Sewing, Bugs, And A Spider

I have always been fascinated with taking pictures of bugs.

In reality, I hate bugs and scream like a girl when one surprises me.

This guy (or maybe gal) was trying to work its way into my garage.

I told it, "No, absolutely not!" It was about 2" long...yikes!

This spider was hanging around my tomato plants when I went to pick a zucchini.

It was gathering dinner for itself.

The zucchini has been plentiful this year.

When I'm not out seeking creepy critters, I do take time to do some sewing.

These two snippets are for the August and September Sun, Sand, and Sea BOM.

After doing a little shopping in Vegas, I came home with this kit from Moda.

I rarely buy kits but after seeing this made up and hanging on the quilt store's wall,

I had no choice but to buy it. It was calling my name!

I've started cutting out the pieces...the Moda fabrics are beautiful!

Take time for yourself and sew, sew, sew!

A Knit Quilt For Monkey Baby

I've been a little slow getting Monkey Baby a quilt...like over a year too slow!

I wanted to practice a little FMQ using my ponce pad and stencil, and use some knit fabric I had

 sitting around, so I figured this would be a fun quilt to give Monkey Baby to just play on. 

It's entirely made of knit fabric (t-shirt type fabric) and is 28" x 40".

The dog was in EQ7, but I changed him up a bit.

This stencil and ponce helped me practice FMQ, but don't look too close 

or you'll see some lines that aren't where they are suppose to be. 

I got this adorable package in the mail from Amanda Herring of Quilted Fish.

She is so darn cute! The box had a note about Jello being Utah's official state snack.

Jello is okay, but that decorated cookie was yummy!

Her Desert Bloom fabric just came out and is beautiful!

No spiders or bees, but I spied this cool bug chomping on a flower.

These are blooming in my backyard thanks to my sister...love them!

I hope you're off to a great summer!