Have you seen a cuter puppy.... this Rusty, in case you don't remember him

On the couch looking at at the world

Actually he is sleepy in this pix

And so off to sleep he went on his Daddy's (my son) lap

Needle Punch in the works from many years ago.



















Ribbon Embroidery and Needle Punch.











More Needle Punch













And still more Needle Punch

Just a few pix of my gold fish after a bout with an algae problem (brown algae). Tank is looking pretty good and hope it stays that way.
I have five in tank now. One Comet, two Ryukins and two Orandas. All are young. The Comet is a feeder fish that actually escaped
being a feeder fish and grew too large to sell for fish food. We bought him for 12 cents and named him 12 cents. The others are not named. The Oranda that has black on him/her was all gold when we got him. He is slowly changing colors and that is ok. I like his coloring. The other Oranda may be changing also. With the algae problem we had, I wanted to send them all back to the store, but we got the kinks ironed out and problems solved and now all is better. You can still see algae on rocks and leaves, but was told that is ok and is heathful.

"PINWHEEL GONE AWRY"
I have made my first Dear Jane block (A-1)
1.0.0.28 (first blk, 28 pieces)
Second one (A-2) is almost all cut out and I will start on it soon.
This is my first attempt at doing small blocks. The blocks in the Dear Jane quilt
are 4x4, tiny for me, but not un-do-able. Is that a word??
I have put the book into a spiral notbook and also the tips on each block. I need some help
along the way.
The lighter fabric will be the MAIN back ground fabric. I have purchased a larger iron piece to iron
down the seams, this is not flat enough.
For those that do not know, this is a quilt made by Jane Stickle in 1868, during the civil war. 5,602 pieces in this quilt. She lived and died in Vermont. There are 225 patterns in the book, very sure I won't get them all done, but I will try my best. Just doing a Baby Jane.
This is only the first of many to come, I hope.

My first needle punch after many, many , many years

Another long over due project that I just finished.
It is candle wick. I started this about 30 + years ago and life got in the way.
I think I may frame it.

My first quilt in a few years. This was a project a friend and I were going to do.
I did, she did not. Oh, well! But it has sparked my interest in working on quilts again.

I am learning Brazilian Embroidery and this is a WIP

The first square (A-1) in the Dear Jane Quilt

Another WIP....Ribbon Embroidery, not very easy to do

Just felt like doing some embroidery this day, while watching a MLB game. It is almost all in French knots.
The bird and the grapes are in an outline stitch

Rusty after a day in the park
He is a having a bit if a rest at the park.