Gardening and Stuff

I decided to do some weeding in my woefully neglected garden this past weekend. 

 I was happily weeding along but did not have my gloves on like I usually do.  

We live by a woods and I always worry about Poison Ivy and spiders.  

No Poison Ivy but as I was walking to the next section I happened to look down 

and found this helpful fellow.  

Now I really don't like spiders so this guy creeped me out.  

A Fishing Spider

They are HUGE! 

 Like the size of a silver dollar!!!  

I took it as a sign I should go back inside and sew some more napkins!

First though I snapped a pic of my beautiful Stargazer Lillies!!

I think I forgot to share this sweet little grouping of hexies my friend Windy gave to me at the retreat. 

 I was working on my Christmas Sampler quilt and she thought it would be great for the label.  

Thank you friend!  That made my day.

I have some fabric purchases to share too but need to snap a few pics first. 

 I hope you are having a great week so far.

Oh I almost forgot, someone asked me to talk about how I glue the edges down on the napkins.  

Since the pattern is purchased I can't show with pictures but 

you can use the same technique for your binding. 

The beauty of the glue basting is no pins, perfect positioning of mitered corners and 

everything stays put. 

 You can even reposition if necessary. 

 I use Elmer's Washable School Glue.  

You just put a thin line of glue on your quilt where you want the binding to be, turn the binding and finger press it into the glue then press with your iron.

  The iron sets the glue and your binding will stay in place.  

It will wash out when you wash the quilt! 

 Super easy!  

I watched this video tutorial by Sharon Schamber and decided to give it a try.  

I basically used the same technique with the napkins. 

 I let them dry overnight and sewed them the next day or a few days later.  

I hope that helps.  

If you decide to give it a try let me know how you like it!

Have a wonderful day!

~XOP~

I Must Have Done Something Right

It has been a busy week here at my house.  

Sorry for so little posting. 

 Once again I am working on some things I am not able to share at the moment 

so there seems to be very little to show you!

I was in Grand Rapids yesterday to take my dad for a driving test. 

 He did not make it past the written part of the test and now has no driver's license. 

 Moving into this part of life is not fun, for either of us.  

I have really mixed feelings about this, but we are trying to come up with some alternatives.  

Earlier in the week my DD1 texted me and told me to go to the vet tech office at work because she had left something there for me.

  Hmmmmm what could that be? 

 Eggs? 

 No, she told me there were no eggs this week. 

 Then what?

I'll show you what!  These beautiful Stargazer Lillies!!!

OMGosh they smell so good!!!

She picked them out of her garden.

Isn't it sweet when your children do things like this to surprise you?

I also managed to finish a few bee blocks for July.  

Now just 2 more to go.

I hope she likes them!!  

They were fun to make, but I am happy to send them out too.

Hope you are having a good week too.

~XOP~