Sweet River Studios

Its been several months since we started the quilt as a BOM but since I'm adding on both inner and outer borders, I figure I better get started making those blocks.  The inner border comprises 2 blocks.  I need 36 of one (straights) and 4 of the other (corners) so I'm going to try to do roughly 10 per month or so.  I'll discuss the inner border corner block in another post. Inner Border Block This block I call the "straights." Both of these blocks are different from the rest so far.  For these two blocks you have to piece fabric together BEFORE you begin the block.  The inner block has a diamond pattern in it and you're going to sew 3 strips of fabric together (fabrics 3, 2 and 4) and then line up the seams onto the stitch pattern.  I have found this to be the most difficult step.  Its not really difficult but you have to be very accurate.  You sew the fabric strips together with 1/4" seam and if they're off your seams will not match up, your ...

My husband and I, went to The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium specifically to see the new Africa exhibit a few weeks ago. This exhibit just opened in May and is roughly 43 acres. The area includes a watering hole, camel rides and an area to feed giraffes and more.  The keepers move different savannah dwelling animals in and out of the watering hole area throughout the day and they have cheetah runs twice a day. Keepers thread a string around some well placed round wheels on the ground and the winch pulls a grocery bag covered tennis ball around the large circular area which the cheetahs love to chase. Think lure chasing with big cats. We also saw ostrich and zebra at the watering hole in the morning as well as some gray crowned cranes off in the savannah area. Next to the watering hole, is the giraffe feeding area. You can pay $3.00 and you get to feed the giraffe getting up close and personal with their sweet little noses and big dark eyes for you to see. Just befo...

Well, it finally July and we've had some visitors in the yard.  I live in the suburbs of Columbus and we're infested with rabbits and of course deer. Sometimes we'll wake up to 7 of them laying in the backyard and other times we don't see any for weeks. In early May, I noticed a loan doe a few backyards over standing in some large trees and I thought, "Wow, that looks like a weird deer." I took some really bad pictures of her because she was so far away but through the camera lens I could see her from all angles as she walked or should I say waddled around.  She was pregnant. I mean, about to explode pregnant and I'm fairly certain I don't know much about deer gestation but I was fairly certain she wasn't just having one fawn. I was fairly sure there was going to be twins, which I understand deer mostly have but I've never seen a doe in this advanced condition before. Anyway, fast forward several weeks to early June. My dog, River, sta...