Almost too hot to move

let alone quilt... but I've stayed in the air conditioning as much as possible and have been able to get a few things done... starting with these two cute little mug rugs using up some scrap fabrics.

Then I found these two fabrics for the quilt in the pics below in my 'stash' room they've been waiting for at least four years... got them out and found a baby quilt batting and loaded them all onto Mo'e with the plans to use the same top thread that I used on the previous quilt ( which I haven't shown yet).  I had experimented with using 100% cotton thread on top with magnaglide bobbin: I know others have done this successfully but I was afraid to since cotton threads seemed to give me such fits.  I was shocked at how easily it worked... Mo'e loved it... didn't give me a bit of problem... until I loaded the quilt in the photo below.  I oiled Mo'e in a couple spots because he needed it and then I switched from a gray bobbin to a cream one... the ONLY things I did different.

What a nightmare!!!.... The top thread kept breaking every time I just got into my rhythm.  ARGHHH!!   Since the quilt was small... maybe 36" x 40", I just kept going after trying to figure out what was different....Finally got it done... and it looks 'ok'... not my best work - hard to do your 'perfect' feathers and echoing when  the thread is causing fits.

The bottom photo is the top... it has Tinkerbelle and some of her fellow pixie/fairy friends... the backing fabric is meandering with hearts and circles.  I didn't make a label for this one... just signed it in a bottom corner.

This is what's going to be loaded onto Mo'e next... backing fabric... hey!  it's Christmas in July somewhere.  I ran a line of stitching around three sides very close to the edge because I wanted to wash it - just in case it shrunk and/or bled.  I put my last two color catchers in the washer with it... they came out pink.. I probably could have used a couple more catchers... the stitching around the edges helped curtail the fraying - I didn't do the fourth side because it still has selvage on it. 

Checked my threads ( Glide) and have a small cone of the perfect red - but no bobbins... off I went to QuiltedJoy.com to order some.  That was another problem... usually I can just order and pay through my amazon.com account - nope, not this time... after several attempts, I finally charged it to my paypal.  The threads should come on Saturday while I'm at a quilt show.  Once it's loaded, I'll share a pic of the top.


On my way back from the post office today, I had to stop at Walmart to pick up another script for hubby along with a couple over the counter meds. - and, more importantly, I needed CHOCOLATE!... While traveling from the grocery aisle towards the pharmacy, I spotted some cute little cactus plants and put two in my cart - then went right past the pharmacy to lawn and garden where I picked up two more cacti.  They were just so cute and, at less than $4 each, I figured I could treat myself.  This isn't a very good pic of them on our deck table, but it was HOT  (91F) and I didn't want to move anymore than I had to.

I'm going to see if I can find some pots that are a little bit larger so they'll have some room to grow.

Here's the plants that I bought back in the Spring and kept shuffling from outside to indoors every time the weather changed.  The coleus (sp?) looked like it had died, but I can see that it's coming back just beautifully.

I need to get a better picture of this one, too.

So, anyway... I guess that's it until this weekend when I'll be able to show the quilt that I finished for the Disappearing Nine Patch Quilt Along hosted by Julie Cefalu.

Take care....
Stay Cool....
ttyl...........