Moving Along

Greetings from Houston in the very hot summertime!

 

 

First of all I'd like to show you this baby quilt. It is made from the generously provided instructions of Mary Johnson. I have learned so much from her over the years, and I really appreciate how she shares with others. I left off the outer borders to give it a more modern look. It is made primarily from half square triangles which I cut with my Studio Cutter.

 

This one goes to our great niece who has a little boy due the end of this month. The green backing is a very soft flannel. These are the colors she wanted and I hear she likes it a lot!

 

 

 

Little glimpses of what is happening at Muddle Manor. Slowly but surely we are getting things repaired and all the mess cleared. It is a big job! In the meantime, there are always pretty things to see and quilts to be made. The one on the lower left is on the quilt frame now, and I should finish it soon. The wooden fence on the east side of the house has been replaced and the chickens are enjoying its shade. Their house is a long way from where we want it, but they can be closed in safely at night and they have the back yard to roam in for now.

 

I haven't shown Buddy lately, but here he is, smiling to say hello! I do love this big ole dog! He is a blessing to me.

 

I hope there are blessings aplenty where you are living! God is still on His throne, and He is still good!

 

Hugs and kisses,

Elaine

 

 

 

Hearts and Flowers

 

 

I finished this one last night and here it is for its "glamor shot". I love it so much. It is so interesting to me that two totally different styles of fabric - the boldly colorful large prints from Kaffe Fassett and Philip Jacobs and the more muted colors from many different designers of the Civil War type reproduction fabrics are playing together so happily in this quilt!

I backed it with a Grunge flannel, and surprisingly enough the quilt is not heavy at all.

 

Mr. Muddling (of course) has done a quality check on this quilt and so it is going to live here and make us happy!

 

 

This one started off as a Betsy Chutchian design, "Boardwalk", from the book Snuggle Up by Moda All Stars. I used her blocks, but changed up the layout, and it has changed more since these pictures. It is now ready to quilt and hopefully I'll get to it soon - since I have MORE that need to be made. 

 

 

And finally, just to encourage me, this little gardenia bloom appeared last week. It made my day! So much of our beautiful back yard was completely demolished by that huge tree that fell across our fence. But, there were things that needed to be changed, so this is a good opportunity to do that!

 

We are still far from done with clean up and renovation from Hurricane Beryl, but one bite at a time, as they say of how to eat an elephant, we are getting it done.

 

Today the county clean up truck cleared most of the stacked up tree debris from our front yard. We were so glad to see it go!

 

I hope all is well in your world. You know, we all have trials and struggles, but with the Lord's help, we will get through them!

 

Hugs and kisses,

Elaine