Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Southern Peas and Pests


Living in a very residential area in a city has it downsides. Gardening being one of them. We built up some round stone walls, filled with good soil and organic matter, then covered with chicken wire. I planted two types of southern peas, white acre and red zipper and wow are they starting to grow! To date we have had no damage from cats, squirrels, or any other visitors. Hoping to thin the plants out this weekend plant another garden.

After thinking about my squares with the turned triangle, I emailed Jen this morning. She is fantastic! I cannot wait to see all the blocks.

Monday, March 23, 2009

"Package is in the Mail"



Whew... Just got back from the post office to send off my squares for the 2009 Quilt Block Swap. As I already blogged I have always wanted to particpate in a block swap so am very exited about this! Yes it is the deadline date but Hey I made it. One coincidence with this swap ... I recieved a spring catalog from Keepsake Quilting shortly after I signed up. I browsed through this catalog and saw Jen's product Seamingly Accurate. So there you have it... Twice I have come upon Jen's product so it means ... This is Positively something I need to purchase.


Now... I was going to write a little something about the pattern - Contrary Wife. Well ...sigh... I made all 9 Blocks wrong! Did not realize this until I went to get the pattern to post just now ... Then I saw it... One square is flipped wrong on each block. Need to crawl back into my shell to figure what to do next...