Friday, August 22, 2014

Flashback Friday

A trip back in time

Happy Birthday, Uncle Gene. I looked and looked for a picture to better reflect Flashback Friday and couldn't find anything from back in the day. I wanted something with the two of us, but I guess this will do!!

Friday, August 15, 2014

Flashback Friday

A trip back in time

Happy Anniversary Aunt Betty and Uncle Brent!

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Thankful Thursday #5

Thankful Thursday
the minor and major things in life to appreciate

last week's 2 inches of rain just when we needed it

massages

fresh garden tomatoes


a volunteer sunflower in my garden

catching up with relatives at a family reunion

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Christmas Table Runners

Note: I found this post in my drafts having completely forgotten I had started it a few months ago.

After Christmas I stocked up on sale fabric for some projects I want to do this year. I found this table runner pattern at From the Blue Chair. I ended up making smaller blocks than she did.
This was the first project I started on but others have gotten completely finished before these and blogged about. 
I started with some squares and made them into half-square triangles.
After getting them made, I squared them up and made them into pinwheels.


Then it was time for the layout. I added some white squares too. Sewed them all together and added the borders.
I made enough pinwheels to make two at the same time.
 I'm going to teach myself how to quilt with my sewing machine so I can do these smaller projects myself. Note: Since I started this post, I quilted and bound them so I added a couple new pictures.