Marsha Loftis

It’s time to start handquilting my newest Star Trek baby quilt. This will be gifted to my coworkers grandbaby due in October.

This guy is on my tomato plant this morning.

That is a tomato #hornworm (Manduca quinquemaculata) or a very close hornworm relative. The big green body, diagonal pale markings along the sides, and the little “horn” at the rear are classic hornworm features.

But the really interesting part is all those white rice-looking things. Those are parasitoid wasp cocoons, most likely from a #braconidwasp. 😳 The wasp larvae developed inside the caterpillar, emerged, and spun those little white cocoons on its body.

I finished the Umbrella Corporation quilt. This is a gift for a coworker.

I wrote The Diary of Madie Beartri in 2004. I am currently putting it back on the internet. You can read it here.
https://madiebeartri.com/

Spending today handquilting. #quilt #handquilting

I tried to grow a garden this year. My garden produced a handful of beans, 1 cucumber, two bell peppers, one banana pepper and a squash. Now that everything is dying back my tomatoes have decided to grow three kinds of tomatoes.

Just an FYI, I recently imported my old website into this one. The entries from 2006 to about 2011 have been imported. None of the photo’s associated with the entries imported. I am a bit disappointed.

We are pin basted and ready to handquilt.,

Left for work at 0630am this morning. I saw this at the back of my car. #spider

I finished handquilting this morning.

I finished assembling the Star Trek baby quilt today. As soon as the backing fabric arrives I will start handquilting. This is a gift for a friend. #StarTrek #quilt #babyquilt

I’m ready to start #handquilting. The #Kataan probe is an alien artifact from the STTNG episode “The Inner Light” (Season 5, Episode 25), designed to preserve the memory of a dead civilization. It forces Captain Jean-Luc Picard to live out a full, second life as a man named Kamin. #startrek #quilt

I finished making this quilt a few days ago. It looks lovely.

I finished the Star Trek baby quilt a little while ago. It turned out lovely