Banner done and back to quilting

It didn't take long to hem the banner. I gave it a good pressing and rolled it onto a pool noodle to try and keep it from getting too wrinkled.

I got back to the butterfly quilt and it is now 85% quilted.

I have to keep on top of making sure we have water and ice for the guys out in the field especially with this brutal hot weather. I got a pallet of water delivered yesterday.

The guys were all in a meeting so I moved the 84 cases to where we keep the water. I was glad when I got down to this!

I can only pick up one case at a time, but it still only took me 25 minutes to move them from the dock to the storage area and it is good exercise. The arrow is pointing to the interior dock door so it is not a long ways from the storage area.

I did go out and water my flowers last evening to give them a bit of a drink. There is rain in the forecast almost every day next week which will be nice. Have a wonderful 4th of July!

Pillowcases, banner, and poor daisies

The other two pillowcases are finished

My neighbor has a design business and designs invitations, seating plans, and welcome banners for weddings. She needed some linen for a banner so I had her come over and look at what I had on hand. She picked this white linen and applied the information to it. I got the measurements for the stand it will hang from. The side hems and the rod pocket are done so all I have left to do is the hem. It will finish 37 3/4" X 64 1/2". In trade she will put my name on the back of my t-shirts for the band with her Cricketcut.

I watered last night and it was so hot even at 6:30pm! I was out about 15 minutes which was enough to give the plants a drink. I didn't water the Shasta daisies at the curb; I will give them a drink tonight. The daisies are already starting to die off and with the high being 96 today, they are going to fade a lot quicker.

Binding progress, pillowcases, mowing, and flowers

At lunch yesterday I got 1/3 of one side of the binding sew on the rail fence quilt. A few minutes here and there, and soon it will be done.

I needed to get some pillowcases made for my SIL. She had bought the blue background fabric at a garage sale. I had the vintage cream colored fabric in my stash.

She had also bought a small piece of bowling fabric. It was only 17" wide, but I was able to get two pillowcase bands. Usually, I cut the bands 11" wide, but I made this work! I will finish these tonight then get back to the butterfly quilt.

I needed to mow. It was very warm, but I was in the shade most of the time and there was a little breeze that helped. Not sure you can tell in the pictures that I mowed, but the grass was so much longer than I expected. I mowed the front and one side yard which took me 29 minutes. By then I had enough!

My California Poppies and coneflowers are blooming like crazy! I don't know why the poppies like to spread over the sidewalk.

Before I got home I stopped at the grocery store to buy butter since it was on sale - $3.29 a pound! Now I am stocked up on Land 'O Lakes! I think I will be making shortbread cookies for a couple of the shows coming up. I am out of chocolate chips. Ghirardelli are my favorite, but the price! Before the 11% off at Menards they are $7.15 for a 12 oz bag!  And I use to think they were expensive at five dollars a bag!  LOL!!

Progress on the quilts

The butterfly quilt is now 73% quilted.

I am now halfway done hand stitching the rail fence binding.

I am looking forward to getting these two quilts done!

Progress on the butterfly quilt and another show

I now have 23% of the butterfly quilt quilted. I wanted to get those two center blocks done so the rest will be easy.

The band had a show in Avon, Ohio Friday evening. I made oatmeal raisin cookies to take.

The show was at the minor league ballpark. We had some sprinkles, but the weather cleared and it was a fun night.

Michael opened for a Journey tribute band.

There was a pretty sunset

Binding progress, next project, food and games

The binding is machine sewn on the rail fence quilt. I can now take my time to do the hand stitching since the woman I work with who I will hand it over to once it is done is going on vacation.

My next goal is to get the butterfly quilt done. These both belong to a friend of a woman I work with. I was leery about doing my overall quilting on the butterflies. The quilting thread buries itself into the knit fabric and doesn't take away from the butterflies - whew!  I am using an off white thread. I plan on rotating between hand stitching the binding and quilting the butterfly quilt so I don't get bored.

Yesterday at work we had a 250th celebration with food and games.

I drove to the home office for a lunch of hot dogs, hamburgers and all the fixings. I didn't participate in the games, but enjoyed my time catching up with everyone since I don't see them much. Being out in the field is somewhat isolating. Everyone received a t-shirt and a Yeti koozie.

It's binding time!

Yeah! The rail fence quilt is quilted! Tonight I will start sewing on the binding.