But if this prime Realestate is taken (it was for us) you can stand from the other side, instructing your photographer to stand in the bike lane and line you up so you block the people in the background (like I did). To get this snap, you’ll sit right in front of the ice cream sign while your photographer snaps you from across the table or the other side of the barrier. The best option, is to grab a seat under the Ice cream sign – because the owning will give you shade and the light up markee will make for a CAUTE pic.

Luckily there are a few great spots right around Dominque Ansel, I’ll share two that we took at to show you at the bottom of this paragraph: location 1 – outside Domique Ansel, 2 – Pink restaurant Wall Across the street (see photos below). For me, you now I like a colored background so this can be TOUGH. Once you get to your desired desert location look around or even take a lap around the block looking for your perfect insta-pic. Like the fabric I buy with Roses because it has my name on it, I can say the same for Flag prints and patterns.1 – SCOUT: Start by scouting before you get your snack.

I realized while I was working on Ole Glory and wondering if I’ve made too many flag and patriotic quilts, I had a “Duh” moment-I reminded myself I was born on Flag Day and may have not mention this in my posts for several reasons. Just kidding, since then I have done quite a few more quilts in red, white and blue and several flag quilts which I may have alluded in previous posts was because it was the color and or theme of my Family Room. I think this quilt may have been one of the reasons why I didn’t finish the Ole Glory Flag Quilt since once I finished this, I may not have wanted to work on another flag project for at least another twenty years. This quilt is 64” wide and 38” tall and includes the entire Pledge and stars I hand embroidered. Here is why the Ole Glory Flag Quilt was originally going to be named I Pledge Allegiance #2 is because the above quilt is a Sandy Gervais I Pledge Allegiance pattern which I finished over twenty years ago. August did seem like it lasted forever especially with the hot weather. Per usual, I never do what I say I’m going to do in my Posts, as in my July Post, I said I was going to take it easy by only finishing one project but instead I did six. Now before the month of August is over in a few days, I have another Post to write because I have three more Finally Finishes. By the way, the latest three quilts have a Mary Etherington influence either by fabric, fabric bomb (an unexpected fabric exchange where only one person is involved) or by pattern. The fourth quilt which was the last one I’ve made with this color combination and was finished in 2019, so it’s been four years, another good reason why I made Koby, Jr. Going from right to left, they are in chronological order of when they were made, the first two made over ten years ago and the third and fourth made around five years ago. I did change some of the prints since I bought some newer ones which I liked better.Īs I mentioned earlier in my Post, I love making quilts with the Red, Beige, Black and Sage color combination and since these quilts reside at the GP House because it goes well with the farmhouse decor, I thought I take a group shot of the five I’ve now made. I had the same project stored away in the same cabinet where I already found two twenty-year old UFOs mentioned in this Post and the fabric pulled for Sunflower Bouquet would have been around the same time as the pattern is dated 1997. I hadn’t decide what project I was going to work on until Mary mentioned the Sunflower Bouquet pattern which she was going to applique with wool. We decided it was time for just the peeps to get together for some slow stitching. Now we get together not so often and when we do, it’s with our hubbies and we end up playing cards. We used to get together regularly, before grandchildren, and used to go gallivanting to shops, etc. My Quilt Peeps, Mary and Linda, whom I’ve known for over twenty-five years around the time I started quilting, met last week for a slow stitching day. First up and the one that needs the most explaining because it was an unexpected make is the Sunflower Bouquet, a pattern by One Day in the Country/Sarah Sporer.

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