Tahoe diamonds.

Summer is around the corner and all the flowers are bursting open with colours. It is a feast for the eyes.

The next large diamond is put together.

The last four small diamond sets have been sewn and will be assembled to create the last large diamond.

A new stitching project.

The Serengeti Chatelaine is the next start after the four seasons is finished. Started to collect all the materials for this one, the bead pack arrived this past week. The fabric, floss and braid will be added in the next couple of months.

The wedding quilt was finished, washed and labelled and arrived safely with the couple, they love their new quilt.

A small portion of the quilt, it was designed with them in mind, one of a kind!

Stitching.

Trying to get the bee on the flower, they motor around fast.

The plate of pumpkins have been started, the mushroom needs to be finished and then it will be the squirrel on the broom. Hope to get it done at by the end of summer.

Another set of diamonds have been finished for my eldest sisters quilt. Thankfully we received some much needed rain yesterday, more expected in the coming days. This has helped a lot to clear up the smoke and improve our air quality. The wildfires allover has affected our air quality and we have been forced indoors for the last couple of days.

Flowers in the park.

Our local park has a beautiful display of iris plants blooming. The flowers are all blooming and it is a feast for the eye.

So many one see one beauty, then another.

Purple.

Blue and white.

A bird box with a new feather friend, creating a new family.

Our cat has decided she is a companion plant.

Works in progress…

The garden is in bloom. The heat arrived and everything is being done at a slower pace.

All the strips for the last diamonds for my eldest sisters quilt is sewn and pressed. Next they have to be cut into the correct sized pieces to create the diamonds.

Bunnies have been stitched. The paper pattern is being help together by a thread after 23 years. So it needs to get done now.

The piece so far.

Also took a walk in the forest, the Lily of the Valley is flowering up the hill along the nature path.

Buttons.

We all love buttons, they come in every colour, shape and size. Our local quilt shop, The Sewing Cafe got a new button collection. The guardian of the collection is none other than, Ariel Buttoni. One of the friends of the creative family made her, original in colour and personality.

In the past nine years, many new budding sewists have arrived at the shop and learnt the art of sewing. Their abilities and confidence grew and they can create now to their hearts content, a tribute to passionate teachers with a love of what they knew and do well. From kids to adults, they have kept the craft alive and inspired the next wave and generation to keep sewing and quilting!

The wedding quilt got washed and it finished at 95 by 93 inches. It is on its way to the couple and it was finished just before the heat arrived. It was hand quilted with the final border machine quilted. This colour on the back is a sapphire blue.

Walking downtown this was the view that greated me along the path.

Workin progress.

Baltimore Oriole at the feeder. They and the hummingbird is having a lot of fun visiting the feeder. While we were away, the garden grew overnight.

The veggies are doing well, so is all the shrubs.

A joy to see everything take off and sprout at such a good pace.

Garlic planted in the fall last year.

Trying strawberries in pots, it has flowers on. Will need to move the pots where the chipmunks cannot get to the berries.

Made the binding for the wedding quilt.

Diane has been stitching and she has almost finished this one, At the Met. She is adding all the beads to it, before it goes to be framed.

Fun sayings on T-shirts.