sprung!

spring has sprung!

we have had some nice warm sunny days, 

and it spurred me on to start 

bringing spring indoors.

i started this "quilt'

years ago.

the squares are hand pieced and i just recently machine

stiched them together.

there are a few squares that i will need to rip out as they don't quite match up.

i haven't completed the backing or binding,

i suppose i will get to all of this in another few years.

we'll i tried

back in the day when my family lived in california

we would take road trips to wisconsin
to visit my mom's side of the family.

(one trip was in a red vw bug - all 4 of us - 
thru the desert 
over the mountains, farmlands etc. to wisconsin) 

one of my favorite memories 

was eating watermelon pickles at the family picnics. 
i wrote down my grandma's recipe many many years ago
and this year i finally tried it!
and guess what - they tasted terrible!
not sure what i did but they did not taste like the
watermelon pickles i remember.

oh well, at least the jars sealed and no explosions happened. 

it was a good learning experience.
 hopefully i won't wait as long to try again.