Monday, Monday....

Another weekend gone by too fast, which, I guess, means I was busy - which is true.  I got some sewing done.. quite a bit in fact, and hubby & I took a small road trip yesterday to attend another concert by The Booth Brothers ( third one so far this year).

 Hubby has come to the stage in his life that he doesn't seem to enjoy very much, but get him started on The Booth Brothers and he can go on and on (and on) about them.  Honestly, I had never heard of them until last fall when he started talking about them.  This was a good clue for what to get him for Christmas and I 'heard' the clue & bought him several of their cds.  Just before Christmas I also found out that they were going to be appearing in Shipshewana right around his birthday in January so I ordered us tickets.  And that was the start of it all. 

The second time we were in Shipshewana (Indiana) to see them, they were with Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers.  While I was waiting for autographs from Larry & his brothers, I noticed that The Booth Brothers were standing in the lobby shaking hands and posing for photos with their fans.  Hubby was in another part of the building waiting on me so I went & got him and told him to come with me... when he saw what was going on, he was like a little kid Christmas morning - I kid you not!!   He was able to talk to each member ( there are three) and I was able to get photos of him with each one. 

I had to chuckle at him.  On the way home, he was asking if I could print the photos I'd taken and I said "yes".  "Well, can you print them up big like 8"x10"?"  "yes, but why?"  "So I can show EVERYONE" lol  He didn't get his 8x10s, but was perfectly happy with the 4x6"s and has shown them off to almost EVERYONE.

As for quilting....   I finished up another doll quilt from leftovers of the puppy/kitten quilt top

 Then, since there was yardage left of the yellow background that I used on the puppy/kitten quilt top and I noticed a small 'tub' with some paperback fusible with drawings along with some odds and ends of batiks, I decided to use both the yellow fabric and the batiks for this....  another quilt designed by Sindy Rodenmeyer of http://www.fatcatpatterns.com.  I think it's simply called Gecko.  Her pattern was for nine blocks set 3 x 3.  I had enough of everything to bump them up to 12 blocks set 3 x 4, I think... I haven't quite got that worked out yet.  It doesn't quite look right up on the design wall so I may play with it and see if maybe it just needs some sashing or if I could turn some of the blocks sideways.

Anyway, here are the first six completed.  I have five more blocks ready for applique' stitching.  Block number 12 is going to wait a bit because I can't decide what color I want to use.  Once I have the 11 up on the design wall, I can decide whether to go light or darker - blue or green or red.  Some of these already have a 'twin' but not all the fabrics I used were big enough for a second gecko - and some I didn't like well enough to do again.

The background of each block is a soft yellow - I know you can't tell it from the photos... hopefully, once the quilt is done and I can take it outside, it will show the color better.  In the meantime, you'll just have to trust me :).  You can see from the photos that some of the geckos are darker and easier to see... while others are pale and harder to see.  

Ok, enough talk... time to get back to working on them.  

take care...

ttyl