Bug season

I'm not a fan of insects!  Lately every time I turn around there is another one surprising me.  I shriek and swear even though there is no one around to hear me. 

There have been big moths here every year.  This year they were darker.  They are bigger than my hand, and fortunately not flying towards me.  

I had to dispatch the black widow spider.  It was at the corner of the garage up by the eaves.  I walk under there in order to hang out laundry on the clothesline.

Pat was working in a series earlier this year and made all these Hungry Caterpillar quilts.

  
 

Baby quilt

One of my (two) nephews was expecting a baby, and picked the fabrics for this quilt.

 I used the Meadowlyon owlets pantograph which although dense, is one of my favorites.  

 I also owed the couple a bed-sized quilt, and I used my go to BQ3 pattern.  They picked the very southwestern Alexander Henry print.  

I had to make some 9-inch blocks as well as the 18-inch blocks because I didn't have enough of the print.  I also put wide borders on two sides. 

Last Christmas quilts

Pat put together a number of Christmas quilts.  She had a lot of blocks from swaps that had been aging!  

Rosie scored some flannel snowman fabric that provided the perfect backing for a number of the quilts.  

Another of Pat's. 

Still catching up with 2017

The grandboys started losing teeth last November and I made them tooth fairy pillows.  Diagram printed from an online source.  

More donation quilts from Tove.  She is a prolific piecer.  This one great for a boy, made from shirting material.

 I made a batch of lefse after Thanksgiving.  I used gold potatoes which worked great, with very few breaking.