Sneaking back in....

I'm just going to sneak back in...  It has been so long since I posted and I missed it but life has just been so busy and crazy that it seemed like I never had a chance.  :)  It would be too hard for me to catch you up on everything and show a bunch of quilts so I will just start off from here.  :)

Here is a pic of a fun summer quilt that I pieced for myself!  :)  I actually have it quilted now but it's still on the longarm as there are a couple of places that I need to fix before removing it.  I had a couple tension issues that I didn't see right off.  Not a big deal and probably would not be noticed but I still want to fix it.  This quilt ended up being 73x73 and I thought it would be a fun summer quilt to use for picnics, take to the lake or even the beach.  

 I had my nephews for a few days and they love being in my sewing room so I gave them the job of taking the pins out.  :)  I had quilted a quilt and just cut the backing off in a hurry instead of taking the pins out.  :)  Is that child labor?  LOL!  They enjoyed it.  :)  These are my brother's 2 boys.  They stayed with me for 2 days and now they are at mom's for a few days.  It's nice to spend time with them.

 A couple other things from the past few days...  Look at the size of my blackberries!!!  These are Kiowa Blackberries that we planted a few years ago.  I have to say that these are the best tasting ever.  They are sweet and very juicy.  We also have a bunch of wild blackberries and raspberries too.  Actually they are just now starting to ripen up.  Richard was off work yesterday and he picked 3 quarts of blackberries and a quart of raspberries.  There will a bunch more in a few days.  I made a blackberry cobbler yesterday and the rest went in the freezer.

 Here is a pic of the lake that I snapped a few days ago.  This is the boat ramp area which is 2 miles from the house.  Richard and I were there at the edge of dark.  There is something so peaceful about water. 

 Today is going to be a busy day for me.  Hunter has an appointment at 11:45am for his Hep A shot.  KY schools have made it mandatory for all students now to have the shot by June 30 or they can't start school.  This is a 2 part shot and they have to have the second shot in December.  Soooo....his appointment at 11:45am.  Then I have to stop by an elderly lady's house in town and give her and her daughter some quilting quotes.  She is in her late 80's so I will stop by instead of her having to come to me.  After that I am meeting my mom, sister, and my niece and nephews at the lake for some fun in the water.  :)  Mom promised the kids she would take them to the lake while they were visiting.  Now when I say visiting, they only live 20 minutes away.  LOL!  Then... I have to meet my SIL back in town somewhere around 5:30pm.  She is coming down from Ohio and has some stuff for me to pick up.  I'll post about that stuff in my next post.  :)  So it will be a full day for me.  Not to mention I need to be back home and fix Richard's supper before 8pm.  :)

Back to quilting.... I hope to get the Sailboat quilt off the longarm one day this weekend.  I am also piecing on 2 more quilts.  Both of them are 2-color quilts.  One is blue and white and the other is red and white.  The red and white is a modern quilt, I think this is the first for me.  I am a very traditional quilter so I am stepping out of my box a little.  Expect pics of both this weekend.

I'm off to get my morning chores done as Richard just left for work.