Summer Fun

Summer seems to be flying by here!
I marked my Pineapple quilt for machine quilting.
 It can be handy to set up a banquet table in my sewing room so I can leave it for a couple of days.

Here is a great tip I shared on IG:  Fold your top, batting and backing into quarters and cut the layers this way.  It is hard to crawl around the floor!
 I used these 3 marking tools:  Blue water soluble pen, clover white pen and Sewline white ceramic pencil.
 I also like to weigh down the stencil so it doesn't shift.
I was so excited to mark it, I forgot to orientate it correctly and Mr. Lincoln was upside down!
 I made a patch and fused it on top of the strip.

My Boys went sailing on the Chicago to Mackinac Island Race.   They came in 11 out of 14 in their group (they were happy not to be last).
 I kept tabs on them at home with a great racing tracker system.
 Beautiful  early morning photos that Andrew took.  Rich is really in his element on a boat.
 They had a little trouble finding the wind at times.
While they were sailing, I had my Chicagoland girlfriends here.  It is fun to be a local tourist.
Mark Twain's Home in Hartford.
Yale Gallery in New Haven.
It was great to spend time together catching up.  We've been friends for almost 45 years!  We started this puzzle.
I finished it yesterday.  It was so so hard!
I'll be back soon so share how I made an outdoor spray basting wall.
I wish you happy summer days! 
xo