Treasures by Louise

Quilt in progress: Late last fall, I took some quilt tops off to my Longarm Quilter. Here's the litle crib/wall quilt all quilted. It is quilted in an overall heart pattern, in hot pink thread, which is very 'valentiney'.  Now attaching the binding by machine on the front. I combined some of the pink print and some strips of burgundy for the binding. Last step is to hand stitch on the binding to the back... That will take a bit of time, so no finished picture just yet...

I suppose with my interest in the environment, I should have read it long ago, this summer I am reading Silent Spring by Rachel Carson. I'm just beginning, so will have more to say about it later. I plan to research a bit about what pesticides are in current use, and how they differ from the DDT-type pesticides. I suspect there is still a big risk to our drinking water quality. Meanwhile, on an entirely different note, I am putting borders on a baby quilt. Soon to attempt machine quilting!