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Island Batik Row by Row Challenge from Sew Preeti Quilts

Paul: There is a new restaurant in Ashburn.
Me: Uh huh.
Paul: Take a look. They have alligator.
Me: Cajun?
Paul: Yes. They have andouille sausage, shrimp and grits, jambalaya and also beignets.
Me: They sure look authentic.
Paul: Let's go.
Me: Happily.
Paul: Valentine's Day?
Me: Absolutely NOT.
Paul: Oh come on.
Me: Every place is overpriced, overhyped and overcrowded.
Paul: They cannot be any more overpriced than they already are.
Me: I did not come to America because I was missing crowds.

I won the argument. We will go another day.

In my opinion, the perfect ...

added by Preeti 2 years, 10 months ago. under bird in flight block , blog hop , challenge , etsy shop , festoons , flower , giveaway , grass , house blocks , houses , island batik , island batik ambassador , lace & grace , pobody's nerfect , row by row , twin tree block

Flower garden from Fabric Engineer

My mother-in-law made these beautiful flower for her friend.

I quilted four petals on the flower part and leaves on the leaves. I matched the thread color to the flower and leaves. It was a little extra work with all the tails to bury, but it is so fun to use multiple colors of thread.

In the white part I put little tufts of grass. I did a sideways wave thing to correct the grass...I don't love it. It kind of looks like water. I decided to go with it anyway because it's just white on white ...

added by Amanda 4 years, 6 months ago. under cheryl , grass

Beautiful Summer Day! from Aveli's Quilts

So all this time in my previous posts I have been posting pictures of our yard during winter. But I have neglected the summer!

Our Summer is so beautiful, a little rainy, but always super green. These pictures don't even begin to show the thickness or depth of the grass in our yard. The hills that surround us are also very lush and green.

Here is our yard in the winter . . .

This is the view from our cabin door.

Our wood pile in the winter

Same wood pile during summer

We had the apple trees trimmed of all dead ...

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