What's Up?

I've gotten to that age (OK, I've been here for a while) where time flies by.  I have no idea how I got things done while I was working full time.  Now that I'm retired, it seems that my days are just as full. Of course, not having a fixed schedule means I can and do spend a lot of time just sort of goofing off.

But, I have done a lot, traveled and completed a bunch of projects since I last blogged.  Here is a sampling ...


I completed those pink socks ...













bought a new bike ...

completed the green challenge quilt and entered it into my guild's show this spring ...

traveled through a good part of the eastern states in the month of June ...

saw the Rodin exhibit ...

 and got back to stitching again.  This was a kit I bought in Blairsville, Georgia at Fabrics Galore.  This is their Row by Row pattern for this year.  My original idea was to collect bird house rows and complete a quilt.  Now I'm not sure I really want an entire bird house quilt, so I'm not sure what will become of this strip.

My goal is to have this quilt completed by the end of the year.  I try to do some quilting on it every day now that we are home for a while.

 This cross stitch was started quite some time ago and completed in July.  I will probably frame it, but I'm in no hurry because I don't have a place in mind to hang it.

And this is the first border of the ships quilt.  This is the project I've been working on in the evenings.