Family

Today I attended a memorial service for my cousin. It was nice to catch up with 9 of my cousins - 3 first cousins and 6 first cousins, once removed. They came from New York, Vermont, and various places here in Maine. It's really a shame we never get together under better circumstances. When my grandmother was alive, once a year without fail, we would have a family reunion. It was good times.

Old Timey Rag Rugs Display

Not very professional looking, but I set up yesterday at Boothbay Railway Village as their "artisan of the day".  I did sell some things (which isn't the real purpose of the visit, but I'll take it). My next visit will be August 15th. I'm going to try to get more hot mats done as I think they will sell well - small and cheap.

Two Finishes

These have been done for a few days. The red one is a small mat, about 13" x 15". The rug measures 24"x36". I'll have 4 rugs and at least 2 mats available for sale. I have some last-minute thread clipping, etc. to do before my next stint as 'guest artisan' at the railway village next Thursday. I need to concentrate on the July quilting marathon. Like Kathleen says, this is a quilt along, not a bind along, so I'm going to let the binding part build up and work on that next month.