*This is a very photo-heavy post.*
I'm hoping to get back to this later this week, or at least at the small guild's sewcial on Saturday (we are also hand-dying fabric).
I did complete some quilting.
First is Amber's Lupine & Laughter quilt, quilted with Triangle Meander.
Next is Pamela's, quilted with Abracadabra. I fully bound this one. 
Then I quilted Primrose Stipple on Janna's mother's quilt. She found several quilt tops while clearing out her parents' house. She didn't know her mom had ever quilted. This one had some personality and my new Jiffy Steamer with the carpet head on it tackled it with ease. I fully bound this one as well. This is one of those projects that just makes you feel good.
Then I quilted Jill's house quilt with Basketweave. I also bound this one. We were hoping there'd be enough of the striped backing to bind it, but there wasn't. I got the wise idea to create a flanged binding. Let's just say that while I am pleased with the final product, it wasn't necessarily the best business decision. It's what I felt the quilt needed though, and I hope Jill agrees. 
I moved on to Jeri's current batch of quilts. We went with Basketweave on this one.
She requested Malachite on this one and I think it was a great choice. 
I have two more to go in this batch. I will fully bind them all.
Meanwhile, I've been knitting in the evenings. I had a ton of my selvedge yarn left after completing the knit rug last month. So I started another. It looks like I'm almost there. I'm honestly wondering if there's enough for one more after this. 😳
Over the weekend we went to the Eskenazi to view the art exhibit Mulyana: Vital Ecosystems. The artist made everything white with takeout bags. The crocheted pieces were all amazing.
I've needed to get out into my gardens and do some clearing. I also need to get the peas and lettuce sowed. The weather has been all over the place and it rained most of the time my daughter was here. Sunday afternoon looked decent, so I went out on my own (😒) and started clearing dead stuff from the neglected lower garden. Eventually my husband got home and started helping me. The boy refused. 😟 We got the majority of the dead things cleared out and I did some of the weeding. My husband dug out all the trees the critters have so helpfully planted. Just doing the clearing instantly improved its looks.
We needed to get new stakes for the vegetable garden since the others had rotted/rusted away, so I hadn't gone into that garden yet. We were able to buy new ones Monday evening, so I'm thinking we should be able to get the peas in tonight. We did notice that the asparagus is coming up and some has already gone to fern stage, all in the course of one week.
Speaking of just one week, every single blooming tree is currently blooming. It's very early and also odd that everything went at once instead of its normal succession. I was going to share a few pictures, but this post is already very photo heavy. So, wrapping things up, here are our new chicks. The first picture is from last week when they came home and the second one was taken yesterday. I feel like there's gonna be roosters in here.
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| Top left is a silver laced Wyandotte/chocolate Orpington mix. Top right is a chocolate Orpington. Bottom (the one with stripes) is a Barnevelder. |
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| Looks like we need to do some cleaning. |
Until next week--
