When you bite into them......they look like watermelon! Cute huh? 
Now down to the sewing room. 35 blocks made several weeks ago are now getting the first of red polka dot sashing. Gotta love that chain sewing!
Blocks turned into pairs and pairs turned into rows.
This week I should get all the rows and sashing complete and ready for the 2 borders. Feels so good!!
Not much sewing going on around here the past month. Lots of company, long hours at work... but that isn't the only reason. I just haven't had the desire to head down to he sewing room when it is so nice outside. However, I did finally get the border on this twister quilt. My goal this month is to get backs made for a few quilts that I have ready so I can get them to the quilter! I love a FINISHED quilt!!!
Here I am (where did that gray hair come from???) with 2 of my grandsons making peanut butter covered pinecones to feed the birds this winter. It was a gooey mess but we have about 25 cones covered and ready for the birds.
There were lots of hugs. 
Miniature golf. 
Rousing games of kickball in the front yard.
Swimming at the city pool.
My son in law lifting 2 of my grandsons up out of the water and tossing them up in the air. I think he found out they are getting pretty big for that.
It was 98 degrees for a few days so youngest granddaughter enjoyed the sprinkler.
What a nice couple of "flower head people" greeted us at the start of our tour.
Beautiful flowers, herbs and waterfalls.
The herb garden covered a large area with paths to walk through and signs telling what herbs we were seeing.
There were tents where you could make a lavender wreath, lavender wand for the young children or lavender bees wax candles. Have I mentioned how wonderful the place smelled?? There were also people giving lavender foot massages, or selling lavender ice cream, or making lavender wax hands. They sold every kind of essential oil in the shop too.
Paddle boats in a beautiful pond surrounded by lavender.
A small lavender field that we could cut our own lavender to take home. The smell of the whole farm was amazing. This was just a small cutting field for visitors. There are acres of lavender in fields all around.
Wonderful stream flowing through lush grassy areas. Even the benches were lavender.
Lavender fairies who carried around wishing dust. They would give children some in their hands, tell them to make a wish and then throw the dust in the air.
Horse drawn buggy rides, pony rides and a fun little town and play area for the children too.
Just so you know I haven't been completely idle this summer I finally got the binding on this quilt. Lately black, white and red have just been so appealing to me. I love the way the red bounces off the quilt when paired with black and white. I used flannel on the back again. That is my favorite now so the quilt is nice and warm and cuddly. Of course, right now warm and cuddly aren't so necessary with the 95 degree weather we are having but I know in too short a time it will be cold and windy and snowy again and then "someone" will really enjoy the warmth of the flannel.
And then this Stretched Star looks so happy with all the fun fabrics.
Originally I purchased some 30's fabrics for a Dresden using red polka dot fabrics for the background and centers.
But then Martha pointed out the quilt below and now I think I may need to make that one.....
I always love black, white and red and any fabric with black in it was 20% off.
The Twister quilts were so fun to make and when I saw a Twister quilt (like the one at the top of this post---it was here but somehow it moved and now I can't figure out how to get it back down here!!) I knew I needed to make it......someday.
I saw this bag pattern in Quilt magazine for June/July 2011. It is called Asian Flair designed by Deborah Stanley. I loved the drama of the red and black fabrics but when I saw the pink and black fabric it just said "buy me buy me". So I'll be making this cute bag.....someday.
Now these red and white polka dot fabrics are just sitting waiting for some companion fabrics but I think I'll still use them for a Dresden Plate but I saw some awesome cherry fabrics that I'm sure will go with them perfectly. Oh darn, I'll have to make another fabric run.
For the last few months I've been admiring a Halloween quilt I've seen in several quilting magazines. Purchased the Cake stack and I'm ready to sew.....someday.
I did head down to my sewing room Saturday after all my company left and managed to turn these started blocks into several finished blocks. Just a few more to go and I can start putting them together into a quilt top.
When I started to take this picture the clerk went to get out of the picture. I told her to stay so everyone could see how smiling and happy everyone is that works there. I'd be happy to if I worked at a fabric store. Of course, I would never get a paycheck .....in money!
There front porch is so inviting with lots of chairs, rockers and flowers to enjoy. Lots of us were taking advantage of them too. 
This is the baby section of the store. Love that cute little buggy and rattle quilt. 
Their theme quilt was amazing! They took each shops quilt block pattern and incorporated it into the book bindings on the shelf. The leaves on the plant are 3 dimensional and the glass on the clock was made of clear plastic. It was a fantastic quilt.
Here's Dee writing just one more check!
This is a view of some of the shoppers, fabrics, monthly blocks etc.
