It is Saturday morning, and I’m up early as the modern quilt group has a Sit and Sew this morning, starting at 9:30. It’s held monthly at a local wonderful quilt shop about 40 minutes from me: Five Eighth Seams. The store has a strong collection of quilt fabrics, but also garment fabrics. They also teach a lot of classes on how to make both quilts and garments. And they have a big sewing room with lots of tables and plugs for machines people bring.
Look at the Shasta Daisy! It not only came back, it is bigger and is blooming like crazy. Yesterday I deadheaded the spent blossoms and, yes, I’m picking off the June bugs that have shown up now–several times a day. I’d like to think I’m making a dent in them. That is Lantana on the right and a Russian sage on the left.
The dwarf butterfly bush is back in full force too, and this year its blossoms are way bigger. I filled a nearby hole in this long bed recently with a white butterfly bush which looks like it is now setting blooms.
So now I have a mixed grouping of flowers to bring inside as I trimmed back the red roses, and they are setting up again to bloom again soon.
I’m on THE LAST ROW of the quilt “Happy.” THE LAST ROW. But, yes, there is the border, but it will sew fast.
Have a lovely day everyone! And a lovely weekend!
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