Accomplishments of the Week

First things first - Some of you wanted to see this colossal crocheted tablecloth I washed two weeks ago. 
I did not take everything off the dining room table to stretch it out to is full extend and I did not count the number of squares in it.  But I did take pictures of something.  There are three different square patterns in the tablecloth. 

I did not unfold the entire tablecloth but this gives you a good idea of how it looks on the table. 

There are three different pattern squares.  They are all shown in this picture.  
1.  Border Corner Grape Vine
2.  Border Straight Grape Vine
3.  Center fill

I have shown you a set of four of the center fill so you can see how the enter pattern develops. 

I have been sewing.  This week I made a  pair of little baby shoes for our nephew and his wife.  They are expecting their first child in less than a month.  This coming weekend we are having a baby shower for them.  I decided to make a pair of little shoes to add to my gift.  Cute aren't they? 

I finished stitching the Dog House Sampler.  The boy's name and birthdate are at the bottom but I clone brushed it out for the privacy of the family.  It is on the fabrics that I will use to make the pillow.  It is a little difficult to see the white features, the oversized bone on the right side and the fence on the felt side. 



Last week I forgot to tell you about the local birds.  My little hummingbird was still here this week.  It came out to visit my little red flowers on Tuesday when I hung out my sheets to dry.  My friend who lives down the street about four visiting her feeder.  They are extremely territorial and spend a lot of time chasing each other away.  This year for the first time ever she head one of the chirping too.  Maybe our hummingbirds are becoming little chatterboxes. 

Last Thursday, one of our pair of  resident pileated woodpeckers was at my eye height on a tree trunk up the street from our house.  It was walking around and up and down the trunk.  Then it flew to a tree on the other side of the street and did the same thing there.  They look positive prehistoric and are quite large, about 16 inches long.   It served to remind me that I have to get their suet feeder out again now that the weather is cooling.