Tulip Time and Sew, What’s New?

 It has been two weeks since my last blog post, so much for good intentions. I had planned to post a number of times, but sometimes my follow through is a bit lacking. This will be a smorgasbord of some of the things I had intended to post. 

First, don’t you love tulip time! There is no place prettier than the Public Garden in Boston when the tulips are blooming and the swanboats are circling the lagoon. On Saturday which was an absolutely beautiful day, I kept telling myself that I should head in to town to do some photography. Did I do so?  No, lack of follow through . . . I did, however, take these tulip photos in my neighborhood after church on Sunday. 

Besides the daffodils, the only things blooming in my yard are wild violets, grape hyacinths, silver dollar plants and maybe a dandy dandelion or two. 

All the Easter decorations are packed away, and I realized that I had not shown you this cute little cross stitch piece designed by Lindsey Weight of Primrose Cottages on Etsy.

Sew, What’s New??? I’m starting to get my sewing mojo back, nothing major, but it’s a start. I had purchased this fabric while on a trip to Maine with friends a few years back. My intention had been to make a tablerunner like the one on display at Cotton Weeds fabric store in Freeport. Well, you guessed it, lack of follow through or maybe blame it on the pandemic, but the fabric had just been sitting in my stash until the other day when I made these perky placemats. I love them!!! Best part, there is enough fabric left to make a project bag; a definite win-win!!!

Here’s a better look at this fun fabric.

Speaking of project bags, here is one to hold wool applique work she said sheepishly. 

The second project bag is for my friend Laurel, and she will find the 60 degree ruler that I borrowed from her to make the tablerunner tucked inside. :-() (I’ve also since added a hive button, so the bee will have somewhere to go.)

You may recall that I had firmly resolved not to buy any more fabric until I used up what I have, and you must admit that since it is nearing the end of April, I have been doing pretty well. . . until last week that is. I received an email showing a piece of fabric that I couldn’t resist. I’ll show it to you in an upcoming post. That would not have been bad had I not also seen an email featuring a new line of fabric “Tulip Tango” by Robin Pickens for Moda Fabric. Heaven help me, but I couldn’t resist and before I knew it I had ordered the fat quarter bundle of this gorgeous fabric line. I have an idea that it will become a wall quilt based on Alex Anderson’s “Sequoia Sampler” pattern or Robin Pickens also put out a pattern using this fabric. . . two possibilities.

Truthfully, I have whittled my fabric stash down quite a bit with my zucchini runs. Huh? Zucchini runs??? Growing up everyone in my neighborhood seemed to have a vegetable garden. Everyone grew tomatoes, but some also grew zucchinis. By the time August came, there was an over abundance of zucchinis. Neighbors would leave bags of extra zucchinis and cucumbers on neighbors’ front steps. Sometimes they would ring the bell; sometime they would just leave them. :-) Well, before I started going back to in-person guild meetings, I would make zucchini runs to my friend Maribeth’s home. Instead of zucchinis, I dropped off fabric that I knew I would not use, and Maribeth would bring it to guild meetings for the “free” table. It was all okay fabric; I just knew that I wouldn’t be using it. So, even with the new yardage and fat quarter bundle, I’m still ahead of the game.

Covid numbers are creeping up; please stay safe everyone and have a wonderful week!