Show and Tell

I was helping hold quilts so I didn't get great pictures of show and tell at the guild meeting, but there were some great show and tell quilts there!  And a bag!

Some great books in the Cherryhill Bookbarn!!

 

Temple

Went to the Temple yesterday with this cute girl!  It was a wonderful day ❤️ 

I also had time to stitch leaf #35 (last picture) - love it!

And the Grand Junction Temple Open House starts in about a week! If you're interested in a free tour, you can sign up for tickets here:

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/featured/grand-junction-colorado-open-house?lang=eng&cid=rdb_v_grandjunctionacotemp_tld

Happy Sunday 😊

 

Curve Success!

I got two baby quilts pieced together today and am really happy with the way they turned out!

With the Classic Curves ruler and excellent instructions on YouTube, this pattern pieced together SO nicely.  I like sewing curved blocks slightly bigger so they are exactly the right size when piecing the quilt together.  There was very little waste when trimming the blocks too, only about 1/8 inch all the way around. You can find more patterns using this ruler at:

https://colorgirlquilts.com

 

Fun Visit!!

My daughter was here this week and since we both are readers and book lovers she helped me organize my bookshelves!  It was helpful to have someone else go through them with me, and she's great at organizing - so now they're sorted by genre and alphabetized within the genres.  AND, they all fit on our shelves instead of being in piles all over.  I do have a lot of TBRs (to be read)!

Mike and I also organized the closet in our sunroom that was full of toys that were randomly scattered all over the place.  Now we have shelves and a proper place to put everything 😊

If you haven't stopped by the Cherryhill Bookbarn in awhile, there are a lot of great books out there!

 This goofy girl - we do love our granddog 🥰

Odds and Ends

Leaf of the Week!

It's nice to have a friend whose grandkids are outgrowing her toys just as your grandkids are growing into them! 🥰

If you need a book, come check out my Little Free Library!  I just put Horse in there - I really enjoyed it.  Now I feel like I really need to go see a horse race 😂

Check out those cowboy boots!!

And Happy 89th Birthday to my Dad!! ❤️🥳

Numbers One and Four for me - how about you??

 

Molly Gallivan's

Another place we visited while in Ireland was Molly Gallivan's, which is a family run living history museum.  We got a bread making demo (baking bread over the hearth), and samples, music, history etc.  It was wonderful!  This was the place too where they had hand knitted sweaters for sale.  The women in the community knit them in the winter and they sell them here in the summer.  It was a little "off the beaten path" place, but one of our most favorite stops! 🇨🇮☘️

 

Blarney Aran Experience

Since I kissed the ole' Blarney Stone last time I went to Ireland with my daughter, this time I took the time to explore the adjacent woolen shop more.  They have a fantastic display and demonstration experience upstairs.  At several of the places we visited they talked about the different knitted stitches and what they symbolize.  They had a nice display and explanations here so I took pictures of them.  I hope you can read them!  If not, click on the picture and try zooming in.

One of the places we visited still sells hand knitted sweaters - I'll share some pictures of that place too, but most of the Irish woolen sweaters are knitted by machine now.  

So fun and interesting!! ☘️🇨🇮

 

Ye Old Sewing Box

We visited Muckross House in Killarney National Park which was built in 1843.  There were a lot of beautiful antique pieces on display including these two pieces, the old scissors and the sewing box below and the small round table with small portraits of women.  I found them all fascinating!!