More catching up

 In more news from the last 2 months, Cousins Pam and Susie bought a house in Marshall and moved here from Ashland.  Pam celebrated her birthday here just a short time after the move.  My parents came down to help her celebrate.  I baked a lemon cake.

This is a new thing I've been trying............reverse applique.  This is the sweat shirt I made for Pam.

The photo below was my first attempt.  I didn't do the reverse applique with embroidery floss by hand, but used the sewing machine.  It was faster.

Then I added the arrowhead on the sleeve by hand using the embroidery floss and I really liked that look.

This gray practice shirt was something I picked up at a second hand store.  It was a little tight for me, so I'm donating this to the guild bazaar.  It was thoroughly laundered before I worked on it and again after.

I did finish the 81 blocks for my sister's quilt.  She wanted something really big in very neutral colors for her bed.  It measures about 108" square.  I am working on making the backing and then can hopefully get it on the longarm later this month.  I have a couple of days without piano students (parent teacher conference week) so would like to try to quilt it then.

We also got a new group of pigs in the first week in September.  

Friday didn't really like the pigs when he first arrived last April.  We thought it was just because they were so big and he was just a puppy.

Now he's bigger and they were cute small pigs.  During the unloading, he would only peek in the door at them.  David tried him out with just one little pig, but he sniffed and backed away.  He's an office dog.

My dad came down to help Pam and Susie move.  So did Pam's son, Tom and a friend, Donna.  We had the first meal in their house.............Plowboys BBQ.  

This was prior to the table being moved in.........my Dad was showing off his height.

It was nice to rest on the glider on the patio.

This was the only quilt I totally finished in September.  A baby quilt for our pastor at church...........yes, it's a girl!

I know I mentioned working on baskets, but I'm still waiting on them to dry from staining before I get photos.  Hopefully I can share them and some great stories tomorrow.

Christi