Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Trip Tuesday

I'm trying to get out  of the house this summer- since I'm not doing any travelling- and see more of Washington.  Yesterday I decided to motor along a scenic drive over the Cascades.  I drove US 2 through Stevens Pass from Monroe to Leavenworth and then completed 2 more scenic drives in my Scenic Drives of Washington book - going from Leavenworth to Cle Elum and them from Cle Elum along I-90 back home through Snoqualmie Pass. Here are some pictures I took. 
Skyomish River

Tunnel through US 2

River along US 97

Saturday, July 3, 2010

4th of July Wear

Last Saturday Amy & I went to Walmart in Covington.  (We don't have very many in the general area around our house - except the one in Renton & it is not a good Walmart).  I wanted a 4th of July shirt, so we both bought one.  Apparently we picked up the wrong sizes and we are not driving back to return them.  I had given up on having 4th of July wear, until I was crusing through the craft blogs I read and saw some of the shirts these crafty ladies made for their kids.  I thought - why couldn't I make a shirt for us big kids.  Friday I ran down to Target and picked up a red t-shirt for Amy and a blue one for me.  Here's how they turned out:

Friday, July 2, 2010

First week of Vacation Projects

During the first week of summer vacation I had a lot of projects going on:
This was a project I picked up last summer (at least I think it was last summer) at American Quilting in Orem.  It is a sewing kit.  I have another one to do.  This didn't turn out the best, but I like it.

This quilt I bought as a kit in Boise last summer.  I've had the top done for 9 months, but never got around to quilting the whole thing together.  I did that and did the binding too.







I pieced this top the first day of vacation.  The backing just came, so now I've got to decide if I'm going to quilt it myself or not.

My favorite project, I've been working on for a few months.  I needed to reorganize my recipes.  I've  been typing up my cards, adding  recipes, and finally I printed them out and got them into binders.  I love it!