Prepped and Ready

The not-so-glamorous side of quilting.

This is where you tape your project to the floor one layer at a time.

I chose to string baste this project since I will be hand quilting it.

I tried a different method of string basting and it turned out well.

I forgot to take pictures of the basting stitches.

Just imagine giant crooked stitches all over the quilt and you get the idea.

It took a few days to get it done, but now it's ready for quilting.

And it's no longer taped to the floor!

Progress

Today we started our school day with a lantern because we had no power for a while.

Thankfully it came on not too long after we started.

We were glad to be back in the 21st century.

Judging by the dog, it was slightly cooler today than yesterday.

20 degrees cooler.

I finished drawing what felt like a million stars on Nolan's quilt.

I don't believe in luck, but Murphy's Law abounds at times.

See the little pencil?

I had two white ones and only one blue pencil.

Guess which one kept breaking?

I was bound and determined to finish, even if the pencil was only an inch long.

Now I can sandwich the quilt and start the basting process.

Little Snapper

I caught Casey sleeping like this the other day... it looks mighty uncomfortable.

Generally speaking, labs make great watch dogs.

Our dear old Rosie was great at watching the world go by and

would bark if all was not as it should be.

Casey, on the other hand, is still learning what should be barked at.

So far her barking does not include calves in the yard...

or UPS or Fed-ex or the mail man.

In Casey's defense, Rosie had made friends with all the delivery people

so that's why Casey never barks when they're here!

Today she actually barked at something worth checking into.

This little snapper was crawling around the back steps and Casey didn't like it.

I picked him up for the boys to see.

Connor grabbed the fish bowl with the intent of keeping it for a while.

The boys had a do-not-ever-pick-up-a-snapping-turtle lesson.

Unfortunately, this little guy was quite smelly.

He lasted two minutes inside before I told the boys we were taking him to the ditch.

We literally just started our lessons for the day when the dog started barking.

We happily stopped to take the little guy to the ditch to let him go.

We had to stop at the neighbors on the walk back home...

grandma & grandpa enjoyed our morning visit. ;)