sunset on Anchor Point last week

Not sure you all can tell from the reference point of that island across the way but the sun is setting much further west now and of course a lot later! DST is coming up--why we even need it here is beyond me!

Larry took the photos--notice how the water looks. I think there was some ice out beyond the break of water.

Pat S--Hope you enjoy these pix and maybe you can grab one--not sure. If you want them personally and not able to do that, email me.

Enjoy!

label

This is the label I did. I use my embroidery machine Used the focal fabric for bordering the label. You can see a little of the backing in toile.

close up of quilting

The top thread was a rayon in pale yellow. In the bobbin I used a light variegated thread. Grace and Quilter's Dream are working great!

another one finished

Here it is.

I started this quilt just fooling around when I still lived in Fairbanks last spring--I was trying out the new machine I had just bought. I love the focal fabric of butterflies and leaves. This winter I added the setting blocks and sashing. Then a friend was about to lose a loved one and I thought "this quilt needs to go to her". I wanted to use more of the focal fabric but I did not have much so I came up with the border using that fabric and it really added something to the quilt and made it pop in my estimation. Then ironically I messed up measuring for another quilt to go on the frame and the backing and batting was too small so rather than taking everything off the frame, this quilt just fit perfectly and I even thought the backing was better suited for this quilt than the other one anyway. So I quilted it in one afternoon. I did about 10-12 inches almost to the end when I realized a bobbin was not stitching properly and I had a mess of loops underneath -- so I had to do some ripping but got her done. Last Tues. a week ago today, I put the binding on but was not able to do the handsewing until Sat.--and I finished that on Sunday. Today I did the label attachment and tucked all the loose threads and it is packed and ready to go. I hope she likes it and she feels the hugs.

a little something

So the days speed by--thought I would add a little something here before I am off to the senior center to help with crafts and bake sale today.

The best news I have is we have signed our end of the deal on the house in Fairbanks--a young couple will be moving in soon. And we will have some $$ deposited in the bank account. I dropped the paperwork off yesterday at the Homer Airport Terminal--no one at attendance in the Fed Ex office so into the box it went--hope I did that right! Whew almost ready to let out a big sigh.

It is cold here again today. But the sunshine is unbelievable! Spring can't be too far away can it? Promise? Actually I am glad it is still winter as I still have so much to do.

Quilting and sewing--not much done in that way for most of the week--frustrating. I did do some damage to the credit card yesterday for fabric sale though! That's always a big pick me up and I can't wait to get back to the sewing machines! Yes, you read that right--machine with the "s" on the end.

explain it to me please

About a month ago Larry took this photo of an eagle down on Homer Spit--he appears to have much more patience than I do. And maybe he can explain too where the time goes to--I swear someone has sped up my clock. It has been four days since I posted here. And I am way behind in my email. But hey, I am having fun!

I will try to post some AK photos every post so you all can experience a little of Alaska thruogh my eyes. And I am doing it for a gal who is moving from Las Vegas, NV to my neck of the woods--Hi Leslie--there I am waving--LOL.

The weekend was crazy if you can call it crazy in my world. Let's say the pace was moved up a tad. Larry and I went up to Soldotna/Kenai. We found (well actually we did not find it but it was the first time for us--recommended by others) a grocery store that sells meats and seafood at a price cheaper than Anchorage--we have not been to Anchorage since we moved here to Anchor Point. So since we had a cooler with us, we stocked up. Ok you say it is cold out so why do we need a cooler--ha to keep the ravens out of the back of the truck. They know what grocery bags are! I went to the JoAnn's sale while Larry ran over to Radio Shack. I needed batting for quilting--not sure what he needed but he is a regular customer there. I did not get to the other two quilt stores--would be more fun to go with a quilting buddy anyway. We hit Home Depot for the last little trim we needed on the new kitchen floor--laminate wood floor to carpet! Larry found a compressor he has needed since he left the other one at the house in Fairbanks. The new owner coveted it anyway. While I was gone yesterday he was able to get it out of the back of his truck into place in the garage thanks to the winch (that is with an "i") he mounted in the back of his truck--ha--suppose to be to pull the boat up on the trailer with. I was surprised he managed all that while I was gone not that I could have helped.

Sunday I spent quilting a quilt--I got about half way done and wound another bobbin and it did not wind properly and I should have rewound it but no, I plunged ahead. I was so anxious to get this done that I forgot to make sure it was stitching underneath too. Well, did a couple of swipes and rolled the quilt up more and spotted the back side--oh no all loops--so I had to rip rip rip--but since it was not even stitched it came out just fine and very quickly. I was able to repair all that damage and finished the quilt and took it off the frame.

Ok that is as far as I got with quilting--the quilting is done on that quilt but I did not even get it ready for binding. Yesterday was quilt day in Ninilchik. I showed the quilt but it was not to be finished yesterday--we had a session in paper-piecing--good thing as I had forgotten all I had learned. I always have a grand time there at the senior center in Ninilchik. Lunch is always excellent. I took a friend from Anchor Point--she loves the group of people lunching and the ladies who stay for quilting too (not all are seniors). We had a great time and Mondays are my day up there. This senior center here just can't seem to get a group going fulltime for quilting.

So today is catchup day around the house and maybe a little sewing--who knows. I just know the last four days flew by. Maybe the eagle can't explain it because he is not a wise old owl.

week zipped by

I can't believe it is Friday already. Where did the week go to? I was home most every day too. I have been spending a lot of my time in the sewing room. It is not work to me--I love it!

As for my other crafts, I have done nothing in crochet, knitting or anything else. But I never know when the mood will strike again.

The good news is we are closing on our home in Fairbanks in a few days. Larry and I will be doing happy dance then!

Spring is around the corner or at least we hope so. Larry called on getting the bottom of his boat jell-coated and they are booked through till next fall. Guess he has to do it himself! He is anxioius to get back on the water. We have a cabin in the boat and often spend a night or two on it. I will post a pix of the boat for all who maybe have not seen the Sea Angel.