I also have gotten some quilting done even with multiple dentist and medical appointments. We try to condense all our visits into a short period when we guarantee we are home, and this year both of us have had to have follow ups which take even more time! I still have one more next week, but Kevin is finally all done.
I did finish the May Kona Block of the Month, this time quite early for once! I am glad this is just about the last of the brown and dull green blocks. We will be moving to more cheerful colors soon.This one was the easiest yet; just a square in a square, some flying geese, and some squares.
I have quilted two quilts. The first one had been sitting in the “pieced not quilted” pile for far too long. I wanted a quilting design that would contrast the linear pattern, so I decided to use two different sizes of circular templates connected randomly with wavy lines. I am actually pretty proud of the circles; it is HARD to quilt around circles! And yes, it is actually nicely square. Luna kept coming by Kevin’s right foot and he twisted around some.
See those pretty circles?
I also quilted the Turkey Giblet quilt I pieced during our winter trip. It is so busy I just quilted it in a random meander with black thread. The first picture is pretty true to the actual color; the other not so much.
Kevin worked on the RZR more. He had all the important pieces one, but he still needed to improve how to get it on and off the truck. Our last little RZR had a removable cloth door that he could climb out of easily. The new one has solid plastic doors that remove with screws. The first few times he needed to get out or in he climbed through the open roof, but obviously that wasn’t a long term solution. He decided to build up the wooden supports in the truck so the door was above the truck side walls. Note the ladder in the second picture; it is definitely needed. Luckily the RZR still fits on the truck hitch attachment which was a pleasant surprise. We were worried the hitch would need to be lengthened an inch or so. He also bought new tires so we now increased the total ground clearance about 2” while maintaining the narrow width we need. Impressive! BTW, that’s our old AZ tag; we now have a new one for the new rig. He installed this one to make sure the lighting worked.
Of course when you get a brand new rig from the dealer you are taking a chance of finding some kind of factory issue. Yup, we have one. The steering is misbehaving some, so the RZR has been at the shop since late last week. Should be home next week, or so the service shop said. They’ve seen it before and seemed to know just what to do.
And here is an in-process picture of my bleeding hearts and shade garden getting weeded by my granddaughters. Their parents don’t like their faces on the internet, but we all agreed this one was ok. The bed looks much nicer now!
My only remaining quilting task here is adding a first border onto the green Mystery Monday quilt I did a year ago. I need to enlarge it to king sized for our motorhome bed. I am also prepping for a class I will be teaching at the Rocky Mountain Motorcoach Association “Ramble” – a rally in October in Farmington, NM. I will be teaching folks how to make oven mitts. It was a popular class last time I did it at the FRVA international convention a couple of years ago, but this is a much smaller rally so I am not expecting more than 4 or 5 people. I am providing supplies for 10 though, just in case. I need to get the insulation cut at least, plus see how much fabric I need to buy new and how much can come from my stash. I have plenty of time for the fabric, but the insulation comes on a big roll, and I don’t want to haul that around!
Other than that we are just getting organized for our trip beginning the first week of June, assuming I get clearance from my doctor which is very probable. We won’t be back until the week before Halloween, our longest summer trip yet.