not much crafting done

Between the agility trial and nice weather I didn't get much done over the weekend. On Sunday I finished off My Quaker House from Blackbird Designs into a bellpull. My mom's birthday is this week and this is her present. I had planned on quilting a bit on Sunday but after I sat down at my table and pulled out some stuff I really didn't feel like it so I put it all away.

Instead I started on a new piece - Alpha Birds from Sheepish Designs. There are three separate designs to the series (Alpha Menagerie and Alpha Sheep) and I'm doing all three on the same piece of 32 count linen. I pulled out a half yard cut piece of Wichelt Latte linen that I picked up at Hobby Lobby for $5.00. I had planned on using a custom cut from Silkweavers but I thought I would save the money. It's working ok I think. I'm not sure if I will stitch all three pieces at this time. I might just do the first chart and then move onto something else. It all depends on my mood. :-)

I have several dahlias in my flower garden. Above is just one. It's a dinner plate variety and it really is the size of a dinner plate. It's just gorgeous so I thought I'd share.

Since I mentioned that I had an agility with Molly over the weekend I thought I should report the results. It was disappointing - Molly ran around the ring during all four runs. Dogs do this when they are anxious and nervous. I had a chat with my agility teacher just last week about her and we both decided it would be best if she didn't perform well in the next two trials that I would stop running her. In the year that we've been doing trials, this is her usual behavior. Since I have another dog who is ready to break out, I really don't have any reason to work with her to break this behavior. She does agility to please me rather than because she loves it. So we all think it's best to end it. I will continue to bring her to trials to keep Clancy and me company but she will not continue in classes after the current session and no more trials at this time. I'll take the money I'll be saving and put it into Clancy. I'll be able to take him to class more and do twice as many trials. I'm a little sad but at the end of the day I just want happy dogs and this will make her happy. :-)