Where the Heck Have I Been??

No posts since early May.  I tell myself no one really misses them but I know how much I enjoy other people's blogs so I'm determined to keep trying to become regular in this endeavor.  Since May I've been to Quilt Camp in Lake Tahoe, made a trip to Maine, Boston, and Cape Cod in June, visited Lake Tahoe again in July, and did lots of sewing and quilting.  I'll post quilty things from these trips over the next few posts.

Today I finished the latest Westering Women block from Barbara Brackman.  As you can see, I'm digging into my pink and brown stash for this sampler. 

I'm really enjoying the history lessons that accompany these blocks.  Even after teaching the westward migration for many years, I didn't realize how crowded the trails were.  We never stop learning, do we?

I've also been spending as much time as possible with these two darlings.  Here we are at Happy Hollow Park and Zoo in San Jose.

 

Country Roads

I'm embarrassed by how long its been since I've blogged, but I finished my Country Roads mystery quilt and want to link with Lori at Humble Quilts.  Maybe this will give me the push I need to keep up with this blog. 

This is the third quilt I've made along with Lori.  I love her sense of color, so I never really change mine from the original.  I find these are some of my favorite small quilts.

Linking Up

Wow.  I'm a terrible blogger.  I haven't posted since October.  My goal for the new year is to be more consistent starting now.  First, I'm linking up with Lori at Humble Quilts to share my version of her Cascadia quilt along.  I'm not too surprised that mine looks similar to Lori's, as we have similar taste in fabric and quilts and therefore similar scraps.  Thanks, Lori, for this fun sew along.

 

Next, I'm linking up to Patchwork Times for Design Wall Monday.  My blocks for "Where Poppies Grow" are up on the wall.  I still need to applique the leaves down on two of the blocks and I have yet to make the last 4 blocks.  Putting them up on the wall like this has inspired me to finish this quilt.  I'm just kind of bored with appliqueing these leaves however.

I've also been trying to keep up with Bonnie's new mystery.  So far, so good.