I imagine you can guess where we've been from this photo. We are back from a wonderful vacation trip to Yellowstone National Park and Glacier National Park. This was my first time to see either park, even to be in that part of the country. I took almost 500 pictures and I'll show you just …
Teacups Quilt Along Block 14 Sun Tea
This month, I was looking for some teacup fabric to use as filler for when we begin putting the blocks together later in the year. I was not successful, but while I was researching with the word teacup, I clicked on a summer tablescape and had a fun idea for this month's block. Sun Tea! …
Here’s the Plan, and a Couple of Questions for You
I hope everyone is enjoying this lovely holiday weekend. It is Apple Festival time here, and the fair starts next weekend. The King Apple Parade will be tomorrow afternoon, and we'll be down there again to enjoy this uniquely small town event. You can see my previous posts on this fun weekend with Apple Festival …
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Apple Tablescape
Apple Festival weekend starts today, a four-day, annual, Labor Day weekend event, done like only a small town can do it. It is the end of summer, and almost time for my favorite season, autumn, but not quite yet. So, an apple tablescape is in order once again. I put this one together using only …
August in the Garden
August in the garden means that the flowering season is winding down. Most of the perennials have finished, but a few are still going. The annuals keep going until it gets cold, so all the geraniums are still blooming, most are this vibrant pink. In the planter box, the asters have run wild. The coneflowers …
Making Handmade Papers
After buying a couple of books and reading about this process, assembling what I thought I needed, waiting for a nice day outside to try this and dilly dallying for a year, I finally got around to a day to attempt making paper. I've been Drying Flowers for months, so I have a lot of …
Getting Ready for the Fair 2019
One of the benefits of writing a blog is that I have a record of what I did and when. With the North Carolina Mountain State Fair, all the entries have to be created within the past year, so I have to be able to tell what was made after September 1 of last year. …
Dealing with Quilt Issues
You know, I don't ask for much when I agree to do longarm quilting for charity. All I ask is that the quilt have 8 inches of extra fabric both lengthwise and crosswise on the batting and backing. Particularly when I am quilting for charity (and by that I mean for free, no matter which …
Drying Flowers from the Garden
I have a couple of projects that will require some dried flowers, so I've been working on this for a few months. Drying hydrangea stems is pretty easy, and as you can see, I have a lot to choose from this year. I cut some while they were still mostly blue, and others after they …
Tissue Covers and a note about Safelight
When we did the latest Safelight Project, wonderful reader Betty Giacomino sent 70 tissue covers to go with the cases made by readers. It was delightful to see how many there were that went together well. It occurred to me that you might want to use extra bits of your matching fabrics for tissue covers …
From My Carolina Home 