Happy Birthday Dwina

Lois what a great idea for a combination pc/nc. I love the fabric and you also sent Cheese a lot of goodies

Happy Birthday, Dwina!

Jan -- what a wonderful swap package you received from Lois! I love that fabric she used, & the extra goodies are fun!

wow, nice needlecase and great goodies. Love that fabric too.

Happy belated birthday Dwina,hope it was a good one and hang in there. I would love to see a picture of your puppy now. Lois great pc/nb. Very cute fabric and a great idea. Love all the goodies.

Mary, any new baby animals at your house?
would love to see them.

Sorry no new babies till next year. Sold pregnant cows and all babies already. We do have the mama deer and her 2 babies hanging around and a flock of 11 turkeys. Oh yeah and one old husband still hanging around the place. I'm keeping him.lol

good choice, Mary. you sold pregnant cows? did you get more? always thought you waited till they were born. No bulls this year? Are one of those turkeys for November?????

Mary, how many cows do you have?

Just checked tracking and my partner's was delivered on the 6th. Haven't heard from her, hope it was left at the right house.

Hello Jaba, Yea I received a beautiful PC/ nc. I love love the hot air balloon fabric choice. I love bright colors and it's so very practical. ......and yes I will use it everyday too . Cute pin with my name. It came in the mail while I was gone to Leakey spending the last few days with my children before they leave as missionaries to Costa Rica and Equador. Thank you Jaba , my newest sweet swap partner. Posting, I hope is this beautiful collection and one of me with the grandchildren! [ATTACH=CONFIG]527381[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]527382[/ATTACH]

Thank you cheesehead, summer is a fun time for me. Glad you liked all the goodies. This was a fun pincushion because Klaws taught me how!!! Thank you

Nan62 -- great swap package from jaba! I remember that hot air balloon fabric, but I don't think I have any left. And great photo of you & the grandchildren!

Glad you got it Nan62. Nice pic too, bet you're going to miss those little ones. You'll have to plan a vacation.

Lois, looks like your all having a great time. I love the balloon fabric. The thread catcher is so pretty. Also the pins are really nice. Wonderful swap Jaba sent

Just love the hot air balloon fabric on the pincushion/needlecase that you received Lois. Great job Jaba!

Jaba what a neat pc/thread catcher you made for Nan62. I love the hot air balloon fabric. And such a nice pic of you and your grandkids.

Mary it's still hot here today and hopefully I'll get some rain today or tomorrow at least. My flower beds look awful and everyone's grass is getting burned, even the golf course. I haven't seen any baby deer but did see a mother raccoon and her 5 babies crossing the street. I have 3 big ones that live in the sewer under my property and I don't think they are cute at all. Now they have friends as I've seen 1 oppossum and 2 big skunks. One of the farms has turkeys and they are a medium brown with white tails. I wonder if they will be Thanksgiving dinner as it seems early to be raising them for that.
Everyone have a great day

Pat wish I could send this rain your way after it passes here. Only thing is it's so humid after.Yesterday was 94* rained last night and this morning. Now it is 90* and sooo humid. My poor husband has to mow everyday to keep things mowed and trimmed. But it is so pretty all green. My partner and also a special surprise should be out for delivery today.Seems one went to a post office box, or maybe they just have a box where they live with a box number. Anyway please check if you have one.

Nan, what a beautiful family photo. you also got some nice gifts from jaba. love the bright colors too.

Lynnie sorry,I forgot to answer you. Dah,just been one of those weeks. We sold a lot of our stock over the last 2 years. We only kept 2 for Don to kinda have something to do. He will be 78 next month. Having some health problems now that are causing a lot of forgetfulness. It's dangerous on a farm to be that way. I've always had chickens for the eggs and I love the peacefulness of watching them run around. Cyotes got all but a couple about a yr. ago. Now the price of eggs is ridiculous. Wish I had chickens again. Hope everyone is well. Hugs Mary

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Linda, just simply beautiful. Did you make the flower on the p.c. too? It's very pretty. Look at all the gorgeous pins too. Really nice swap.

Yes I made the flower on the pin c. Thanks I love making them. This is a fun swap!

beautiful needle case. I too was a lucky recipient of a needle case. it's just so pretty. Love the pincushion too.

Mary, Larry said yesterday the bagel place stopped making egg sandwiches. I wonder what McDonalds will do.
what's up with the chickens, the flu?????

Thanks for all of the Birthday wishes. I guess I will be going for more tests and more Dr. Visits. The p/c and needle cases are beautiful. I started a N/C for Rosemary. I haven't been sewing. Gonna try it. I want to do the Farmer's Wife 1930s. They are doing it here on the board. I would like to do hand piecing, but I not sure what I am doing. I bought the book so far that is what I have done. I just can't keep on a schedule and worry about keeping up.
Mary i'll take a picture of my puppy. One of these days, after I get Rosemary's pkg finished I will sign up, that is if I have the theme ahead of time and can make something in advance. Anyways I'll stop by and say Hi, now and again.

Nan62 -- ljdugas does lovely handwork. I was also a lucky recipient of her beautiful work in this swap. You have been thrice blessed!

It finally rained last night or I should say poured. Now it is very humid today and I think I should be getting more showers. Going to be 73 tomorrow for a high so I can get shopping done before it heats up again. One of the leasing farms in the National Park must have seen egg prices skyrocket so they have about 100 chickens. They used to fence them near the road I went by but now they are way in the back. They also had 3 pigs and I haven't seen them in a long time so I guess someone is getting bacon. I used to see coyotes and I haven't seen any lately and I even go by the Brecksville Reservation that is a habitat for them and if you are walking there you see signs telling you what to do if you see them.

Another beautiful swap from Linda. Just love the Shabby Chic.

Everyone have a great day.

Pat glad you finally got rain. Lynnie, a bunch of chickens got sick at a egg farm and so they ended up killing over a million chickens so as to not spread the disease. It was sad.

Mary, so how long b4 the new chickens hatching will be making eggs and everything goes back to normal.
(I hope you don't mind 'splaining to this suburban chick how it all happens)

Usually they start laying about 6 months old. Some of the chickens put down were not of laying age yet,some older ones. Just whatever the farms had and were exposed to the virus. . Some farms just raise chickens for eggs. and have hundreds or even thousands of chickens. My ex-son-in-law used to haul feed to a chicken farm here in Missouri. They would raise chickens from newly hatched to laying age then ship them out.They had thousands of chickens. They hired several Native Americans to come in and catch the chickens to load into the trucks. It was funny watching them. They would slip on eggs on the ground and sometimes throw the eggs at each other. That was about 10 yrs ago. Hope all this doesn't bore everyone else. So hopefully egg prices will go down at least some in a couple months. OK Class Dismissed.LOL

It's nice to hear about what's happening in other parts of the country. I personally like to hear about other people's lives. As a former journalist, I know that everyone has a story. And I'm a good listener!

Jan Rutherford couldn't post any photos of the package I sent her, so here's a photo I took before I mailed it out. She received it yesterday.

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Pamela, What a cute pincushion. It looks like your looking through a window at the butterflys. I love those tissue covers. I try to make one and a coin purse to put in the purses I make for friends and family.Cute needlebook too. It all looks summery.Good job.I'm sure Jan loves it. All that and CHOCOLATE too.

I received this amazing little surprise from lawsonmugs last night. So fun, I just love this little camper and needlecase. We have some unexpected company and their camper is parked in front of the house now and they think they should have it! Not a chance.....need the pattern for the knob pot holder too, it's almost like a little hat. Thank you Mary for such a nice package, I love it!!!

I posted the July collage picture on the July thread if anyone is interested in seeing it.

Mary the camper is adorable! What did you make the wheels with and how did you attach them? What is a knob
pot holder?

This is a closer picture of the pot holder. It works like a shower cap with a brim. You slide it over a round knob type handle. Like on a crockpot. They are handy . I keep mine on my crockpot so I can find it. Use it on any knob type handle. it also is reversible. Simple to make .:D:thumbup: The wheels are store bought wooden ones. I glued them to a piece of dowel and it slides through a small sleeve type thing sewn on the underneath. The hitch part is just a piece of wood with a wood bead on the end. I have no pattern for the pincush. So I can't pass it on. Sorry. There are red buttons on the back for tail lights. I put a clothesline with a mini quilt on the other side just for fun.It was fun to make but took quite awhile and a lot of frustration. I'm so glad Jan liked it.;) :cool:

Pamela what a great swap you made for Jan. I just love the butterfly fabric and everything is so nice.

Mary what a cute camper. I had never seen a pot knob before but what a clever idea.

jaba -- what an adorable camper from lawsonmugs! Mary, you are beyond talented! To think you made this without a pattern! That took some serious thinking, & it turned out perfectly! I never heard of a pot knob, either, but now I want one! Everything else in your swap package is wonderful -- love the n/c & the lip balm holder, too. Super goodies, too!

WOW...that camper pincushion is awesome! And the potholder is something I definitely want to learn how to make, great job Mary!

Pamela, the butterfly pincushion and needlecase are so pretty, that chocolate bar looks delicious!

HI everyone, Still haven't heard anything on the apartment and almost as far as I can go alone on packing, need to wait for the Patty to get a free day so she can help me with the cupboards, the high shelves and the underneath ones that have stuff I won't need. I am going to get into the next swap I have time and maybe will help take my mind off of waiting... My furniture is in my house and I love even more then I did in the store... Don't know how to post a picture up top but can post one here if Karen says it's okay....