Not Much Going On (Seaside, OR)

I know today is Not So Wordless Wednesday, but I haven't been out taking photos since my last post.  This is Oregon's Spring Break week.  Seaside is bustling with families enjoying the nice weather we had earlier this week.  Because the area is so busy, we decided to hang out around the campground until next week.  I'll certainly be ready to get out and do some exploring next week.  Hopefully, I'll have some outdoor photos some time next week.

Seaside beach

On The Cutting Board

In the meantime, I have been spending more time on my projects.  I finished the Welcome Kitty wall hanging last night.

I made my first fabric flower along with a bud.  I left the edges raw and picked at the edges some more for a more frayed look.

 I'm almost done with this Happy Camper's embroidery.  I plan to add handles to the tea cups and I might add something to the door's window.  I'm just not sure what....

 I have also been changing some of the older mug rugs.  I'm adding more embellishments to see if that will help them to sell sometime soon.

added a flower and ribbon

Some of them need some more quilting like the white rabbit above.  He looks like he needs lots of quilting.

added a flower and ribbon

 So far, I have only embellished three rabbits.  I have a few more that I have pulled out that I would like to see them sell soon.

added two roses to this rabbit

 I'm more tired than usual thanks to our cats having little parties in the middle of the night or their sunrise wake-up calls.  It could be the weather too making me feel tired while it is causing the cats to be more restless than usual...

Dusty:  What?  I do nothing......I am innocent

......yea!...right!............I am needing another cup of tea to make it through the rest of the day....yawn

Happy Quilting!

A Little Sewing Here, A Little Quilting There (Newport, OR)

Here are a couple of more photos of our last outing to Depoe Bay and Boiler Bay.  The sun is peeking out from behind the clouds today.  We hear we will be seeing more of our sunny friend this week.  Which is good since Thursday is our travel day.  

We are moving north to Nehalem Bay State Park.  We stayed there for five days in the fall, but we did not get a chance to walk around Nehalem's downtown area that was nearby.  We were there when a large storm system came through making it hard to walk around the town.

I can't remember how our WiFi was during our stay.  It might be a little too weak for posting, so there's a chance I won't be posting for about a week.

On The Cutting Board

So, I have been all over the place with my projects since we have full-hookups with plenty of power.  The sewing machine and iron are getting a lot of use.

I finished appliqueing the Hawaiian Sea Turtles.  It is all setup for quilting.  I plan to do the traditional echo quilting...Oh! and I decided to turn this into a wall hanging.  It's too big and way too white to be a pillow.  It would have to be washed too often to keep it clean.

I also finished the quilting on the Cat's Welcome wall hanging.  I went a little quilt-happy on this one.  I love hand-quilting!  Now, I need to decide how to finish it.  I have the binding.  I think I'll add loops for hanging with a dowel.  eh!  I'll work on this one.

Since I have finished the embroidery blocks for "All Creatures Great and Small" quilt, I have been washing, ironing, and cutting fabric for the blocks.  I have most of the blocks done.  I have never setup quilt rows vertically.  I'm finding it a little harder to do since I lack the room for arranging the blocks.  The couch has been my best spot for laying out two rows at a time, but to do the whole quilt....well, that is going to be a challenge to get the cats to stay off our bed long enough for me to arrange the quilt to my liking.  As I sew the blocks together, I can see this is going to be a very colorful quilt with these colors.

I'm also working on my Happy Campers, but I am not ready to show them yet.

Happy Quilting!

Onward North! (Cottonwood, AZ)

We moved to Cottonwood on Monday.  This area is more high desert and I'm not seeing as many blooming flowers.  I'm sure they are on their way.  Before we left Usery Park, I took some more photos that I wanted to share with everyone.

Dusty

 Dusty doesn't look to happy.  He must have heard we were moving....or maybe he was just annoyed with me taking his picture....again.

Cactus Wren

This Cactus Wren was singing and posing for me.  He did not mind me taking the pictures.  Gee, Dusty can learn a few things from this guy.

Gambel Quail

 It must be mating season, because the male Quails have also been making a lot of noise lately.  This one stopped to see what I was doing before continuing his serenade for the ladies.

 And before I finish...here's a few more desert wildflower shots.

We went to lunch with three other Bluebird-owners/couples in Jerome, AZ.  A fantastic mining town high in the mountains.  

Road leading out of Jerome, AZ

I posted our Jerome adventure on our 2TooManyCats so I can spend some time talking about my latest projects.

On The Cutting Board

I pulled out the Welcome Kitty wallhanging and made a hanger for it from the leftover fabric.  I tore up some strips, braided them together.  I wanted to add things to the braid that cats love to play with so I added some embroidery floss and buttons in similar colors along with some fish beads.  I would love to find some beads shaped like mice!  Oh, and I do have some feathers, but I decided that might be a bit too much.

I will be posting "Welcome Kitty!" on Etsy soon.

Welcome Kitty!

In the meantime, I have been working on getting some mug rugs done.  I have a pile waiting to be finished, but I keep making new ones.  I have a "Born in the Barn" series designed by Fayette Terlouw with a cow, a lamb, and now a pig...oink!

I'll show you more once I have them finished.  This time I'm adding a little something to the backside as well.

Happy Quilting!