newest release Hard Exit - which became available on Amazon a couple of days ago!

I'll be drawing for 3 winners who will each receive a signed paperback copy of Hard Exit directly from Bruce!

Head over to Yesterday's Post and get your entry in. We'll draw for our winners on Wednesday, August 14th.  Good luck, everyone!

4th side border update!

I'll be finishing the Baptist Fans  on the 4th border - quilting from right to left - until they join the fans where I started in the first corner. (Far left)

You know what that means for tomorrow?  I'll be trimming this up, getting the binding, label and hanging sleeve on!  YAY!

Hubster Dave thought it was a good idea for us to watch a Godfather trilogy.  We started with the first one the other night.  They are about 3 hours each, so that binding will be well on the way to done by the time you hear from me on Monday morning.

Diamond Tile is ready to be loaded into the machine - the machine quilting may start on that one over the weekend too.

And a haircut!  12:30 today - I nearly forgot! (And I need it badly!)

And Tula Tallulah Lou says - don't forget to slow down and enjoy some Caturday porch time!

What do you have in store for the weekend ahead?

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

Do you still remember phone numbers pre cell phone? ⁣
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Or are they also gone who knows where?

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!