Caitlyn, quilts

Summer Journal: Hexies at Swimming Lessons

 

Caitlyn is kicking off her summer break with swimming lessons. For years, she insisted that she already knew how to swim. This spring, she admitted that she didn’t know really, but ducklings do “as soon as they’re born” and therefore young humans should be jealous. The half-hour she has in the pool for her lessons is the current highlight of her day. The pool is warm, the community center welcoming. Waiting parents get these nifty bleachers to watch from. Or, in my case, to work on a quilt block with some English paper pieced hexagons. I’m enjoying the portability of …

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Summer Journal: Homegrown Cherries

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The cherry tree in the backyard has been busy. It’ll be a good crop, if we could get just a tiny bit less rain… some of the fruit is molding before I can get it off the tree. But the birds are happy, as is the skinny squirrel I startled out of the tree the other morning. I do wish the critters would eat the fallen cherries first, though, leaving me the ones in the tree. Lots of cherries are out of my reach, guys; there will be plenty for all of us! Save

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Siggy Blocks, Round 1

Remember my siggy blocks? Look what came in the mail this week! So much fun! Pretty colors, yummy fabrics. Every one came from a different person, some from Australia, some from Europe, some from North America. Would it be crazy/creepy if I Googled the other names from Seattle? I sent 57 blocks into the first round of The Crafty Blackbird’s Siggy Quilt Block Swap, so this is roughly 57 blocks (some folks dropped out). Signups have been open all June for Round 2, and I’ve been resisting. It’s summer, the schedule is full, I shouldn’t commit to making another 50-100 …

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Triangularity

 

I’m slowly catching up on all the Block of the Month project I neglected in April and May. These are the blocks for In Color Order‘s HST BOM. April. I love pinwheels. See? May’s block. Probably should have used yellow instead of purple for those corners. And June. This one makes me think of the Granny Square block that’s been going around the Interwebs. Our sunny days are few and far between, so I don’t have a picture of all the blocks so far all together. Maybe next month the sun will cooperate! Save

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Summer Journal: Solstice in Fremont

 

I’m borrowing an idea from elsie marley for some of my summertime posts: brief updates so we can get back to the fun stuff. With that in mind, here are a handful of photos from our annual Picnic Brunch at the Fremont Fair and Solstice Parade. In case you need the naked bicyclist photos from this year, they are on Flickr, taken by other people. (Ahem, notice the word “naked” in previous sentence. I mean it.) Pre-parade street decorating. The only time each year when it’s ok to say to your kid, “Go play in the street!” About to be …