I have spent the last couple of days working on quilting Lemon Twist, working on it around housework and other chores. I was able to find the Dream Bamboo Batting (available at Fat Quarter shop) that I wanted. Formerly called Dream Orient, this is a blend of bamboo, silk, cotton and tencel which is soft …
Sunday Chat – Garden and Quilting
The flowers on the veranda continue to be happy with the high humidity these past days. The geranium keeps giving me gorgeous blooms. The plant is really leggy now, and I need to cut it back, but I want to wait until these blooms fade. Sunset one day last week after a rainstorm had passed …
Lemon Twist Progress
Significant progress was made on Lemon Twist last week and yesterday. After I finished the blocks and sewed them together, I was fairly happy with the colors and layout. Here's where we left off. I decided to do the alternate border design that completes the lattice, so back to the sewing machine to make the …
Sunday Chat
Another week of exhausting heat, and I am ready for summer to be over. The humidity is stifling these days, and it rains almost every afternoon because of it. I admit a certain amount of nervousness as the weather people mention hurricanes in the ocean, and the news keeps going over what to put in …
Lemon Twist
I've had a lovely two days in the sewing room, and I finally am getting back to the pretty lemon and daisy theme fabrics with the pretty blue mason jars. I have a gorgeous blue with butterflies to go with it, along with another butter yellow with words on it called Zest for Life, and …
Sunday Chat
Time for a Sunday chat, so get yourself a cuppa and settle in for a long and picture heavy post. There has been a lot of activity in the garden lately, as it is in lovely bloom now. The day lilies have been giving us two or three blooms each day. The orange ones I …
Working on Projects and Having Fun
Last week I got farther along on Koi Pond, and then was stymied once again. I finished beading all the fish, and they look great, but the purple beads do not shine as much as I had hoped. You have to be fairly close to the piece for you to notice them. The last element …
National Fried Chicken Day!
It is National Fried Chicken Day, and I want to reprise some stories I've told before as I pay homage to my favorite food. I am completely addicted to fried chicken, as my fellow guild members can attest to (when I am not eating sushi). The combination of delicate crunchy breading and tender juicy chicken …
Stashbusters July Check In
Time for our monthly check in for Stashbusters. For newer readers, just report what you have brought in and sent out over the past month, keeping a year to date total. No, you don’t have to inventory your stash, just keep track of what comes in and what goes out each month. Join anytime. There …
Sunday Chat
So much to say this weekend, settle in for a long and picture heavy post. This week has been brutally hot, with highs in the 90s (which is really hot for us) and humidity at 85% first thing in the morning. Ugh, I hate this kind of heat. So, nothing for it but to hide …
From My Carolina Home 