OBX

I just returned home from a week long stay at the Outer Banks of North Carolina with my family. That is what the OBX stands for in the title. We weren't so sure we were going to have good weather. We left in the rain and came home in the rain.We stayed on the third floor of a condominium right on the beach. Our first evening we enjoyed this double rainbow and 

 and this golden sunset.

 During the day I spent time watching Mr. P and #2 son surf.

 We smiled as we watched Damien enjoy his first experience at the beach. He loved the water.

 From our balcony I could watch little children make sand castles.

 See small planes fly by with advertisements trailing behind it,

 Bi-planes flew by with sightseers,

Pelicans would fly atop the ocean, and

 down below were some kind of  black birds which hung out in the sea oats.

 Our last night we went to the top of Jockey Ridge. There were hundreds of people visiting.

 Our last sunrise! The beach empty of people and colorful umbrellas. It turned out to be a great vacation with most days in the low 80's with a north breeze blowing along the beach so it didn't feel so hot.

I did take some hand work with me which I was going to share with you all. Today is dark and rainy in my part of North Carolina so I can't get any good pictures. As soon as I can get somepictures I will share my handwork.

With Passion,
Carrie P.

Summer Days

Summer Days is the name of this table topper designed by Kathy Schmitz. I began working on this in May when I was down in Florida. A finish before summer is over.

I thought I would work on this one and have it done by Thanksgiving.

 With Passion,
Carrie P.

Applique Addicts

Remember those purple half square triangles I showed in the last post? This is what they were for. I wasn't going to join this Stitch Along from Primitive Gatherings but I had to have something to applique at my applique bee. Sure I could have dug out a UFO but that would not be fun. ;0)

The flowers and leaves are done in wool. I even found some purple wool thread in my collection of threads.

Lisa is having a 10 year anniversary stitch along. It is a mystery. I wasn't going to join in because I wasn't sure if I could keep up but there is no set date that she shares the next set of directions. The center block came out in May and the two borders came out this month. So if you want to join in you will not have any trouble catching up. 

 Want to see some show and tell? Not a whole lot of applique but I think you will enjoy the photos anyway.
Susan completed another one of her wool blocks from Primitive Gatherings.

 I have shared some of these blocks Charlotte has been working on for a few months. She now has a finished top to hang in her sewing room.

 Patti was our guild member last year. The guild made these autograph blocks for her.

 One of the other quilting bees embroidered theses blocks to add to the center of the quilt. Aren't they cute?

 Patti has been very busy with some fabulous finishes.

 Carolyn was adding the binding to this very pretty quilt. I love the color combination.

With Passion,
Carrie P.

Little bit of Ironing

Half square triangles are ironed. Next to make sure they are all trimmed and square. You are asking about the purple half square triangles? Well you will see!

 Damien watched me as I ironed. Look at the face. I am sorry I am just going to be one of those gushing grandmas. I will try not to bombard you with photos of him to often.

 I have been forgetting to show you what my friend, Karen Gray made for me.

 Inside the neat little box was some burp clothes she made. Now Damien can burp in style.

With Passion,
Carrie P.

Having Fun!

This past Sunday and Monday afternoons I wanted to work on something different than the rag quilt. Monday I did not watch Damien because his other grandma was in town. That gave me some time to work on some projects. I decided to pull out my Bertie's year BOM and do some catching up. 

First I punched out the die cuts. Love that!

Place them on the backgrounds to iron them all.  I have decided to do some machine applique on these after I saw Teresa doing it. There will still be some hand embroidery though.

 Then I cut and sewed all the half square triangles for each wall hanging. Now to iron and trim.

 Check out my cantaloupe from the garden. These were all "volunteer" fruit. The vines came up from some seeds from the compost we put out in the garden beds. There are more out there too. Even though they came off the vine easily I am going to let the big ones sit to ripen a few more days.

 With Passion,
Carrie P.