Monday, May 28, 2012

working, working....

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And here is #5 from the Comfort and Joy block of the month. This is what I did on my holiday! Phew...

Comfort and Joy...




 Blocks #1, #2, #3, #4...not shown in the right order. 1 more to go then caught up for a couple days, till the next one comes in..

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Fallbrook Garden Tour 2012...

 17th Annual Fallbrook Garden Tour. This was my 4th year attending the wonderful gardens...Overall, was not disappointed at all... Every year, homeowners graciously open their yards to share their landscapes with everyone.
 We had lush landscapes, succulents...
 This house... Early in 2000, Fallbrook had a massive fire that wiped out hundreds of houses, just hundreds... This gentleman, Jim Helms collected all kinds of fire damaged materials and created sculptures like no other! Amazing... over 20 different sculptures were on display showing his artwork that he had created.

 There were windmills in 2 yards...water gardens in 3 or 4 yards..

 And then you have the gentlemen!! Along with their beautiful yard, they had the garage open so we could take a peak. '56 Cadillac and a '67 El Dorado National Champion.
This was just a small portion of the pictures I took.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Farmer's Wife...

 We'll here she is... The Farmer's Wife...After doing 20 of them (blocks) and seeing how long each one took to make, I decided that I was putting solid blocks in between. Seriously... 1 block took me close to 3 hrs... I watched (well listened) to a whole movie, then.... ended up throwing it away!. I had 7 witnesses that can vouge for all the swearing that was going on.
 So when I laid this out to take a picture, I then saw how it needed to be framed. So... off came the borders and a thin black border went on. Tried something different, so I went all across on the bottom. Something kinda different.
I think she looks better framed. Doesn't look so washed out. I'm over it. I can say "I did one of those". I give credit to all those ladies who stuck with it and completed the whole thing. Even more credit to the ladies who did a QUEEN size one! Craziness!!!