Temple, Family look-alike, Wool dyed with Kool-Aid, City Banners

We stopped here on way down to cousin baptisms last Saturday.  Misty rainy day.

Strong family resemblance:  uncle & nephew.  Same hair color...

Wool carpet before $10 thrift store score!

After $5.00 worth of lime-green and blueberry Kool-Aid.  I need another sunny day to heat set this outside.  Right now the color still comes off on my fingers, so I know it would make the bottom of our feet blue.  Yes, saw it on Pin-Trist.  But I've been thinking about over-dyed wool rugs for a year or so...

What to do with many, many de-commissioned city banners? (We picked up the last batch today.)

Cut & staple around a canvas!

Sam being sill at  neurology pediatric appointment.  The paper border looks like it would make a nice quilt pattern.

Max &  John at Sam's choral concert Tuesday evening.

Postcards to Apples, Black Sheep to Wool Project

John knew about my postcard collection when we first met. He has added quite a few to my pile...

This is my FABRIC postcard collection. I have one from Australia, one from Calais, France...Fun Internet swap!


If you make more than one of something, your creativity perks up! I started with the theme, "Time Flies..." and these are two of the last ones I made for one exchange. Every one was different, but they all had clock faces, butterfly wings, and turned into dancing girls..



Our 200+ member strong quilt guild has a once a month meeting for new members, to help them get to know each other and older members. Yesterday I was the speaker/teacher, and taught them everything I know about making fabric postcards. Very fun, lots of methods and materials used.




This morning a friend took me up to her favorite local orchard in PA to buy Mutsu (Crispin) apples. I had never heard of them. Sweet, with a touch of tart, and crisp and juicy. It was the best apple I have ever tasted in my life!



We got to pick our own, saving $2 per 1/2 bushel. I came home with a bushel, and sweet potatoes and zukes.



There were animals to see--the owner told us about the "View Zoo" no feeding or petting. This sheep looked like he had been spray painted. I thought about what colors I would really make my sheep, given a little paint...or Kool-Aid (great acid dye! I've used it on wood, too, great on wool! Um, my experience has been off-sheep.)


My wool project I finished up during General Conference Saturday morning!