Yay! I'm Back!!

I know, I know!  It's been so long since I posted....but in my defense, my old laptop was a royal pain to use...took FOREVER to boot up and was often quite uncooperative!  It does seem unfair that laptops aren't made to last very long!  I got that one when I retired, which was only 6 years ago and its practically obsolete!!  Anyhoo, I finally finished researching brands and options and bought a new one!  And it's so small and light, it can fit in a purse!!  Love it!!  Took me a few days to go through all my photos and files on my old one, and clean out and delete a bunch.  But, I'm up and running!!  Yay!! The only bother is that I take all my photos with my iPhone these days, and the iCloud  app for PC's does not work well!  UGH!  So it's a bit of a workaround to get the photos onto my laptop for posting here.. oh well!  I hope to post lots more often now!  No excuses, right?

I took a class given through our local guild here, with Shannon Shirley called Bottles and Blooms.  Because the bottles are all hand embroidered before appliqueing them onto the background, it did take me a year or so to get them all done.

Then I devised my own bloom design, as Shannon's way would have taken me at least another 3 years to do!!

I am very pleased how it turned out! I had been saving that cool black and white bunny fabric for something special and this was just the thing!!

I'll be hanging it there in my hall every spring!!  Yay!

And speaking of spring, I also made this cute little 12" mini quilt to use in my kitchen for spring.

Machine appliqued then thread painted the edges to make it look furry!  

I had fun free motion quilting the background around the bunny with tulips and bugs and grass and a spider on her web, too!!  Hope you can see it in the photos!

We are still missing sweet Yogi, but our grandson Neal keeps us going!!  

It is scary how fast he is growing!!   

He loves pretending with  Poppi, that saved wine corks are big rocks to be hauled by his trucks!!  

So What are you making these dog days of summer?  I am longing for fall...how about you?