Saturday, August 9, 2025

On a Roll

 I have been in the mood to finish some quilts and so I have another finished quilt to show this week.  My yellow and green potato chip quilt is done. I'm calling it "Sunny Day". The striped binding was in my stash.  This quilt will be donated to my MIL's nursing home to be raffled off as a fundraiser. (Another quilt is quilted and will be bound shortly--it is a gift so no pictures yet)




I spent quite a bit of time rug hooking this week and made great progress on my project.  Lots of blue still  and a little bit more on the last row of the outer border to go.


My daughter's collection of granny squares for her book blanket.  She makes one granny square for each book she has read this year.  Each of the colours and position of the colours gives information about the book she has read--ie genre, rating, how she read it, etc. 



While watering my parsley plant, I discovered that I am sharing my parsley with a swallowtail butterfly caterpillar. 


I saw this flower on a hike this week. 

I love the lemony yellow colour of the thread leaf coreopsis flowers in my garden. 


The milkweed pods are plentiful at the trail where I walk each day. 


Mom and Dad Osprey and their growing baby were putting on a show this week. 


Thanks for visiting!  Finn says hello. 



I will link up with Kathy and Frederique, as usual. 

9 comments:

  1. Sunny Day is a cheery quilt dancing in happy prints and colour. It is perfect for a fundraiser. Your rug hooking is looking wonderful. It looks like you are nearing the finish. Your flowers continue to thrive and doesn't the swallowtail butterfly caterpillar look fabulous among the parsley? Oh, to be an Osprey and view the world from on high.

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  2. Nice to get Sunny Days finished. I do like the colours you used. Not too much more to go on your rug hooking. the more I look at it the more I want to have a go!! Great photo of the Osprey too.

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  3. I like the limited palate of Sunny Days! Whenever I have caterpillars on my parsley it's gone in a day or two.

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  4. Good luck with being in finishing mode. I love it when that happens. Have a great week, Gail.

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  5. I didn't see any of those caterpillar's this year on my tomato plants once they get on they will eat the whole plant rapidly

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  6. Hello, Finn! You are definitely on a roll with finishing, Gail. I love your green and yellow potato chip quilt - it's so happy! I hope it brings in lots of money at the auction. Love seeing your photos of your garden and what you've seen on your hikes. Those osprey - wow!

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  7. Sunny Day is wonderful. It put a smile on my face. I like the change in your header photo also. I did not know that was a butterfly caterpillar. I used to see them on my tomato plants. Those osprey are wonderful. Love your photos!

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  8. Well, Finn looks awful happy- what a sweet smile! Sunny Day is gorgeous . I am sure it will bring in lots of money for the fundraiser.

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  9. Your potato chip quilt is a beauty! I love everithing in it, colours, quilting, binding and backing, it's a beautiful donation quilt. Thank you for sharing your work and linking up, and say hello to Finn ;)

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