more pictures from quilt show

There were way more quilts on display than I took pictures of... here are a few.. the minature grandmother's flower garden's hexagons were 1/4"... so many quilts...all were beautiful...

quilt show

Had a great time at a quilt & craft show today....

latest preserves

Here are the latest:  apple preserves, apple pie filling, banana peppers, apple jelly, jalapeno peppers w/ a few pieces of habanero, pears in light syrup, ginger pear preserves.... not pictured is the apple pie in a jar jam...

made ginger pear preserves today

the battery went dead on my camera, so.... no picture...yet..  also have mom's apple pie in a jar jam, apple pie filling, apple jelly, mmmm... apple preserves, more pears in syrup..
 I did get a picture of the first quilt that I did the quilting myself... it was the leftover stars lap quilt (the leftover part of the large stars quilt).  You can kind of see my flowers and stars... very wobbly... I didn't realize I was supposed to let the feed dogs down, so I was twisting and turning the quilt as I went..... silly, silly...

you can also see how wonky it is... started squaring up those tiny half square triangles, and decided......eh, they're close enough...but they weren't .... this is one of my lessons learned quilts.... I really like it despite it's flaws..... this is my ball park quilt....
...speaking of ball park..... my son's team has lost all their games so far... the last one, they players were so muddy...terrible field conditions....you couldn't even read the numbers on some of the jerseys... white shirts, light silver pants.... glad they decided that the coaches were going to wash the uniforms this year... I still had cleats, socks, girdle, underarmor & ankle braces to wash the mud out of....

purse#2

This is purse #2 that was made during the months without a computer...I really like this one.  boy, did I have a hard time turning those handles...I used heavier fabric than called for in the pattern...had to get my needlenosed pliers out...

new venture

I've joined the facebook crowd...not too sure I like it, but, if it helps me keep up with the kid... I've decided to just make it a photo journal for now, as I'm not too sure what I want to share...
I have yet to sew a single stitch again this week, more peppers to pick and pickle, and today there are apples thrown in for good measure... not sure what I'm going to make with them... time to pull out the canning books and do a little googling, I suppose... I can't wait to try out my handy dandy peeler, corer(sp), slicer thingy, though... My husband's Uncle sent it to me this Christmas after tasting one of my jams, called Mom's apple pie in a jar... pretty good hint that he'd like me to make more...

goodies

okay, okay, I know...no time for sewing at the moment... here's some of what I've been doing (besides working)

lots of football stuff.... #63 is my baby... they won their opening jamboree game on Friday. Wish them luck this Friday is the first official game.

...A little canning..ok, a lot of canning... this is just a sampling: pickled squash, canned tomatoes, pears in syrup, pickled jalapeno peppers, pickled banana peppers, bread n butter pickles, dill pickles, salsa,pear preserves, pear salsa, blueberry jam, figs in syrup, fig preserves, jalapeno pepper jelly.... not pictured is blueberry butter, blueberry syrup, green tomato relish, green tomato chutney, oh....and other stuff that I can't recall at the moment...

...then there's all the frozen stuff from the garden.... green beans, squash, zucchini, blueberries, corn, okra... still more stuff growing....

I do still dream of sewing something pretty...

getting old!

here are the new additions to the family: I am a great aunt twice... a g-niece and a g-nephew, and also a regular old aunt again with a nephew... aren't they just as cute as they can be??

hurray....finally

finally.. a computer in the house!!

I've been busy....some sewing, freezing, canning....I'll tell you, the garden has just about taken over! I did take a few days last week to chill out at the beach before school starts back.. look at my handsome baby! It was a great trip...but way too short! The fig trees missed me...they now smell like a winery....I tried to keep them picked before I left to keep from having rotten fruit falling on me.... and the peppers multiplied in my absence as well...I need another week off to catch up on them...

I'll try to post pics of some of the lovely jams & canned items..... football meeting time for now...can you believe another season starts this month... only one more year after this one :)

soon to return...

Where oh where have I been? Well....having no computer kinda throws a kink in my blog time, ya know? I am on the hunt for a laptop, so that I can resume life as normal.....the kid would really love his on-line time back, too... (any suggestions on laptops??)
I have been busy.... gardening... canning....freezing.... sewing.... working..... becoming a great aunt, twice this summer...
hopefully more posts (and pictures) coming soon...