Productive Day

It's a rare day when I finish everything on my to-do list, but that was my yesterday. One of the items on the list was to get outside for our one day without rain and fill the bird feeders. While I was out, I took pictures of every blooming thing. These are the new things that have bloomed since my last update.

The flowering plums are very pretty right now. They were blooming in the valley when we got home from our trip, but they're only just now blooming at our house. It's surprising what a little change in elevation does for the timing of similar plants.

This tulip is just getting ready to open near the front door. I notice we have a few more tulips around too, but I can't see their colors yet.

This is the Andromeda. It will produce bright red leaves before it's finished.

This is one of the star magnolia blossoms. Sadly, the petals on the flowers have been bruised by the rain, and so it isn't as pretty as it might be in dryer weather. Some years it's beautiful. Some years it's just a sad little thing.

Oh wait...that's not a blooming thing...that's a cat on a mission.

Finally, the field is full of dandelions. Mike is going to have to mow for the first time soon.

Back inside, I sewed the binding on the Rainbow Jubilee quilt. I could have used any fabric for this, I suppose, but I chose the black and white stripe on the right.

There were a few other things to do in between. I did some housework, planned the meals for the next week or so, made up my shopping list, packaged some items for shipping, recycled, cleaned the dead food out of the refrigerator. After that, I got back in the sewing room and managed to finish the top for the Bunny Garden before quitting for the day. This was made entirely from scraps in my stash. Even the embroidery floss was from scraps.

Also, I sewed on the carrot button...

and the snail button.

Today I'll sandwich it with a scrap of batting. With Easter just a little ways off, this feels like an Easter piece to me. It seems a good opportunity to use this Easter fabric for the quilt back.

Yesterday morning, I stitched all the stems for the flowers on the Dancing Chickens and Flying Pigs quilt block.

Now I've moved the hoop to the left where there are more words, and I'll start there this morning as soon as this post is published.

Today is a grocery shopping day, and then I'll get back to my sewing. When I have the Bunny Garden to binding stage, I'll make some more quilt blocks.

What's going on in your sewing room today?