Mary and I were able to load her quilt onto my frame--it was 3" too wide which led to some interesting discussions and ideas. We ended up deciding that Mary would free-motion quilt in the center of the quilt and then do the borders last. This was Mary's first attempt at free-motion and over a year since she has used my frame and machine so there was a bit of a learning curve but she persevered! This quilt is made of the shirts that belonged to her daughter-in-law's recently departed Dad. I didn't get to work on the binding at all but I hope to do that today.
One quick project I did do was fill this planter with soil and a slip of Swedish ivy. This belonged to my Mom and Gram before her and now it will brighten my own shelf!
I discovered this outside--this is our tropical milkweed.
And these are two Monarch caterpillars
(there was a third one also but he didn't fit in the pic!)
which have stripped the branch they were on so I pulled another branch into their reach and see if they work through it, too.
I'm keeping my eye on these guys
so I can find another Chrysalis this year!!
