Here are the last couple of twisted log cabin squares for a quilt that will be donated. I made 4 squares for this quilt. I am amazed at the time it has taken to make these squares. I am not the best at very technical things and this has challenged me. This pattern was stitched on a paper pattern.
I loved sewing on the paper but I don't know if I could handle a whole quilt of it. The finished quilt will be 90 squares. Can't even imagine making all of them.
I traveled to Ashland yesterday. I had a late lunch with my son which is always fun. I was able to stay with a good friend and go to dinner. This was the lovely drink I had. I just thought it was so pretty I had to take a photo of it. It was a lemon drop with some extras. MMMM Good.
So, today about noon I picked up our exchange student in Medford and drove the long 3 hour drive home. We spent the time getting to know each other. Miche does a good job of speaking and understanding english but it does not come easy for her. I do not speak any Spanish so we had some interesting moments trying to understand each other. She is a very sweet girl and I think it will all go well. 
I have spent the last couple of days cooking and spending time with our son and a friend. It was very fun to have a couple of young men here for a few days. I have a hard time not mothering both of them. I guess once a mother always a mother.
I visited Jacquie's blog Tallgrass Prairie Studio last night and read her post about Iraqi Bundles of Love. This is a cool way to share your fabric, yarn, sewing notions with someone in Iraq. You can read more about the program on Kristin LaFlammes blog or her husband's blog . I thought this was a nice way to help so I am going to put together a box of goodies and bundle them up and send them on their way. I sent off a note last night for the address and received a reply promptly.
My 9 patch is complete except for the boarders. This photo shows most of the quilt. I am going to put a boarder of squares similar to the strip in the quilt. I have them all assembled but I hope to get them sewn on later this week. When they get to close to being done it is very hard to go to work. But I had better be going. I hope everyone is having a good week.
This week while reading the blogs I follow I saw some work that really inspired me. Terry who has a blog called Sew It Goes posted some doodling with her sewing machine. This is my attempt. I am very new to free motion quilting so this is a beginners attempt but I really had fun. This is just a practice piece which has no real design concept but I think I learned how to move the fabric a bit with each pattern I tried.
It was a nice break from sewing 9 patch squares for my queen size quilt. I have to say sewing squares together is getting old but I just make myself do a few a day and I am getting there. I have also begun sewing squares together for the boarder.
On Friday I went with some friends to the Stout Grove. It is in the Jedediah Smith State Park in Northern California. It is just a magical place in the Redwood Forest.
Growing up in Wyoming I was used to small evergreen trees that grow in the harsh conditions in the mountains of the Rockies. To be in amongst these giant trees is amazing to me every time I see them. We had a nice drive and walk. Unfortunately I have yet to take a photo that I feel does them justice, yet I keep trying. For those of you who are Star War fans some of the scenes from the Return of the Jedi were filmed in the Redwoods of Northern California.
