Slow Stitching Sunday, Long Post

 It was another mildly busy week for me, and really busy weekend.   Monday was my day of the Get On Board with Sewing Blog Hop, hosted by Melva @Melva Loves Scraps, and Brenda @Songbird Designs.    My post was right here.    I actually finished up a mystery QAL  hosted by Partners in Design on Facebook, a group of designers and quilters that came out with a new block every two weeks.  It had a quilting theme and was called Sew Lets Quilt Along.  I had my top finished, it just needed quilted.  

This week was also the board meeting for the quilt guild, and because of Labor Day we weren't able to meet at our usual facility at a local country club, so we met at Sew Katie Jean quilt shop.  They are the ones that are going to quilt my brother's lighthouse quilt and I inquired if they were getting caught up.  Several weeks ago she put me in line for quilting.  She told me to come back in about 2 weeks and ours would be next up.  

Wednesday I was able to get a cortisone shot in my bad knee, so it is feeling a bit better.  

Most of this week I spent working on a small wall hanging for the Sacramento Branch of the American Begonia Society's Show and Sale.  I'll be sharing my quit for the Queen of Gadget's Blog Hop coming up.   Daughter Katie and I joined the Begonia Society late last year.  We have always gone to the sale in September, Katie for 12 years, me for about 10 years.  We used to make it a day, get down to the sale first thing on Saturday morning, and buy our plants, and then go to lunch at a local French cafe that closed several years ago.  

We were always invited to join.  The meetings are once a month, and we usually can buy tickets and get several new Begonias a month, or people bring in freebies they have started.  Its a lot fun and the people are all so friendly and informative.  

I finished my wall hanging and took my 3 plants for the show Friday afternoon.  Friday evening we volunteered to set up for the show.  We had gotten many, many flats of begonias.  They each had I think 15 plants in them, but only one label.  So volunteers in another room were making labels and then we would put them in the pots and place them on tables for the sale on Saturday and Sunday.  This was the first year Katie and I worked, and we worked all three days, Friday afternoon/evening, Saturday and Sunday.  We worked/are working as tallying up the number of plants people are purchasing and figuring out how much people owe, and then directing them to either cash or credit line.  

There were two rooms full of Begonias this year, and some of the most gorgeous I have ever seen.  Because we helped set up Friday night we got to buy our plants Friday night at a slight discount.  I purchased 6 that night, and one more on Saturday.  I have a bunch of begonias to repot.  

These are the three begonias I put in the show.  It was not judged, 

That tall one was mine.  

These were the ones I came home with, six on Friday night and one on Saturday.  

Sunday we are working 10-12 again, and because I would have to pick up my plants after 4 we are just going to stick around and help.  It's about 1/2 hour drive, and there is no sense coming home and going back down. 

This week I also finished the last of the Peter Rabbit blocks.  I cut out pieces for the rest of the quilt on my Accuquilt using the  Goose track die and the tumbler dies.  They are cut out of mostly 30's fabrics.  This is not the configuration, but what things are looking like right now.  

This is the backing, a pink toile with Peter Rabbit.  I have had this piece a long time, glad to finally use it.  

I have several projects I can work on for handwork, and Slow Stitching Sunday.  I have two Kathy Schmitz projects.

I have my sunflower quilt.

And my crochet shawl.

I will be linking up with Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts.  Head on over and check out what everyone has been up to.  

I was very saddened this week to hear about the death of Queen Elizabeth.  I admired and loved her her a great deal.   I saw this on Facebook this week.  

I noticed in an AARP email there are a bunch of shows detailing her life and Saturday night watched a show on Netflix called Elizabeth and Margaret, Love and Loyalty.  I plan to watch all the shows available.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!