Week 40

No outside photo today but I have things bloomington inside. :)

Week 38 and Week 39

It seems like all I'm doing anymore is making GFG flowers. Looks can be decieving though! I have been working on a baby quilt for some friends. The top is finished and it's layered. Now I just have to find some time to quilt it. I can't wait to finish and send it off to Baby Ryleigh and then post photos for you to enjoy. I love how it turned out! In the meantime, enjoy my latest two flowers.

Week 36

Another flower for the week. I'm a bit behind in posting though so I didn't join One Flower Wednesday.This photo was taken outside a hospital. My mom had knee surgery and I spent three days with her. (Which is why I didn't get my flower posted in time.) I was able to finish another flower after this one but I'm waiting to post that next week since I have a very busy couple of days coming up.

Week 35

It's One Flower Wednesday! I didn't have time to go outside to photograph this week (plus it's been overcast for the last four days!) so I placed the flower among the stars. Really, it's on top of my Dancing Star quilt. It's a pretty good background, if I do say so myself. Check out the link to Karen's blog to see other hexagon flowers.

Week 34

It's One Flower Wednesday time again! Head over to Karen's blog, Journey of a Quilter, to see more beautiful flowers.

I think this flower looks nice against the color of the grass. The photo was taken just outside my office. I thought about using my own grass as a the setting but since I don't really have grass yet - just weeds - I held off. I want the flower to look pretty, not grungy!


We're headed to the Lake for the weekend. Hopefully I'll do some sewing during the 3 hour car ride because I plan to read, lay in the sun, take pontoon rides, and hang out in the water while we're there. I have the petals completed for my next flower. Now I just need to sew them together.

Weeks 32 and 33

Somehow, I've messed up my flower posting. I posted one flower twice and found a few flowers that were never posted. This is all happened during our move to the new house and week and half of vacation. I think I'm finally on track again!

This photo was taken among the PETUNIA's on campus.


As a quilter, I draw inspiration from all around me. I keep a notebook of ideas, color schemes and patterns as the come to mind. I seem to especially be inspired by floors. As in carpet and tiles. I'm not sure why, maybe it's the often simple patterns? Anyway, while I was using the ladies room at the student union the other day, I fell in love with this awesome floor.



Those hexagons are so small! This section of the student union was built in 1931 so I'm guessing that's how old the tiles are? (I don't know enough about preservation to confirm this.) In any case, seeing them certainly brings the "They don't make 'em like they used to" thought up.

Week 31

I'm excited to be participating in One Flower Wednesday again. I took a few weeks off due to vacations and moving and back to school tasks. Fortunately, I kept sewing my weekly flowers so I'm not behind on my year long goal of 52 flowers in 52 weeks.



This photo was taken on campus. I wanted to photograph the impatiens but had trouble finding a bunch that wasn't wilted. (It is very unusual to see neglected flowers on campus!) Luckily there was a beautiful pot of them near the entrance to the bookstore.