This is a print from Vintage Garden by Jo Moulton for Wilmington Prints. The other fabrics in this line aren't really my style, but I love this one and no, it's not dirty, those smudges are a part of the charm of this print.
I have been working on making hsts for my Scrap Dance Waltz quilt as time allows:
I have made one
of each of the 2 blocks just to see how everything was put together and to figure out the pressing
I am so glad the cutting is done. I ended up with a full bin:
Speaking of cutting, in an earlier post, most of the comments suggested I use bed risers to add height to my dining room table which is a good idea...if my table wasn't this:
It's 4' x 8', solid oak, and weighs a ton. I also have another leaf that expands it to 10' when I have a crew or family and friends over:
Plus, these 2 pedestals are like tree trunks
I love this table. When we were married, we moved to a ranch that DH was managing and the house was furnished. Then, when we moved to Texas, the kitchen had a conference table and that was our dining room table for 10 years
until we helped moved our pastor and they no longer needed their table, so we inherited that for $25.
It sagged badly in the middle so DH welded angle iron on the underside and we kept it covered with a tablecloth because it was in pretty bad shape and with 2 small children and helping on the ranch, I didn't have the time or feel competent enough to refinish it. 10 years ago we saw this table at a trade show at the WRCA (Working Ranch Cowboy Association) trade show and bought it. I love it as much today as the day they delivered it. It's made to last and to hand down to future generations. We have always eaten all of our meals together as a family and many good memories have been made around all of our tables through the years
I have a small island in my kitchen and I have used that when a friend was visiting and cutting out a quilt and I'm on the hunt for another to add to my sewing space, but for now, the dining room table will suffice. I just don't spend hours at a time cutting, but apparently I get enough cut because there's always something to sew around here and that's a good thing!
