Ten days - time to catch up

I've been busy - and sometimes too tired to blog - and sometimes just hadn't taken pics to share with the blog.
Today, I'm not too busy, not too tired and I do have pics :)

The first thing I decided to do last weekend was catch up on my Caught It BOM... catching up as in starting over from January's BOM.  When I did those two ( there are two fish blocks each month), I cut the background fabric so that the print was going up and down; when I cut the rest of the blocks for the background, the print went from side to side, which I like much better ( looks a little like flowing water).  It took me a couple of nights to get all ten fish traced onto paper back fusible and then fused onto the fabric, cut out and fused onto the background fabric.  Then it came time for the stitching - by machine, of course.  I have all the fish ( lures actually) applique'd down and am now working on the hooks (BORING!!) - half of the blocks are completely done.... five more to go.

Because I don't want to lay them on the floor where a cat or dog might decide to lay on them and my freezer top (aka workspace) is currently covered, I just took a quick pic of the two piles - finished and almost finished.  Hope to have them done before Monday.

Last night, I finished the quilting on the white and multicolored quilt and added the label and binding.  Took the pic this afternoon after hubby and I got back from running a couple of errands in Lansing.

and here's the luscious backing fabric!  It looks a heck of a lot better in person.

The quilt is so soft and snuggly ... I used 100% cotton batting( I wasn't paying attention when I placed my annual order to Connecting Threads last year) , about 3 1/2 bobbins of MagnaGlide Cream ( first time trying these bobbins and I LOVE THEM!!!), the top thread  - I don't know who made it... just says Home sew - multi ( meaning the color)... whatever it is, I like it.

Now, to get back to working on this month's UFO challenge.... going to watch an online class to refresh my memory on part of what I need to do for the quilt, then, hopefully by next weekend, it will be ready to load onto Mo'e and get it quilted.  Before I watch the online class, I'm going to go try to get a couple more hooks applique'd down before dinnertime.

TTYL