Rail Fence 3.5" Blocks RSC26

I made it this far with my RSC rail fence blocks.  They are 3.5" unfinished.

I'm going for a 28 x 30 block layout.  That would fit our bed nicely.  I love the look of it so far.

Hoping for rain today.  If so, I'll lay out the next 15 x 15 section.  Otherwise I'll be working outside trying to make progress on pulling weeds from my BIG flowerbed.  Here's the before pic.  Look at all those overgrown weeds!

Progress... it's looking better:

Look at this before pic at this angle.  Yuck.

Looking better.  I only have about 1/8 of the bed left to weed.  Eventually I will remove four of the bushes too.  That may have to wait until fall.  This hot weather isn't the best time to move them.  When I look at the above pic and this next pic, it's hard to tell it's the same flower bed.

And the lamp shade you ask?  Someone was throwing that away.  I got two of them out of their trash.  They make great supports for peonies!  My peonies never bloom here.  The leaves turn brown later in the season.  I'm moving them.  Hopefully they will be closer to some ants to eat the wax so that they open. 

I pulled this branch of berries out of there.  The chickens are happy.  They have to stay in the fenced area for a few days.  We had a close call with a coyote on Thursday.  It was within 20 yards of my girls!  I purposely leave some weeds in this fenced-in area for the chickens.  They like to root and scratch around them.  

My other job this week will be to find a new pool ladder.  My son wanted to swim after 7pm yesterday.  We were having fun.  The water temp at that time was 85 degrees.

My husband and son got out of the pool and went into the garage.  When I got out of the pool, this:

When I fell I hit both knees.  I have had knee issues in the past.  I'm really sore this morning.  I'm so thankful that I didn't break anything or get hurt more.  But ladder shopping it is.  I yelled for help.  No answer... After a couple minutes of sitting there watching water gush out I accessed my body damage and got up and texted my husband this photo.  He was able to make the repair.  When.  It's still holding.

I'm linking up at Angela's blog, SoScrappy, for the RSC26

Bitcoin -- More Progress

BitCoin is a Bonnie Hunter digital pattern available on her site here.  It got up to 97 degrees yesterday.  I stayed in the house vs. pulling weeds in the sun.  These posts will probably be boring as it continues to grow.  I like to sometimes use my blog to make myself feel accountable and motivate me to move projects forward. 

I am going for the original size of 74" x 90".  It could go just a smidge wider, but with all these little seams, the quilt could become heavy.

Bitcoin Progress -- Sewing the Long Rows

I finally have enough rows assembled on the BitCoin quilt to start putting the rows together.  BitCoin is a Bonnie Hunter digital pattern available on her site here.  It took me an hour to sew four rows together.  I am going for the original size of 74" x 90".  It could go just a smidge wider, but with all these little seams, the quilt could become heavy.

I didn't lay out the rows.  I am going to put them together at random in strips of four and then arrange them.  I'll have a couple left over to put where needed.  Many of these fabrics definitely look better cut into tiny pieces because the majority of them came out of the multi-colored bin.  I made sure I threw in some others to break it up a bit.  I'm glad I did.  You can see where the fabrics with the single colors break that up.

It's been hot--in the 90's--and humid.  My t-shirt gets soaked working in the flowerbed in the first 15 minutes.  Better get busy pulling weeds this morning.  But look how Candy gets creative to be comfy:

Candy is an outside cat but usually insists on my attention and likes to be where I am on the property.

This afternoon looks like a pool day.

The ducks are enjoying the hot days as well.

Plants by the Fence Finally Moved

It's been a process to move the plants growing on the other side of the chicken yard fence.  This weekend I selected the last few.  I know this is not the best time of year to transplant them.  They are very hardy and will survive.  They will be ready for work next spring.

Yucca, sedum, peonies, cora bells.  They are ready to move to their new home.  Hoping for rain the next few days.  We shall see.  

My next area to get a lot of attention is this bed by the pole barn.  It is overcome by weeds.  There are four large shrub-like flowering plants.  I am going to remove three of them and leave the rhododendron.  Every year I cut the other three back.  They grow back and take up too much room.  They are crowding the plants.  I am going to move them to a sunny spot along the woods.  Again, I know this is not the best time of the year to do this.  But once school starts I will be busy busy again. 

Bitcoin Progress

 More progress has been made on the BitCoin quilt.  BitCoin is a Bonnie Hunter digital pattern available on her site here.  The last of the columns have been counted and sewn.  Next I will put them together.

Tulip Table Topper Complete

Tulip table topper is complete.  It measures 45" x 15".

I found this sweet pastel in my scrap bins that was just the right size for it.  I'm pretty sure it was a piece of a gently used sheet that a friend gifted to me.

I'm linking up with Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching here.

 

Here's my Summer 2026 Ravelry UFO Club Projects:

1.  Bit Con quilt -- Needs more rows of strips sewn together -- size yet to be determined

2.  Rail Fence 3.5" RSC block -- 900 blocks needed/need arranged

3.  Piccadilly Circle -- Need a few more circle blocks

4.  Folk Art Birds -- Need more birds and alternate blocks

5.  Maroon Sampler -- Needs two more blocks

6.  Dicey -- Blocks need sewn together with sashing and cornerstones

7.  Fireflies Wall Hanging -- Blocks need appliqued

8.  HST -- Needs more blocks made and sewn into rows

9.  Fish -- a 12-block RSC26 project

10. Scarborough Fair -- Needs more blocks made

11.  Random Blue Blocks -- Hand Quilting -- In the hoop

12.  Acorn Harvest -- Quilt top needs assembled

13.  Horsen Around Scrap Quilt -- needs blocks cut and sewn

14.  Pink Houses crib quilt -- Needs blocks made

15.  Lupine and Laughter (Bonnie Hunter 2025 mystery quilt) -- in the piecing process

16.  Christmas Memories 4-patches sewn, need more

17.  Dinner Party (school print blocks) blocks cut, needs blocks sewn

18.   Layer Cake Lattice -- pink blocks cut -- needs blocks sewn

19.  True Blue Sew Along (started 1/15/26) -- needs corners sewn to blocks

20.  Classic Meets Modern QA from 2014 -- block complete, need sashing

21.  Kathleen Tracy Mini #1 (pinwheels)

22.  Kathleen Tracy Mini #2 (squares)

23.  Kathleen Tracy Mini #2 (HST and a Square)

24.  Cheddar Jack crib quilt -- cat blocks are sewn, some 2.5" squares are sewn

25.  Tulip Table Topper -- finished 7.11.26 -- 1st finish this quarter

True Blue Quilt Top is Complete

 True Blue is a flimsy.  I just added a simple border.

I made a pieced back for it.  After it sat around for a couple of days I didn't really like it because the one fabric that I had a very large piece was not a quilty fabric.  It's too slippery.  It's like a fabric to make drapes.  Back to the drawing board on that.

My two ducks are getting older.  They did not lay any eggs this year.  The started having trouble getting into the pool.  I made them a little dirt ramp to help them.  I now have a watermelon rind as a wedge to make it more level.  They don't seem to mind.

I put these bee balm seeds in these containers only two days ago.  I'm shocked how fast they germinate.

Ahhh!  It's raining this morning.  Happy day!!!