Pin It Weekly #310

Welcome to PIW! 
My most recent pins have been additions to the "mixed, media" board.

These pins are from Susan Camata. I didn't translate, but I think we can all figure out what she likes, especially considering that this is one of eight sewing boards.

And these are from Dawn Hunton's "floral applique" board. Talk about inspiring!

Stay safe everyone. Remember, social distance helps to protect you and to avoid you from carrying the CoVid19 home to your loved ones. 

Sunday Quilt Inspiration: F O O D

Sure, why not let food be an inspiration? It's full of color, texture, shape. Certainly I've seen quilts with apple motifs. 

And there's the apple core block, which is rare these days because of the difficulty, I suppose.

Then there are pumpkin quilts that are also popular at this time of year. 

And summer veggies, like tomatoes, squash blossoms, pears and chili peppers.

Are you convinced that food can inspire us to make yummy quilts? Enjoy your week and your supper!

Pin It Weekly #290

Welcome back to Pin It Weekly! You're going to think I'm on a food obsession with this post, so I'm going to introduce one follower and post something other than food. (But the others are all about fun food, so get ready to get hungry.) 

Cary Wagy is one of the new followers whose give her boards fun, titles, like "cute food for entertaining." 

Sara Jolley has many quilt boards, nicely organized. Here are quilts from just wherever on her site.

Finally, Lori Hope is my newest follower. In fact, she became a follower while I was writing this post. Now that's serendipity. Really, did I have a choice of whether to check out her boards? As luck would have it, she has a "desserts" board with over 600 pins. A girl I could get along with, no doubt. 

What's your favorite dessert? I'd have to go with pecan pie, hands down, but pralines, peach cobbler, and Dove chocolate are close behind. Daddy used to say his favorite was whatever was available at the time. Geez, I miss him.

Pin It Weekly #237

My Pinterest is growing! Yes, indeed, I've been pinning. Not as much as I'd like, but I do have other social media demands. (Ha!)

I recently found a few more quilts for "heart, quilts" and (this is crazy) more covered bridges.  Are there that many covered bridges?

Plus, I added to my "Louisiana, home" board with mostly New Orleans photos. There are well over 200 pins on this one board.

We love the city and have been many, many times (especially when we were young), so we've seen almost every one of the places on this board. I've stayed at Hotel Monteleone in the French Quarter, Le Pavillion on Poydras Street, and a couple of places on Canal Street.

Richard and I especially enjoyed spending a weekend in the city to attend a show at the Sanger Theater, eat at one of the fabulous restaurants, and just enjoy a stroll along one of the city streets or ride a trolley car. The architecture of NOLA is unrivaled, and the museums offer interesting, often-changing displays. I saw the King Tut treasures in NOLA in 1978. 

If you've never come to New Orleans, now is the perfect time. The weather is perfect, kids are still in school so there are fewer visiting families, and crawfish season is upon us. You can get them cooked in a number of ways: boiled, jambalaya, red or brown gravy, etouffe, po'boys and deep fried with a slew of other wonderful seafood delicacies. 

And that's just one meat. Imagine what we do with shrimp, fish, oysters, rice, beans, (well, you get the idea). As the saying goes: 

Come home to Louisiana.