when I was a kid I remember we always listened to the Boston Pops Orchestra on the 4th of July -- now days they don't show the concert anymore, just the fireworks, which for me is a huge disappointment -- I want to hear the music!
while we were watching the fireworks on TV last night I was working on quilting this piece
this is moving along nicely -- I've now finished quilting all of the orange section and I've started into the blue above it
and I'm pleased with the way it looks
for the first time I can remember we heard not even one "pop" of fireworks in the neighborhood
guess there's nothing like a big fire to get folks to finally take the burn ban seriously -- that and the fact that the fine this year was $1000 instead of $300 -- we've had enough of seeing the night sky lit up
because I couldn't just run to the store and get what I need to finish that white piece yesterday, I started working on this little piecethis will be a barrette
I had picked up this piece of glass at the quilt show we went to back in May and it's size and shape fit across the top of a barrette nicely
I'm using mostly recycled beads for this that are out of those boxes and boxes of goodies that my mom gave me a while back -- amazing how well those vintage beads go with the new glass
today I plan to get to the bead store and try to find something to finish up the white necklace -- and I need a new spool of black quilting thread so I can do the quilting on that summer piece
time to get moving
We had fireworks, out near the Bay with lots of water around. Close enough that if we'd wanted, we could have taken a mile+ hike and then walked back out again--no point in sitting in the parking lot for two hours trying to get out.
ReplyDeleteLove the quilt. The beading is delightful--my first reaction to it was a schoolbus! A really cool one, like th Magic Bus series!