Vacation

I am on vacation but am able to blog thanks to all of the new technology.  I will be able to get back to my normal life in old Wyoming soon. I am getting a kid fix!

Quilt strip

 My absence from this blog is due to a number of things not the least of which is due to my age.  The age of technology is in a cute speedy sports car and I am still driving a horse and a buggy.  With the new laptop and the new I pad, it has been a struggle to understand each device and I need a teenager as the "books for beginners" don't quite answer all of the questions.  We ancients grew up with instructions that were very basic and most of these "primers" assume that we all have been taught the basics of technology.  It came in on a sports car to my graveled road - rather a bumpy ride I find!  Thank goodness for my daughter who understands me so the blog is up due to her patience.

The row for May which was mine to complete is third from the top. The original row was top in the second photo which included humming birds.
They cannot be seen here, but they are there and she loves the little birds.  I had a print which did have hummers in it so it was perfect for her quilt and it was just a small piece of fabric acquired from who knows where, so I "fussy cut" the birds for the center of the churndash.  All of these rows are twice as long as pictured.

We have the little hummers feeding at our patio constantly and yesterday when we trekked across the Snowy Range, we saw a cow elk with a calf.
This was the first for me and it is always awesome to witness these new babies.  The little fawn antelope are being born and we have seen a few of them also.  Each day I learn a bit more about these devices, but with the warm weather and my gardens in need of attention...I will be back when I can.

Old fashioned

So we have a new computer and I am struggling to figure everything out.  Above, I am converting an old Samsonite computer that I found at a thrift shop into a sewing caddy for traveling back and forth to my quilting group.  My intention is to have all of my fabric, sewing notions, rulers, books etc. in designated places inside-pockets, and elastic band or whatever I can invent.  I saw one at a quilt show last fall.  The exterior is so nice that I just wanted to put something on the top and not paint the entire case.  This is supposed to be the "grandmother's flower garden" square. More to come on this. The reason I labeled this blog the way I did is because I think I must still be quite old fashioned as the transfer of files which the Mr. did for the most part was not something I was able to understand.  I still like a manual which gives you step by step instructions and tells you what each step will enable you to do or accomplish.   It is how I learned nearly everything and when  I ask "why?"...I need an answer other than "I don't know".  You just do things and don't know why apparently or need to know why?

That explains my absence from the blog.

So my cat, Coalette is found here sleeping on my table in my wooden bowl.  Just had to snap her.


"Before Prozac, there was quilting."