I dug out my bin of flannel selvages this week, (yes–I have sorted all my selvages by colour but the flannel ones are all together.) and top stitched them onto a strip of lightweight non fusible interfacing. These two strips and two others will be used in the scrappy flannel baby quilt that I am making. No matter how hard I try, I never seem to run out of scraps.
The binding is on the quilted Advent calendar for the church bazaar. I added a ribbon to the top of each of the little ornaments and now I am adding buttons to hang each ornament on as the days go by in December. I have 15 more buttons to sew on and then it will be done.
The leaves are all done on my pitcher plant rug hooking project and I have started working on the background at the bottom of the picture.
We had a busy week–My MIL turned 95 on Friday so we had a birthday picnic with her that day. Dessert was butter tarts–her favourite! Earlier in the week, we planted flowers in pots outside her window…geraniums in a hanging basket (Mother’s Day gift) and begonias in patio pots (Birthday Gift). She likes to look out her window and see the flowers. We are still working on our own yard as well and still have a few more jobs to do out there. I noticed my clematis vine is blooming this week. I think this is the most flowers it has ever had.
My daughter has read a lot of books this month and has made a granny square for each one for her book blanket. I will post pictures of the squares and the books she has read in May next week. For now, here is a sneak peak.
And here is Finn, out for a walk this past week. Finn is happiest when he is outside lying in the sun. Here’s to lots of sunny days ahead, Finn!
I will link up with Kathy and Frederique, as usual.
