Not much to report

I still have Uncle Sam to finish before I can move on to the next block but I got so frustrated that I needed longer to calm down before trying to work on it again. And I had other things to do - like getting my hair done. a visit to new doctor, family reunion (had to make a dish to pass for that and this year it couldn't be Taco Salad because of the virus) and lunch with my quilting friends. I also contacted some women who are making dresses for little girls in Africa and I'm going to be joining them when I can. I had hoped to do it this week but with the muggy weather making it harder for Mr to breathe and my back hurting (nothing unusual there), I put it off til next week. Oh yeah, and Ive been working with a travel agent to plan my trip to Salt Lake City in October...and we're also trying to work it out so that I can go over to Las Vegas after I'm done in SLC so I can go see Cirque de Soile...something I've wanted to do for years. Anyway, the tote bag

for my hair styling student great granddaughter was shipped off yesterday and she should get it Monday. And that's it for today.....unless you want to see my Kindergarten Sunflowers (they only grow to about 10" tall).

TTYL

On to the next project

I started this one the day before yesterday and its going quicker than I thought it would. Too late for the 4th of July but we still have five months left of the 250th year so I'm saying there's still time to enjoy it. First row of untrimmed blocks and without sashing...

There's another block where the pieces are fused and cut out but they havent been fused to the background square yet - that will come tomorrow. and here's the pattern.

Thats it for now. TTYL

Let's catch up

After a period of time where I didnt seem to be getting much of anything done let alone any quilting, I finally got some mojo back. In the past couple of weeks, I have completed a medium sized lap quilt, a wall hanging and the tote bag I promised my oldest great granddaughter...and started another wall hanging.

. I haven't finished my first block of the next project. The pieces are cut and fused onto the background square but I haven't stitched them down yet. It's a patriotic wall hanging that I had hoped to have done in time for the 4th of July but I couldn't start it until I had finished the other projects so I'd have more elbow room to work on it. That's OK, I'm sure we'll be celebrating all year long. Well, it wasn't much to report/share but it proof that I'm still in the quilting world. Now, I have to go empty and reload the dishwasher...sigh. I'll try and have some more pics to share next week. Until then, take care, stay safe and quilt away with abandon. TTYL

Quick update

 I finished this quilt yesterday. That makes three quilts for the month of May. May!

I have a new backing loaded onto Mo'e but that's as far as I've gotten with it.  I need to get back to working on another UFO quilt top (Twitter) that I started back to working on last week. Lots of piecing along with a row of applique - it's going to be a little while.

OK, off to clean the inside of my fridge...Happy Quilting!

What to work on next

 I finished the two gift quilts - and both have been delivered to a parent of the little girl recipient. I have the requested photo from one but not from the other. Oops! It looks like the photo didn't get transferred from my phone to my tablet - I'll have to go look for it. Found it but it won't show here for some reason. ..and neither will the photo of the placemats and bowl cozies.

It's done!

I finished the quilt that I plan on delivering on Friday night.

 Every fabric is pink - even the background that looks white and every fabric was from my stash. 

The backing is something I've never tried but I wanted to do something simple that would use up more of the pink and it worked - I used up several pieces. 

I also attached the label before quilting by stitching it down on one of the middle blocks. My thinking was that I wanted to break up the two identical blocks that ended up one over the other. If you zoom in on the second photo you should be able to see it.

  It's a little more wrinkled than I like but I didn't want to over-quilt it and it needed to be washed and dried before I presented it. If it bothers me too much on Friday, I'll give it a quick press before I package it up.

That's it for right now...Two quilts finished in the last week...something I haven't been able to say in awhile.

Next up is making four placemats and possibly mug rugs to match for a wedding at the end of the month.

Update coming

 I'll  leave you with this little teaser